Rheumatology

Editorials:

P. P. Tak

Lessons learnt from the synovial tissue response to anti-rheumatic treatment
Rheumatology 2000 39: 817-820; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.817 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

S. P. Nair, R. J. Williams, and B. Henderson

Advances in our understanding of the bone and joint pathology caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection
Rheumatology 2000 39: 821-834; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.821 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Symmons and B. Harrison

Early inflammatory polyarthritis: results from the Norfolk Arthritis Register with a review of the literature. I. Risk factors for the development of inflammatory polyarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 835-843; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.835 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

A. Balsa, N. J. Minaur, D. Pascual-Salcedo, C. McCabe, A. Balas, B. Fiddament, J. L. Vicario, N. L. Cox, E. Martín-Mola, and N. D. Hall

Class II MHC antigens in early rheumatoid arthritis in Bath (UK) and Madrid (Spain)
Rheumatology 2000 39: 844-849; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.844 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H.-T. Weiler, G. Pap, and F. Awiszus

The role of joint afferents in sensory processing in osteoarthritic knees
Rheumatology 2000 39: 850-856; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.850 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Griffiths, R. D. Situnayake, B. Clark, A. Tennant, M. Salmon, and P. Emery

Racial origin and its effect on disease expression and HLA-DRB1 types in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a matched cross-sectional study
Rheumatology 2000 39: 857-864; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.857 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. J. Morton and R. J. Powell

Cyclosporin and tacrolimus: their use in a routine clinical setting for scleroderma
Rheumatology 2000 39: 865-869; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.865 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Barrera, C. J. van der Laken, O. C. Boerman, W. J. G. Oyen, M. T. P. van de Ven, P. L. E. M. van Lent, L. B. A. van de Putte, and F. H. M. Corstens

Radiolabelled interleukin-1 receptor antagonist for detection of synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 870-874; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.870 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Yildirir, S. Aksoyek, M. Calguneri, K. Aytemir, G. Kabakci, K. Ovunc, N. Nazli, F. Ozmen, A. Oto, and S. Kes

QT dispersion as a predictor of arrhythmic events in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 875-879; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.875 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. L. F. Mendonça, M. A. Khamashta, C. Nelson-Piercy, B. J. Hunt, and G. R. V. Hughes

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as a possible cause for reversible infertility
Rheumatology 2000 39: 880-882; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.880 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Kalke, D. Mukerjee, and B. Dasgupta

A study of the Health Assessment Questionnaire to evaluate functional status in polymyalgia rheumatica
Rheumatology 2000 39: 883-885; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.883 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Gunnarsson, B. Nordmark, A. Hassan Bakri, G. Gröndal, P. Larsson, J. Forslid, L. Klareskog, and B. Ringertz

Development of lupus-related side-effects in patients with early RA during sulphasalazine treatment—the role of IL-10 and HLA
Rheumatology 2000 39: 886-893; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.886 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Franke, L. Reiner, H. G. Pratzel, T. Franke, and K. L. Resch

Long-term efficacy of radon spa therapy in rheumatoid arthritis—a randomized, sham-controlled study and follow-up
Rheumatology 2000 39: 894-902; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.894 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. R. Kerr and V. S. Cunniffe

Antibodies to parvovirus B19 non-structural protein are associated with chronic but not acute arthritis following B19 infection
Rheumatology 2000 39: 903-908; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.903 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. H. Goossens, B. Heemskerk, J. van Tongeren, A. H. Zwinderman, T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland, and T. W. J. Huizinga

Reliability and sensitivity to change of various measures of hand function in relation to treatment of synovitis of the metacarpophalangeal joint in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 909-913; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.909 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Selva-O'Callaghan, L. Sanchez-Sitjes, X. Muñoz-Gall, T. Mijares-Boeckh-Behrens, R. Solans-Laque, J. Angel Bosch-Gil, F. Morell-Brotad, and Miguel Vilardell-Tarrés

Respiratory failure due to muscle weakness in inflammatory myopathies: maintenance therapy with home mechanical ventilation
Rheumatology 2000 39: 914-916; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.914 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Jeschonneck, G. Grohmann, G. Hein, and H. Sprott

Abnormal microcirculation and temperature in skin above tender points in patients with fibromyalgia
Rheumatology 2000 39: 917-921; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.917 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Alarcón-Segovia and C. Drenkard

Vasculitis and the antiphospholipid syndrome
Rheumatology 2000 39: 922-923; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.922 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Lamprecht, A. Gause, and W. L. Gross

Virus-associated vasculitides
Rheumatology 2000 39: 922; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.922-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Jawed and S. A. Allard

Osteomyelitis of the humerus following steroid injections for tennis elbow
Rheumatology 2000 39: 923-924; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.923 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. J. Sweetman

Sclerosing injections for chronic low back pain
Rheumatology 2000 39: 924-925; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.924 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. N. Malaviya, K. Al-Jarallah, A. Al-Awadhi, and D. Shehab

Teaching of musculoskeletal diseases to undergraduates in the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
Rheumatology 2000 39: 925-927; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.925 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. P. Hurst and P. W. Thompson

Sclerosing injections in patients with chronic low back pain
Rheumatology 2000 39: 925; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.925-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. Beyne-Rauzy, F. Fortenfant, and D. Adoue

Acquired haemophilia and PM-Scl antibodies
Rheumatology 2000 39: 927-928; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.927 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Lamprecht, C. Lerin-Lozano, E. Reinhold-Keller, B. Nölle, and W. L. Gross

Retinal artery occlusion in Wegener's granulomatosis
Rheumatology 2000 39: 928-929; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.928 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. F. van Vollenhoven

Dehydroepiandrosterone in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology 2000 39: 929-930; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.929 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Kallarackal and S. M. Jones

Psoriatic arthritis, nail disease and pustules following Hodgkin's lymphoma
Rheumatology 2000 39: 930-931; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.930 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin Goodfellow:

Rheumatology 2000 39: 932; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.932 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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