Polymyalgia rheumatica was officially recognised as a distinct clinical entity six decades ago, acknowledged in an editorial published The Lancet March, 1961. 1 LancetPolymyalgia rheumatica. Lancet. 1961; 1: 597-599 Google Scholar At that time, the effectiveness of glucocorticoids treatment disease already noted, initially at doses 30–40 mg prednisone per day and later currently recommended sta...

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Although the treatment of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica by corticosteroids given by mouth is effective, it is often accompanied by multiple side effects. Various studies have shown that the steroid related complications are proportional to the cumulative dose of steroids administered. In a prospective study of 16 patients with polymyalgia rheumatica the effects of regular intramuscular i...

Despite the description of 12 pairs of first degree relatives with giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica, including affected siblings, the occurrence of these two entities in a conjugal pair has not been described. Previous reports of familial aggregation in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica have emphasized a genetic predisposition. A recent extensive review of giant cel...