RT Journal
A1 Dailey MP, McCarty DJ
T1 POlymyalgia rheumatica begins at 40
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD July 1
VO 139
IS 7
SP 743
OP 744
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440013007
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440013007
AB Three cases of polymyalgia rheumatica with onset under age 50 are described. Most large series of patients with this entity contain a few examples of onset below age 50. This diagnosis should be made with confidence in younger patients with typical symptoms and laboratory findings, and showing complete suppressions of disease activity with relatively small daily doses (20 mg or less) of corticosteroids.(Arch Intern Med 139:743-744, 1979)