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    Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis

    Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis



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    1. Hellmann DB, Imboden JB Jr (2010). Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis section of Musculoskeletal and immunologic disorders. In SJ McPhee, MA Papadakis, eds., Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, 49th ed., pp. 766–767. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    2. Salvarani C, et al. (2002). Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis. New England Journal of Medicine, 347(4): 261–271.

    3. Nesher G, et al. (2004). Low-dose aspirin and prevention of cranial ischemic complications in giant cell arteritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(4): 1332–1337.

    4. Hellmann DB (2009). Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and Takayasu's arteritis. In GS Firestein et al., eds., Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1409–1428. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

    5. Both M, et al. (2006). Balloon angioplasty of arteries of the upper extremities in patients with extracranial giant-cell arteritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(9): 1124–1130.

    Other Works Consulted

    • Hellmann DB (2009). Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and Takayasu's arteritis. In GS Firestein et al., eds., Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1409–1428. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

    • Weyand CM, Goronzy JJ (2005). Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis. In WJ Koopman, LW Moreland, eds., Arthritis and Allied Conditions: A Textbook of Rheumatology, 15th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1777–1792. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.




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    Medical Review: Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Stanford M. Shoor, MD - Rheumatology


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