Clinical diagnostic tests

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Clinical and epidemiological research
Sonographic-detected joint effusion compared with physical examination in the assessment of sacroiliac joints in spondyloarthritis

A Spadaro, A Iagnocco, G Baccano, F Ceccarelli, E Sabatini, and G Valesini
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1559 -1563; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.093351 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Monitoring anti-TNF treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: responsiveness of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography of the dominant wrist joint compared with conventional measures of disease activity and structural damage

E A Haavardsholm, M Østergaard, H B Hammer, P Bøyesen, A Boonen, D van der Heijde, and T K Kvien
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1572 -1579; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.091801 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Erosive progression is minimal, but erosion healing rare, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab. A 1 year investigator-initiated follow-up study using high-resolution computed tomography as the primary outcome measure

U Møller Døhn, A Boonen, M L Hetland, M S Hansen, L S Knudsen, A Hansen, O R Madsen, M Hasselquist, J M Møller, and M Østergaard
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1585 -1590; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.097048 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
COL2A1 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to osteoarthritis of the hand in Finnish women

S Hämäläinen, S Solovieva, A Hirvonen, T Vehmas, E-P Takala, H Riihimäki, and P Leino-Arjas
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1633 -1637; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.094706 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
The Tie2 receptor antagonist angiopoietin 2 facilitates vascular inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosus

P Kümpers, S David, M Haubitz, J Hellpap, R Horn, V Bröcker, M Schiffer, H Haller, and T Witte
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1638 -1643; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.094664 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
An open-label pilot study of infliximab therapy in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

C P Denton, M Engelhart, N Tvede, H Wilson, K Khan, X Shiwen, P E Carreira, F Diaz Gonzalez, C M Black, and F H van den Hoogen
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1433 -1439; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.096123 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
A descriptive and prognostic study of systemic sclerosis-associated myopathies

B Ranque, F-J Authier, V Le-Guern, C Pagnoux, A Berezne, Y Allanore, D Launay, E Hachulla, A Kahan, J Cabane, R Gherardi, L Guillevin, and L Mouthon
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1474 -1477; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.095919 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web Only Data ]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

S G O’Neill, S Woldman, F Bailliard, W Norman, J McEwan, D A Isenberg, A M Taylor, and A Rahman
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1478 -1481; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.098053 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Mechanisms of bone erosion in gout: a quantitative analysis using plain radiography and computed tomography

N Dalbeth, B Clark, K Gregory, G Gamble, T Sheehan, A Doyle, and F M McQueen
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1290 -1295; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.094201 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Does low-field dedicated extremity MRI (E-MRI) reliably detect bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis? A comparison of two different E-MRI units and conventional radiography with high-resolution CT scanning

A Duer-Jensen, B Ejbjerg, E Albrecht-Beste, A Vestergaard, U Møller Døhn, M Lund Hetland, and M Østergaard
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1296 -1302; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.093591 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]