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Volume 51 Issue 6 June 2012

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EDITORIALS

    • Janet E. Pope

    Survival is improving in systemic sclerosis: true or false?

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 959-961 first published online March 24, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes037
    • Shabina Habibi,
    • Amita Aggarwal,
    • and Athimalaipet V. Ramanan

    Paediatric Rheumatology: Paediatric rheumatology in India: challenges and opportunities

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 962-963 first published online August 28, 2011 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker264

REVIEWS

    • Valérie Vilmont,
    • Léa Tourneur,
    • and Gilles Chiocchia

    Fas-associated death domain protein and adenosine partnership: fad in RA

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 964-975 first published online January 16, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker402
    • Francesco Porta,
    • Goran Radunovic,
    • Violeta Vlad,
    • Mihaela C. Micu,
    • Rodina Nestorova,
    • Tzvetanka Petranova,
    • and Annamaria Iagnocco

    The role of Doppler ultrasound in rheumatic diseases

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 976-982 first published online January 16, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker433

BASIC SCIENCE

    • Yukihiro Horie,
    • Akira Meguro,
    • Nobuyoshi Kitaichi,
    • Eun Bong Lee,
    • Atsuhiro Kanda,
    • Kousuke Noda,
    • Yeong Wook Song,
    • Kyung Sook Park,
    • Kenichi Namba,
    • Masao Ota,
    • Hidetoshi Inoko,
    • Nobuhisa Mizuki,
    • Susumu Ishida,
    • and Shigeaki Ohno

    Replication of a microsatellite genome-wide association study of Behçet's disease in a Korean population

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 983-986 first published online January 18, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker444
    • Yi Ye,
    • Berendine van Zyl,
    • Hemlata Varsani,
    • Lucy R. Wedderburn,
    • Athimalaipet Ramanan,
    • and Kathleen M. Gillespie
    • on behalf of the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group

    Paediatric Rheumatology: Maternal microchimerism in muscle biopsies from children with juvenile dermatomyositis

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 987-991 first published online January 23, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker430
    OPEN ACCESS
    • Xu-Jie Zhou,
    • Fa-Juan Cheng,
    • Ji-Cheng Lv,
    • Huan Luo,
    • Feng Yu,
    • Min Chen,
    • Ming-Hui Zhao,
    • and Hong Zhang

    Higher DEFB4 genomic copy number in SLE and ANCA-associated small vasculitis

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 992-995 first published online February 1, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker419
    • Angela Bikker,
    • Fréderique M. Moret,
    • Aike A. Kruize,
    • Johannes W. J. Bijlsma,
    • Floris P. J. G. Lafeber,
    • and Joël A. G. van Roon

    IL-7 drives Th1 and Th17 cytokine production in patients with primary SS despite an increase in CD4 T cells lacking the IL-7Rα

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 996-1005 first published online February 1, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker448
    • Hyun-Ah Kim,
    • Yunshin Yeo,
    • Hyun A. Jung,
    • Young O. Jung,
    • Su J. Park,
    • and Song J. Kim

    Phase 2 enzyme inducer sulphoraphane blocks prostaglandin and nitric oxide synthesis in human articular chondrocytes and inhibits cartilage matrix degradation

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1006-1016 first published online February 12, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker525

CLINICAL SCIENCE

    • Muriel Elhai,
    • Christophe Meune,
    • Jérôme Avouac,
    • André Kahan,
    • and Yannick Allanore

    Trends in mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis over 40 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1017-1026 first published online September 7, 2011 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker269
    • András Komócsi,
    • András Vorobcsuk,
    • Réka Faludi,
    • Tünde Pintér,
    • Zsófia Lenkey,
    • Gyöngyvér Költő,
    • and László Czirják

    The impact of cardiopulmonary manifestations on the mortality of SSc: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1027-1036 first published online January 5, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker357
    • Diederik P. C. de Rooy,
    • Johan Kälvesten,
    • Tom W. J. Huizinga,
    • and Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil

    Loss of metacarpal bone density predicts RA development in recent-onset arthritis

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1037-1041 first published online January 18, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker435
    • Valentina Carrai,
    • Irene Miniati,
    • Serena Guiducci,
    • Gloria Capaccioli,
    • Renato Alterini,
    • Riccardo Saccardi,
    • Maria L. Conforti,
    • Luigi Rigacci,
    • Giada Rotunno,
    • Alberto Bosi,
    • and Marco Matucci Cerinic

    Evidence for reduced angiogenesis in bone marrow in SSc: immunohistochemistry and multiparametric computerized imaging analysis

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1042-1048 first published online January 23, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker447
    • Jacqueline Frost,
    • Michèle Ramsay,
    • Ridwan Mia,
    • Laeeka Moosa,
    • Eustasius Musenge,
    • and Mohammed Tikly

    Differential gene expression of MMP-1, TIMP-1 and HGF in clinically involved and uninvolved skin in South Africans with SSc

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1049-1052 first published online January 27, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker367
    • Mehmet Karaca,
    • Gülen Hatemi,
    • Necdet Sut,
    • and Hasan Yazici

    The papulopustular lesion/arthritis cluster of Behçet's syndrome also clusters in families

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1053-1060 first published online January 27, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker423
    • Eduardo F. Borba,
    • Carla G. S. Saad,
    • Sandra G. Pasoto,
    • Ana L. G. Calich,
    • Nadia E. Aikawa,
    • Ana C. M. Ribeiro,
    • Julio C. B. Moraes,
    • Elaine P. Leon,
    • Luciana P. Costa,
    • Lissiane K. N. Guedes,
    • Clovis A. A. Silva,
    • Celio R. Goncalves,
    • Ricardo Fuller,
    • Suzimara A. Oliveira,
    • Maria A. Ishida,
    • Alexander R. Precioso,
    • and Eloisa Bonfa

    Influenza A/H1N1 vaccination of patients with SLE: can antimalarial drugs restore diminished response under immunosuppressive therapy?

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1061-1069 first published online January 31, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker427
    • Emily L. Boulter,
    • Despina Eleftheriou,
    • Neil J. Sebire,
    • Clive Edelsten,
    • and Paul A. Brogan

    Paediatric Rheumatology: Inflammatory lesions of the orbit: a single paediatric rheumatology centre experience

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1070-1075 first published online January 31, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker432
    • Marloes Vermeer,
    • Hillechiena H. Kuper,
    • Arie E. van der Bijl,
    • Henriëtte Baan,
    • Marcel D. Posthumus,
    • Herman L. M. Brus,
    • Piet L. C. M. van Riel,
    • and Mart A. F. J. van de Laar

    The provisional ACR/EULAR definition of remission in RA: a comment on the patient global assessment criterion

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1076-1080 first published online February 1, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker425
    • Vera Milic,
    • Radmila Petrovic,
    • Ivan Boricic,
    • Goran Radunovic,
    • Jelena Marinkovic-Eric,
    • Predrag Jeremic,
    • and Nemanja Damjanov

    Ultrasonography of major salivary glands could be an alternative tool to sialoscintigraphy in the American–European classification criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1081-1085 first published online February 1, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker431
    • Carolina Llanos,
    • Deborah M. Friedman,
    • Amit Saxena,
    • Peter M. Izmirly,
    • Chung-E. Tseng,
    • Renata Dische,
    • Rosanna G. Abellar,
    • Marc Halushka,
    • Robert M. Clancy,
    • and Jill P. Buyon

    Paediatric Rheumatology: Anatomical and pathological findings in hearts from fetuses and infants with cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1086-1092 first published online February 3, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker515
    • Angela Caines,
    • Nooshin Samadi,
    • Gillian Ouimet,
    • Andrew Thompson,
    • and Janet E. Pope

    The sensitivity and specificity of pain diagrams in rheumatic disease referrals

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1093-1098 first published online February 8, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker422
    • Alexander N. Bennett,
    • Helena Marzo-Ortega,
    • Ai Lyn Tan,
    • Elizabeth M. A. Hensor,
    • Mike Green,
    • Paul Emery,
    • and Dennis McGonagle

    Ten-year follow-up of SpA-related oligoarthritis involving the knee: the presence of psoriasis but not HLA-B27 or baseline MRI bone oedema predicts outcome

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1099-1106 first published online February 10, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker420
    • Sylvain Mathieu,
    • Bruno Pereira,
    • Jean-Jacques Dubost,
    • Jean-René Lusson,
    • and Martin Soubrier

    No significant change in arterial stiffness in RA after 6 months and 1 year of rituximab treatment

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1107-1111 first published online February 10, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes006
    • Morton G. Burt,
    • Venecia M. Willenberg,
    • Carolyn J. Petersons,
    • Malcolm D. Smith,
    • Michael J. Ahern,
    • and Stephen N. Stranks

    Screening for diabetes in patients with inflammatory rheumatological disease administered long-term prednisolone: a cross-sectional study

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1112-1119 first published online February 12, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes003
    • Diane van der Woude,
    • Karen Visser,
    • Naomi B. Klarenbeek,
    • H. Karel Ronday,
    • André J. Peeters,
    • Pit J. S. M. Kerstens,
    • Ben A. C. Dijkmans,
    • Tom W. J. Huizinga,
    • Annette H. M. van der Helm-van Mil,
    • and Cornelia F. Allaart

    Sustained drug-free remission in rheumatoid arthritis after DAS-driven or non-DAS-driven therapy: a comparison of two cohort studies

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1120-1128 first published online February 15, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker516

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

OTHERS

    • Angela Hsu,
    • Nicola Dalbeth,
    • Peter Gow,
    • Andrew Harrison,
    • John Highton,
    • Peter B. Jones,
    • Lisa K. Stamp,
    • and Tony R. Merriman

    No evidence for association of Chr 9p21 variant rs1333049 with gout in New Zealand case–control sample sets

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1129-1130 first published online March 6, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes029
    • Edward M. Vital,
    • Shouvik Dass,
    • and Paul Emery

    Concomitant cyclophosphamide and oral immunosuppressants with rituximab for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1131-1132 first published online April 6, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes042

CASE REPORTS

    • Mariano Andres,
    • Paloma Vela,
    • and Cintia Romera

    Marked improvement of lung rheumatoid nodules after treatment with tocilizumab

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1132-1134 first published online February 10, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker455
    • Collette English,
    • Robert Coughlan,
    • John Carey,
    • and Diane Bergin

    Plantar and palmar fibromatosis: characteristic imaging features and role of MRI in clinical management

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1134-1136 first published online February 12, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker522
    • Arsène Mekinian,
    • Aurélie Revaux,
    • Martine Bucourt,
    • Françoise Cornelis,
    • Lionel Carbillon,
    • and Olivier Fain

    Fetal death in primary SS associated with chronic intervillositis

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1136-1137 first published online February 15, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker517

MATTERS ARISING

    • Andrea S. Klauser and
    • Matthias Bollow

    Comment on: Ultrasound-guided sacroiliac joint injection in patients with established sacroiliitis: precise IA injection verified by MRI scanning does not predict clinical outcome

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1137-1138 first published online April 13, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes065
    • Wolfgang Hartung

    Comment on: Ultrasound-guided sacroiliac joint injection in patients with established sacroiliitis: precise IA injection verified by MRI scanning does not predict clinical outcome: response

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1138-1139 first published online April 13, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes062

CLINICAL VIGNETTES

    • Richard Conway,
    • Diane Bergin,
    • John J. Carey,
    • and Robert J. Coughlan

    A case of Behçet's syndrome presenting as focal myositis

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 975 first published online January 23, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ker450
    • Duygu Ovunc Hacihamdioglu and
    • Seza Ozen

    Canakinumab induces remission in a patient with resistant familial Mediterranean fever

    Rheumatology (2012) 51(6): 1041 first published online March 7, 2012 doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kes021

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