Clinical diagnostic tests

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Clinical and epidemiological research
Reliability of high-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of Achilles tendon enthesopathy in seronegative spondyloarthropathies

E Filippucci, S Zehra Aydin, O Karadag, F Salaffi, M Gutierrez, H Direskeneli, and W Grassi
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1850 -1855; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.096511 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional observational study of 52 patients

A-L Hachulla, D Launay, V Gaxotte, P de Groote, N Lamblin, P Devos, P-Y Hatron, J-P Beregi, and E Hachulla
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1878 -1884; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.095836 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in systemic sclerosis: a new cornerstone of cardiovascular assessment?

Y Allanore, K Wahbi, D Borderie, S Weber, A Kahan, and C Meune
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1885 -1889; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.098087 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Effects of Porphyromonas gingivalis on cell cycle progression and apoptosis of primary human chondrocytes

N Pischon, E Röhner, A Hocke, P N’Guessan, H C Müller, G Matziolis, V Kanitz, P Purucker, B-M Kleber, J-P Bernimoulin, G Burmester, F Buttgereit, and J Detert
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1902 -1907; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.102392 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Association of bone scintigraphic abnormalities with knee malalignment and pain

V B Kraus, G McDaniel, T W Worrell, S Feng, T P Vail, G Varju, and R E Coleman
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1673 -1679; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.094722 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Baseline and 1-year magnetic resonance imaging of the sacroiliac joint and lumbar spine in very early inflammatory back pain. Relationship between symptoms, HLA-B27 and disease extent and persistence

H Marzo-Ortega, D McGonagle, P O’Connor, E M A Hensor, A N Bennett, M J Green, and P Emery
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1721 -1727; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.097931 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Progressive increase in body mass index is not associated with a progressive increase in joint space narrowing in obese women with osteoarthritis of the knee

M-P Hellio Le Graverand, K Brandt, S A Mazzuca, D Raunig, and E Vignon
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1734 -1738; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2007.085530 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Bortezomib attenuates murine collagen-induced arthritis

S-W Lee, J-H Kim, Y-B Park, and S-K Lee
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1761 -1767; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.097709 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Defining active sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for classification of axial spondyloarthritis: a consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI group

M Rudwaleit, A G Jurik, K-G A Hermann, R Landewé, D van der Heijde, X Baraliakos, H Marzo-Ortega, M Østergaard, J Braun, and J Sieper
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1520 -1527; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2009.110767 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Neuropsychiatric syndromes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and primary Sjögren syndrome: a comparative population-based study

E Harboe, A B Tjensvoll, S Maroni, L G Gøransson, O J Greve, M K Beyer, A Herigstad, J T Kvaløy, and R Omdal
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1541 -1546; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.098301 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]