Rheumatology

EDITORIALS

D. Choi, A. T. H. Casey, and H. A. Crockard

Neck problems in rheumatoid arthritis—changing disease patterns, surgical treatments and patients' expectations
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1183-1184; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel251 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

P. E. Carreira

‘Quality of pain’ in systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 9, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1185-1186; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel247 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEW

Get checked abstract J. M. van Laar and A. Tyndall

Adult stem cells in the treatment of autoimmune diseases
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 15, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1187-1193; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel158 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract P. Gergely, Jr, A. Blazsek, Z. Weiszhár, B. Pazár, and G. Poór

Lack of genetic association of the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile polymorphisms with spondylarthropathies in a Hungarian population
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1194-1196; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H.-R. Kim, H.-Y. Kim, and S.-H. Lee

Elevated serum levels of soluble receptor activator of nuclear factors-B ligand (sRANKL) and reduced bone mineral density in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1197-1200; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel072 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract N. Amos, S. Lauder, A. Evans, M. Feldmann, and J. Bondeson

Adenoviral gene transfer into osteoarthritis synovial cells using the endogenous inhibitor IB reveals that most, but not all, inflammatory and destructive mediators are NFB dependent
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 29, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1201-1209; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel078 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. A. Lawson, A. K. Brown, V. Bejarano, S. H. Douglas, C. H. Burgoyne, A. S. Greenstein, A. W. Boylston, P. Emery, F. Ponchel, and J. D. Isaacs

Early rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a deficit in the CD4⁺CD25^high regulatory T cell population in peripheral blood
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 29, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1210-1217; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel089 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. C. Hofbauer, M. Schoppet, M. Christ, J. Teichmann, and U. Lange

Tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and osteoprotegerin serum levels in psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 30, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1218-1222; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. R. Glossop, P. T. Dawes, and D. L. Mattey

Association between cigarette smoking and release of tumour necrosis factor and its soluble receptors by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 3, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1223-1229; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T.-C. Tzeng, J.-L. Suen, and B.-L. Chiang

Dendritic cells pulsed with apoptotic cells activate self-reactive T-cells of lupus mice both in vitro and in vivo
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1230-1237; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Westhovens, J. C. Cole, T. Li, M. Martin, R. MacLean, P. Lin, B. Blaisdell, G. V. Wallenstein, R. Aranda, and Y. Sherrer

Improved health-related quality of life for rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with abatacept who have inadequate response to anti-TNF therapy in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre randomized clinical trial
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1238-1246; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel066 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Weigl, A. Cieza, N. Kostanjsek, M. Kirschneck, and G. Stucki

The ICF comprehensively covers the spectrum of health problems encountered by health professionals in patients with musculoskeletal conditions
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1247-1254; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. J. McCann, A. D. Juggins, S. M. Maillard, L. R. Wedderburn, J. E. Davidson, K. J. Murray, and C. A. Pilkington on behalf of the Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group

The Juvenile Dermatomyositis National Registry and Repository (UK and Ireland)—clinical characteristics of children recruited within the first 5 yr
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1255-1260; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. D. Ziakas, U. G. Dafni, S. Giannouli, A. G. Tzioufas, and M. Voulgarelis

Thrombocytopaenia in lupus as a marker of adverse outcome—seeking Ariadne's thread
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1261-1265; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Mak, B. M. Y. Cheung, C. C. Mok, R. Leung, and C. S. Lau

Adrenomedullin—a potential disease activity marker and suppressor of nephritis activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1266-1272; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel105 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Kutilek, M. Bayer, P. Dolezalova, and D. Nemcova

Quantitative ultrasonometry of the calcaneus in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1273-1275; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Selga, A. Mohammad, G. Sturfelt, and M. Segelmark

Polyarteritis nodosa when applying the Chapel Hill nomenclature—a descriptive study on ten patients
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1276-1281; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Chaudhari, M. B. Moroldo, E. Shear, P. Hillard, S. D. Thompson, D. Lan, B. Huang, H. I. Brunner, and D. N. Glass

Impaired reproductive fitness in mothers of children with juvenile autoimmune arthropathies
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1282-1287; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Martindale, J. Smith, C. J. Sutton, D. Grennan, L. Goodacre, and J. A. Goodacre

Disease and psychological status in ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1288-1293; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. H. Roux, O. Brocq, V. Breuil, C. Albert, and L. Euller-Ziegler

Safety of anti-TNF- therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and spondylarthropathies with concurrent B or C chronic hepatitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 7, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1294-1297; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Georges, O. Chassany, C. Toledano, L. Mouthon, K. Tiev, O. Meyer, D. Ilie, J. Rambeloarisoa, Z. Marjanovic, J. Cabane, D. Sereni, J. Pouchot, and D. Farge

Impact of pain in health related quality of life of patients with systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1298-1302; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HEBERDEN HISTORICAL SERIES

A. Woywodt and E. L. Matteson

Wegener's granulomatosis—probing the untold past of the man behind the eponym
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1303-1306; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel258 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

S. Yüksel, F. Yalçinkaya, B. Acar, Z. B. Özçakar, B. Öztürk, and M. Ekim

Clinical improvement with infliximab in a child with amyloidosis secondary to familial Mediterranean fever
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1307-1308; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel250 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Kumm, A. Tamm, K. Veske, M. Lintrop, and A. Tamm

Associations between cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and several articular tissues in early knee joint osteoarthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1308-1309; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel271 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. K. Dowman, F. H. Khattak, S. Elliott, T. M. T. Sheehan, and K. A. Grindulis

‘Herbal medicine’ containing hidden prescription drugs
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1309-1312; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel248 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. T. Huggett and R. Armstrong

Adalimumab-associated pulmonary fibrosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1312-1313; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

S. K. Pathare, C. Heycock, and J. Hamilton

TNF blocker-induced thrombocytopenia
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 4, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1313-1314; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel204 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Sheehy, E. Murphy, and M. Barry

Effective co-administration of infliximab and etanercept following the failure of sequential anti-TNF agents in a patient with HLA-B27-associated arthropathy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 11, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1314-1315; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel211 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Olivieri, E. Scarano, P. Gigliotti, V. Giasi, and A. Padula

Successful treatment of juvenile-onset HLA-B27-associated severe and refractory heel Thesitis with adalimumab documented by magnetic resonance imaging
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 13, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1315-1317; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel208 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. W. A. M. van Rijthoven, J. W. J. Bijlsma, M. Canninga-van Dijk, R. H. W. M. Derksen, and J. A. G. van Roon

Onset of systemic lupus erythematosus after conversion of infliximab to adalimumab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis with a pre-existing anti-dsDNA antibody level
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 13, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1317-1319; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel227 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

H. Pieringer

Impaired endothelial function in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1319; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel260 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Sari and N. Akkoc

Impaired endothelial function in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1319-1320; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel261 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. M. Wise, N. Kumar, and D. J. Walker

Primary care guidelines in rheumatology: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 9, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1320-1321; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel186 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Mitchell and A. Adebajo

Primary care guidelines in rheumatology
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 9, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1321; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel185 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OBITUARY

S. P. Liyanage and M. Seifert

John H. Glyn
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1322; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel254 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RHEUMATOLOGY WORLDWIDE

F.-C. Zhang

Rheumatology in China—brief introduction of the development of Chinese rheumatology
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 3, 2006
Rheumatology 2006 45: 1323-1324; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel257 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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