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Leaders

	The melatonin-cytokine connection in rheumatoid arthritis M Cutolo and G J M Maestroni Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1109-1111. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Hard work never hurt anyone—or did it? A review of occupational associations with soft tissue musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper limb K Walker-Bone and C Cooper Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1112-1117. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 13 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.026484

Unusual and memorable

	Case number 34: Relapse of polyarteritis nodosa presenting as isolated and localised lower limb periostitis P Carron, I E A Hoffman, L De Rycke, I Peene, E M Veys, F De Keyser, W Bauters, and M Praet Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1118-1119. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033621 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Extended reports

	Accuracy of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of ex vivo focal cartilage defects H Graichen, D Al-Shamari, S Hinterwimmer, R von Eisenhart-Rothe, T Vogl, and F Eckstein Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1120-1125. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 7 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029678
	Inhibition of c-kit tyrosine kinase by imatinib mesylate induces apoptosis in mast cells in rheumatoid synovia: a potential approach to the treatment of arthritis A Juurikivi, C Sandler, K A Lindstedt, P T Kovanen, T Juutilainen, M J Leskinen, T Mäki, and K K Eklund Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1126-1131. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029835 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Treatment of experimental arthritis with poly(D, L-lactic/glycolic acid) nanoparticles encapsulating betamethasone sodium phosphate M Higaki, T Ishihara, N Izumo, M Takatsu, and Y Mizushima Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1132-1136. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 4 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030759
	Body weight, body composition, and bone turnover changes in patients with spondyloarthropathy receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment K Briot, P Garnero, A Le Henanff, M Dougados, and C Roux Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1137-1140. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 7 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.028670
	Assessment of acute spinal inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis by magnetic resonance imaging: a comparison between contrast enhanced T1 and short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequences X Baraliakos, K-G A Hermann, R Landewé, J Listing, W Golder, J Brandt, M Rudwaleit, M Bollow, J Sieper, D van der Heijde, and J Braun Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1141-1144. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 13 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031609
	Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies may occur in patients with psoriatic arthritis B Vander Cruyssen, I E A Hoffman, H Zmierczak, M Van den Berghe, E Kruithof, L De Rycke, H Mielants, E M Veys, D Baeten, and F De Keyser Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1145-1149. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 4 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032177
	Infliximab improves signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis: results of the IMPACT 2 trial C Antoni, G G Krueger, K de Vlam, C Birbara, A Beutler, C Guzzo, B Zhou, L T Dooley, A Kavanaugh for the IMPACT 2 investigators Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1150-1157. [Abstract] [Full text] [Italian translation] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032268
	Level of acceptability of EULAR recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis by practitioners in different European countries B Mazières, N Scmidely, H J Hauselmann, E Martin-Mola, U Serni, A A Verbruggen, and M Le Bars Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1158-1164. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.009431
	Up regulated expression of tumour necrosis factor converting enzyme in peripheral monocytes of patients with early systemic sclerosis T Bohgaki, Y Amasaki, N Nishimura, M Bohgaki, Y Yamashita, M Nishio, K-i Sawada, S Jodo, T Atsumi, and T Koike Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1165-1173. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030338 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Cost effectiveness of etanercept (Enbrel) in combination with methotrexate in the treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis based on the TEMPO trial G Kobelt, P Lindgren, A Singh, and L Klareskog Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1174-1179. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032789
	Pharmacogenetic and metabolite measurements are associated with clinical status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate: results of a multicentred cross sectional observational study T Dervieux, D Furst, D O Lein, R Capps, K Smith, J Caldwell, and J Kremer Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1180-1185. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033399
	Response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: how useful are they? A Gülfe, P Geborek, and T Saxne Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1186-1189. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 10 March 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.027649
	Association of polymorphism in the transforming growth factor ß1 gene with disease outcome and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis D L Mattey, N Nixon, P T Dawes, and J Kerr Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1190-1194. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 4 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031674
	Markers of inflammation are negatively correlated with serum leptin in rheumatoid arthritis C Popa, M G Netea, T R D S Radstake, P L van Riel, P Barrera, and J W M van der Meer Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1195-1198. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 24 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032243
	Antibodies to citrullinated human fibrinogen (ACF) have diagnostic and prognostic value in early arthritis M M J Nielen, A R van der Horst, D van Schaardenburg, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, R J van de Stadt, L Aarden, B A C Dijkmans, and D Hamann Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1199-1204. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 7 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029389
	Validation of the preliminary criteria for the classification of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome R Cervera, J Font, J A Gómez-Puerta, G Espinosa, M Cucho, S Bucciarelli, M Ramos-Casals, M Ingelmo, J-C Piette, Y Shoenfeld, R A Asherson for the Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Registry Project Group Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1205-1209. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.025759
	Autoantibodies to a NR2A peptide of the glutamate/NMDA receptor in sera of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus E S Husebye, Z M Sthoeger, M Dayan, H Zinger, D Elbirt, M Levite, and E Mozes Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1210-1213. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029280

Concise reports

	Relationship between Heberden’s nodes and underlying radiographic changes of osteoarthritis A Thaper, W Zhang, G Wright, and M Doherty Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1214-1216. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 27 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031450
	An excess of widespread pain among South Asians: are low levels of vitamin D implicated? G J Macfarlane, B Palmer, D Roy, C Afzal, A J Silman, and T O’Neill Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1217-1219. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032656 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Prescription practice of biological drugs in rheumatoid arthritis during the first 3 years of post-marketing use in Denmark and Norway: criteria are becoming less stringent E Hjardem, M L Hetland, M Østergaard, N S Krogh, and T K Kvien Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1220-1223. [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]   Published Online First: 7 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031252
	Blockade of tumour necrosis factor significantly alters the serum level of IgG- and IgA-rheumatoid factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis B Yazdani-Biuki, E Stadlmaier, A Mulabecirovic, R Brezinschek, G Tilz, U Demel, T Mueller, K Brickmann, W B Graninger, and H-P Brezinschek Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1224-1226. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030262 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Women with early rheumatoid arthritis are referred later than men Ø Palm and E Purinszky Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1227-1228. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031716 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Macrophages overloaded with tissue debris in Wegener’s granulomatosis Z Mackiewicz, A Rimkevicius, J Petersen, C B Andersen, E Dudek, M Vytrasova, and Y T Konttinen Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1229-1232. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.027029 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Early T cell activation in the skin from patients with systemic sclerosis A Kalogerou, E Gelou, S Mountantonakis, L Settas, E Zafiriou, and L Sakkas Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1233-1235. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.027094 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Effect of steroid pulse therapy on mixed connective tissue disease with pulmonary arterial hypertension Y Kamata, H Nara, H Sato, J-I Masuyama, S Minota, and T Yoshio Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1236-1237. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029074 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Anti-midbody antibodies as a possible predictive factor for a special limited or abortive form of systemic sclerosis? A K Tausche, K Conrad, W Seidel, and B Roch Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1237-1238. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034116 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	An unusual presentation of Wegener’s granulomatosis mimicking thymoma C-R Wang, J-M Chang, W-L Shen, W-J Lin, J Y-Y Lee, and M-F Liu Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1238-1240. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031617 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Sjögren’s syndrome: a population based study of prevalence in Greece. The ESORDIG study P I Trontzas and A A Andrianakos Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1240-1241. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031021 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Methotrexate effect on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody levels in rheumatoid arthritis A Spadaro and V Riccieri Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1241-1242. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032136 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Leucoencephalopathy after treatment of Churg-Strauss syndrome with interferon C Metzler, P Lamprecht, B Hellmich, M Reuter, A-C Arlt, and W L Gross Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1242-1243. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032664 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Anti--fodrin autoantibodies are not useful diagnostic markers of primary Sjögren’s syndrome C Sordet, J E Gottenberg, J Goetz, D Bengoufa, R-L Humbel, X Mariette, and J Sibilia Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1244-1245. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.026419 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Successful treatment of acute visual loss in Muckle-Wells syndrome with interleukin 1 receptor antagonist T Alexander, O Klotz, E Feist, K Rüther, G-R Burmester, and U Pleyer Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1245-1246. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032060 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Matters arising

	Are autoantibodies against a 25-mer synthetic peptide of M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor a new diagnostic marker for Sjögren’s syndrome? • Author’s reply P Zigon, B Bozic, S Cucnik, B Rozman, M Tomsic, T Kveder, and T Sumida Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1247. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Short course prednisolone for adhesive capsulitis • Author’s reply W A Douglas and R Buchbinder Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1247-1248. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Echoes

	Cost of manipulation is bearable for back pain Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1117. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	CORRECTION Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1248. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.023564corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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