Polymyositis, not polymyalgia rheumatica.

Hopkinson, N D; Shawe, D J; Gumpel, J M · Ann Rheum Dis · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The distinction between polymyalgia rheumatica and polymyositis is important for treatment and prognosis. Four elderly patients were diagnosed and treated for polymyalgia: raised creatine kinase led to muscle biopsy and a diagnosis of polymyositis.

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