Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis can overlap and resemble one another in diagnosis and disease ...

The therapeutic landscape for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) has grown and will grow further, allowing prolonged use of glucocorticoids (GCs) to be minimized, Anisha B. Dua, MD, MPH, of Feinberg School ...

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Giant cell arteritis (GCA), along with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), are autoimmune disorders involving the medium and large arteries which have muscular walls and vasa vasorum in their adventitial ...

Autoimmune diseases happen when the body's natural defense mechanisms attack normal healthy cells. Polymyalgia rheumatica--or PMR-- is a rare autoimmune disease most often found in older women of ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after weeks of intense muscle pain. I’m a 67-year-old female in otherwise good health. My doctor prescribed prednisone, which ...

Dr Elisa Fernández-Fernández presented a study looking at the validity of existing EULAR recommendations on the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of GCA – specifically colour doppler ultrasound (CDUS ...

This week we are going to continue in our series of rheumatologic conditions to discuss the autoimmune condition called “PMR” or polymyalgia rheumatica. Polymyalgia rheumatica is a syndrome of pain ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Giant cell arteritis, also known as temporal arteritis, is a less common condition where people get inflammation of the arteries that go to the head and neck. Symptoms include, head ...

The pathophysiology of PMR and GCA is still poorly understood. Current concepts suggest a common immunologic disorder underlying both diseases, but which factors determine the clinical disease ...