TY - JOUR T1 - POlymyalgia rheumatica begins at 40 AU - Dailey MP, McCarty DJ Y1 - 1979/07/01 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440013007 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 743 EP - 744 VL - 139 IS - 7 N2 - 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) SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440013007 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440013007 ER -