Rheumatology

EDITORIALS:

R. F. MEENAN

RHEUMATOLOGY MANPOWER—THE US PERSPECTIVE
Rheumatology 1991 30: 81; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.81 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. D. WOOLF

OSTEOPOROSIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS—THE CLINICAL VIEWPOINT
Rheumatology 1991 30: 82-84; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.82 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. F. A. PEEL, R. EASTELL, and R. G. G. RUSSELL

OSTEOPOROSIS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS—THE LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE
Rheumatology 1991 30: 84-85; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.84 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OTHER:

R. C. BUTLER, M. W. J. DAVIE, M. WORSFOLD, and C. A. SHARP

BONE MINERAL CONTENT IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: RELATIONSHIP TO LOW-DOSE STEROID THERAPY
Rheumatology 1991 30: 86-90; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.86 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. H. Hicks

There is an age-related increase in corticosteroid secretion in rats. Could a similar increase with age predispose postmenopausal women to develop osteoporosis?
Rheumatology 1991 30: 90; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.90 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. A. KALLA, O. L. MEYERS, D. CHALTON, S. HEATH, G. M. M. BROWN, P. R. SMITH, and M. C. BURGER

INCREASED METACARPAL BONE MASS FOLLOWING 18 MONTHS OF SLOW-ACTING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Rheumatology 1991 30: 91-100; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.91 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. FOLEY-NOLAN, J. P. STACK, M. RYAN, U. REDMOND, C. BARRY, J. ENNIS, and R. J. COUGHLAN

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE ASSESSMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS—A COMPARISON WITH PLAIN FILM RADIOGRAPHS
Rheumatology 1991 30: 101-106; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.101 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. W. MCGILL and P. A. DIEPPE

THE EFFECT OF BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALS AND HUMAN SERUM ON THE RATE OF FORMATION OF CRYSTALS OF MONOSODIUM URATE MONOHYDRATE IN VITRO
Rheumatology 1991 30: 107-111; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FOURTH INTERSCIENCE WORLD CONFERENCE ON INFLAMMATION
Rheumatology 1991 30: 111; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. KRAUS, G. GUERRA-BAUTISTA, G. ESPINOZA, E. BAROJAS, H. QUIROZ-MERCADO, G. SANCHEZ-ECHEVERRI, and D. ALARCON-SEGOVIA

DEFECTS OF THE RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM IN SCLERODERMA
Rheumatology 1991 30: 112-114; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.112 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. D. HORDON, H. A. BIRD, and E. H. COOPER

RENAL TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Rheumatology 1991 30: 115-118; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.115 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. R. JENNER

The application of chemonudeolysis (chymopapain Injection) to lumbar disc protrusion has been pursued enthusiastically by some but deemed useless by others. Is there now a consensus?
Rheumatology 1991 30: 118; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.118 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. P. M. SYMMONS, S. JONES, and T. E. HOTHERSALL

RHEUMATOLOGY MANPOWER IN THE 1990s
Rheumatology 1991 30: 119-122; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.119 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. WOLLHEIM

RHEUMATOLOGY MANPOWER IN THE 1990s
Rheumatology 1991 30: 122; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.122 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. C. S. KEAT

A patient who developed reactive arthritis after an episode of salmonella enteritis was found to have a sterile urethritis. Is this a sympathetic reaction or should additional infection be suspected?
Rheumatology 1991 30: 140; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.140 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CALENDAR FOR 1991–92
Rheumatology 1991 30: 149; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ARTICLES:

A. BJELLE

RHEUMATOLOGY CURRICULUM FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
Rheumatology 1991 30: 123-124; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.123 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HELEN M. BUCHANAN, SALLY J. PRESTON, P. M. BROOKS, and W. WATSON BUCHANAN

IS DIET IMPORTANT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?
Rheumatology 1991 30: 125-134; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. COOPER

REVIEW OF UK DATA ON THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES-6 OSTEOPOROSIS
Rheumatology 1991 30: 135-137; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.135 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BRIEF-REPORT:

M. A. MUNIAIN, M. D. RODRÍGUEZ, A. ROMERO, R. MATA, C. VARGAS, and A. NARANJO

CIRCADIAN VARIATIONS IN THE SUPEROXIDE PRODUCTION, ENZYME RELEASE AND NEUTROPHIL AGGREGATION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND CONTROLS
Rheumatology 1991 30: 138-140; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.138 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE-REPORT:

P. BOWNESS, K. A. A. DAVIES, J. TOSSWILL, C. C. BUNN, L. MAcALPINE, J. N. WEBER, and M. J. WALPORT

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND HTLV-1 INFECTION
Rheumatology 1991 30: 141-143; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. M. HAY, M. BEAMAN, A. J. RALSTON, P. ACKRILL, R. M. BERNSTEIN, and P. J. L. HOLT

WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS OCCURRING IN SIBLINGS
Rheumatology 1991 30: 144-145; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.144 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

YVONNE L. W. PUN, D. M. RUSSELL, G. J. TAGGART, and D. R. E. BARRACLOUGH

PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS AND PNEUMOPERITONEUM COMPLICATING MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE
Rheumatology 1991 30: 146-149; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.146 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTER:

N. BELLAMY, C. H. GOLDSMITI, W. W. BUCHANAN, J. CAMPBELL, and E. DUKU

Prior Score Availability: Observations Using The WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index
Rheumatology 1991 30: 150-151; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.150 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. P. WORDSWORTH

HLA Class II Antigens in Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology 1991 30: 151-152; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. M. DEIGHTON and D. J. WALKER

Reclassifying Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology 1991 30: 152-153; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.152 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. W. BUCHANAN and D. P. SINGAL

Prof. Buchanan and Dr Singal Reply
Rheumatology 1991 30: 153-154; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.153 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. LUPOLI, S. J. CUTLER, C. O. STEPHENS, D. J. M. WRIGHT, and C. M. BLACK

Lyme Disease and Localized Scleroderma—No Evidence for a Common Aetiology
Rheumatology 1991 30: 154-156; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.154 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. D. SEBASTIANI, P. LULLI, G. PASSIU, S. TRABACE, A. M. BELLUCCI, M. MORELLINI, and M. GALEAZZI

Anticardiolipin Antibodies: their Relationsip with HLA-DR Antigens in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rheumatology 1991 30: 156-157; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.156 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. ZERVAS, G. VAYOPOULOS, P. H. KAKLAMANIS, C. H. ZERVA, and P. H. FESSAS

Hairy-cell Leukaemia-associated Polyarthritis: a Report of Two Cases
Rheumatology 1991 30: 157-158; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.157 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. OLIVE, J. JUNCA, and X. TENA

Ferritin and Adult Still's Disease
Rheumatology 1991 30: 158; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.158 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. YEBRA, B. ASTIGARRAGA, M. MARAZUELA, and F. LACOMA

Pericardial Tamponade and Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Rheumatology 1991 30: 159; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. BOWMAN, E. PAICE, and A. BINDER

Death from Unsuspected Diverticular Disease in Patients taking Corticosteroids for Polymyalgia Rheumatica or Giant Cell Arteritis
Rheumatology 1991 30: 159-160; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.159-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. M. RUBINSTEIN

Osteoporosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Rheumatology 1991 30: 160; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/30.2.160 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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