Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are frequently overlapping conditions. Unlike in GCA, vascular inflammation is absent in PMR. Therefore, serum biomarkers reflecting vascular remodelling could be used to identify GCA in cases of apparently isolated PMR.
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