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MeSH Heading: Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Tree Number(s): C05.651.742; C05.799.720; C17.300.775.720
Unique ID: D011111
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011111
Scope Note: A syndrome in the elderly characterized by proximal joint and muscle pain, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and a self-limiting course. Pain is usually accompanied by evidence of an inflammatory reaction. Women are affected twice as commonly as men and Caucasians more frequently than other groups. The condition is frequently associated with GIANT CELL ARTERITIS and some theories pose the possibility that the two diseases arise from a single etiology or even that they are the same entity.
Entry Term(s): Forestier-Certonciny Syndrome; Pseudopolyarthritis, Rhizomelic; Rheumatism, Peri-Extra-Articular
NLM Classification #: WE 550
See Also: Giant Cell Arteritis
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0017211
Scope Note: A syndrome in the elderly characterized by proximal joint and muscle pain, high erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and a self-limiting course. Pain is usually accompanied by evidence of an inflammatory reaction. Women are affected twice as commonly as men and Caucasians more frequently than other groups. The condition is frequently associated with GIANT CELL ARTERITIS and some theories pose the possibility that the two diseases arise from a single etiology or even that they are the same entity.
Terms: Polymyalgia Rheumatica Preferred Term
Term UI T032693
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Forestier-Certonciny Syndrome
Term UI T032692
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Rheumatism, Peri-Extra-Articular
Term UI T032694
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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