Rheumatology

Editorials:

D. L. Scott, C. Antoni, E. H. Choy, and P. C. L. M. van Riel

Joint counts in routine practice
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 919-923; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg235 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Papers:

J. Fransen, S. Daneel, T. Langenegger, and B. A. Michel

Rheumatologists' opinions on the feasibility of a measurement feedback system in rheumatoid arthritis and the influence of motivation
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 924-928; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg249 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Marshall, J. P. Dangerfield, V. K. Bhatia, K. Y. Larbi, S. Nourshargh, and D. O. Haskard

MRL/lpr lupus-prone mice show exaggerated ICAM-1-dependent leucocyte adhesion and transendothelial migration in response to TNF-
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 30, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 929-934; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg251 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W.-S. Uhm, K. Na, G.-W. Song, S.-S. Jung, T. Lee, M.-H. Park, and D.-H. Yoo

Cytokine balance in kidney tissue from lupus nephritis patients
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 935-938; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg255 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. Vittecoq, S. Pouplin, K. Krzanowska, F. Jouen-Beades, J. F. Ménard, A. Gayet, A. Daragon, F. Tron, and X. Le Loët

Rheumatoid factor is the strongest predictor of radiological progression of rheumatoid arthritis in a three-year prospective study in community-recruited patients
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 939-946; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg257 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Matsukawa, M. Aoki, S. Nishinarita, S. Sawada, T. Horie, K. Kato, Y. Kawamura, F. Kawamura, Y. Arakawa, H. Kurosaka, K. Morita, E. Ohtsuka, M. Oribe, M. Nakano, and Y. Kitami

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in NSAID users with gastric ulcer
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 947-950; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg258 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. S. Lillicrap, E. Byrne, and C. A. Speed

Musculoskeletal assessment of general medical in-patients—joints still crying out for attention
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 14, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 951-954; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg259 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. V. Wilder, B. J. Hall, and J. P. Barrett

Osteoarthritis pain and weather
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 14, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 955-958; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg264 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. F. Harkness, G. J. Macfarlane, E. S. Nahit, A. J. Silman, and J. McBeth

Risk factors for new-onset low back pain amongst cohorts of newly employed workers
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 959-968; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg265 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J.-P. Bayley, A. M. Bakker, E. L. Kaijzel, T. W. J. Huizinga, and C. L. Verweij

Association of polymorphisms of the tumour necrosis factor receptors I and II and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 969-971; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg267 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Salvador, A. Gomez, O. Viñas, G. Ercilla, J. D. Cañete, J. Muñoz-Gomez, and R. Sanmarti

Prevalence and clinical significance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide and antikeratin antibodies in palindromic rheumatism. An abortive form of rheumatoid arthritis?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 972-975; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg268 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Raza, C. Y. Lee, D. Pilling, S. Heaton, R. D. Situnayake, D. M. Carruthers, C. D. Buckley, C. Gordon, and M. Salmon

Ultrasound guidance allows accurate needle placement and aspiration from small joints in patients with early inflammatory arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 976-979; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg269 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Koyama, H. Tsukamoto, K. Masumoto, D. Himeji, K. Hayashi, M. Harada, and T. Horiuchi

A novel polymorphism of the human APRIL gene is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 980-985; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg270 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. A. Herve, R. Wait, and P. J. Venables

Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase is not a specific autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 986-988; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg271 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. I. Fox, S. L. Morgan, H. T. Smith, B. A. Robbins, M. G. Choc, and J. E. Baggott

Combined oral cyclosporin and methotrexate therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis elevates methotrexate levels and reduces 7-hydroxymethotrexate levels when compared with methotrexate alone
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 989-994; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg277 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Minnock, O. FitzGerald, and B. Bresnihan

Women with established rheumatoid arthritis perceive pain as the predominant impairment of health status
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 16, 2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 995-1000; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg281 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. J. Wakefield, A. Brown, P. O'Connor, A. Grainger, Z. Karim, D. McGonagle, P. Conaghan, and P. Emery

Rheumatological ultrasound
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1001; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg099 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Bhatia and R. W. Keen

Late complications of SLE
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1001-1002; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg237 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Stathopulu and E. Baildam

Gower's sign in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1002-1003; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg238 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M.-M. Gordon, C. Buck, and R. Madhok

Inflammatory arthritis presenting as scrotal pain
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1003-1005; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg239 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Gupta, S. Stafford, and N. Cox

Unusual cause of meralgia paraesthetica
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1005; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg241 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. F. Flores-Suárez, J. A. Simón, P. A. Reyes, M. E. Soto, C. Castañón, and P. Navarro

Takayasu's arteritis presenting as bilateral cataracts: report of three cases
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1005-1007; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg244 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. E. Mountantonakis, L. I. Sakkas, D. Papadopoulos, and N. Stathakis

Systemic sclerosis with bilateral hilar adenopathy
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1007-1009; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg245 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. J. Bingham, M. H. Buch, S. Lindsay, A. Pollard, J. White, and P. Emery

Parenteral methotrexate should be given before biological therapy
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1009-1010; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg246 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Douglas, R. Bradbury, S. Kannangara, and D. Mitchell

Arthritis as an unusual manifestation of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1010-1012; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg247 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Massawi, P. Hickling, D. Hilton, and C. Patterson

Inclusion body myositis evolving in systemic lupus erythrematosus? A case report
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1012-1014; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg250 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Verneuil, R. Ze Bekolo, A. Dompmartin, F. Comoz, C. Marcelli, and D. Leroy

Efficiency of colchicine and corticosteroids in a leg ulceration with cholesterol embolism in a woman with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1014-1016; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg252 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Selva-O'Callaghan, T. Mijares-Boeckh-Behrens, M. Labrador-Horrillos, R. Solans-Laque, J. M^a Grau-Junyent, and M. Vilardell-Tarres

Anti-PM-Scl antibodies in a patient with inclusion body myositis
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1016-1018; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg253 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Haibel, J. Brandt, M. Rudwaleit, H. Soerensen, J. Sieper, and J. Braun

Treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis with pamidronate
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1018-1020; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg256 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Chrubasik, C. Conradt, and A. Black

Different views of health care professionals on the treatment of osteoarthritis including low back pain
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1020-1021; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg260 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Igal Leibovitch, Yair Alster, Moshe Lazar, Pnina Langevitz, Avi Livneh, and Anat Loewenstein

Corneal wound healing in a patient treated with colchicine for familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF)
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1021-1022; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg261 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Farzaneh-Far, J. Watkins, H. Tahir, F. Wykes, and H. Beynon

Small vessel vasculitis with pulmonary aneurysms and silent myocardial infarction
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1022-1024; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg266 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Obituary:

A. Dixon

Eric Bywaters 1910–2003
Rheumatology 2003 42: 1025-1027; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg444 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin Goodfellow:

Rheumatology 2003 42: 1028; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keg450 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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