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2 unusual facts about polymyalgia rheumatica


Mollie Sugden

In an unsuccessful revival of The Liver Birds (1996), Sugden reprised her role as Mrs Hutchinson, despite being on steroids at the time owing to her suffering from polymyalgia.

Polymyalgia rheumatica

People who have the HLA-DR4 type of human leucocyte antigen appear to have a higher risk of polymyalgia rheumatica.


Benoxaprofen

Patients with the Paget’s disease, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, a painful shoulder, the mixed connective-tissue disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, back pain and the Behçet’s disease received benoxaprofen, too.


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