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A Case Report and Brief Review

Jerome E. Granato, MD; Richard P. Abben, MD; W. Stratford May, MD, PhD

Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(1):115-117.

Abstract
The initial report of a father-daughter pair with giant cell arteritis (GCA) is made. To our knowledge, it represents only the 12th known familial aggregation of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and/or GCA. This provides evidence for direct transmission of GCA during two generations and helps to establish a genetic mode of inheritance for this disease. Clinically, the familial and nonfamilial forms of PMR and/or GCA are indistinguishable.

(Arch Intern Med 141:115-117, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 15, 1980.

Reprint requests to The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 (Dr May).

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