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July 14, 2016BMC Musculoskeletal DisordersOpen Access

The prevalence of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in a UK primary care population

Max Yates Karly Graham Richard A. Watts Alex J. MacGregor

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Abstract

This study provides the first UK prevalence estimate of GCA and PMR in over 30 years and is the first to apply classification criteria sets.

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Yates et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69daa3232d871caad68358c1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1127-3

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