Rheumatology

Editorials:

N Gleicher

Reproductive failure prior to the onset of clinical autoimmune disease
Rheumatology 1999 38: 485-487; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

B Robinzon and M Cutolo

Should dehydroepiandrosterone replacement therapy be provided with glucocorticoids?
Rheumatology 1999 38: 488-495; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.488 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

TW Huizinga, MW van der Linden, V Deneys-Laporte, and FC Breedveld

Interleukin-10 as an explanation for pregnancy-induced flare in systemic lupus erythematosus and remission in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 496-498; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.496 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Myllykangas-Luosujarvi, K Aho, H Kautiainen, and M Hakala

Amyloidosis in a nationwide series of 1666 subjects with rheumatoid arthritis who died during 1989 in Finland
Rheumatology 1999 38: 499-503; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.499 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Haier, M Nasralla, AR Franco, and GL Nicolson

Detection of mycoplasmal infections in blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 504-509; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.504 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Naito, M Takahashi, K Kushida, M Suzuki, T Ohishi, M Miura, T Inoue, and A Nagano

Measurement of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) in patients with knee osteoarthritis: comparison with generalized osteoarthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 510-515; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.510 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Horiuchi, H Nishizaka, S Yasunaga, M Higuchi, H Tsukamoto, K Hayashi, and K Nagasawa

Association of Fas/APO-1 gene polymorphism with systemic lupus erythematosus in Japanese
Rheumatology 1999 38: 516-520; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.516 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Fraser, J Vallow, A Preston, and RG Cooper

Predicting 'normal' grip strength for rheumatoid arthritis patients
Rheumatology 1999 38: 521-528; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.521 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PR Ames, J Alves, I Murat, DA Isenberg, and J Nourooz-Zadeh

Oxidative stress in systemic lupus erythematosus and allied conditions with vascular involvement
Rheumatology 1999 38: 529-534; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.529 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Ruof, P Bruhlmann, BA Michel, and G Stucki

Development and validation of a self-administered systemic sclerosis questionnaire (SySQ)
Rheumatology 1999 38: 535-542; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.535 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A El Maghraoui, M Dougados, E Freneaux, S Chaussade, B Amor, and M Breban

Concordance between abdominal scintigraphy using technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime-labelled leucocytes and ileocolonoscopy in patients with spondyloarthropathies and without clinical evidence of inflammatory bowel disease
Rheumatology 1999 38: 543-546; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.543 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IM van der Heijden, B Wilbrink, LM Schouls, JD van Embden, FC Breedveld, and PP Tak

Detection of mycobacteria in joint samples from patients with arthritis using a genus-specific polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 547-553; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.547 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Wada, H Tatsuo, H Baba, K Asamoto, and Y Nojyo

Femoral intercondylar notch measurements in osteoarthritic knees
Rheumatology 1999 38: 554-558; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.554 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CJ Hardy, BP Palmer, SJ Morton, KR Muir, and RJ Powell

Pregnancy outcome and family size in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study
Rheumatology 1999 38: 559-563; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.559 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Rolf, B Engstrom, C Beauchard, LD Jacobs, and A Le Liboux

Intra-articular absorption and distribution of ketoprofen after topical plaster application and oral intake in 100 patients undergoing knee arthroscopy
Rheumatology 1999 38: 564-567; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.564 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O Miro, J Casademont, D Jarreta, JM Grau, A Urbano-Marquez, and F Cardellach

Skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in polymyalgia rheumatica and in giant cell arteritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 568-571; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.568 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MS Jackson, J Bagg, MN Gupta, and RD Sturrock

Oral carriage of staphylococci in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 572-575; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.572 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B Bonnotte, D Krause, AL Fanton, J Theron, B Chauffert, and B Lorcerie

False aneurysm of the internal carotid artery in Behcet's disease: successful combined endovascular treatment with stent and coils
Rheumatology 1999 38: 576-577; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JR O'Dell, GF Moore, and LW Klassen

Combination therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: a comment
Rheumatology 1999 38: 577a; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.577a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P Hodgkins and R Hull

Use of prophylaxis for corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in hospital practice
Rheumatology 1999 38: 577b-578b; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.577b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D O'Gradaigh, R Watts, A Glenn, and DG Scott

An unusual cause of blindness in Wegener's granulomatosis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 578-579; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.578 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FJ Navarro-Blasco

Alfuzosin is not associated with dermatomyositis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 579; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.6.579 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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