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Contents: Volume 38, Number 9 : September 1999   [Index by Author]  Other Issues: Previous Next  
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Editorials:Back

I. Bjarnason
Metabolic bone disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Rheumatology 1999 38: 801-804; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.801 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Chernajovsky
Gene transfer as therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: why, what and how?
Rheumatology 1999 38: 804-806; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.804 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:Back

M. Fransen and J. Edmonds
Reliability and validity of the EuroQol in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
Rheumatology 1999 38: 807-813; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.807 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. D. Steinfeld, P. Demols, J.-P. Van Vooren, E. Cogan, and T. Appelboom
Zidovudine in primary Sjögren's syndrome
Rheumatology 1999 38: 814-817; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.814 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. J. Richards, A. S. Williams, R. M. Goodfellow, and B. D. Williams
Liposomal clodronate eliminates synovial macrophages, reduces inflammation and ameliorates joint destruction in antigen-induced arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 818-825; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.818 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Tektonidou, E. Kaskani, F. N. Skopouli, and H. M. Moutsopoulos
Microvascular abnormalities in Sjögren's syndrome: nailfold capillaroscopy
Rheumatology 1999 38: 826-830; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.826 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Brandt, M. Bollow, J. Häberle, M. Rudwaleit, U. Eggens, A. Distler, J. Sieper, and J. Braun
Studying patients with inflammatory back pain and arthritis of the lower limbs clinically and by magnetic resonance imaging: many, but not all patients with sacroiliitis have spondyloarthropathy
Rheumatology 1999 38: 831-836; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.831 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Middleton, S. White, E. Parry, C. Jackson, J. Dixey, and B. Ashton
Changes in serum chondroitin sulphate epitopes 3-B-3 and 7-D-4 in early rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 837-840; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.837 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Oelzner, S. Franke, A. Müller, G. Hein, and G. Stein
Relationship between soluble markers of immune activation and bone turnover in post-menopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 841-847; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.841 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Galindo, M. A. Khamashta, and G. R. V. Hughes
Splenectomy for refractory thrombocytopenia in the antiphospholipid syndrome
Rheumatology 1999 38: 848-853; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.848 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Tomita, E. Takeuchi, T. Toyosaki-Maeda, H. Oku, M. Kaneko, H. Takano, K. Sugamoto, K. Ohzono, R. Suzuki, and T. Ochi
Establishment of nurse-like stromal cells from bone marrow of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: indication of characteristic bone marrow microenvironment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 854-863; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.854 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. David, S. Townsend, R. Sathanathan, S. Kriss, and C. J. Doré
The effect of acupuncture on patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over study
Rheumatology 1999 38: 864-869; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.864 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. E. Brazier, R. Harper, J. Munro, S. J. Walters, and M. L. Snaith
Generic and condition-specific outcome measures for people with osteoarthritis of the knee
Rheumatology 1999 38: 870-877; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.870 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Calin, J.-P. Nakache, A. Gueguen, H. Zeidler, H. Mielants, and M. Dougados
Defining disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis: is a combination of variables (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index) an appropriate instrument?
Rheumatology 1999 38: 878-882; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.878 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Coakley, N. Manolios, T. P. Loughran, Jr, G. S. Panayi, and J. S. Lanchbury
A Fas promoter polymorphism at position -670 in the enhancer region does not confer susceptibility to Felty's and large granular lymphocyte syndromes
Rheumatology 1999 38: 883-886; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.883 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Report:Back

R. Botting and J. Botting
Directions in rheumatology: past, present and future: Report of a conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Oliver Bird Fund held at Churchill College Cambridge, 24–26 September 1998
Rheumatology 1999 38: 887-901; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.887 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. E. Lloyd, S. Hunt, and T. D. Spector
Imaging of pelvic fracture in a patient with psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 902-903; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.902 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Li and B. Dasgupta
Sacral insufficiency fractures: reply to correspondence
Rheumatology 1999 38: 903-904; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.903 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. C. Hofbauer, R. A. Klassen, and S. Khosla
Gorham–Stout disease (phantom bone) of the shoulder girdle
Rheumatology 1999 38: 904-905; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.904 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Mcgeoch and R. Butler
The ARC steroid trial and its effect on clinical practice
Rheumatology 1999 38: 905-906; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.905 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. M. Houtman, K. W. Marck, and C. Hol
Histoplasmosis of the wrist: a case report
Rheumatology 1999 38: 906-907; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.906 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. J. Goulding
Future strategies for corticosteroid therapy
Rheumatology 1999 38: 907-908; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.907 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. M. Freeman and B. Dasgupta
Angio-neurotic oedema associated with methotrexate treatment in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 1999 38: 908; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/38.9.908 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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