Leaders:

Degenerative musculoskeletal disease

O Ethgen and J-Y Reginster

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1-3. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009613

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Reviews:

TNF inhibitors in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: costs and outcomes in a follow up study of patients with RA treated with etanercept or infliximab in southern Sweden

G Kobelt, K Eberhardt, and P Geborek

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 4-10. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010629

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Lesson of the month:

Differential diagnosis of calf pain with musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging

D Kane, P V Balint, R Gibney, B Bresnihan, and R D Sturrock

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 11-14. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.002824

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Unusual and memorable:

Case Number 28: Rheumatoid arthritis and congenitally short fourth metacarpals

J S Huntley and C R Howie

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 14. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012500

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Extended reports:

Bone loss in unclassified polyarthritis and early rheumatoid arthritis is better detected by digital x ray radiogrammetry than dual x ray absorptiometry: relationship with disease activity and radiographic outcome

T Jensen, M Klarlund, M Hansen, K E Jensen, J Pødenphant, T M Hansen, H Skjødt, and L Hyldstrup

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 15-22. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013888

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A randomised controlled trial of occupational therapy for people with early rheumatoid arthritis

A Hammond, A Young, and R Kidao

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 23-30. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.001511

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Endothelial dysfunction in young patients with rheumatoid arthritis and low disease activity

G Vaudo, S Marchesi, R Gerli, R Allegrucci, A Giordano, D Siepi, M Pirro, Y Shoenfeld, G Schillaci, and E Mannarino

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 31-35. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007740

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Satisfactory cross cultural equivalence of the Dutch WOMAC in patients with hip osteoarthritis waiting for arthroplasty

L D Roorda, C A Jones, M Waltz, G J Lankhorst, L M Bouter, J W van der Eijken, W J Willems, I C Heyligers, D C Voaklander, K D Kelly, and M E Suarez-Almazor

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 36-42. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.001784

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Interferon ß stimulates interleukin 1 receptor antagonist production in human articular chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts

G Palmer, F Mezin, C E Juge-Aubry, C Plater-Zyberk, C Gabay, and P-A Guerne

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 43-49. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.005546

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Long term prognosis of children born to lupus patients

A Murashima, T Fukazawa, M Hirashima, Y Takasaki, M Oonishi, S Niijima, Y Yamashiro, A Yamataka, T Miyano, and H Hashimoto

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 50-53. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.001594

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Selective T cell receptor decrease in peripheral blood T lymphocytes of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis

M Lopez-Hoyos, M J Bartolome-Pacheco, R Blanco, V Rodriguez-Valverde, and V M Martinez-Taboada

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 54-60. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.005900

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Physiological levels of hydrocortisone maintain an optimal chondrocyte extracellular matrix metabolism

J Wang, D Elewaut, I Hoffman, E M Veys, and G Verbruggen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 61-66. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.005298

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Metabolic activation stimulates acid secretion and expression of matrix degrading proteases in human osteoblasts

M George, B Stein, O Müller, M Weis-Klemm, T Pap, W J Parak, and W K Aicher

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 67-70. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.005256

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Collagen type I 1 Sp1 polymorphism, osteoporosis, and intervertebral disc degeneration in older men and women

S M F Pluijm, H W van Essen, N Bravenboer, A G Uitterlinden, J H Smit, H A P Pols, and P Lips

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 71-77. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.002287

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Treatment with licofelone prevents abnormal subchondral bone cell metabolism in experimental dog osteoarthritis

D Lajeunesse, J Martel-Pelletier, J C Fernandes, S Laufer, and J-P Pelletier

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 78-83. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.003624

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Concise reports:

Cytokine correlates of clinical response patterns to infliximab treatment of ankylosing spondylitis

M A Stone, U Payne, C Pacheco-Tena, and R D Inman

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 84-87. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.006916

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Effect of the first infliximab infusion on sleep and alertness in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis

C Zamarrón, F Maceiras, A Mera, and J J Gómez-Reino

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 88-90. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007831

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Systemic lupus erythematosus and genetic variation in the interleukin 1 gene cluster: a population based study in the southeastern United States

C G Parks, G S Cooper, M A Dooley, E L Treadwell, E W St Clair, G S Gilkeson, and J P Pandey

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 91-94. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007336

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Anti-apoptogenic function of TGFß1 for human synovial cells: TGFß1 protects cultured synovial cells from mitochondrial perturbation induced by several apoptogenic stimuli

A Kawakami, S Urayama, S Yamasaki, A Hida, T Miyashita, M Kamachi, K Nakashima, F Tanaka, H Ida, Y Kawabe, T Aoyagi, I Furuichi, K Migita, T Origuchi, and K Eguchi

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 95-97. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014159

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Fas gene promoter polymorphisms in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

C G Mullighan, S Heatley, S Lester, M Rischmueller, T P Gordon, and P G Bardy

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 98-101. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.006056

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Letters:

Treatment of resistant rheumatoid arthritis by intra-articular infliximab injections: a pilot study

S N Nikas, T I Temekonidis, A K Zikou, M I Argyropoulou, S Efremidis, and A A Drosos

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 102-103. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.006981

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Coeliac disease associated with systemic sclerosis

J A Gómez-Puerta, V Gil, R Cervera, R Miquel, S Jiménez, M Ramos-Casals, and J Font

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 104-105. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.008888

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Septic arthritis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis associated with infliximab treatment in a patient with undifferentiated spondarthritis

I Olivieri, A Padula, L Armignacco, V Sabatella, and M Mancino

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 105-106. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.006270

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Lack of association between angiotensin converting enzyme gene polymorphism and Korean Behçet’s disease

H K Chang, J U Kim, S S Lee, and D H Yoo

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 106-107. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011007

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Spontaneous pregnancy in a woman with lupus and thyroiditis despite imminent premature ovarian failure

D Le Thi Huong, A Gompel, B Wechsler, and J-C Piette

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 108-109. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.003012

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Doppler ultrasound identifies increased resistive indices in SSc

N Bregenzer, O Distler, R Meyringer, J Schölmerich, U Müller-Ladner, and G Lock

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 109-110. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009118

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Matters arising:

Differences in the management of shoulder pain between primary and secondary care in Europe: time for a consensus • Author’s reply

D G Kassimos, G Panayi, and D A W M van der Windt

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 111-112.

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Exercise in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: promise or passé • Authors’ reply

L Özçakar, Z B Özçakar, T Takken, J van der Net, W Kuis, and P J M Helders

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 112.

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Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy and immunosuppression • Authors’ reply

L A Cuevas, H A Fuchs, S M Weiner, K Warnatz, and M Schumacher

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 112-113.

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Book reviews:

The antiphospholipid syndrome II: Eds R A Asherson, R Cervera, J C Piette, Y Shoenfeld (Pp 480, $149.) Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2002. ISBN 0-4445-09879.

M Bijl and C G M Kallenberg

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 114.

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Echoes:

Acute panuveitis in a child with Takayasu’s arteritis

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 35.

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Inflammatory cytokines and rheumatoid corneal ulceration

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 53.

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Corrections:

CORRECTION

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 114.

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Electronic pages:

Author index 2003

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: e1.

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Subject index 2003

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: e2.

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