A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica

BF Leeb, HA Bird - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2004 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To develop a composite score for measurement of disease activity in polymyalgia
rheumatica (PMR) and assess its internal and external validity. Methods: A PMR activity …

Clinical characteristics of patients with remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema compared to patients with pure polymyalgia rheumatica

M Kimura, Y Tokuda, H Oshiawa, K Yoshida… - The Journal of …, 2012 - jrheum.org
Objective. To compare clinical features of patients with remitting seronegative symmetrical
synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) and patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and …

Patient-reported outcomes in polymyalgia rheumatica

EL Matteson, H Maradit-Kremers, MA Cimmino… - The Journal of …, 2012 - jrheum.org
Objective. To prospectively evaluate the disease course and the performance of clinical,
patient-reported outcome (PRO) and musculoskeletal ultrasound measures in patients with …

Direct medical costs of polymyalgia rheumatica

HM Kremers, MS Reinalda, CS Crowson… - Arthritis Care & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe the patterns of care and direct medical costs of polymyalgia
rheumatica (PMR) to test the hypothesis that the direct medical costs incurred by patients …

Outcome measures in polymyalgia rheumatica. A systematic review

C Duarte, RJ de Oliveira Ferreira, SL Mackie… - The Journal of …, 2015 - jrheum.org
Objective. To identify the instruments used to assess polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in
published studies. Methods. A systematic literature review of clinical trials and longitudinal …

Management issues with elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis: an update

I Olivieri, C Palazzi, G Peruz, A Padula - Drugs & aging, 2005 - Springer
Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) is defined as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starting at>
60 years of age. EORA is characterised by a lower female/male ratio compared with RA in …

The polymyalgia rheumatica activity score in daily use: proposal for a definition of remission

BF Leeb, B Rintelen, J Sautner… - Arthritis Care & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To confirm the reliability and applicability of the Polymyalgia Rheumatica Disease
Activity Score (PMR‐AS), and to establish a threshold for remission. Methods First, 78 …

Elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis: differential diagnosis and choice of first-line and subsequent therapy

JI Villa-Blanco, J Calvo-Alen - Drugs & aging, 2009 - Springer
Elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) has been considered a benign form of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). However, it most probably encompasses different subsets of patients with …

Seasonal pattern in the onset of polymyalgia rheumatica

F Perfetto, A Moggi-Pignone, A Becucci… - Annals of the …, 2005 - ard.bmj.com
Pachymeningitis is a rare illness which can be shown by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
to be a thickening of the intracranial dura mater, when associated with an infectious …

Diagnosing late onset rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and temporal arteritis in patients presenting with polymyalgic symptoms. A prospective longterm …

CT Pease, G Haugeberg, AW Morgan… - The Journal of …, 2005 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE:. To examine for demographic and clinical differences between late onset
rheumatoid arthritis (LORA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), and temporal arteritis (TA) …