Leaders:

Dynamic exercises in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

A P Anandarajah and E M Schwarz

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1359-1361. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.020693

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Hypothesis:

How the type of risk reduction influences required sample sizes in randomised clinical trials

K Bruynesteyn, A Wanders, R Landewé, and D van der Heijde

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1368-1371.
Published Online First: 1 July 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014035

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Reviews:

Predictive factors of work disability in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review

E M de Croon, J K Sluiter, T F Nijssen, B A C Dijkmans, G J Lankhorst, and M H W Frings-Dresen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1362-1367. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.020115

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Extended reports:

Patient preferences for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

L Fraenkel, S T Bogardus, J Concato, D T Felson, and D R Wittink

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1372-1378.
Published Online First: 5 March 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.019422

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Interleukin (IL) 18 stimulates osteoclast formation through synovial T cells in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with IL1ß and tumour necrosis factor

S-M Dai, K Nishioka, and K Yudoh

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1379-1386. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018481

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A gene expression signature for recent onset rheumatoid arthritis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

N Olsen, T Sokka, C L Seehorn, B Kraft, K Maas, J Moore, and T M Aune

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1387-1392. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017194

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Synovial tissue interleukin-18 expression and the response to treatment in patients with inflammatory arthritis

T Rooney, E Murphy, M Benito, P Roux-Lombard, O FitzGerald, J-M Dayer, and B Bresnihan

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1393-1398. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016428

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Long term high intensity exercise and damage of small joints in rheumatoid arthritis

Z de Jong, M Munneke, A H Zwinderman, H M Kroon, K H Ronday, W F Lems, B A C Dijkmans, F C Breedveld, T P M Vliet Vlieland, J M W Hazes, and T W J Huizinga

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1399-1405. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015826

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HLA-DR-DQ haplotypes and genotypes in Finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis

S Laivoranta-Nyman, T Möttönen, R Hermann, J Tuokko, R Luukkainen, M Hakala, P Hannonen, M Korpela, U Yli-Kerttula, A Toivanen, J Ilonen and the FIN-RACo Trial Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1406-1412. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009969

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Radiography as primary outcome in rheumatoid arthritis: acceptable sample sizes for trials with 3 months’ follow up

K Bruynesteyn, R Landewé, Sj van der Linden, and D van der Heijde

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1413-1418.
Published Online First: 22 March 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014043

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Lumiracoxib is effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a 13 week, randomised, double blind study versus placebo and celecoxib

H Tannenbaum, F Berenbaum, J-Y Reginster, J Zacher, J Robinson, G Poor, H Bliddal, D Uebelhart, S Adami, F Navarro, A Lee, A Moore, and A Gimona

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1419-1426.
Published Online First: 27 February 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015974

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Validity and reliability of three definitions of hip osteoarthritis: cross sectional and longitudinal approach

M Reijman, J M W Hazes, H A P Pols, R M D Bernsen, B W Koes, and S M A Bierma-Zeinstra

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1427-1433. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016477

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Weight changes and the risk of knee osteoarthritis requiring arthroplasty

P Manninen, H Riihimaki, M Heliövaara, and O Suomalainen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1434-1437. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011833

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Development and preselection of criteria for short term improvement after anti-TNF treatment in ankylosing spondylitis

J Brandt, J Listing, J Sieper, M Rudwaleit, D van der Heijde, and J Braun

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1438-1444.
Published Online First: 25 March 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016717

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Thrombophilic factors are not the leading cause of thrombosis in Behçet’s disease

M Leiba, U Seligsohn, Y Sidi, D Harats, B A Sela, J H Griffin, A Livneh, N Rosenberg, I Gelernter, H Gur, and M Ehrenfeld

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1445-1449. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014241

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The pustular skin lesions in Behçet’s syndrome are not sterile

G Hatemi, H Bahar, S Uysal, C Mat, F Gogus, S Masatlioglu, K Altas, and H Yazici

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1450-1452. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017467

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Effects of RWJ 67657, a p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor, on the production of inflammatory mediators by rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts

J Westra, P C Limburg, P de Boer, and M H van Rijswijk

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1453-1459. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013011

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Short course prednisolone for adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder or stiff painful shoulder): a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

R Buchbinder, J L Hoving, S Green, S Hall, A Forbes, and P Nash

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1460-1469. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018218

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Anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody treatment in acute and early chronic antigen induced arthritis: influence on macrophage activation

K Nissler, D Pohlers, M Hückel, J Simon, R Bräuer, and R W Kinne

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1470-1477. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013060

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High avidity anti-ß2-glycoprotein I antibodies in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome

S Cucnik, T Kveder, I Krizaj, B Rozman, and B Bozic

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1478-1482. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017939

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Inequalities in access to knee joint replacements for people in need

P F K Yong, P C Milner, J N Payne, P A Lewis, and C Jennison

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1483-1489. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.013938

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Correlation and sex differences between ankle and knee cartilage morphology determined by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging

F Eckstein, V Siedek, C Glaser, D Al-Ali, K-H Englmeier, M Reiser, and H Graichen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1490-1495. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018226

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Concise reports:

Late neonatal lupus erythematosus onset in a child born of a mother with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

R Manthorpe, Å Svensson, and L E Wirestrand

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1496-1497. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014944

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Seasonal variation of disease activity of systemic lupus erythematosus in Finland: a 1 year follow up study

T Hasan, M Pertovaara, U Yli-Kerttula, T Luukkaala, and M Korpela

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1498-1500. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012740

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Gluten sensitivity masquerading as systemic lupus erythematosus

M Hadjivassiliou, D S Sanders, R A Grünewald, and M Akil

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1501-1503. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017947

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and cortisol in young women with primary fibromyalgia: the potential roles of depression, fatigue, and sleep disturbance in the occurrence of hypocortisolism

A Gur, R Cevik, A J Sarac, L Colpan, and S Em

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1504-1506. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014969

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Diagnosis and follow up of aortitis in the elderly

A K Scheel, J Meller, R Vosshenrich, E Kohlhoff, U Siefker, G A Müller, and F Strutz

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1507-1510. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015651

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Sera from children with active Henoch-Schönlein purpura can enhance the production of interleukin 8 by human umbilical venous endothelial cells

Y H Yang, H J Lai, C M Huang, L C Wang, Y T Lin, and B L Chiang

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1511-1513. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016196

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Autoantibodies against phosphatidylserine-prothrombin complex in patients with systemic sclerosis

M Hasegawa, S Sato, K Yanaba, K Komura, M Yamazaki, and K Takehara

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1514-1517. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016659

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Small vessel vasculitis and relapsing panniculitis in tumour necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)

P Lamprecht, F Moosig, S Adam-Klages, U Mrowietz, E Csernok, M Kirrstetter, K Ahmadi-Simab, J O Schroder, and W L Gross

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1518-1520. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016733

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Letters:

Extended colonic ulcerations in a patient with microscopic polyangiitis

C-N Tsai, C-M Chang, C-H Chuang, Y-T Jin, M-F Liu, and C-R Wang

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1521-1522. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018580

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Severe digital ischaemia treated with phosphodiesterase inhibitors

C R Kumana, G T Y Cheung, and C S Lau

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1522-1524. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015677

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Hereditary C1q deficiency and secondary Sjögren’s syndrome

E P A H Hoppenreijs, P J van Dijken, P J Kabel, and J M Th Draaisma

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1524-1525. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016592

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Acute pneumonitis starting 2 hours after intramuscular gold administration in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

A Hafejee and M J Burke

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1525-1526. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017509

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An unusual complication of appendicitis

S L Mackie and A Keat

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1526. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.017426

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Interferon alfa in protracted arthritis of familial Mediterranean fever: a robust alternative for synovectomy

K Üreten, M Çalgüneri, A Mesut Onat, L Özçakar, I Ertenli, and S Kiraz

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1527. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.019471

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Transient bone marrow oedema in a child

L Kröger, P Arikoski, J Komulainen, R Seuri, and H Kröger

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1528-1529. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.018804

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Joint lavage and pseudogout

P Pasquetti, E Selvi, K Righeschi, M Fabbroni, R De Stefano, E Frati, and R Marcolongo

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1529-1530. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015354

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Matters arising:

Long term treatment of psoriatic arthritis with infliximab • Author’s reply

B Yazdani-Biuki, K Wohlfahrt, A Mulabecirovic, T Mueller, J Hermann, W B Graninger, H-P Brezinschek, R I Brezinschek, and D Gladman

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1531-1532.

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Immunohistochemistry of normal synovium • Authors’ reply

M D Smith, J A Singh, and H R Schumacher

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1532-1533.

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Low dose prednisolone for treatment of RA • Authors’ reply

J Kirwan, M Boers, H Capell, J Hunter, R Madhok, E Morrison, J Larkin on behalf of the WOSERACT group

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 1533-1534.

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