Polymyalgia rheumatica PMR - ppts and 50 publications

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR): Is an inflammatory disorder involving pain and stiffness in the shoulder and usually also the hip.Polymyalgia rheumatica is a disorder that almost always occurs in people over 50 years old. The cause is unknown. PMR may occur alone, or with or before giant cell arteritis (also called temporal arteritis), which is inflammation of blood vessels (usually in the head)

Rheumatology
by Kevin  Latinis, M.D./Ph.D.
http://www2.kumc.edu/internalmedicine/students/documents/Rheum101Latinis.ppt

Rheumatology
by B.  Wayne Blount, MD, MPH
http://www.fpm.emory.edu/Family/didactics/powerpint/RHEUMATOLOGY.ppt

Blood Vessels - Vascular Abnormalities
by Frank A. Acevedo, PA-C
http://iris.nyit.edu/~facevedo/PowerpointPresentations/BloodVessels.ppt

Back Pain And Lumbar Stenosis In  Older Adults
http://www.pitt.edu/~super7/PC/pc0301.ppt

Fibromyalgia  Syndrome (FMS)
by Raymond  H. Flores, MD, FACR
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/minimed/powerpoint/2007/flores.ppt

Polymyalgia Rheumatica
by Sarah Hughes, MD
http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/web/Polymyalgia%20Rheumatica,%201-24-06.ppt

Microscopic Polyangiitis MPA
by Jennifer O’Brien
http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/web/9.22.08%20O%27Brien.%20MPA.ppt

Soft  Tissue Rheumatism
by Gary  Kunkel, M.D.
http://umed.med.utah.edu/ms2008/Vault/MuscSkel/20051121-2-SoftTissueRheumatism.ppt

Fibromyalgia
by Erin  Fouch
http://depts.washington.edu/rheum/education/papers/fouch.ppt


Latest 50 published articles:

1. Conditions mimicking polymyalgia rheumatica.
2. Dutch College of General Practitioner's practice guideline on polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis.
3. Low back pain and MRI-abnormalities: atypical polymyalgia rheumatica.
4. Myositis as differential diagnosis in polymyalgia rheumatica.
5. Rituximab in the treatment of acquired haemophilia A in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica.
6. Adverse Events During Longterm Low-dose Glucocorticoid Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Retrospective Study.
7. Anterior uveitis as an initial manifestation of polymyalgia rheumatica.
8. Anti-TNF therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica: report of 99 cases and review of the literature.
9. Aortic stiffness is increased in polymyalgia rheumatica and improves after steroid treatment.
10. Arterial biopsy in giant cell arteries and polymyalgia rheumatica.
11. Association of ferritin autoantibodies with giant cell arteritis/polymyalgia rheumatica.
12. Clinical characteristics of patients with remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema compared to patients with pure polymyalgia rheumatica.
13. Complex prosthodontic treatment with dental implants for a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica: a clinical report.
14. Concise guidance: diagnosis and management of polymyalgia rheumatica.
15. Contribution of the polymyalgia rheumatica activity score to glucocorticoid dosage adjustment in everyday practice.
16. Current understanding and management of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica.
17. Definition of remission and relapse in polymyalgia rheumatica: data from a literature search compared with a Delphi-based expert consensus.
18. Effect of etanercept in polymyalgia rheumatica: a randomized controlled trial.
19. Elevated muscle interstitial levels of pain-inducing substances in symptomatic muscles in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.
20. Expression and function of toll-like receptors in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
21. FDG-PET/CT of polymyalgia rheumatica.
22. Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica after influenza vaccination: report of 10 cases and review of the literature.
23. Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica associated with influenza vaccination.
24. Glucocorticoid treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica.
25. Imaging of polymyalgia rheumatica: indications on its pathogenesis, diagnosis and prognosis.
26. Imbalance between endothelial injury and repair in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: improvement with corticosteroid treatment.
27. Increased muscle interstitial levels of inflammatory cytokines in polymyalgia rheumatica.
28. Induction of remission is difficult due to frequent relapse during tapering steroids in Korean patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.
29. Isolated vasculitis of the lower extremities in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
30. Lower extremity vasculitis in polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
31. Methotrexate treatment in large vessel vasculitis and polymyalgia rheumatica.
32. Polymyalgia rheumatica -- diagnosis and management.
33. Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis in older patients: diagnosis and pharmacological management.
34. Polymyalgia rheumatica and the risk of stroke: a three-year follow-up study.
35. Polymyalgia rheumatica in a dialysis patient.
36. Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with extensor tendon tenosynovitis but not with synovitis of the hands: a magnetic resonance imaging study.
37. Polymyalgia rheumatica presenting as nocturnal fever of undetermined origin.
38. Polymyalgia rheumatica.
39. Polymyalgia rheumatica. Treatment produces dramatic pain relief.
40. Presentations of perforated colonic pathology in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: two case reports.
41. Rapid development of renal failure secondary to AA-type amyloidosis in a patient with polymyalgia rheumatica.
42. Response to 'Effect of etanercept in polymyalgia rheumatica: a randomized controlled trial'.
43. Serum levels of long pentraxin PTX3 in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.
44. Similar effects of leucine rich and regular dairy products on muscle mass and functions of older polymyalgia rheumatica patients: a randomized crossover trial.
45. Study of professional practices among rheumatologists in Burgundy: initial corticotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica.
46. The correct prednisone starting dose in polymyalgia rheumatica is related to body weight but not to disease severity.
47. The rate of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) syndrome in a clinic where primary care physicians are working in Japan.
48. Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms in polymyalgia rheumatica and elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis.
49. What does imaging tell us about polymyalgia rheumatica?
50. Whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with active polymyalgia rheumatica: evidence for distinctive bursitis and large-vessel vasculitis.