Leaders:

Autoantibodies and thrombophilia in RA: TNF and TNF blockers

G F Ferraccioli and E Gremese

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 613-615.
Published Online First: 17 March 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.015586

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Central nervous system involvement in Sjögren’s syndrome

F C Soliotis, C P Mavragani, and H M Moutsopoulos

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 616-620. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.019497

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Reviews:

Influence of hip dysplasia on the development of osteoarthritis of the hip

A M Lievense, S M A Bierma-Zeinstra, A P Verhagen, J A N Verhaar, and B W Koes

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 621-626. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009860

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Appropriate and effective management of rheumatoid arthritis

F C Breedveld and J R Kalden

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 627-633. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011395

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Lesson of the month:

Intervertebral discitis presenting as oligoarthritis

A T Marshall, J K Gaffney, T J Marshall, and H M S Williams

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 634-635. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.001586

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Extended reports:

Galectin-3 surface expression on human adult chondrocytes: a potential substrate for collagenase-3

M Guévremont, J Martel-Pelletier, C Boileau, F-T Liu, M Richard, J-C Fernandes, J-P Pelletier, and P Reboul

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 636-643. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007229

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Doppler ultrasound findings in healthy wrists and finger joints

L Terslev, S Torp-Pedersen, E Qvistgaard, P von der Recke, and H Bliddal

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 644-648. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009548

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Up regulation of cathepsin K expression in articular chondrocytes in a transgenic mouse model for osteoarthritis

J P Morko, M Söderström, A-M K Säämänen, H J Salminen, and E I Vuorio

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 649-655. doi:10.1136/ard.2002.004671

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Adenovirus mediated intra-articular expression of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) induces inflammatory arthritis in mice

K Joronen, R Ala-aho, M-L Majuri, H Alenius, V-M Kähäri, and E Vuorio

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 656-664. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009720

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Prediction of a major clinical response (BASDAI 50) to tumour necrosis factor blockers in ankylosing spondylitis

M Rudwaleit, J Listing, J Brandt, J Braun, and J Sieper

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 665-670.
Published Online First: 22 March 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.016386

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in ankylosing spondylitis

R Imrich, J Rovensky, M Zlnay, Z Radikova, L Macho, M Vigas, and J Koska

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 671-674. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.006940

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Prognostic factors for remission in early rheumatoid arthritis: a multiparameter prospective study

L Gossec, M Dougados, P Goupille, A Cantagrel, J Sibilia, O Meyer, J Sany, J-P Daurès, and B Combe

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 675-680. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010611

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Cytokine and chemokine receptor profile of peripheral blood mononuclear cells during treatment with infliximab in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis

R Nissinen, M Leirisalo-Repo, R Peltomaa, T Palosuo, and O Vaarala

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 681-687. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.008599

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A randomised placebo controlled 12 week trial of budesonide and prednisolone in rheumatoid arthritis

J R Kirwan, R Hällgren, H Mielants, F Wollheim, E Bjorck, T Persson, C Book, S Bowman, M Byron, N Cox, M Field, L Kanerud, M Leirisalo-Repo, M Malaise, A Mohammad, R Palmer, I F Petersson, B Ringertz, P Sheldon, M Simonsson, N Snowden, and F Van den Bosch

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 688-695. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.008573

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High production of proinflammatory and Th1 cytokines by dendritic cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and down regulation upon FcR triggering

T R D J Radstake, P L E M van Lent, G J Pesman, A B Blom, F G J Sweep, J Rönnelid, G J Adema, P Barrera, and W B van den Berg

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 696-702. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010033

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Management of osteoarthritis (OA) with an unsupervised home based exercise programme and/or patient administered assessment tools. A cluster randomised controlled trial with a 2x2 factorial design

P Ravaud, B Giraudeau, I Logeart, J S Larguier, D Rolland, R Treves, L Euller-Ziegler, B Bannwarth, and M Dougados

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 703-708. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009803

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Detecting structural changes in early experimental osteoarthritis of tibial cartilage by microscopic magnetic resonance imaging and polarised light microscopy

H A Alhadlaq, Y Xia, J B Moody, and J R Matyas

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 709-717. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.011783

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A randomised placebo controlled trial of delipidated, deglycolipidated Mycobacterium vaccae as immunotherapy for psoriatic arthritis

N Dalbeth, S Yeoman, J L Dockerty, J Highton, E Robinson, P L Tan, D Herman, and F M McQueen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 718-722. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007104

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Health related quality of life in multiple musculoskeletal diseases: SF-36 and EQ-5D in the DMC₃ study

H S J Picavet and N Hoeymans

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 723-729. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010769

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Thrombotic microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia and antiphospholipid antibodies

G Espinosa, S Bucciarelli, R Cervera, M Lozano, J-C Reverter, G de la Red, V Gil, M Ingelmo, J Font, and R A Asherson

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 730-736. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007245

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Concise reports:

Long term evaluation of radiographic disease progression in a subset of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with leflunomide beyond 2 years

D van der Heijde, J Kalden, D Scott, J Smolen, and V Strand

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 737-739. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010983

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Grey scale and power Doppler sonographic changes induced by intra-articular steroid injection treatment

E Filippucci, A Farina, M Carotti, F Salaffi, and W Grassi

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 740-743. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007971

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Letters:

Successful treatment of genital ulcers with infliximab in Behçet’s disease

G Haugeberg, M Velken, and V Johnsen

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 744-745. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.010975

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Lupus myocarditis in children

A Gupta, S Singh, R W Minz, B D Radotra, J Ahluwalia, and A Grover

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 745-746. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007484

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Dose escalation of leflunomide (LEF) to 40 mg once daily in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and insufficient response to standard dose LEF

C Fiehn, E Rochel, A D Ho, and R Max

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 746-747. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.014217

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Polyclonal immunoglobulins for intravenous use induce interleukin 10 release in vivo and in vitro

R J Lories, M Casteels-Van Daele, J L Ceuppens, and S W Van Gool

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 747-748. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.007138

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Cevimeline gargle for the treatment of xerostomia in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome

Y Takagi, Y Kimura, and T Nakamura

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 749. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.012633

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Matters arising:

Systemic inflammation in osteoarthritis • Authors’ reply

P Z Hrycaj, T Stürmer, H Brenner, W Koenig, and K P Günther

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 750-751.

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Infliximab efficiency and failure • Authors’ reply

A P Rozin, A P Andonopoulos, N Meimaris, D Daoussis, A Bounas, and G Giannopoulos

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 751-752.

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Ultrasound detection of knee patellar enthesitis • Authors’ reply

R J Wakefield, D McGonagle, A L Tan, A Evangelisto, P Emery, M Kamel, R Mansour, M Abbady, and H Eid

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 753-754.

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Book reviews:

Rheumatology, third edition

H Schulze-Koops

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 754.

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Echoes:

Genetic susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Finnish families

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 655.

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Cytochrome P450 polymorphisms, celecoxib, and warfarin

Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63: 717.

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