Diseases

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

A syndrome in the elderly characterized by proximal joint and muscle pain, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and a self-limiting course. Pain is usually accompanied by evidence of an inflammatory reaction. Women are affected twice as commonly as men and Caucasians more frequently than other groups. The condition is frequently associated with GIANT CELL ARTERITIS and some theories pose the possibility that the two diseases arise from a single etiology or even that they are the same entity.

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A syndrome in the elderly characterized by proximal joint and muscle pain, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and a self-limiting course. Pain is usually accompanied by evidence of an inflammatory reaction. Women are affected twice as commonly as men and Caucasians more frequently than other groups. The condition is frequently associated with GIANT CELL ARTERITIS and some theories pose the possibility that the two diseases arise from a single etiology or even that they are the same entity.

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  • Forestier-Certonciny Syndrome
  • Rheumatism, Peri-Extra-Articular
  • Forestier Certonciny Syndrome
  • Peri-Extra-Articular Rheumatism
  • Rheumatism, Peri Extra Articular
  • Syndrome, Forestier-Certonciny
  • Pseudopolyarthritis, Rhizomelic
  • Pseudopolyarthritides, Rhizomelic
  • Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritides
  • Rhizomelic Pseudopolyarthritis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  2. C05w.799w.720w
  3. C17.300w.775w.720w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011111. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011111
  2. Polymyalgia Rheumatica. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymyalgia_rheumatica
  3. Polymyalgia Rheumatica. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1752891