Systemic Giant-Cell Arteritis With Polymyalgia Rheumatica

11 June 1973

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 224 (11) , 1496-1498
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1973.03220250020007

Abstract

Nine patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and biopsy-proved, systemic, giant-cell arteritis had significant abnormalities of liver function. The abnormalities were reversible with steroid suppression of the arteritis activity. Awareness of this association should enable the clinician to recognize and diagnose this condition and to facilitate prompt and appropriate treatment of the underlying arteritis.

Keywords

POLYMYALGIA
RHEUMATICA
GIANT CELL
CELL ARTERITIS
FUNCTION
TREATMENT
ABNORMALITIES
SYSTEMIC

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS AND RAISED SERUM-ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE LEVELS
The Lancet, 1972
Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Arteritis and Hepatic Damage
Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1966