Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) is prevalent among older patients, and its
incidence is increasing due to aging societies. However, differentiating between EORA and …

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that mainly affects the facet joints.
Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis appears to exhibit symptoms similar to those of …

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a unique disease of elderly people, traditionally
diagnosed based on a clinical picture. A typical case is a combination of severe …

Objectives Differentiation between polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and elderly-onset
rheumatoid arthritis (EORA), especially in elderly patients, is often difficult due to similarities …

Results All patients were Caucasians. In Table I we present the characteristics of the studied
groups in terms of the number of patients, age and gender. We found a very high percentage …

Objective To compare the performance of published classification/diagnostic criteria for
polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), including the new 2012 European League Against …

Semiquantitative scoring for subacromial bursa (SAB), subdeltoid bursa (SDB), and
subcoracoid bursa by both gray-scale (GS) and power Doppler (PD) ultrasonography was …

Background and aim Comorbidities are known to exist in many rheumatological conditions.
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory rheumatological condition …

The objective of this study was to develop European League Against Rheumatism/American
College of Rheumatology classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) …

Objective To evaluate the impact of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) on clinical outcomes and
quality of life (QOL); the relationship between laboratory measures and clinical outcomes …