Rheumatology

Editorials:

D. Elewaut

Right on target: coupling methotrexate to albumin to treat rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1067-1068; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh242 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. T. Dawes, J. C. Packham, and J. C. Mucklow

TNF therapy for spondyloarthropathy: can we marshal the argument?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 27, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1069-1071; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh318 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS:

J. Braun and J. Sieper

Biological therapies in the spondyloarthritides—the current state
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 8, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1072-1084; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh205 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. V. Trinh, S.-D. Phillips, E. Ho, and K. Damsma

Acupuncture for the alleviation of lateral epicondyle pain: a systematic review
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1085-1090; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh247 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE:

M. Gattorno, A. Gregorio, F. Ferlito, V. Gerloni, A. Parafioriti, E. Felici, E. Sala, C. Gambini, P. Picco, and A. Martini

Synovial expression of osteopontin correlates with angiogenesis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1091-1096; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh250 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Fiehn, U. Müller-Ladner, S. Gay, S. Krienke, S. Freudenberg-Konrad, J. Funk, A. D. Ho, H. Sinn, and A. Wunder

Albumin-coupled methotrexate (MTX-HSA) is a new anti-arthritic drug which acts synergistically to MTX
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1097-1105; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh254 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Hattori, Y. Takakura, H. Ohgushi, T. Habata, K. Uematsu, M. Takenaka, and K. Ikeuchi

Which cartilage is regenerated, hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage? Non-invasive ultrasonic evaluation of tissue-engineered cartilage
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1106-1108; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh256 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Henriksson, A. Sallmyr, L. Du, Å. Larsson, R. Manthorpe, and A. Bredberg

Enhanced DNA-dependent protein kinase activity in Sjögren's syndrome B cells
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1109-1115; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh267 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Yasuda, T. Kakinuma, S. M. Julovi, M. Yoshida, T. Hiramitsu, M. Akiyoshi, and T. Nakamura

COOH-terminal heparin-binding fibronectin fragment induces nitric oxide production in rheumatoid cartilage through CD44
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1116-1120; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh274 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

S. Shimizu, H. Nakashima, K. Masutani, Y. Inoue, K. Miyake, M. Akahoshi, Y. Tanaka, K. Egashira, H. Hirakata, T. Otsuka, and M. Harada

Anti-monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene therapy attenuates nephritis in MRL/lpr mice
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1121-1128; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh277 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL:

V. Le Guern, A. Mahr, L. Mouthon, D. Jeanneret, M. Carzon, and L. Guillevin

Prevalence of systemic sclerosis in a French multi-ethnic county
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1129-1137; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh253 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Zeggini, A. M. Reginato, A. Prais, BPRG Study Group, W. Thomson, W. McLean, and R. Donn

Linkage and association studies of discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in juvenile oligoarthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1138-1141; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh261 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

A. Groarke, R. Curtis, R. Coughlan, and A. Gsel

The role of perceived and actual disease status in adjustment to rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 15, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1142-1149; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh262 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Disini, M. Foster, P. J. Milligan, and J. C. Buckland-Wright

Cancellous bone changes in the radius of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional quantitative macroradiographic study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 29, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1150-1157; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh270 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Kobelt, P. Andlin-Sobocki, S. Brophy, L. Jönsson, A. Calin, and J. Braun

The burden of ankylosing spondylitis and the cost-effectiveness of treatment with infliximab (Remicade®)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 29, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1158-1166; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh271 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. E. Powell, C. Langley, J. Kirwan, D. Gubbay, D. Memel, J. Pollock, R. Means, and S. Hewlett

Welfare rights services for people disabled with arthritis integrated in primary care and hospital settings: set-up costs and monetary benefits
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1167-1172; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh278 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. W. Han, G. W. Kim, J. S. Seo, S. J. Kim, K. H. Sa, J. Y. Park, J. Lee, S. Y. Kim, J. J. Goronzy, C. M. Weyand, and Y. M. Kang

VEGF gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 22, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1173-1177; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh281 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Bernatsky, A. Clarke, R. Ramsey-Goldman, L. Joseph, J.-F. Boivin, R. Rajan, A. D. Moore, M.-H. Leung, A. Allen, and C. Gordon

Hormonal exposures and breast cancer in a sample of women with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 29, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1178-1181; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh282 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. A. Gonzalez-Gay, J. Llorca, E. Sanchez, M. A. Lopez-Nevot, M. M. Amoli, C. Garcia-Porrua, W. E. R. Ollier, and J. Martin

Inducible but not endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in northwest Spain
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 29, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1182-1185; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh283 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. D. Marks, C. Pilkington, P. Woo, and M. J. Dillon

The use of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) index as a valid tool in assessing disease activity in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 29, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1186-1189; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh284 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Milosevic-Jovcic, D. Ciric, L. Hajdukovic-Dragojlovic, and V. Mircetic

Differences in the relationship of specificity to titre and functional affinity between circulating Ga- and pan-reactive IgM rheumatoid factors in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 6, 2004
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1190-1193; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh287 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

A. J. Hakim and R. Grahame

Non-musculoskeletal symptoms in joint hypermobility syndrome. Indirect evidence for autonomic dysfunction?
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1194-1195; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh279 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. J. Armstrong

The mobile phone as an imaging tool in SLE
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1195; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh286 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS:

A. J. Kinder, J. Edwards, A. Samanta, and F. Nichol

Pregnancy in a rheumatoid arthritis patient on infliximab and methotrexate
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1195-1196; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh264 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Selva-O'Callaghan, X. Martínez-Costa, R. Solans-Laque, M. Mauri, J. A. Capdevila, and M. Vilardell-Tarrés

Refractory adult dermatomyositis with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis treated with infliximab
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1196-1197; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh285 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Charlanne, M. Lambert, E. Hachulla, D. Launay, V. Queyrel, P.-Y. Hatron, B. Devulder, and J.-Y. Muller

Large granular lymphocyte leukaemia associated with systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1197-1198; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh293 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING:

I. Uthman and J. El-Sayad

Refractory polymyositis responding to infliximab
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1198-1199; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. D. Smith

Escalated conventional therapy for rheumatoid arthritis patients
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1199; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh291 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. J. Bingham, M. H. Buch, A. Tenant, and P. Emery

Escalated conventional therapy for rheumatoid arthritis patients: reply
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1199-1200; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh276 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. R. Johnson and P. Lee

The HAQ disability index in scleroderma trials
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1200-1201; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh288 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Dieppe and A. Swan

Automated counting of white blood cells in synovial fluid
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1201; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh290 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. de Jonge, R. Brouwer, M. Smit, M. de Frankrijker-Merkestijn, R. J. E. M. Dolhain, J. M. W. Hazes, A. W. van Toorenenbergen, and J. Lindemans

Automated counting of white blood cells in synovial fluid: reply
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1201-1202; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh289 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

N. Sutcliffe

EVIDENCE-BASED RHEUMATOLOGY. Edited by P. Tugwell. £99.00. BMJ Publishing Group, London, 2004. ISBN 0 7279 1446 4.
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1203; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh273 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Müller-Ladner

ABC OF RHEUMATOLOGY, 3rd edition. Edited by M. L. Snaith. £19.95. BMJ Books, London, 2004. 136 pp. ISBN 0-7279-1688-2.
Rheumatology 2004 43: 1203; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh306 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin Goodfellow:

Rheumatology 2004 43: 1204; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh388 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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