Rheumatology

EDITORIALS

S. A. Chambers, A. Rahman, and D. A. Isenberg

Treatment adherence and clinical outcome in systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 16, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 895-898; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem016 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. N. Jois, K. Gaffney, and A. Keat

Anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy for ankylosing spondylitis—unresolved issues
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 899-901; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem012 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. A. Bird

Lessons from Marfan syndrome
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 902-903; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem020 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. D. Hale, G. J. Treharne, and G. D. Kitas

The Common-Sense Model of self-regulation of health and illness: how can we use it to understand and respond to our patients’ needs?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 19, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 904-906; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem060 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract C. Christodoulou, S. Sangle, and D. P. D'Cruz

Vasculopathy and arterial stenotic lesions in the antiphospholipid syndrome
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 2, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 907-910; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Brune and D. E. Furst

Combining enzyme specificity and tissue selectivity of cyclooxygenase inhibitors: towards better tolerability?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 911-919; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem070 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract H. Xu, Y. He, X. Yang, L. Liang, Z. Zhan, Y. Ye, X. Yang, F. Lian, and L. Sun

Anti-malarial agent artesunate inhibits TNF--induced production of proinflammatory cytokines via inhibition of NF-B and PI3 kinase/Akt signal pathway in human rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 21, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 920-926; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. S. C. Graham, M. Akil, and T. J. Vyse

Association of polymorphisms across the tyrosine kinase gene, TYK2 in UK SLE families
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 927-930; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel449 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. B. Mueller, A. Skapenko, J. Wendler, F. Schuch, J. R. Kalden, and H. Schulze-Koops

MHC class II expression on myeloid cells inversely correlates with disease progression in early rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 931-933; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Kuuliala, A. Orpana, M. Leirisalo-Repo, and H. Repo

Neutrophils of healthy subjects with a history of reactive arthritis show enhanced responsiveness, as defined by CD11b expression in adherent and non-adherent whole blood cultures
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 934-937; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem039 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Sharif, J. Kirwan, N. Charni, L. J. Sandell, C. Whittles, and P. Garnero

A 5-yr longitudinal study of type IIA collagen synthesis and total type II collagen degradation in patients with knee osteoarthritis—association with disease progression
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 938-943; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel409 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL

Get checked abstract S. Hill, K. Dziedzic, E. Thomas, S. R. Baker, and P. Croft

The illness perceptions associated with health and behavioural outcomes in people with musculoskeletal hand problems: findings from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 17, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 944-951; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. G. Illei, C. H. Yarboro, T. Kuroiwa, R. Schlimgen, H. A. Austin, J. F. Tisdale, P. Chitkara, T. Fleisher, J. H. Klippel, J. E. Balow, and D. T. Boumpas

Long-term effects of combination treatment with fludarabine and low-dose pulse cyclophosphamide in patients with lupus nephritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 22, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 952-956; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Percheron, G. Fayet, T. Ningler, J.-M. Le Parc, S. Denot-Ledunois, M. Leroy, B. Raffestin, and G. Jondeau

Muscle strength and body composition in adult women with Marfan syndrome
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 957-962; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel450 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Dziedzic, E. Thomas, S. Hill, R. Wilkie, G. Peat, and P. R. Croft

The impact of musculoskeletal hand problems in older adults: findings from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 963-967; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. M. M. Verstappen, J. W. G. Jacobs, A. A. Kruize, J. C. Ehrlich, G. A. van Albada-Kuipers, H. Verkleij, E. Buskens, and J. W. J. Bijlsma

Trends in economic consequences of rheumatoid arthritis over two subsequent years
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 3, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 968-974; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Mierau, M. Schoels, G. Gonda, J. Fuchs, D. Aletaha, and J. S. Smolen

Assessing remission in clinical practice
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 6, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 975-979; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. N. Jois, A. Masding, M. Somerville, K. Gaffney, and D. G. I. Scott

Rituximab therapy in patients with resistant rheumatoid arthritis: real-life experience
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 980-982; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel453 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Y. Ahmad, J. Shelmerdine, H. Bodill, M. Lunt, M. G. Pattrick, L. S. Teh, R. M. Bernstein, M. G. Walker, and I. N. Bruce

Subclinical atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): the relative contribution of classic risk factors and the lupus phenotype
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 983-988; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Szücs, Z. Szekanecz, E. Zilahi, A. Kapitány, S. Baráth, S. Szamosi, A. Végvári, Z. Szabó, S. Szántó, L. Czirják, and C. György Kiss

Systemic sclerosis–rheumatoid arthritis overlap syndrome: a unique combination of features suggests a distinct genetic, serological and clinical entity
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 989-993; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Saviola, L. Abdi. Ali, S. Shams. Eddin, A. Coppini, F. Cavalieri, L. Campostrini, S. Sacco, M. Bucci, G. Cirino, and M. Rossini

Compared clinical efficacy and bone metabolic effects of low-dose deflazacort and methyl prednisolone in male inflammatory arthropathies: a 12-month open randomized pilot study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 994-998; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Z. Betteridge, H. Gunawardena, J. North, J. Slinn, and N. McHugh

Anti-synthetase syndrome: a new autoantibody to phenylalanyl transfer RNA synthetase (anti-Zo) associated with polymyositis and interstitial pneumonia
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 27, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1005-1008; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Palmer, G. Macfarlane, C. Afzal, A. Esmail, A. Silman, and M. Lunt

Acculturation and the prevalence of pain amongst South Asian minority ethnic groups in the UK
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1009-1014; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem037 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Heiligenhaus, M. Niewerth, G. Ganser, C. Heinz, K. Minden, and German Uveitis in Childhood Study Group

Prevalence and complications of uveitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a population-based nation-wide study in Germany: suggested modification of the current screening guidelines
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 2, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1015-1019; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Sokka, H. Mäkinen, P. Hannonen, and T. Pincus

Most people over age 50 in the general population do not meet ACR remission criteria or OMERACT minimal disease activity criteria for rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 2, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1020-1023; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem051 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. J. Weiss, E. Broström, A. Stark, M. C. Wick, and P. Wretenberg

Ankle/hindfoot arthrodesis in rheumatoid arthritis improves kinematics and kinetics of the knee and hip: a prospective gait analysis study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1024-1028; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. R. Popa, C. A. Stegeman, W. H. Abdulahad, B. van der Meer, J. Arends, W. M. Manson, N. A. Bos, C. G. M. Kallenberg, and J.-W. Cohen Tervaert

Staphylococcal toxic-shock-syndrome-toxin-1 as a risk factor for disease relapse in Wegener's granulomatosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1029-1033; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A. Chatzikyriakidou, I. Georgiou, P. V. Voulgari, A. I. Venetsanopoulou, and A. A. Drosos

Combined tumour necrosis factor- and tumour necrosis factor receptor genotypes could predict rheumatoid arthritis patients’ response to anti-TNF- therapy and explain controversies of studies based on a single polymorphism
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1034-1035; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem041 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Pratt, K. Nicholl, and L. Kay

Use of the QuantiFERON TB Gold test as part of a screening programme in patients with RA under consideration for treatment with anti-TNF- agents: the Newcastle (UK) experience
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1035-1036; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem064 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. A. C. Fisher, J. W. Frank, and P. C. Taylor

Do Tc-99m-diphosphonate bone scans have any place in the investigation of polyarthralgia?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 20, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1036-1037; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem087 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

CASE REPORTS

C. A. Peach, Y. Zhang, and B. P. Wordsworth

Mutations of the tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase gene (TNAP) causing a non-lethal case of perinatal hypophosphatasia
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1037-1040; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem043 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. J. Evans, D. Webb, T. M. Lawson, and S. Siebert

Renal tubular acidosis associated with leflunomide
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1040; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem044 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. E. Jackson and R. Sturrock

Resuscitation shoulder—a complication of cardiac arrest
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 4, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1040-1041; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Thonhofer, E. Uitz, and W. Graninger

Schnitzler's syndrome—exacerbation after anti-TNF treatment
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 19, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1041-1042; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem048 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Botsios, P. Sfriso, P. A. Ostuni, S. Todesco, and L. Punzi

Efficacy of the IL-1 receptor antagonist, anakinra, for the treatment of diffuse anterior scleritis in rheumatoid arthritis. Report of two cases
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 19, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1042-1043; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem052 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Kuek, A. Weerakoon, K. Ahmed, and A. J. K. Östör

Adult-onset Still's disease and myocarditis: successful treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin and maintenance of remission with etanercept
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 19, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1043-1044; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem066 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

N. Smith, K. Gadsby, S. Butt, and C. Deighton

The impact of the NICE appraisal consultation document on anti-TNF therapy for ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1044-1045; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem065 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OBITUARY

Andrew C. Keat

Fergus Rogers—a rheumatologist's appreciation
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 10, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46: 1046; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem028 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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