The correct prednisone starting dose in polymyalgia rheumatica is related to body weight but not to disease severity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>the mainstay of treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is oral glucocorticoids, but randomized controlled trials of treatment are lacking. As a result, there is no evidence from controlled studies on the efficacy of different init...

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Main Authors: Montecucco Carlomaurizio, Parodi Massimiliano, Cimmino Marco A, Caporali Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/12/94