Rheumatology

EDITORIALS:

R. Watts

Open access: the die is cast
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1469; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei198 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Cunnington, G. Hide, and D. Kane

Training in musculoskeletal ultrasound by UK rheumatologists: when is now, but how?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1470-1472; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei176 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS:

F. C. Hall and N. Dalbeth

Disease modification and cardiovascular risk reduction: two sides of the same coin?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 2, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1473-1482; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

J. Zochling, J. Brandt, and J. Braun

The current concept of spondyloarthritis with special emphasis on undifferentiated spondyloarthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1483-1491; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

I. N. Bruce

‘Not only...but also’: factors that contribute to accelerated atherosclerosis and premature coronary heart disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1492-1502; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE:

M. C. Bezerra, G. D. Calomeni, V. F. Caparbo, E. S. Gebrim, M. S. Rocha, and R. M. R. Pereira

Low bone density and low serum levels of soluble RANK ligand are associated with severe arterial calcification in patients with Takayasu arteritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 11, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1503-1506; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Baranda, H. de la Fuente, E. Layseca-Espinosa, D. Portales-Pérez, P. Niño-Moreno, G. Valencia-Pacheco, C. Abud-Mendoza, J. Alcocer-Varela, and R. González-Amaro

IL-15 and IL-15R in leucocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 26, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1507-1513; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. N. Corps, R. L. Harrall, V. A. Curry, B. L. Hazleman, and G. P. Riley

Contrasting effects of fluoroquinolone antibiotics on the expression of the collagenases, matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-1 and -13, in human tendon-derived cells
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 7, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1514-1517; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Dziadzio, R. E. Smith, D. J. Abraham, C. M. Black, and C. P. Denton

Circulating levels of active transforming growth factor ß1 are reduced in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and correlate inversely with the modified Rodnan skin score
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 13, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1518-1524; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL:

J. Sieper, X. Baraliakos, J. Listing, J. Brandt, H. Haibel, M. Rudwaleit, and J. Braun

Persistent reduction of spinal inflammation as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging in patients with ankylosing spondylitis after 2 yrs of treatment with the anti-tumour necrosis factor agent infliximab
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1525-1530; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Gupta, G. A. Hawker, A. Laporte, R. Croxford, and P. C. Coyte

The economic burden of disabling hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) from the perspective of individuals living with this condition
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 9, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1531-1537; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C.-C. Lee, S.-H. Lee, I.-J. Chang, T.-C. Lu, A. Yuan, T.-A. Chang, K.-C. Tsai, and W.-J. Chen

Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 16, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1538-1541; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. J. Leandro, G. Cambridge, J. C. Edwards, M. R. Ehrenstein, and D. A. Isenberg

B-cell depletion in the treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a longitudinal analysis of 24 patients
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1542-1545; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

U. Lange, J. Teichmann, U. Müller-Ladner, and J. Strunk

Increase in bone mineral density of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-TNF- antibody: a prospective open-label pilot study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1546-1548; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei082 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. M. Haara, J. P. A. Arokoski, H. Kröger, A. Kärkkäinen, P. Manninen, P. Knekt, O. Impivaara, and M. Heliövaara

Association of radiological hand osteoarthritis with bone mineral mass: a population study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1549-1554; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Collantes-Estevez, M. C. Muñoz-Villanueva, P. Zarco, J. C. Torre-Alonso, J. Gratacós, C. González, R. Sanmartí, J. D. Cañete, and (Spanish Spondyloarthropathies Study Group)

Effectiveness of reducing infliximab dose interval in non-responder patients with refractory spondyloarthropathies. An open extension of a multicentre study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 23, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1555-1558; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Eder, D. Zisman, M. Rozenbaum, and I. Rosner

Clinical features and aetiology of septic arthritis in northern Israel
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 7, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1559-1563; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Tlacuilo-Parra, E. Guevara-Gutiérrez, F. Gutiérrez-Murillo, A. Soto-Ortiz, F. Barba-Gómez, M. Hernández-Torres, and M. Salazar-Páramo

Pimecrolimus 1% cream for the treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 13, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1564-1568; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. A. Rhodes, A. J. Grainger, A.-M. Keenan, C. Thomas, P. Emery, and P. G. Conaghan

The validation of simple scoring methods for evaluating compartment-specific synovitis detected by MRI in knee osteoarthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 27, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1569-1573; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. V. Ramanan, R. Schneider, M. Batthish, C. Achonu, S. Ota, M. McLimont, N. L. Young, and B. M. Feldman

Developing a disease activity tool for systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis by international consensus using the Delphi approach
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 13, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1574-1578; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

A. Bharadwaj, B. Dasgupta, K. Wolfe, C. Nordborg, and E. Nordborg

Difficulties in the development of histological scoring of the inflamed temporal arteries in giant cell arteritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 1, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1579-1580; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei180 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS:

I. I. Vallbracht, H. H. Popper, J. Rieber, F. Nowak, S. Gallenberger, B. Piper, and K. Helmke

Lethal pneumonitis under leflunomide therapy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 23, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1580-1581; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Aslangul, S. Perrot, E. Durand, E. Mousseaux, C. Le Jeunne, and L. Capron

Successful etanercept treatment of constrictive pericarditis complicating rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1581-1583; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei078 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. C. Koffeman, N. M. Wulffraat, M. Bruin, P. H. G. Hogeman, and J. Frenkel

Periodic fever as a presenting sign of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 7, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1583-1584; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei089 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Ornetti, R. Ciappuccini, C. Tavernier, and J. F. Maillefert

Interaction between paracetamol and oral anticoagulants
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1584-1585; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. F. Ng, P. Cohen, A. Hepburn, S. Hamdulay, M. Carpani, and J. C. Mason

A case of eosinophilic enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 11, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1585-1586; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

R. Hühn, H. Schmeling, C. Kunze, and G. Horneff

Pneumococcal sepsis after autosplenectomy in a girl with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 11, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1586-1588; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei136 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Psyrri and T. Economopoulos

Functional asplenia in a patient with Rothmann–Makai syndrome: a pathogenetic relationship?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1588; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei144 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. T. Sakellariou, I. Chatzigiannis, and I. Tsitouridis

Infliximab infusions for persistent back pain in two patients with Schmorl's nodes
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1588-1590; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei155 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]  

EDITOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Editor's Acknowledgement
Rheumatology 2005 44: 1591-1594; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei238 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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