Editorials:

Autoantibodies to opsonins of apoptotic cells in systemic lupus erythematosus

P C Limburg and M Bijl

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1669-1670. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.043505

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Reviews:

Ethnic and geographical variation in antiphospholipid (Hughes) syndrome

I Uthman and M Khamashta

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1671-1676.
Published Online First: 26 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038448

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Extended reports:

Enhanced gene transfer to arthritic joints using adeno-associated virus type 5: implications for intra-articular gene therapy

J Adriaansen, S W Tas, P L Klarenbeek, A C Bakker, F Apparailly, G S Firestein, C Jorgensen, M J B M Vervoordeldonk, and P P Tak

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1677-1684.
Published Online First: 5 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.035063

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Inhibition of collagen gene expression in systemic sclerosis dermal fibroblasts by mithramycin

N Sandorfi, N Louneva, E Hitraya, G Hajnoczky, B Saitta, and S A Jimenez

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1685-1691.
Published Online First: 18 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037515

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Type I interferon correlates with serological and clinical manifestations of SLE

M C Dall’Era, P M Cardarelli, B T Preston, A Witte, and J C Davis, Jr

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1692-1697.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033753

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Anti-serum amyloid component P antibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus correlate with disease activity

G Zandman-Goddard, M Blank, P Langevitz, L Slutsky, M Pras, Y Levy, O Shovman, T Witte, A Doria, J Rovensky, and Y Shoenfeld

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1698-1702.
Published Online First: 13 July 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035832

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EULAR report on the use of ultrasonography in painful knee osteoarthritis. Part 1: Prevalence of inflammation in osteoarthritis

M A D’Agostino, P Conaghan, M Le Bars, G Baron, W Grassi, E Martin-Mola, R Wakefield, J-L Brasseur, A So, M Backhaus, M Malaise, G Burmester, N Schmidely, P Ravaud, M Dougados, and P Emery

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1703-1709.
Published Online First: 5 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037994

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EULAR report on the use of ultrasonography in painful knee osteoarthritis. Part 2: Exploring decision rules for clinical utility

P Conaghan, M A D’Agostino, P Ravaud, G Baron, M Le Bars, W Grassi, E Martin-Mola, R Wakefield, J-L Brasseur, A So, M Backhaus, M Malaise, G Burmester, N Schmidely, P Emery, and M Dougados

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1710-1714.
Published Online First: 5 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038026

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Sports activities 5 years after total knee or hip arthroplasty: the Ulm Osteoarthritis Study

K Huch, K A C Müller, T Stürmer, H Brenner, W Puhl, and K-P Günther

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1715-1720.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033266

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Patellofemoral osteoarthritis coexistent with tibiofemoral osteoarthritis in a meniscectomy population

M Englund and L S Lohmander

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1721-1726.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035568

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Three year joint space narrowing predicts long term incidence of knee surgery in patients with osteoarthritis: an eight year prospective follow up study

O Bruyere, F Richy, and J-Y Reginster

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1727-1730.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037309

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Autoantibody profiling as early diagnostic and prognostic tool for rheumatoid arthritis

V P K Nell, K P Machold, T A Stamm, G Eberl, H Heinzl, M Uffmann, J S Smolen, and G Steiner

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1731-1736.
Published Online First: 5 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035691

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Dendritic cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis lack the interleukin 13 mediated increase of FcRII expression, which has clear functional consequences

T R D J Radstake, K C A M Nabbe, M H Wenink, M F Roelofs, A Oosterlaar, A W T van Lieshout, P Barrera, P L E M van Lent, and W B van den Berg

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1737-1743.
Published Online First: 5 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034405

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Longitudinal analysis of citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (anti-CP) during 5 year follow up in early rheumatoid arthritis: anti-CP status predicts worse disease activity and greater radiological progression

J Rönnelid, M C Wick, J Lampa, S Lindblad, B Nordmark, L Klareskog, and R F van Vollenhoven

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1744-1749.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033571

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Changes of cartilage and bone markers after intra-articular glucocorticoid treatment with and without postinjection rest in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

T Weitoft, A Larsson, T Saxne, and L Rönnblom

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1750-1753.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.035022

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Productivity costs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the influence of methods and sources to value loss of productivity

S M M Verstappen, A Boonen, H Verkleij, J W J Bijlsma, E Buskens, J W G Jacobs on behalf of the Utrecht Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort Study Group (SRU)

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1754-1760.
Published Online First: 28 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033977

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Double blind, randomised, placebo controlled study of leflunomide in the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis

J C van Denderen, M van der Paardt, M T Nurmohamed, Y M M A de Ryck, B A C Dijkmans, and I E van der Horst-Bruinsma

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1761-1764.
Published Online First: 18 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036491

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Do steroids increase lymphoma risk? A case–control study of lymphoma risk in polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis

J Askling, L Klareskog, H Hjalgrim, E Baecklund, M Björkholm, and A Ekbom

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1765-1768.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036459

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Intracellular and extracellular CPPD crystals are a regular feature in synovial fluid from uninflamed joints of patients with CPPD related arthropathy

A Martínez Sanchis and E Pascual

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1769-1772.
Published Online First: 7 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035386

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Variations in performance characteristics of commercial enzyme immunoassay kits for detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies: what is the optimal cut off?

J U Holle, B Hellmich, M Backes, W L Gross, and E Csernok

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1773-1779.
Published Online First: 20 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035279

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Concise reports:

Expression of interferon ß in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with patients with osteoarthritis and reactive arthritis

J van Holten, T J M Smeets, P Blankert, and P P Tak

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1780-1782.
Published Online First: 5 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040477

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High dose chemotherapy and syngeneic stem cell transplantation in a patient with refractory rheumatoid arthritis: poor response associated with persistence of host autoantibodies and synovial abnormalities

M van Oosterhout, R J Verburg, E W N Levarht, J D Moolenburgh, R M Barge, W E Fibbe, and J M van Laar

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1783-1785. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034793

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Letters:

Joint restriction in an unhappy teenager

P J C Davis, J Hackett, K Johnson, and J E McDonagh

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1786-1787. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034934

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Relapse of autoimmune diseases after autologous T cell depleted stem cell transplantation may be triggered by T cells recently emigrated from the thymus

I Kötter, T Daikeler, H Einsele, S Koch, L Lochmann, L Kanz, and J Löffler

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1787-1789. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032870

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Altered influenza virus haemagglutinin peptides inhibit T cell responses to type II collagen in rheumatoid arthritis

L Xia, L Ru, and L Zhanguo

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1790-1791. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039305

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Relationship between 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphism and methotrexate related toxicity in patients with autoimmune diseases receiving folic acid supplementation

M Speletas, N Papadopoulos, C Daiou, E Katodritou, A Pavlitou-Tsiontsi, and V Galanopoulou

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1791-1792. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037218

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Primary antiphospholipid syndrome: a unique presentation with multiple visceral aneurysms

V Koutoulidis, A Chatziioannou, C Kostopoulos, S Kontogiannis, V Skiadas, D Mourikis, and L Vlahos

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1793-1794. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034975

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A family with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

C Gorman, A S M Jawad, and I Chikanza

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1794-1795. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033852

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Antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with scleroderma: prevalence and clinical significance

G Sanna, M L Bertolaccini, A Mameli, G R V Hughes, M A Khamashta, and A Mathieu

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1795-1796. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038430

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Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema/polymyalgia rheumatica after infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae

M Matsuda, Y Shimojima, T Gono, W Ishii, K Kaneko, M Yazaki, and S-i Ikeda

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1797-1798. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037390

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Peripheral neuropathy in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases treated with leflunomide

C Metzler, A C Arlt, W L Gross, and J Brandt

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1798-1800. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038265

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Vasculitis, antiphospholipid antibodies, and renal artery stenosis

S N Paul, S R Sangle, A N Bennett, M El-Hachmi, R Hangartner, G R Hughes, and D P D’Cruz

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1800-1802. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040279

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Therapeutic interleukin (IL) 1 blockade normalises increased IL1ß and decreased tumour necrosis factor and IL10 production in blood mononuclear cells of a patient with CINCA syndrome

M Seitz, R K Kamgang, H U Simon, and P M Villiger

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1802-1803. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036749

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Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy in scleroderma

W L Poon and C C Mok

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1803-1804. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038273

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Experimental infection with Plasmodium falciparum does not result in the induction of anticardiolipin antibodies in healthy volunteers

J Damoiseaux, A van der Ven, R Hermsen, D Telgt, M Roestenberg, J W Cohen Tervaert, and R Sauerwein

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1804-1805. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039214

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Population based studies of biological antirheumatic drug use in southern Sweden: comparison with pharmaceutical sales

P Geborek, E Nitelius, S Noltorp, H Petri, L Jacobsson, L Larsson, T Saxne, and I Leden

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1805-1807. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036715

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Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumour necrosis factor agents

A S Russell, W P Maksymowych, and M de Silva

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1807. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040436

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Matters arising:

Uveitis in young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis • Authors’ reply

A Y K Chan, D T L Liu, M Arkela-Kautiainen, J Haapasaari, M Leirisalo-Repo, and K Kotaniemi

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1808.

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