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Extended reports

• Estimation of inflammation by Doppler ultrasound: quantitative changes after intra-articular treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (28 October, 2003)

  L Terslev, S Torp-Pedersen, E Qvistgaard, B Danneskiold-Samsoe, H Bliddal
• β Irradiation decreases collagen type II synthesis and increases nitric oxide production and cell death in articular chondrocytes (28 October, 2003)

  J Ailland, W U Kampen, M Schünke, J Trentmann, B Kurz
• Development of radiographic changes of osteoarthritis in the “Chingford knee” reflects progression of disease or non-standardised positioning of the joint rather than incident disease (28 October, 2003)

  S A Mazzuca, K D Brandt, N C German, K A Buckwalter, K A Lane, B P Katz
• Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and coronary disease risk factors in systemic lupus erythematosus (28 October, 2003)

  E M C Sella, E I Sato, W A Leite, J A Oliveira Filho, A Barbieri
• Risk factors for subclinical atherosclerosis in a prospective cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (28 October, 2003)

  A Doria, Y Shoenfeld, R Wu, P F Gambari, M Puato, A Ghirardello, B Gilburd, S Corbanese, M Patnaik, S Zampieri, J B Peter, E Favaretto, L Iaccarino, Y Sherer, S Todesco, P Pauletto
• Effect of tumour necrosis factor α antagonists on serum transaminases and viraemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic hepatitis C infection (28 October, 2003)

  J R Peterson, F C Hsu, P A Simkin, M H Wener
• Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms in Behçet’s disease and rheumatic diseases with vasculitis (28 October, 2003)

  J U Kim, H K Chang, S S Lee, J W Kim, K T Kim, S W Lee, W T Chung
• Prevalence and outcome in systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: application of a registry approach (28 October, 2003)

  D Mukerjee, D St George, B Coleiro, C Knight, C P Denton, J Davar, C M Black, J G Coghlan
• Matrix metalloproteinases-3, -8, -9 as markers of disease activity and joint damage progression in early rheumatoid arthritis (28 October, 2003)

  I Tchetverikov, L R Lard, J DeGroot, N Verzijl, J M TeKoppele, F C Breedveld, T W J Huizinga, R Hanemaaijer
• Socioeconomic status, occupation, and risk of hospitalisation due to coxarthrosis in Denmark 1981–99 (28 October, 2003)

  F Tüchsen, H Hannerz, M V Jensen, N Krause
• Anticardiolipin, anti-β₂-glycoprotein I and antiprothrombin antibodies in black South African patients with infectious disease

  (28 October, 2003)

  S Loizou, S Singh, E Wypkema, R A Asherson