Differentiation between Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) and Elderly-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Using 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography: Is Enthesitis a New Pathological Lesion in PMR?

BACKGROUND: It is difficult to differentiate polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) from elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) in clinical practice. We compared FDG-PET/CT findings between patients with PMR and those with EORA and extracted factors useful for differentiating the two disorders. METHODS: We...

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Autores principales: Wakura, Daisuke, Kotani, Takuya, Takeuchi, Tohru, Komori, Tsuyoshi, Yoshida, Shuzo, Makino, Shigeki, Hanafusa, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27384410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158509

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27384410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158509

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