Assessment of the New 2012 EULAR/ACR Clinical Classification Criteria for Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Prospective Multicenter Study

Ozen, Gulsen; Inanc, Nevsun; Unal, Ali; Bas, Seda; Kimyon, Gezmis; Kisacik, Bunyamin; Onat, Ahmet; Murat, Sadiye; KESKİN, HAVVA; Can, Meryem; Mengi, Alperen; Cakir, Necati; Balkarli, Ayse; Cobankara, Veli; Yilmaz, Neslihan; Yazici, Ayten; Dogru, Atalay; Sahin, Mehmet; Sahin, Ali; Gok, Kevser; Senel, Soner; Pamuk, Omer; Yilmaz, Sema; Bayindir, Ozun; Aksu, Kenan; Cagatay, Yonca; Akyol, Lutfi; Sayarlioglu, Mehmet; Yildirim-Cetin, Gozde; Yasar-Bilge, Sule; Yagci, Ilker; Aydin, Sibel; Alibaz-Oner, Fatma; Atagunduz, Pamir; Direskeneli, Haner

doi:10.3899/jrheum.151103

Assessment of the New 2012 EULAR/ACR Clinical Classification Criteria for Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Prospective Multicenter Study

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JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.43, no.5, pp.893-900, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 43 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.3899/jrheum.151103
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.893-900
Keywords: POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA, CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODIES, ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION-RATE, GIANT-CELL ARTERITIS, TEMPORAL ARTERITIS, DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS, FOLLOW-UP, ARTHRITIS, ONSET, ULTRASOUND, SHOULDER
Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective. To assess the performance of the new 2012 provisional European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/ American College of Rheumatology (ACR) polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) clinical classification criteria in discriminating PMR from other mimicking conditions compared with the previous 5 diagnostic criteria in a multicenter prospective study.