Rheumatology

EDITORIALS

Elaine Thomas and Caroline J. Doré

Statistical guidelines for contributors to Rheumatology
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 27, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 461; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep024 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Statistical guidelines for submission of papers—revised 2008
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 462-463; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep025 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Majid Artus and Daniëlle van der Windt

Small effects of treatments for non-specific low back pain: how can we improve patients’ outcomes?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 464-465; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep048 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Jacqui Clinch and Christopher Eccleston

Chronic musculoskeletal pain in children: assessment and management
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 6, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 466-474; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Cristina C. Belizna, Mohamed A. Hamidou, Hervé Levesque, Loic Guillevin, and Yehuda Shoenfeld

Infection and vasculitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 475-482; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract Samuel García, Antonio Mera, Juan J. Gómez-Reino, and Carmen Conde

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase suppression protects rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts from Fas-induced apoptosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 19, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 483-489; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken502 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bilkish Cassim, Odette M. Shaw, Margaret Mazur, Neil L. Misso, Anupam Naran, Daniel R. Langlands, Philip J. Thompson, and Kanti D. Bhoola

Kallikreins, kininogens and kinin receptors on circulating and synovial fluid neutrophils: role in kinin generation in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 1, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 490-496; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marjon Al, Lawrence Ng, Pascal Tyrrell, Joanne Bargman, Timothy Bradley, and Earl Silverman

Adipokines as novel biomarkers in paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 497-501; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Rachel L. Lakey, Tanya G. Morgan, Andrew D. Rowan, John D. Isaacs, Tim E. Cawston, and Catharien M. U. Hilkens

A novel paradigm for dendritic cells as effectors of cartilage destruction
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 502-507; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tamihiro Kawakami, Masahide Yamazaki, Masako Mizoguchi, and Yoshinao Soma

Differences in anti-phosphatidylserine–prothrombin complex antibodies and cutaneous vasculitis between regular livedo reticularis and livedo racemosa
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 508-512; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep036 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter M. Izmirly, Laura Barisoni, Jill P. Buyon, Mimi Y. Kim, Tania L. Rivera, Julie S. Schwartzman, Joseph M. Weisstuch, David T. Liu, Stephen Bernstein, Chung-E. Tseng, Howard M. Belmont, Charles T. Esmon, Joan T. Merrill, Anca D. Askanase, David B. Thomas, and Robert M. Clancy

Expression of endothelial protein C receptor in cortical peritubular capillaries associates with a poor clinical response in lupus nephritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 13, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 513-519; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL

Get checked abstract L. A. C. Machado, S. J. Kamper, R. D. Herbert, C. G. Maher, and J. H. McAuley

Analgesic effects of treatments for non-specific low back pain: a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 24, 2008
Rheumatology 2009 48: 520-527; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken470 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rogier M. van Rijn, Bionka M. A. Huisstede, Bart W. Koes, and Alex Burdorf

Associations between work-related factors and specific disorders at the elbow: a systematic literature review
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 17, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 528-536; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julia Geiger, Thomas Ness, Markus Uhl, Wolf A. Lagrèze, Peter Vaith, Mathias Langer, and Thorsten A. Bley

Involvement of the ophthalmic artery in giant cell arteritis visualized by 3T MRI
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 537-541; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria I. Danila, Guillermo J. Pons-Estel, Jie Zhang, Luis M. Vilá, John D. Reveille, and Graciela S. Alarcón

Renal damage is the most important predictor of mortality within the damage index: data from LUMINA LXIV, a multiethnic US cohort
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 542-545; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elke Geens, Piet Geusens, Johan Vanhoof, Hubert Berghs, Johan Praet, Greet Esselens, Simonne Lens, Jean-Pol Dufour, Marc Vandenberghe, Xavier Van Mullem, René Westhovens, and Patrick Verschueren

Belgian rheumatologists’ perception on eligibility of RA patients for anti-TNF treatment matches more closely Dutch rather than Belgian reimbursement criteria
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 1, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 546-550; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Rudwaleit, Ignazio Olivieri, Kyriaki A. Boki, Eduard N. Griep, Pentti Järvinen, Robert L. Wong, Martina Kron, Sonja Kary, and Hartmut Kupper

Adalimumab is effective and well tolerated in treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis who have advanced spinal fusion
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 1, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 551-557; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Claire McKenna, Laura Bojke, Andrea Manca, Adewale Adebajo, John Dickson, Philip Helliwell, Veronica Morton, Ian Russell, David Torgerson, and Judith Watson

Shoulder acute pain in primary health care: is retraining GPs effective? The SAPPHIRE randomized trial: a cost–effectiveness analysis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 558-563; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tracy Y. Zhu, Lai-Shan Tam, Vivian W. Y. Lee, Kenneth K. Lee, and Edmund K. Li

Systemic lupus erythematosus with neuropsychiatric manifestation incurs high disease costs: a cost-of-illness study in Hong Kong
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 564-568; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen Lindsay, Alexander D. Fraser, Alison Layton, Mark Goodfield, Hans Gruss, and Andrew Gough

Liver fibrosis in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis on long-term, high cumulative dose methotrexate therapy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 569-572; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sean G. O’Neill, Jose M. Pego-Reigosa, Aroon D. Hingorani, Rupa Bessant, David A. Isenberg, and Anisur Rahman

Use of a strategy based on calculated risk scores in managing cardiovascular risk factors in a large British cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 573-575; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carol M. Greco, Amy H. Kao, Abdus Sattar, Natalya Danchenko, Kathleen M. Maksimowicz-McKinnon, Daniel Edmundowicz, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Russell P. Tracy, Lewis H. Kuller, and Susan Manzi

Association between depression and coronary artery calcification in women with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 13, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 576-581; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Susan J. Lee, Jan D. Hirsch, Robert Terkeltaub, Dinesh Khanna, Jasvinder A. Singh, Andrew Sarkin, and Arthur Kavanaugh

Perceptions of disease and health-related quality of life among patients with gout
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 582-586; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sharmila Jandial, Tim Rapley, and Helen Foster

Current teaching of paediatric musculoskeletal medicine within UK medical schools—a need for change
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 31, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 587-590; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Hector Chinoy, Fiona Salway, Noreen Fertig, Chester V. Oddis, William E. Ollier, and Robert G. Cooper

Clinical, serological and HLA profiles in non-Caucasian UK idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 591-592; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep035 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Taro Horino, Toshihiro Takao, Yoshinori Taniguchi, and Yoshio Terada

Non-infectious endocarditis in a patient with cANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 592-594; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep017 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan R. Whelan and David A. Isenberg

Poor response of anti-SRP-positive idiopathic immune myositis to B-cell depletion
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 1, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 594-595; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep027 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

Weekitt Kittisupamongkol

Comment on: Musculoskeletal pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular-related mortality
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 595; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John McBeth, Deborah P. Symmons, Alan J. Silman, Roger Webb, and Gary J. Macfarlane

Comment on: Musculoskeletal pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular-related mortality: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 18, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 595; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep041 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

Nina Boulman, Itzhak Rosner, Gleb Slobodin, Nina Avshovich, Joy Feld, Abdel-Rauf Zeina, and Michael Rozenbaum

Peridental mass in a patient with Forestier's/DISH
Rheumatology Advance Access published on February 27, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 482; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep029 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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