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Contents: Volume XXVIII, Supplement 1, 14 November 1989   [Index by Author] 


Down List of Participants
Down Foreword
Down Overviews of Published Data on Oral Contraceptive Use and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Down Discussion
Down Studies on Sex Hormones in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Down New Studies on Exogenous Sex Hormones and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Down Discussion
Down Epidemiology of Oral Contraceptive Use
Down Mechanisms for an Effect of Sex Hormones on Rheumatoid Arthritis
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List of Participants
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: iii; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.iii [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Foreword Back

Alan J. Silman and Jan P. Vandenbroucke
Foreword
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: vi; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.vi [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Overviews of Published Data on Oral Contraceptive Use and Rheumatoid Arthritis Back

J. P. Vandenbroucke, J. M. W. Hazes, B. A. C. Dijkmans, and A. Cats
Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Great Transatlantic Divide?
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 1-3; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. Esdaile
Exogenous Female Hormones and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Methodological View of the Contradictions in the Literature
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 4-10; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.4 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. D. Spector and M. C. Hochberg
The Protective Effect of the Oral Contraceptive Pill on Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Overview of the Analytical Epidemiological Studies Using Meta-Analysis
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 11-12; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.11 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isabelle Romieu, M. Hernandez-Avila, and M. H. Liang
Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis of a Conflicting Literature
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 13-17; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.13 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Discussion Back

Discussion
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 18-23; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.18 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Studies on Sex Hormones in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Back

H. R. van den Brink and J. W. J. Bijlsma
Can Oestrogens be Used as Adjuvant Therapy in Female Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 24-27; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.24 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. W. Hazes, B. A. C. Dijkmans, J. P. Vandenbroucke, and A. Cats
Oral Contraceptive Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Open Study in 10 Female Patients
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 28-30; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.28 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

New Studies on Exogenous Sex Hormones and Rheumatoid Arthritis Back

M. Harnandez-Avila, M. H. Liang, W. C. Willett, M. J. Stampfer, G. A. Colditz, B. Rosner, R. W. Chang, C. H. Hennekens, and F. E. Speizer
Oral Contraceptives, Replacement Oestrogens and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 31; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.31 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. D. Spector, Eve Roman, and A. J. Silman
A UK Case-Control Study on the Effect of Parity and the Oral Contraceptive Pill on the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 32; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.32 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah J. Del Junco, J. F. Annegers, C. B. Coulam, and H. S. Luthra
The Relationship between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Reproductive Function
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 33; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.33 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. W. Hazes, B. A. C. Dijkmans, J. P. Vandenbroucke, R. R. P. de Vries, and A. Cats
Oral Contraceptives and Rheumatoid Arthritis; Further Evidence for a Protective Effect Independent of Duration of Pill use
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 34; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.34 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. W. Hazes, A. J. Silman, R. Brand, T. D. Spector, D. J. Walker, and J. P. Vandenbroucke
A Case-Control Study of Oral Contraceptive use in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and their Unaffected Sisters
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 35; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.35 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. C. Hannaford and C. R. Kay
Oral Contraceptives and Rheumatoid Arthritis: New Data from the Royal College of General Practioners' Oral Contraception Study
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 36; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.36 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Linos, E. Kaklamanis, A. Kontomerkos, G. Vagiopoulos, A. Tjonou, and P. Kaklamanis
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Oral Contraceptives in the Greek Female Population: A Case-Control Study
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 37; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.37 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. Allebeck, H-O. Adami, L. Klareskog, and I. Persson
Non-Contraceptive Hormones and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Possibilities of Using a Swedish Population-Based Cohort
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 38-40; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.38 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Koepsell, C. Dugowson, L. Voigt, L. Bley, J. L. Nelson, J. Daling, D. Setterholm, C. Stephens, C. Ure, J. Ballard, and A. Peterson
Preliminary Findings from a Case-Control Study of the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Relation to Oral Contraceptive use
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 41; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.41 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Discussion Back

Discussion
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 42-45; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.42 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Epidemiology of Oral Contraceptive Use Back

M. P. Vessey and M. Thorogood
Patterns of Oral Contraceptive use in the United Kingdom
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 46-47; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.46 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. F. Annegers
Patterns of Oral Contraceptive use in the United States
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 48-50; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.48 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mechanisms for an Effect of Sex Hormones on Rheumatoid Arthritis Back

W. van Eden and R. R. P. de Vries
The Immunopathogenesis and Immunogenetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 51-53; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.51 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Holmdahl, H. Carlsten, Liselotte Jansson, and P. Larsson
Oestrogen is a Potent Immunomodulator of Murine Experimental Rheumatoid Disease
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 54-58; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.54 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. H. W. M. Schuurs and H. A. M. Verheul
Sex Hormones and Autoimmune Disease
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 59-61; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.59 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. D. Spector
Sex Hormone Measurements in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 62-68; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.62 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Discussion Back

Discussion
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 69-71; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.69 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Conclusions Back

Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Work
Rheumatology 1989 XXVIII: 72-73; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/XXVIII.suppl_1.72 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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