Rheumatology

EDITORIALS

Howard A. Bird

The performing artist as an elite athlete
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1469-1470; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep257 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marc Bijl, Hendrika Bootsma, and Cees G. M. Kallenberg

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: should we bother?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 26, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1471-1472; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep258 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Lai-Shan Tam, Ying-Ying Leung, and Edmund K. Li

Psoriatic arthritis in Asia
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1473-1477; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep230 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Reuven Mader, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Fabiola Atzeni, Ignazio Olivieri, Nicola Pappone, Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, and Dan Buskila

Extraspinal manifestations of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 25, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1478-1481; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract Steeve Kwan Tat, Nathalie Amiable, Jean-Pierre Pelletier, Christelle Boileau, Daniel Lajeunesse, Nicolas Duval, and Johanne Martel-Pelletier

Modulation of OPG, RANK and RANKL by human chondrocytes and their implication during osteoarthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 17, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1482-1490; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Lai-Shan Tam, Ka-Bik Lai, Fernand Mac-Moune Lai, Edmund Kwok-Ming Li, Gang Wang, Kai-Ming Chow, Philip Kam-Tao Li, and Cheuk-Chun Szeto

The gene expression of type 17 T-helper cell-related cytokines in the urinary sediment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 22, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1491-1497; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Fiona Goldblatt, Jose Yuste, David A. Isenberg, Anisur Rahman, and Jeremy Brown

Impaired C3b/iC3b deposition on Streptococcus pneumoniae in serum from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1498-1501; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lavanya Kamesh, Joanne M. Heward, Julie M. Williams, Stephen C. L. Gough, Konstantia-Maria Chavele, Alan Salama, Charles Pusey, Caroline O. S. Savage, and Lorraine Harper

CT60 and +49 polymorphisms of CTLA 4 are associated with ANCA-positive small vessel vasculitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 8, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1502-1505; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL

Get checked abstract Athiveeraramapandian Prabu, Kiran Patel, Chee-Seng Yee, Peter Nightingale, Rohan D. Situnayake, David R. Thickett, Jonathan N. Townend, and Caroline Gordon

Prevalence and risk factors for pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with lupus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 11, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1506-1511; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep203 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Usama F. Kamel, Peter Maddison, and Rhiannon Whitaker

Impact of primary Sjögren's syndrome on smell and taste: effect on quality of life
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1512-1514; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thomas Funck-Brentano, Fabien Etchepare, Sandrine J. Joulin, Frédérique Gandjbakch, Valérie D. Pensec, Catherine Cyteval, Anne Miquel, Mathilde Benhamou, Frédéric Banal, Xavier Le Loet, Alain Cantagrel, Pierre Bourgeois, and Bruno Fautrel

Benefits of ultrasonography in the management of early arthritis: a cross-sectional study of baseline data from the ESPOIR cohort
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1515-1519; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep279 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen Ellegaard, Søren Torp-Pedersen, Marius Henriksen, Hans Lund, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe, and Henning Bliddal

Influence of recent exercise and skin temperature on ultrasound Doppler measurements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis—an intervention study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 18, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1520-1523; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luca Garzoni, Federica Vanoni, Mattia Rizzi, Giacomo D. Simonetti, Barbara Goeggel Simonetti, Gian P. Ramelli, and Mario G. Bianchetti

Nervous system dysfunction in Henoch–Schönlein syndrome: systematic review of the literature
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 21, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1524-1529; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Hilde B. Hammer, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Pernille Bøyesen, and Tore K. Kvien

Bone erosions at the distal ulna detected by ultrasonography are associated with structural damage assessed by conventional radiography and MRI: a study of patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 22, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1530-1532; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep283 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patricia Minnock, John Kirwan, and Barry Bresnihan

Fatigue is a reliable, sensitive and unique outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 22, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1533-1536; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dinesh Khanna, Chi-Hong Tseng, Daniel E. Furst, Philip J. Clements, Robert Elashoff, Michael Roth, David Elashoff, and Donald P. Tashkin for Scleroderma Lung Study Investigators

Minimally important differences in the Mahler's Transition Dyspnoea Index in a large randomized controlled trial—results from the Scleroderma Lung Study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1537-1540; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helga Sanner, Jan-Tore Gran, Ivar Sjaastad, and Berit Flatø

Cumulative organ damage and prognostic factors in juvenile dermatomyositis: a cross-sectional study median 16.8 years after symptom onset
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1541-1547; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Get checked abstract Marja Pertovaara, Mika Kähönen, Markus Juonala, Tomi Laitinen, Leena Taittonen, Terho Lehtimäki, Jorma S. A. Viikari, Olli T. Raitakari, and Mikko Hurme

Autoimmunity and atherosclerosis: the presence of antinuclear antibodies is associated with decreased carotid elasticity in young women. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 24, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1553-1556; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep288 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luca Quartuccio, Martina Fabris, Sara Salvin, Fabiola Atzeni, Marta Saracco, Maurizio Benucci, Marco Cimmino, Pia Morassi, Paola Masolini, Raffaele Pellerito, Maurizio Cutolo, Piercarlo Sarzi Puttini, and Salvatore De Vita

Rheumatoid factor positivity rather than anti-CCP positivity, a lower disability and a lower number of anti-TNF agents failed are associated with response to rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 29, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1557-1559; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep314 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aladdin J. Mohammad, Lennart T. H. Jacobsson, Kerstin W. A. Westman, Gunnar Sturfelt, and Mårten Segelmark

Incidence and survival rates in Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg–Strauss syndrome and polyarteritis nodosa
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 1, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1560-1565; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep304 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract PierLuigi Macchioni, Maria Grazia Catanoso, Nicolò Pipitone, Luigi Boiardi, and Carlo Salvarani

Longitudinal examination with shoulder ultrasound of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1566-1569; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep286 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takashi Satoh, Osamu Ishikawa, Hironobu Ihn, Hirahito Endo, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Tetsuo Sasaki, Daisuke Goto, Kazuo Takahashi, Hiroki Takahashi, Yoshikata Misaki, Tsuneyo Mimori, Yoshinao Muro, Norihito Yazawa, Shinichi Sato, Kazuhiko Takehara, and Masataka Kuwana

Clinical usefulness of anti-RNA polymerase III antibody measurement by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1570-1574; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marcus D. Köller, Daniel Aletaha, Julia Funovits, Aileen Pangan, Daniel Baker, and Josef S. Smolen

Response of elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis to methotrexate or TNF inhibitors compared with younger patients
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 7, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1575-1580; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lucie Oslejsková, Mariam Grigorian, Hana Hulejová, Jirí Vencovsky, Karel Pavelka, Jörg Klingelhöfer, Steffen Gay, Michel Neidhart, Hana Brabcová, David Suchy, and Ladislav Senolt

Metastasis-inducing S100A4 protein is associated with the disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1590-1594; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chris T. Derk, Elizabeth Grace, Max Shenin, Manisha Naik, Steffan Schulz, and Wen Xiong

A prospective open-label study of mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of diffuse systemic sclerosis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 21, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1595-1599; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep295 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ulf Bergström, Lennart T. H. Jacobsson, and Carl Turesson

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality remain similar in two cohorts of patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis seen in 1978 and 1995 in Malmö, Sweden
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 25, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1600-1605; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael A. Crilly, Vinod Kumar, Hazel J. Clark, Neil W. Scott, Alan G. MacDonald, and David J. Williams

Arterial stiffness and cumulative inflammatory burden in rheumatoid arthritis: a dose–response relationship independent of established cardiovascular risk factors
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 25, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1606-1612; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep305 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Amanda J. Phipps-Green, Ruth K. G. Topless, Marilyn E. Merriman, Nicola Dalbeth, Peter J. Gow, Andrew A. Harrison, John Highton, Peter B. B. Jones, Lisa K. Stamp, Pille Harrison, Bryan P. Wordsworth, and Tony R. Merriman

No evidence for association of the systemic lupus erythematosus-associated ITGAM variant, R77H, with rheumatoid arthritis in the Caucasian population
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 11, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1614-1615; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep254 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hilda Fragoso-Loyo, Javier Cabiedes, Yvonne Richaud-Patin, Alejandro Orozco-Narváez, Betty Diamond, Luis Llorente, and Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero

Inflammatory profile in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with central neuropsychiatric lupus, with and without associated factors
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 15, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1615-1616; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep297 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Philip Shea-Simonds, Tom D. Cairns, Candice Roufosse, Terry Cook, and Tim J. Vyse

Lupus podocytopathy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 27, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1616-1618; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep256 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Tu-Anh Tran, Séverine Guillaume-Czitrom, Isabelle Marie, and Isabelle Koné-Paut

Brain multiple sclerosis-like lesions in a patient with Muckle–Wells syndrome
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1618-1619; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep321 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

Lorenzo Beretta

Comment on: Methotrexate pharmacogenomics in rheumatoid arthritis: introducing false positive report probability
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1619-1620; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep322 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thierry Dervieux

Comment on: Methotrexate pharmacogenomics in rheumatoid arthritis: introducing false positive report probability: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 15, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1620; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep317 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEW

Rik J. Lories

FAST FACTS: OSTEOARTHRITIS. Edited by Philip Conaghan and Leena Sharma.
Rheumatology Advance Access published on September 30, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1621; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep310 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

OBITUARY

Michael Denman, Jim Archer, and Viv Winrow

John Holborow (1918–2009)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 5, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1622-1623; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep318 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

Claire Murphy, Maria E. Gregory, and Kanna Ramaesh

Peripheral ulcerative keratitis: an unusual primary ocular manifestation in Behçet's disease?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on August 18, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1490; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EDITOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Editor's Acknowledgement
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1624-1627; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep370 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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