Rheumatology

Editorials:

AJ Carr and JL Donovan

Why doctors and patients disagree
Rheumatology 1998 37: 1a-4a; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.1a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Berenbaum

'Rheumatoid chondritis' or the place of cartilage in rheumatoid inflammation
Rheumatology 1998 37: 4-6; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.4 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Supplements:

British Society for Rheumatology XVth annual general meeting joint with the Spanish Society for Rheumatology and the British Health Professionals in Rheumatology Spring Meeting. Brighton, United Kingdom, 22-24 April 1998. Abstracts
Rheumatology 1998 37: 1b-186b; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.1b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

J Ronnelid, L Berg, S Rogberg, A Nilsson, K Albertsson, and L Klareskog

Production of T-cell cytokines at the single-cell level in patients with inflammatory arthritides: enhanced activity in synovial fluid compared to blood
Rheumatology 1998 37: 7-14; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.7 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CC Bunn, CP Denton, X Shi-Wen, C Knight, and CM Black

Anti-RNA polymerases and other autoantibody specificities in systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 15-20; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.15 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IM Schwarz and BA Hills

Surface-active phospholipid as the lubricating component of lubricin
Rheumatology 1998 37: 21-26; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.21 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WF Lems, GJ Van Veen, MI Gerrits, JW Jacobs, HH Houben, HJ Van Rijn, and JW Bijlsma

Effect of low-dose prednisone (with calcium and calcitriol supplementation) on calcium and bone metabolism in healthy volunteers
Rheumatology 1998 37: 27-33; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.27 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HK Ronday, JM Te Koppele, RA Greenwald, SA Moak, JA De Roos, BA Dijkmans, FC Breedveld, and JH Verheijen

Tranexamic acid, an inhibitor of plasminogen activation, reduces urinary collagen cross-link excretion in both experimental and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 34-38; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.34 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Jacobsen, P Halberg, S Ullman, WJ Van Venrooij, M Hoier-Madsen, A Wiik, and J Petersen

Clinical features and serum antinuclear antibodies in 230 Danish patients with systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 39-45; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.39 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IF Petersson, T Boegard, B Svensson, D Heinegard, and T Saxne

Changes in cartilage and bone metabolism identified by serum markers in early osteoarthritis of the knee joint
Rheumatology 1998 37: 46-50; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.46 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Fairney, P Kyd, E Thomas, and J Wilson

The use of cyclical etidronate in osteoporosis: changes after completion of 3 years treatment
Rheumatology 1998 37: 51-56; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.51 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AR Exley, PA Bacon, RA Luqmani, GD Kitas, DM Carruthers, and R Moots

Examination of disease severity in systemic vasculitis from the novel perspective of damage using the vasculitis damage index (VDI)
Rheumatology 1998 37: 57-63; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.57 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LC Tetlow and DE Woolley

Comparative immunolocalization studies of collagenase 1 and collagenase 3 production in the rheumatoid lesion, and by human chondrocytes and synoviocytes in vitro
Rheumatology 1998 37: 64-70; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.64 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AM Drewes, L Svendsen, SJ Taagholt, K Bjerregard, KD Nielsen, and B Hansen

Sleep in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with healthy subjects and studies of sleep/wake interactions
Rheumatology 1998 37: 71-81; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.71 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PJ Watson, CJ Main, G Waddell, TF Gales, and G Purcell-Jones

Medically certified work loss, recurrence and costs of wage compensation for back pain: a follow-up study of the working population of Jersey
Rheumatology 1998 37: 82-86; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.82 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TP van Staa, L Abenhaim, and C Cooper

Use of cyclical etidronate and prevention of non-vertebral fractures
Rheumatology 1998 37: 87-94; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.87 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Takeuchi, H Nabeta, GH Hong, S Kuwata, K Tanimoto, and K Ito

Polymorphisms of DMA and DMB genes in Japanese systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology 1998 37: 95-97; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.95 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Yukioka, S Wakitani, N Murata, Y Toda, R Ogawa, T Kaneshige, and T Ochi

Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis and its association with HLA-DRB1 alleles in Japanese
Rheumatology 1998 37: 98-101; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.98 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Dasgupta

Report on polymyalgia rheumatica special interest group
Rheumatology 1998 37: 102; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.102 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RA Watts and DG Scott

Report on vasculitis special interest group
Rheumatology 1998 37: 103; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.103 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Pittau, A Tinti, L Martini, A Bogliolo, and G Perpignano

Systemic lupus erythematosus with pitting oedema of the distal lower limbs
Rheumatology 1998 37: 104-105; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.104 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Steuer and JM Gumpel

Methotrexate and trimethoprim: a fatal interaction
Rheumatology 1998 37: 105-106; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.105 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CJ Elson, FY Mortuza, MJ Perry, MG Warnock, GR Webb, and CI Westacott

Cytokines and focal loss of cartilage in osteoarthritis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 106-107; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.106 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PR Ames, JW Stephens, A Steuer, and JM Gumpel

Prolonged healing of malleolar ulcers after fibrinolytic treatment in a woman with systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 107-109; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.107 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Bonnotte, B Chauffert, F Martin, and B Lorcerie

Side-effects of high-dose intravenous (pulse) methylprednisolone therapy cured by potassium infusion
Rheumatology 1998 37: 109a; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.109a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JC Cobeta-Garcia, JA Domingo-Morera, I Monteagudo-Saez, and FJ Lopez-Longo

Autosomal chronic granulomatous disease and systemic lupus erythematosus with fatal outcome
Rheumatology 1998 37: 109b-111b; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.109b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Ohga, K Gondo, A Nomura, Y Onoe, A Matsuzaki, and T Hara

Cerebrospinal fluid cytokine concentrations in a patient with lupus meningoencephalitis: differences from cytokine profiles in central nervous system infections
Rheumatology 1998 37: 111-112; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Zaman and F Hirst

An atypical presentation of polymyalgia rheumatica
Rheumatology 1998 37: 112-113; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.112 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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