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Extended reports

• PD-0200347, an α₂δ ligand of the voltage gated calcium channel, inhibits in vivo activation of the Erk1/2 pathway in osteoarthritic chondrocytes: a PKCα dependent effect (12 April, 2006)

  C Boileau, J Martel-Pelletier, J Brunet, D Schrier, C Flory, M Boily, J-P Pelletier
• Association of smoking with dsDNA autoantibody production in systemic lupus erythematosus (12 April, 2006) Free

  M M Freemer, T E King, L A Criswell
• “Joining the dots” for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: personal perspectives of health care from a qualitative study (12 April, 2006)

  E D Hale, G J Treharne, A C Lyons, Y Norton, S Mole, D L Mitton, K M J Douglas, N Erb, G D Kitas
• Antibodies against human 60 kDa heat shock protein are not associated with cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (12 April, 2006)

  V P van Halm, M C Slot, M T Nurmohamed, J W Cohen Tervaert, B A C Dijkmans, A E Voskuyl
• Prospective 7 year follow up imaging study comparing radiography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis finger joints (12 April, 2006)

  A K Scheel, K-G A Hermann, S Ohrndorf, C Werner, C Schirmer, J Detert, M Bollow, B Hamm, G A Müller, G R Burmester, M Backhaus
• Smoking is a strong risk factor for rheumatoid nodules in early rheumatoid arthritis (12 April, 2006)

  B-M Nyhäll-Wåhlin, L T H Jacobsson, I F Petersson, C Turesson
• MRI bone oedema predicts eight year tendon function at the wrist but not the requirement for orthopaedic surgery in rheumatoid arthritis (12 April, 2006)

  S Zheng, E Robinson, S Yeoman, N Stewart, J Crabbe, J Rouse, F M McQueen
• The potential role of human endogenous retrovirus K10 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis: a preliminary study (12 April, 2006)

  H D Ejtehadi, G L Freimanis, H A Ali, S Bowman, A Alavi, J Axford, R Callaghan, P N Nelson
• Incidence of lymphoma in a large primary care derived cohort of cases of inflammatory polyarthritis (12 April, 2006)

  J Franklin, M Lunt, D Bunn, D Symmons, A Silman
• The relation between progressive osteoarthritis of the knee and long term progression of osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and lumbar spine (12 April, 2006)

  G Hassett, D J Hart, D V Doyle, L March, T D Spector
• Ultrasonography for rheumatologists: the development of specific competency based educational outcomes (12 April, 2006)

  A K Brown, P J O’Connor, T E Roberts, R J Wakefield, Z Karim, P Emery
• Twenty-eight-joint counts invalidate the DAS28 remission definition owing to the omission of the lower extremity joints: a comparison with the original DAS remission (12 April, 2006)

  R Landewé, D van der Heijde, S van der Linden, M Boers
• Low grade radiographic sacroiliitis as prognostic factor in patients with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis fulfilling diagnostic criteria for ankylosing spondylitis throughout follow up (12 April, 2006)

  G Huerta-Sil, J C Casasola-Vargas, J D Londoño, R Rivas-Ruíz, J Chavez, C Pacheco-Tena, M H Cardiel, G Vargas-Alarcón, R Burgos-Vargas
• Preferential type 1 chemokine receptors and cytokine production of CD28⁻ T cells in ankylosing spondylitis (12 April, 2006)

  C Duftner, C Dejaco, W Kullich, A Klauser, C Goldberger, A Falkenbach, M Schirmer
• Efficacy and tolerability of once-monthly oral ibandronate in postmenopausal osteoporosis: 2 year results from the MOBILE study (12 April, 2006)

  J-Y Reginster, S Adami, P Lakatos, M Greenwald, J J Stepan, S L Silverman, C Christiansen, L Rowell, N Mairon, B Bonvoisin, M K Drezner, R Emkey, D Felsenberg, C Cooper, P D Delmas, P D Miller
• A polymorphic variant inside the osteopontin gene shows association with disease course in oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (12 April, 2006)

  R Marciano, F Giacopelli, M T Divizia, M Gattorno, E Felici, A Pistorio, A Martini, R Ravazzolo, P Picco
• Th2 cytokine genotypes are associated with a milder form of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (12 April, 2006)

  M Pertovaara, J Antonen, M Hurme