Rheumatology

Editorials:

J. E. Compston

Pharmacological interventions for post-menopausal osteoporosis: an evidence-based approach
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1309-1312; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1309 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Cooper, K. Walker-Bone, N. Arden, and E. Dennison

Novel insights into the pathogenesis of osteoporosis: the role of intrauterine programming
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1312-1315; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1312 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

M. J. Mirzayan, R. E. Schmidt, and T. Witte

Prognostic parameters for flare in systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1316-1319; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1316 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. K. Dawson, N. G. Goodson, D. R. Graham, and M. P. Lynch

Raised pulmonary artery pressures measured with Doppler echocardiography in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1320-1325; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1320 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Vos, A. M. M. Miltenburg, K. E. van Meijgaarden, M. van den Heuvel, D. G. Elferink, P. J. M. van Galen, R. A. van Hogezand, E. van Vliet-Daskalopoulou, T. H. M. Ottenhoff, F. C. Breedveld, A. M. H. Boots, and R. R. P. de Vries

Cellular immune response to human cartilage glycoprotein-39 (HC gp-39)-derived peptides in rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1326-1331; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1326 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Susol, A. L. Rands, A. Herrick, N. McHugh, J. H. Barrett, W. E. R. Ollier, and J. Worthington

Association of markers for TGFß3, TGFß2 and TIMP1 with systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1332-1336; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1332 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Van Herp, P. Rowe, P. Salter, and J. P. Paul

Three-dimensional lumbar spinal kinematics: a study of range of movement in 100 healthy subjects aged 20 to 60+ years
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1337-1340; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1337 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. H. Stummvoll, M. Aringer, J. S. Smolen, M. Köller, H. P. Kiener, C. W. Steiner, B. Bohle, R. Knobler, and W. B. Graninger

Derangement of apoptosis-related lymphocyte homeostasis in systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1341-1350; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1341 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Visser, I. Speyer, B. Özcan, F. C. Breedveld, M. L. van Ogtrop, and J. M. W. Hazes

The diagnostic value of streptococcal serology in early arthritis: a prospective cohort study
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1351-1356; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1351 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Ribbens, B. Andre, O. Kaye, M.-J. Kaiser, V. Bonnet, J.-M. Jaspar, D. de Groote, N. Franchimont, and M. G. Malaise

Synovial fluid matrix metalloproteinase-3 levels are increased in inflammatory arthritides whether erosive or not
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1357-1365; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1357 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Cutolo, F. Nobili, A. Sulli, C. Pizzorni, M. Briata, F. Faelli, P. Vitali, G. Mariani, F. Copello, B. Seriolo, C. Barone, and G. Rodriguez

Evidence of cerebral hypoperfusion in scleroderma patients
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1366-1373; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1366 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. H. M. van Jaarsveld, Z. N. Jahangier, J. W. G. Jacobs, A. A. M. Blaauw, G. A. van Albada-Kuipers, E. J. ter Borg, H. L. M. Brus, Y. Schenk, M. J. van der Veen, and J. W. J. Bijlsma

Toxicity of anti-rheumatic drugs in a randomized clinical trial of early rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1374-1382; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1374 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. P. van Staa, H. G. M. Leufkens, L. Abenhaim, B. Zhang, and C. Cooper

Oral corticosteroids and fracture risk: relationship to daily and cumulative doses
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1383-1389; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1383 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. McCabe, J. McDowell, J. Cushnaghan, S. Butts, S. Hewlett, S. Stafford, J. O'Hea, and A. Breslin

Rheumatology telephone helplines: an activity analysis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1390-1395; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1390 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Reinhold-Keller, A. Zeidler, J. Gutfleisch, H. H. Peter, H. H. Raspe, and W. L. Gross

Giant cell arteritis is more prevalent in urban than in rural populations: results of an epidemiological study of primary systemic vasculitides in Germany
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1396-1402; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1396 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. M. Barrett, D. G. I. Scott, N. J. Wiles, and D. P. M. Symmons

The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on employment status in the early years of disease: a UK community-based study
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1403-1409; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1403 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Grados, C. Depriester, G. Cayrolle, N. Hardy, H. Deramond, and P. Fardellone

Long-term observations of vertebral osteoporotic fractures treated by percutaneous vertebroplasty
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1410-1414; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1410 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grand Rounds in Rheumatology:

G. P. R. Clunie, P. E. Fox, and T. C. B. Stamp

Four cases of acquired hypophosphataemic (‘oncogenic’) osteomalacia. Problems of diagnosis, treatment and long-term management
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1415-1421; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1415 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Ogawa, H. Hashimoto, J. Wada, A. Ueno, Y. Yamasaki, M. Yamamura, and H. Makino

Successful use of cyclosporin A for the treatment of acute interstitial pneumonitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1422-1424; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1422 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Gerke, D. Wichmann, U. Schönermarck, M. Schütt, H. Feldmann, T. G. Ksiazek, P.-M. Rob, and W. L. Gross

Lack of evidence for an association between hantavirus infections and Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg–Strauss syndrome and giant cell arteritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1424-1425; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1424 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Chuck, A. J. Swannell, A. O. House, R. Pownall, G. Ash, C. M. Dickens, and F. H. Creed

The effects of dothiepin on subjects with rheumatoid arthritis and depression
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1425-1427; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1425 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Brühlmann, B. A. Michel, and M. Altwegg

Diagnosis and therapy monitoring of Whipple's arthritis by polymerase chain reaction
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1427-1428; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1427 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. K. S. Davidson and I. Haslock

Osteomalacia secondary to renal tubular acidosis masquerading as primary biliary cirrhosis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1428-1429; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1428 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Aksu, G. Keser, G. Günaydin, S. S. Özbek, Z. Çolakoglu, G. Gümüsdis, and E. Doganavsargil

Erectile dysfunction in Behçet's disease without neurological involvement: two case reports
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1429-1431; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1429 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. T. Nurmohamed, M. Soesan, M. H. J. van Oers, B. A. C. Dijkmans, and R. M. van Soesbergen

Cyclosporin for sulphasalazine-induced aplastic anaemia in a patient with early rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1431-1433; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1431 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Carmichael, M. Conron, H. Beynon, J. Crow, and T. T. Warner

Churg–Strauss syndrome presenting with visual loss
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1433-1434; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1433 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Rau, G. Herborn, and H. Fenner

Links between joint damage and disability
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1434-1435; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1434 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Pickenpack, R. H. Straub, O. Distler, A. Hammond, M. Oellerich, J. Schölmerich, B. Lang, and E. Schütz

Safety and efficacy of an intravenous loading dose of azathioprine for treatment of non-TPMT-deficient patients with rheumatic diseases
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1435-1436; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1435 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. García-Porrúa, M. A. González-Gay, S. Avila-Alvarenga, M. J. Rivas, J. Soilan, and M. Penedo

Coeliac disease and osteomalacia: an association still present in Western countries
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1435; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1435-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Richter, L. Wanke, J. Steinmetz, E. Reinhold-Keller, and W. L. Gross

Mononeuritis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis responds to etanercept
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1436-1437; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1436 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Sekigawa, K. Ikeda, J. Suzuki, M. Nawata, S. Lee, N. Iida, and H. Hashimoto

Novel clinical manifestations associated with antiphospholipid antibodies
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1437-1439; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1437 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. R. Kirwan

Early therapy is nothing new in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 1439; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1439 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin Goodfellow:

Rheumatology 2000 39: 1440; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.12.1440 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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