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[Polymyalgia rheumatica: What is the current status?]
1Universitätsklinik für Rheumatologie, Immunologie & Allergologie, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse 18, 3010, Bern, Schweiz, michael.seitz@insel.ch.
Abstract:
The diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is based on the typical clinical symptoms and elevated inflammatory markers in blood; however, both are unspecific and the differential diagnosis of the disease still represents a challenge for clinicians. The new consensus classification criteria of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) established in 2012 have a high sensitivity (92.6 %) and specificity (91.2 %) and therefore contribute to improved diagnostics. Glucocorticoids are still the standard treatment with methotrexate and as an alternative and possibly anti-interleukin (anti-IL) 6 therapy in the future.
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