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Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica
1Section of Rheumatology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.
Postgraduate Medicine
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
The close relationship between giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica has not been clearly explained. These disorders affect the same patient population and often coexist in the same person. Monitoring of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a useful tool in both diagnosis and treatment. Management with varying doses of prednisone has proved effective in resolving symptoms.