Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and late-onset rheumatoid arthritis: Can they be components of a single disease process in elderly patients?

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KORKMAZ C., YILDIZ P.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.4, no.2, pp.157-160, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2016.039
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.157-160
  • Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arteritis, temporal arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, TEMPORAL ARTERITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS, COEXISTENCE
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To report two patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) who developed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to review the literature in terms of coexistence of RA, GCA, and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).