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September 2003 (Volume 62, Number 9). [Index by author]

	(Cover illustration)	Leaders Hypothesis Reviews Lesson of the month EULAR news Extended reports Concise reports Letters Matters arising Book reviews Echoes Corrections

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Leaders

	Established criteria for disease controlling drugs in ankylosing spondylitis D D Gladman Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 793-794. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.793 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lupus nephritis: current issues C P Mavragani and H M Moutsopoulos Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 795-798. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.795 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hypothesis

	Normal intestinal microbiota in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis P Toivanen Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 807-811. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.807 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Treatment of severe proliferative lupus nephritis: the current state C C Mok, R W S Wong, and K N Lai Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 799-804. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.799 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lesson of the month

	Suppurative polyarthritis following a rat bite B Yu-Hor Thong and T M S Barkham Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 805-806. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.805 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EULAR news

	Report of EULAR Standing Committee on Epidemiology and Health Services Research: Lisbon, June 2003 S van der Linden Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 909. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.909 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Extended reports

	Initiation of biological agents in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: results of a Delphi study by the ASAS Group T Pham, D van der Heijde, A Calin, M A Khan, Sj van der Linden, N Bellamy, and M Dougados Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 812-816. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.812 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	International ASAS consensus statement for the use of anti-tumour necrosis factor agents in patients with ankylosing spondylitis J Braun, T Pham, J Sieper, J Davis, Sj van der Linden, M Dougados, and D van der Heijde Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 817-824. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.817 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Scintigraphic detection of tumour necrosis factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis P Barrera, W J G Oyen, O C Boerman, and P L C M van Riel Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 825-828. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.825 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic safety follow up in a cohort of 107 patients with spondyloarthropathy treated with infliximab: a new perspective on the role of host defence in the pathogenesis of the disease? D Baeten, E Kruithof, F Van den Bosch, N Van den Bossche, A Herssens, H Mielants, F De Keyser, and E M Veys Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 829-834. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.829 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quantification of the influence of cigarette smoking on rheumatoid arthritis: results from a population based case-control study, using incident cases P Stolt, C Bengtsson, B Nordmark, S Lindblad, I Lundberg, L Klareskog, and L Alfredsson Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 835-841. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.835 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of glucocorticoids and disease activity on total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with rheumatoid arthritis M Boers, M T Nurmohamed, C J A Doelman, L R Lard, A C Verhoeven, A E Voskuyl, T W J Huizinga, R J van de Stadt, B A C Dijkmans, and Sj van der Linden Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 842-845. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.842 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Factors associated with coronary artery calcification in young female patients with SLE K Manger, M Kusus, C Forster, D Ropers, W G Daniel, J R Kalden, S Achenbach, and B Manger Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 846-850. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.846 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Perturbations of peripheral B lymphocyte homoeostasis in children with systemic lupus erythematosus M Odendahl, R Keitzer, U Wahn, F Hiepe, A Radbruch, T Dörner, and R Bunikowski Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 851-858. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.851 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Contribution of the initial features of systemic lupus erythematosus to the clinical evolution and survival of a cohort of Mediterranean patients S Buján, J Ordi-Ros, J Paredes, M Mauri, L Matas, J Cortés, and M Vilardell Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 859-865. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.859 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	*Reactive arthritis after an outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis* serotype O:3 infection** T Hannu, L Mattila, J P Nuorti, P Ruutu, J Mikkola, A Siitonen, and M Leirisalo-Repo Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 866-869. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.866 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical utility of the anti-CCP assay in patients with rheumatic diseases D M Lee and P H Schur Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 870-874. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.870 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mental wellbeing and quality of sexual life in women with primary Sjögren’s syndrome are related to circulating dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate S Th Valtysdottir, L Wide, and R Hallgren Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 875-879. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.875 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of a three month course of ciprofloxacin on the late prognosis of reactive arthritis T Yli-Kerttula, R Luukkainen, U Yli-Kerttula, T Möttönen, M Hakola, M Korpela, M Sanila, J Uksila, and A Toivanen Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 880-884. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.880 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physical activity and health related physical fitness in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis T Takken, J van der Net, W Kuis, and P J M Helders Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 885-889. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.885 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Concise reports

	Detection of early impairment of coronary flow reserve in patients with systemic sclerosis R Montisci, A Vacca, P Garau, P Colonna, M Ruscazio, G Passiu, S Iliceto, and A Mathieu Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 890-893. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.890 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rat bite fever without fever P Stehle, O Dubuis, A So, and J Dudler Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 894-896. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.894 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rheumatoid arthritis in Spain: occurrence of extra-articular manifestations and estimates of disease severity L Carmona, I González-Álvaro, A Balsa, M Angel Belmonte, X Tena, R Sanmartí, and EMECAR Study Group Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 897-900. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.897 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	European Scleroderma Study Group to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. III. Assessment of the construct validity of the preliminary activity criteria G Valentini, W Bencivelli, S Bombardieri, S D’Angelo, A Della Rossa, A J Silman, C M Black, L Czirjak, H Nielsen, and P G Vlachoyiannopoulos Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 901-903. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.901 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	European Scleroderma Study Group to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. IV. Assessment of skin thickening by modified Rodnan skin score G Valentini, S D’Angelo, A Della Rossa, W Bencivelli, and S Bombardieri Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 904-905. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.904 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	T cell epitopes of prothrombin in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome K Yoshida, A Tsutsumi, Y Ohnishi, T Akimoto, H Murata, and T Sumida Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 905-906. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.905 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transforming growth factor ß1 gene (HSTGFB1) nucleotide T869C (codon 10) polymorphism is not associated with prevalence or severity of rheumatoid arthritis in a Caucasian population V Pokorny, J Chau, L Wu, S Yeoman, P Black, F McQueen, and L McLean Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 907-908. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.907 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute, non-obstructive, sterile cholecystitis associated with etanercept and infliximab for the treatment of juvenile polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis I Foeldvari, E Krüger, and T Schneider Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 908-909. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.908 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Matters arising

	On the origin of rice bodies with apatite crystals W Mohr Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 910-911. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.910 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Angiopoietin expression in synovial membranes from patients with RA M D Smith, P Oettgen, and E M Gravallese Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 911. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.911 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	Pathology and pathobiology of rheumatic diseases. 2nd ed: H G Fassbender. (Pp503, 80.) Heidelberg: Springer, 2002. ISBN 3 540 62942 4. F A Wollheim Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 911-912. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.911-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Echoes

	Intra-articular steroids can control JIA Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 889. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.889 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	. . .so can methotrexate Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 889. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.889-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	CORRECTION Ann Rheum Dis 2003; 62: 912. doi:10.1136/ard.62.9.912 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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