Polymyalgia rheumatica: an autoinflammatory disorder?
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Update on polymyalgia rheumatica.
Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting individuals aged fifty years and older, mainly of Caucasian ethnicity. Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with giant cell arteritis more frequently than expected by chance alone. In both conditions, females are affected two to three times more often than males. The clinical hallmark manifestations of polymyalgia r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: RMD Open
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2056-5933
DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000694