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AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE AND THE POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA‐GIANT CELL ARTERITIS SYNDROME
Author(s) -
DENT R. G.,
EDWARDS O. M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1978.tb02202.x
Subject(s) - polymyalgia rheumatica , giant cell arteritis , medicine , autoimmune disease , thyroid , endocrinology , arteritis , disease , thyroid dysfunction , systemic disease , vasculitis
SUMMARY In a study of 250 patients with autoimmune thyroid disease, seven (2.8%) were found to have polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis. All cases occurred in female patients over the age of 60 years, a prevalence in this group of 9.3%. No cases of either disorder were seen in a control population of 150 female patients over the age of 50 years attending a cardiac clinic at the same hospital. Awareness of this association may allow earlier diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome in elderly patients with thyroid disease.