Delayed onset of polymyalgia in polymyalgia rheumatica.
Four female patients presenting with systemic symptoms of polymyalgia rheumatica are described. They suddenly developed classical girdle pains up to a year after the onset of severe systemic symptoms, a course not often emphasized.
D000368:Aged; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D005260:Female; D005916:Globulins / Q000032:analysis; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors
D005916:Globulins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D011239:Prednisolone