Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009; 134(4): 135-142
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1123971
CME-Beitrag | Review article
Rheumatologie
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Polymyalgia rheumatica

Polymyalgia rheumaticaE. Märker-Hermann1 , W. A. Schmidt2
  • 1Klinik Innere Medizin IV, HSK Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • 2 Immanuel Krankenhaus GmbH, Rheumaklinik Berlin-Buch
Further Information

Publication History

eingereicht: 22.9.2008

akzeptiert: 5.12.2008

Publication Date:
15 January 2009 (online)

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Prof. Dr. med. Elisabeth Märker-Hermann

Klinik Innere Medizin IV (Rheumatologie, klinische Immunologie und Nephrologie), HSK Dr. Horst Schmidt Klinik GmbH

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D-65199 Wiesbaden

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Email: Elisabeth.Maerker-Hermann@HSK-Wiesbaden.de