Rheumatology

EDITORIAL

Meng M. Chee, Nicola Alcorn, Kenneth Paterson, and Rajan Madhok

Promoting science over serendipity in prescribing anti-TNF therapy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on April 29, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 865-866; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep095 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Andrew McLean-Tooke, Catherine Aldridge, Sheila Waugh, Gavin P. Spickett, and Lesley Kay

Methotrexate, rheumatoid arthritis and infection risk—what is the evidence?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 15, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 867-871; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Janet E. McDonagh and Miriam Kaufman

The challenging adolescent
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 872-875; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract Christine A. Davies, Ariane L. Herrick, Lis Cordingley, Anthony J. Freemont, and Maria Jeziorska

Expression of advanced glycation end products and their receptor in skin from patients with systemic sclerosis with and without calcinosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 876-882; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL

Get checked abstract Claire Immediato Daïen, Agnes Monnier, Pascal Claudepierre, Arnaud Constantin, Jean-Paul Eschard, Eric Houvenagel, Mahtab Samimi, Stephan Pavy, Edouard Pertuiset, Eric Toussirot, Bernard Combe, and Jacques Morel for the Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation (CRI)

Sarcoid-like granulomatosis in patients treated with tumor necrosis factor blockers: 10 cases
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 7, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 883-886; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iris Eshed, Eugen Feist, Christian E. Althoff, Bernd Hamm, Eli Konen, Gerd-R. Burmester, Marina Backhaus, and Kay-Geert A. Hermann

Tenosynovitis of the flexor tendons of the hand detected by MRI: an early indicator of rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 887-891; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Edmund K. Li, Lai-Shan Tam, Tracy Y. Zhu, Martin Li, Catherine L. Kwok, Tena K. Li, Ying Ying Leung, Kong Chiu Wong, and Cheuk Chun Szeto

Is combination rituximab with cyclophosphamide better than rituximab alone in the treatment of lupus nephritis?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 892-898; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Henk-Jan van den Ham, Wilco de Jager, Johannes W. J. Bijlsma, Berent J. Prakken, and Rob J. de Boer

Differential cytokine profiles in juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes revealed by cluster analysis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 899-905; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Beáta J. Radovits, Jaap Fransen, Agnes Eijsbouts, Piet L. C. M. van Riel, and Roland F. J. M. Laan

Missed opportunities in the treatment of elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 906-910; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Serdal Ugurlu, Emire Seyahi, Firat Cetinkaya, Fatma Ozbakir, Huriye Balci, and Huri Ozdogan

Intima–media thickening in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 911-915; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep131 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerd Horneff, Annette Ebert, Sigrid Fitter, Kirsten Minden, Ivan Foeldvari, Jasmin Kümmerle-Deschner, Angelika Thon, Herrmann J. Girschick, Frank Weller, and Hans I. Huppertz

Safety and efficacy of once weekly etanercept 0.8 mg/kg in a multicentre 12 week trial in active polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 29, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 916-919; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Sergio Generini, Günter Steiner, Irene Miniati, Maria L. Conforti, Serena Guiducci, Karl Skriner, Olga Kaloudi, Roberto Giacomelli, Josef Smolen, and Marco Matucci-Cerinic

Anti-hnRNP and other autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis with joint involvement
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 29, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 920-925; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Toby Garrood, Mark Blades, Dorian O. Haskard, Stephen Mather, and Costantino Pitzalis

A novel model for the pre-clinical imaging of inflamed human synovial vasculature
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 926-931; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hyun Ah Kim, Yunshin Yeo, Wan-Uk Kim, and Suho Kim

Phase 2 enzyme inducer sulphoraphane blocks matrix metalloproteinase production in articular chondrocytes
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 932-938; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hans-Rudolf Ziswiler, Daniel Aeberli, Peter M. Villiger, and Burkhard Möller

High-resolution ultrasound confirms reduced synovial hyperplasia following rituximab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 939-943; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep139 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anselm Mak, Alicia A. C. Cheak, Jason Y. S. Tan, Hnin Cho Su, Roger C. M. Ho, and Chak Sing Lau

Mycophenolate mofetil is as efficacious as, but safer than, cyclophosphamide in the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis: a meta-analysis and meta-regression
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 944-952; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Samy Haddouk, Sameh Marzouk, Moez Jallouli, Hajer Fourati, Makram Frigui, Youssef B. H. Hmida, Faten Koubaa, Wassim Sellami, Sofiene Baklouti, Jamil Hachicha, Zouheir Bahloul, and Hatem Masmoudi

Clinical and diagnostic value of ribosomal P autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 953-957; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lianne M. Geerdink, Femke H. M. Prince, Caspar W. N. Looman, and Lisette W. A. van Suijlekom-Smit

Development of a digital Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire for systematic monitoring of disease activity in daily practice
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 958-963; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Baptiste Hervier, Marie Rimbert, Francoise Colonna, Mohammed A. Hamidou, and Marie Audrain

Clinical significance of anti-Ro/SSA-52 kDa antibodies—a retrospective monocentric study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 964-967; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marthe Sem, Øyvind Molberg, May Brit Lund, and Jan Tore Gran

Rituximab treatment of the anti-synthetase syndrome—a retrospective case series
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 16, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 968-971; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sarah Ringold, Kristy D. Seidel, Thomas D. Koepsell, and Carol A. Wallace

Inactive disease in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: current patterns and associations
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 972-977; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Despina Eleftheriou, Marianna Melo, Stephen D. Marks, Kjell Tullus, John Sills, Gavin Cleary, Pavla Dolezalova, Seza Ozen, Clarissa Pilkington, Pat Woo, Nigel Klein, Michael J. Dillon, and Paul A. Brogan

Biologic therapy in primary systemic vasculitis of the young
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 978-986; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep148 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elke Lainka, Ulrich Neudorf, Peter Lohse, Christian Timmann, Silvia Stojanov, Kristina Huss, Rudiger von Kries, and Tim Niehues

Incidence of TNFRSF1A mutations in German children: epidemiological, clinical and genetic characteristics
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 987-991; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep140 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Edward Roddy, Sara Muller, and Elaine Thomas

Defining disabling foot pain in older adults: further examination of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 18, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 992-996; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Annelies Boonen, Monique van Berkel, Inge Kirchberger, Alarcos Cieza, Gerald Stucki, and Désirée van der Heijde

Aspects relevant for functioning in patients with ankylosing spondylitis according to the health professionals: a Delphi study with the ICF as reference
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 997-1002; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María Galindo, Elena Gonzalo, María P. Martinez-Vidal, Santiago Montes, Natalia Redondo, Begoña Santiago, Estibaliz Loza, and José L. Pablos

Immunohistochemical detection of intravascular platelet microthrombi in patients with lupus nephritis and anti-phospholipid antibodies
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1003-1007; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep152 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard Watts, Abdullah Al-Taiar, Janice Mooney, David Scott, and Alex MacGregor

The epidemiology of Takayasu arteritis in the UK
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1008-1011; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Shigeru Iwata, Kazuyoshi Saito, Kunihiro Yamaoka, Shizuyo Tsujimura, Masao Nawata, Katsunori Suzuki, and Yoshiya Tanaka

Effects of anti-TNF- antibody infliximab in refractory entero-Behçet's disease
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1012-1013; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep126 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gerald A. Maguire, Amel Ginawi, Jeffrey Lee, Anita Y. N. Lim, Graham Wood, Sally Houghton, Dinakantha S. Kumararatne, and Hill J. S. Gaston

Clinical utility of ANA measured by ELISA compared with ANA measured by immunofluorescence
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1013-1014; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep137 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

George M. Weisz

Comment on: The ‘gout’ of the Medici, Grand Dukes of Florence: a palaeopathological study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1014-1015; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep127 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gino Fornaciari

Comment on: The ‘gout’ of the Medici, Grand Dukes of Florence: a palaeopathological study: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1015-1016; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep128 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

Sangeetha Baskar, Rainer Klocke, Mike Cushley, Sixto Batitang, Ruth Shave, Jeff Neilson, George D. Kitas, and Karen Douglas

A killer mocking bird
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 882; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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