Connective tissue disease

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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]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Safety of biological therapies following rituximab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis patients

M C Genovese, F C Breedveld, P Emery, S Cohen, E Keystone, E L Matteson, Y Baptiste, A Chai, L Burke, W Reiss, M Sweetser, and T M Shaw
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1894 -1897; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.101675 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Bone loss in patients with active early rheumatoid arthritis: infliximab and methotrexate compared with methotrexate treatment alone. Explorative analysis from a 12-month randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

G Haugeberg, P G Conaghan, M Quinn, and P Emery
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1898 -1901; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.106484 [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]  

Basic and translational research
FOXP3 expression in blood, synovial fluid and synovial tissue during inflammatory arthritis and intra-articular corticosteroid treatment

S Raghavan, D Cao, M Widhe, K Roth, J Herrath, M Engström, G Roncador, A H Banham, C Trollmo, A I Catrina, and V Malmström
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1908 -1915; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.100768 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web Only Data ]  

Basic and translational research
Association study of a polymorphism of the CTGF gene and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis in the Japanese population

Y Kawaguchi, Y Ota, M Kawamoto, I Ito, N Tsuchiya, T Sugiura, Y Katsumata, M Soejima, S Sato, M Hasegawa, M Fujimoto, K Takehara, M Kuwana, H Yamanaka, and M Hara
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1921 -1924; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.100586 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic and translational research
Definition of arthritis candidate risk genes by combining rat linkage-mapping results with human case-control association data

L Bäckdahl, J P Guo, M Jagodic, K Becanovic, B Ding, T Olsson, and J C Lorentzen
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1925 -1932; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2008.090803 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web Only Data ]  

Editorials
Despair on disparities

Loreto Carmona and Estíbaliz Loza
Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1657-1658. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical and epidemiological research
Disparities in rheumatoid arthritis disease activity according to gross domestic product in 25 countries in the QUEST–RA database

T Sokka, H Kautiainen, T Pincus, S Toloza, G da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, J Lazovskis, M L Hetland, T Peets, K Immonen, J F Maillefert, A A Drosos, R Alten, C Pohl, B Rojkovich, B Bresnihan, P Minnock, M Cazzato, S Bombardieri, S Rexhepi, M Rexhepi, D Andersone, S Stropuviene, M Huisman, S Sierakowski, D Karateev, V Skakic, A Naranjo, E Baecklund, D Henrohn, F Gogus, H Badsha, A Mofti, P Taylor, C McClinton, and Y Yazici
Ann Rheum Dis 2009 68: 1666 -1672; published online before print as 10.1136/ard.2009.109983 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [ Web only appendix ]