Rheumatology

Editorials:

TE Cawston and A Rowan

Prevention of cartilage breakdown by matrix metalloproteinase inhibition--a realistic therapeutic target?
Rheumatology 1998 37: 353-356; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.353 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

M Nishikai, K Ohya, M Kosaka, K Akiya, and T Tojo

Anti-Jo-1 antibodies in polymyositis or dermatomyositis: evaluation by ELISA using recombinant fusion protein Jo-1 as antigen
Rheumatology 1998 37: 357-361; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.357 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C van Campen, HJ Sixma, JJ Kerssens, L Peters, and JJ Rasker

Assessing patients' priorities and perceptions of the quality of health care: the development of the QUOTE-Rheumatic-Patients instrument
Rheumatology 1998 37: 362-368; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.362 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Raza, D Karokis, and GD Kitas

Cogan's syndrome with Takayasu's arteritis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 369-372; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.369 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JH Barlow and CC Wright

Knowledge in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a longer term follow- up of a randomized controlled study of patient education leaflets
Rheumatology 1998 37: 373-376; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.373 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JV Viitanen, ML Kokko, S Heikkila, and H Kautiainen

Neck mobility assessment in ankylosing spondylitis: a clinical study of nine measurements including new tape methods for cervical rotation and lateral flexion
Rheumatology 1998 37: 377-381; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.377 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Hudson, MA Fitzcharles, M Cohen, MR Starr, and JM Esdaile

The association of soft-tissue rheumatism and hypermobility
Rheumatology 1998 37: 382-386; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.382 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AM Abdel-Nasser, S Abd El-Azim, E Taal, SA El-Badawy, JJ Rasker, and HA Valkenburg

Depression and depressive symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis patients: an analysis of their occurrence and determinants
Rheumatology 1998 37: 391-397; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.391 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LJ Scott, EL Evans, PT Dawes, GI Russell, and DL Mattey

Comparison of IgA-alpha1-antitrypsin levels in rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative oligoarthritis: complex formation is not associated with inflammation per se
Rheumatology 1998 37: 398-404; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.398 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EK Li, LS Tam, RP Young, GT Ko, M Li, and EM Lau

Loss of bone mineral density in Chinese pre-menopausal women with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with corticosteroids
Rheumatology 1998 37: 405-410; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.405 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CH Van Jaarsveld, HG Otten, JW Jacobs, AA Kruize, HL Brus, and JW Bijlsma

Association of HLA-DR with susceptibility to and clinical expression of rheumatoid arthritis: re-evaluation by means of genomic tissue typing
Rheumatology 1998 37: 411-416; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.411 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Kauppi, L Leppanen, S Heikkila, T Lahtinen, and H Kautiainen

Active conservative treatment of atlantoaxial subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 417-420; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.417 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Richter Cohen, G Steiner, JS Smolen, and DA Isenberg

Erosive arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus: analysis of a distinct clinical and serological subset
Rheumatology 1998 37: 421-424; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.421 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DA Ruta, NP Hurst, P Kind, M Hunter, and A Stubbings

Measuring health status in British patients with rheumatoid arthritis: reliability, validity and responsiveness of the short form 36-item health survey (SF-36)
Rheumatology 1998 37: 425-436; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.425 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Lubrano, P Helliwell, P Moreno, B Griffiths, P Emery, and D Veale

The assessment of knowledge in ankylosing spondylitis patients by a self-administered questionnaire
Rheumatology 1998 37: 437-441; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.437 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EK O'Duffy, GP Clunie, S Gacinovic, JC Edwards, JB Bomanji, and PJ Ell

Foot pain: specific indications for scintigraphy
Rheumatology 1998 37: 442-447; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.442 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FA Houssiau, A N'Zeusseu Toukap, G Depresseux, BE Maldague, J Malghem, JP Devogelaer, and BC Vande Berg

Magnetic resonance imaging-detected avascular osteonecrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: lack of correlation with antiphospholipid antibodies
Rheumatology 1998 37: 448-453; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.448 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MA Brown, M Rudwaleit, KD Pile, LG Kennedy, J Shatford, CI Amos, K Siminovitch, L Rubin, A Calin, and BP Wordsworth

The role of germline polymorphisms in the T-cell receptor in susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 454-458; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.454 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Ho, B Lavery, and T Pullar

The risk of treatment. A study of rheumatoid arthritis patients' attitudes
Rheumatology 1998 37: 459-460; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.459 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Schaufelberger, R Andersson, and E Nordborg

No additive effect of cyclosporin A compared with glucocorticoid treatment alone in giant cell arteritis: results of an open, controlled, randomized study
Rheumatology 1998 37: 464-465; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.464 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

B Storesund, JT Gran, and W Koldingsnes

Severe intestinal involvement in Wegener's granulomatosis: report of two cases and review of the literature
Rheumatology 1998 37: 387-390; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.387 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Sanz, JL Andreu, G Martinez-Garcia, D Suarez, J Mulero, and A Larrea

Sporotrichial bursitis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 461-462; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.461 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Pal, I Burton, F Knox, and F Weighill

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the femur presenting as a pathological fracture in a patient with lupus/Sjogren's syndrome overlap
Rheumatology 1998 37: 462-463; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.462 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G Hein, U Wollina, and C Uhlemann

Management of dermato-rheumatic syndromes
Rheumatology 1998 37: 463; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.463 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EJ Davies, M Tikly, BP Wordsworth, and WE Ollier

Mannose-binding protein gene polymorphism in South African systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology 1998 37: 465-466; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.465 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Duarte, R Solans, A Gomez, F Garcia-Alfranca, C Perez-Bocanegra, CP Simeon, and JA Bosch

Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis in Behcet's syndrome
Rheumatology 1998 37: 466-467; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.466 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TJ Tait, G Barlow, and JM Iveson

Cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis: a case of 'auto- fracture'
Rheumatology 1998 37: 467-468; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.467 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I Chary-Valckenaere, B Jaulhac, J Champigneulle, Y Piemont, D Mainard, and J Pourel

Ultrastructural demonstration of intracellular localization of Borrelia burgdorferi in Lyme arthritis
Rheumatology 1998 37: 468-470; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EJ Giltay, BE van den Borne, D van Schaardenburg, LJ Gooren, C Popp-Snijders, MA Blankenstein, and BA Dijkmans

Androgenizing effects of low-dose cyclosporin in male patients with early RA
Rheumatology 1998 37: 470-472; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.470 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Tani, K Matsunaga, K Katoh, T Kawai, A Ueda, M Kase, and JT Lie

Thymoma associated with rheumatoid arthritis after D-penicillamine treatment
Rheumatology 1998 37: 472-473; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/37.4.472 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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