Rheumatology

Editorials:

JD Isaacs

Immunoadhesins for immunomodulation of autoimmune and rheumatic disease
Rheumatology 1997 36: 305-307; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.305 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P McGill, A Adebajo, PD Njobvu, and PM Brooks

Tropical rheumatology: challenge of the future
Rheumatology 1997 36: 307-309; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.307 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

T Schaeverbeke, H Renaudin, M Clerc, L Lequen, JP Vernhes, B De Barbeyrac, B Bannwarth, C Bebear, and J Dehais

Systematic detection of mycoplasmas by culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedures in 209 synovial fluid samples
Rheumatology 1997 36: 310-314; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.310 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y Waguri, T Otsuka, I Sugimura, N Matsui, K Asai, A Moriyama, and T Kato

Gliostatin/platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor as a clinical marker of rheumatoid arthritis and its regulation in fibroblast-like synoviocytes
Rheumatology 1997 36: 315-321; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.315 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JE McDonagh, A Dunn, WE Ollier, and DJ Walker

Compound heterozygosity for the shared epitope and the risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis in extended pedigrees
Rheumatology 1997 36: 322-327; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.322 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SP Nair, S Meghji, M Wilson, I Nugent, A Ross, A Ismael, NK Bhudia, M Harris, and B Henderson

Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus have osteolytic surface proteins and a proportion of the population have antibodies that block this activity: is this of prognostic significance?
Rheumatology 1997 36: 328-332; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.328 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Saraux, H Taelman, P Blanche, J Batungwanayo, J Clerinx, A Kagame, L Kabagabo, J Ladner, P Van de Perre, P Le Goff, and J Bogaerts

HIV infection as a risk factor for septic arthritis
Rheumatology 1997 36: 333-337; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.333 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Beyeler, J Reichen, SR Thomann, BH Lauterburg, and NJ Gerber

Quantitative liver function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with low-dose methotrexate: a longitudinal study
Rheumatology 1997 36: 338-344; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.338 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Rau, G Herborn, H Menninger, and J Blechschmidt

Comparison of intramuscular methotrexate and gold sodium thiomalate in the treatment of early erosive rheumatoid arthritis: 12 month data of a double-blind parallel study of 174 patients
Rheumatology 1997 36: 345-352; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.345 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RJ Stevens, C Andujar, CJ Edwards, PR Ames, AR Barwick, MA Khamashta, and GR Hughes

Thalidomide in the treatment of the cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus: experience in sixteen consecutive patients
Rheumatology 1997 36: 353-359; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.353 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Ferri, L La Civita, P Fazzi, S Solfanelli, F Lombardini, E Begliomini, M Monti, G Longombardo, G Pasero, and AL Zignego

Interstitial lung fibrosis and rheumatic disorders in patients with hepatitis C virus infection
Rheumatology 1997 36: 360-365; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.360 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BJ Harrison, W Thomson, L Pepper, WE Ollier, K Chakravarty, EM Barrett, AJ Silman, and DP Symmons

Patients who develop inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) after immunization are clinically indistinguishable from other patients with IP
Rheumatology 1997 36: 366-369; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.366 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MJ Ryan, R Kavanagh, PG Wall, and BL Hazleman

Bacterial joint infections in England and Wales: analysis of bacterial isolates over a four year period
Rheumatology 1997 36: 370-373; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.370 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DJ Fernando and J Vernidharan

Limited joint mobility in Sri Lankan patients with non-insulin- dependent diabetes
Rheumatology 1997 36: 374-376; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.374 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Ibero, P Vela, and E Pascual

Arthritis of shoulder and spinal cord compression due to Brucella disc infection [clinical conference]
Rheumatology 1997 36: 377-381; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.377 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Highton

Newsletter from New Zealand
Rheumatology 1997 36: 387-389; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.387 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Marshall, RT Kavanagh, and AJ Crisp

The effect of pamidronate on lumbar spine bone density and pain in osteoporosis secondary to systemic mastocytosis
Rheumatology 1997 36: 393-396; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.393 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Kutlay, S Savas, P Yalcin, S Ataman, and S Ergin

Central nervous system toxicity of cyclosporin A treatment in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1997 36: 397-399; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.397 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

SA Box and T Pullar

Sulphasalazine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1997 36: 382-386; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.382 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Tyndall and A Gratwohl

Blood and marrow stem cell transplants in autoimmune disease. A consensus report written on behalf of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)
Rheumatology 1997 36: 390-392; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.390 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Claudepierre, JC Rymer, FJ Authier, Y Allanore, B Larget-Piet, R Gherardi, and X Chevalier

A relationship between TGF-beta 1 or IL-6 plasma levels and clinical features of spondyloarthropathies
Rheumatology 1997 36: 400-401; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.400 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TW O'Neill, BJ Harrison, AL Yin, and PJ Holt

Ankylosing spondylitis associated with IgA lambda chain myeloma
Rheumatology 1997 36: 401-402; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.401 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Gobel and W Schultz

Systemic effects of open and arthroscopic articulosynovectomy compared to radiosynoviorthesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1997 36: 402-403; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.402 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PD Njobvu and PE McGill

Sulphasalazine in the treatment of HIV-related spondyloarthropathy
Rheumatology 1997 36: 403-404; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.403 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PD Njobvu, PE McGill, JE Jellis, and JO Pobee

Rheumatic disorders at a Zambian Teaching Hospital
Rheumatology 1997 36: 404-405; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.404 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AN Malaviya, N al-Ali, P Sharma, A al-Sughayer, I Umamaheswaran, S al-Gaurer, and AA Hussain

High prevalence of hyperuricaemia among Kuwaitis possibly without a proportionate increase in gout
Rheumatology 1997 36: 405-406; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/36.3.405 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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