- ►annals.org [PDF] R Caporali, MA Cimmino, G Ferraccioli, R … - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Steroids are the standard treatment for polymyal- gia rheumatica.
The efficacy of the candidate drug methotrexate has not yet been demonstrated in
controlled studies. Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
G Ferraccioli, F Salaffi, S De Vita, L Casatta, E … - The Journal of rheumatology, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE. Steroids are the only treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). We
report the effects of methotrexate (MTX) plus prednisone versus prednisone alone
in PMR. METHODS. Twenty-four patients with recent onset PMR were studied in ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - All 2 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] C Salvarani, PL Macchioni, C Manzini, G … - Annals of internal medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: A reliable alternative to steroids for treating poly- myalgia
rheumatica has not yet been identified. Although infliximab has been used
occasionally in steroid-resistant cases, its efficacy has not been ... Cited by 44 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
HM Kremers, MS Reinalda, CS Crowson, AR … - J Rheumatol, 2005 - jrheum.org From the Division of Epidemiology and Division of Biostatistics, Department of
Health Sciences Research, and Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal
Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Supported in part by a ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - All 7 versions
SE Gabriel, J Sunku, C Salvarani, WM O' … - Arthritis Care & Research - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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degraded, the site should continue to be functional. We recommend using the ... Cited by 84 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] MJ Van der Veen, HJ Dinant, C van Booma- … - British Medical Journal, 1996 - ard.bmj.com Abstract Objective-To investigate whether metho- trexate (MTX) has a steroid
sparing effect in the treatment of polymyalgia rheu- matica (PMR) and giant cell
arteritis (GCA). Methods-We carried out a randomised double blind, placebo ... Cited by 67 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
MG Catanoso, P Macchioni, L Boiardi, N … - Arthritis Rheum, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com The study group comprised patients with relapsing PMR who were not able to
reduce their prednisone dosage below 7.5-10 mg/day and who had experienced
corticosteroid-related side effects. Patients received injections of ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] MA Cimmino, G Moggiana, C Montecucco, R … - British Medical Journal, 1994 - ard.bmj.com Abstract Objectives-To evaluate the long term efficacy and tolerability of
deflazacort, a corticosteroid reputed to have only minor side effects, in the
treatment of poly- myalgia rheumatica (PMR). Methods-In a prospective open ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
C Salvarani, F Cantini, L Niccoli, P Macchioni … - Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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- ►bmj.com R Caporali, C Montecucco, O Epis, F Bobbio- … - British Medical Journal, 2001 - ard.bmj.com The differential diagnosis between polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and elderly
onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be difficult because these conditions may
have a similar clinical presentation. Important features characterising ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
