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Shoulder ultrasonography in the diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica: a case-control study.

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2001

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Fabrizio Cantini, Carlo Salvarani, Ignazio Olivieri, Laura Niccoli, Angela Padula, Luigi Macchioni, Luigi Boiardi, Giovanni Ciancìo, Mariano Mastrorosato, Fabrizio Rubini,
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Abstract

US and MRI were equally effective in confirming bilateral subacromial and subdeltoid bursitis in PMR. This finding, in view of its high sensitivity and specificity, could be used as a new diagnostic criterion for PMR.