Leaders:

Urinary bladder cancer in Wegener’s granulomatosis: is it more than cyclophosphamide?

B Hellmich, I Kausch, C Doehn, D Jocham, K Holl-Ulrich, and W L Gross

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1183-1185. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.023937

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Reviews:

Chemokines in joint disease: the key to inflammation?

J J Haringman, J Ludikhuize, and P P Tak

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1186-1194.
Published Online First: 13 April 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.020529

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Unusual and memorable:

Case number 31: Nodular panniculitis as expression of Munchausen’s syndrome (panniculitis artefacta)

A-K Tausche, S Hänsel, K Tausche, S Unger, H E Schröder, and J Pietsch

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1195-1196. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.024539

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Extended reports:

EP₂/EP₄ signalling inhibits monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production induced by interleukin 1ß in synovial fibroblasts

R Largo, I Díez-Ortego, O Sanchez-Pernaute, M J López-Armada, M A Alvarez-Soria, J Egido, and G Herrero-Beaumont

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1197-1204. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011163

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Discrepancy between mRNA and protein expression of tumour suppressor maspin in synovial tissue may contribute to synovial hyperplasia in rheumatoid arthritis

J Schedel, O Distler, M Woenckhaus, R E Gay, B Simmen, B A Michel, U Müller-Ladner, and S Gay

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1205-1211. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.006312

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A prospective study of pregnant patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis using validated clinical instruments

M Østensen, L Fuhrer, R Mathieu, M Seitz, and P M Villiger

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1212-1217. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016881

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Decrease of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor following anti-TNF therapy (infliximab) in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with clinical improvement

C Alessandri, M Bombardieri, N Papa, M Cinquini, L Magrini, A Tincani, and G Valesini

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1218-1221. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014647

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Influence of guideline adherence on outcome in a randomised controlled trial on the efficacy of methotrexate with folate supplementation in rheumatoid arthritis

J Fransen, R F J M Laan, M A F J van der Laar, T W J Huizinga, and P L C M van Riel

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1222-1226. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018861

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Methotrexate related adverse effects in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are associated with the A1298C polymorphism of the MTHFR gene

Y Berkun, D Levartovsky, A Rubinow, H Orbach, S Aamar, T Grenader, I Abou Atta, D Mevorach, G Friedman, and A Ben-Yehuda

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1227-1231. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016337

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Better efficacy of methotrexate given by intramuscular injection than orally in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

J Wegrzyn, P Adeleine, and P Miossec

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1232-1234. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011593

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Characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in France: a study of 1109 patients managed by hospital based rheumatologists

J Sany, P Bourgeois, A Saraux, S Durieux, A Lafuma, J P Daurès, F Guillemin, and J Sibilia

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1235-1240. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013110

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Antiphospholipid antibodies, systemic lupus erythematosus, and non-traumatic metatarsal fractures

S Sangle, D P D’Cruz, M A Khamashta, and G R V Hughes

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1241-1243. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016105

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Association of the oestrogen receptor gene polymorphisms with disease onset in systemic lupus erythematosus

Y J Lee, K S Shin, S W Kang, C K Lee, B Yoo, H S Cha, E M Koh, S J Yoon, and J Lee

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1244-1249. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012583

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Anti-telomere antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): a comparison with five antinuclear antibody assays in 430 patients with SLE and other rheumatic diseases

E M Salonen, A Miettinen, T K Walle, S Koskenmies, J Kere, and H Julkunen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1250-1254. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011890

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Genetic mechanisms of knee osteoarthritis: a population based case–control study

G Jones, C Ding, F Scott, and F Cicuttini

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1255-1259. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015875

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A randomised controlled trial of intra-articular corticosteroid injection of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb in osteoarthritis

G K Meenagh, J Patton, C Kynes, and G D Wright

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1260-1263. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015438

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Is avoidant coping independent of disease status and stable over time in patients with ankylosing spondylitis?

A Boonen, D van der Heijde, R Landewé, A Chorus, W van Lankveld, H Miedema, H van der Tempel, and S van der Linden

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1264-1268. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012435

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Attitudes to early rheumatoid arthritis: changing patterns. Results of a survey

D Aletaha, G Eberl, V P K Nell, K P Machold, and J S Smolen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1269-1275. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015131

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Increased prevalence of ocular glaucomatous abnormalities in systemic sclerosis

Y Allanore, C Parc, D Monnet, A P Brézin, and A Kahan

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1276-1278. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013540

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A disease activity score for polymyalgia rheumatica

B F Leeb and H A Bird

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1279-1283. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011379

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Detection of small joint synovitis by ultrasonography: the learning curve of rheumatologists

M-A D’Agostino, J-F Maillefert, R Said-Nahal, M Breban, P Ravaud, and M Dougados

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1284-1287. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012393

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Interrater reproducibility of clinical tests for rotator cuff lesions

A J K Ostor, C A Richards, A T Prevost, B L Hazleman, and C A Speed

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1288-1292. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014712

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A comparison of four shoulder-specific questionnaires in primary care

A Paul, M Lewis, M F Shadforth, P R Croft, D A W M van der Windt, and E M Hay

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1293-1299. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012088

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Predominance of Th1 cytokine in peripheral blood and pathological tissues of patients with active untreated adult onset Still’s disease

D Y Chen, J L Lan, F J Lin, T Y Hsieh, and M C Wen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1300-1306. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013680

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Urinary bladder cancer in Wegener’s granulomatosis: risks and relation to cyclophosphamide

A Knight, J Askling, F Granath, P Sparen, and A Ekbom

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1307-1311.
Published Online First: 6 May 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.019125

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Antiphospholipid syndrome associated with infections: clinical and microbiological characteristics of 100 patients

R Cervera, R A Asherson, M L Acevedo, J A Gómez-Puerta, G Espinosa, G de la Red, V Gil, M Ramos-Casals, M García-Carrasco, M Ingelmo, and J Font

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1312-1317. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014175

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Autologous stem cell transplantation for refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis: analysis of clinical effects, mortality, and transplant related morbidity

I M de Kleer, D M C Brinkman, A Ferster, M Abinun, P Quartier, J van der Net, R ten Cate, L R Wedderburn, G Horneff, J Oppermann, F Zintl, H E Foster, A M Prieur, A Fasth, M A J van Rossum, W Kuis, and N M Wulffraat

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1318-1326. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017798

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Concise reports:

Immune activation in the small intestine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

R Nissinen, M Leirisalo-Repo, A M Nieminen, L Halme, M Färkkilä, T Palosuo, and O Vaarala

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1327-1330. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011304

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Hand cortical bone mass and its associations with radiographic joint damage and fractures in 50–70 year old female patients with rheumatoid arthritis: cross sectional Oslo-Truro-Amsterdam (OSTRA) collaborative study

G Haugeberg, M C Lodder, W F Lems, T Uhlig, R E Ørstavik, B A C Dijkmans, T K Kvien, and A D Woolf

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1331-1334. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015065

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Serum cytokine levels related to multiple dimensions of fatigue in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

A Hartkamp, R Geenen, M Bijl, A A Kruize, G L R Godaert, and R H W M Derksen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1335-1337. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011825

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Relationship between disease activity and infection in patients with spondyloarthropathies

A Martínez, C Pacheco-Tena, J Vázquez-Mellado, and R Burgos-Vargas

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1338-1340. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011882

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Low dose warfarin treatment for calcinosis in patients with systemic sclerosis

T Cukierman, E Elinav, M Korem, and T Chajek-Shaul

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1341-1343. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014431

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True infliximab resistance in rheumatoid arthritis: a role for lymphotoxin ?

M H Buch, P G Conaghan, M A Quinn, S J Bingham, D Veale, and P Emery

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1344-1346.
Published Online First: 19 March 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014878

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Letters:

An unusual case of "giant cell arteritis"

J Lim, R Ramachandran, R Madhok, and H Capell

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1347-1348. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017244

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Visceral leishmaniasis resembling systemic lupus erythematosus

P V Voulgari, G A Pappas, E N Liberopoulos, M Elisaf, F N Skopouli, and A A Drosos

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1348-1349. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014480

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Neurovascular mechanisms as a possible cause of remission of rheumatoid arthritis in hemiparetic limbs

G Keyszer, Th Langer, M Kornhuber, B Taute, and G Horneff

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1349-1351. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016410

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Severe gouty arthritis refractory to anti-inflammatory drugs: treatment with anti-tumour necrosis factor as a new therapeutic option

A K Tausche, K Richter, A Grässler, S Hänsel, B Roch, and H E Schröder

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1351-1352. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015743

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Two young girls with pyogenic sacroiliitis

S W Kadir, M E C Jeurissen, and M J A M Franssen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1353-1354. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010959

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Use of minocycline in rheumatoid arthritis: a district general hospital experience

E Suresh, I M Morris, and P C Mattingly

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1354-1355. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017749

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Toxic myopathy induced by the ingestion of loquat leaf extract

W R Saliba, L H Goldstein, G S Habib, and M S Elias

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1355-1356. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016790

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Tumour necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) with central nervous system involvement

K Minden, E Aganna, M F McDermott, and A Zink

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1356-1357. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016006

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Echoes:

Ligamentous laxity and rugby injuries

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1196.

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