Leaders:

Great expectations of modern RA treatment

S Irvine and H C Capell

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1249-1251. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039339

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Reviews:

Combination treatment strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis

E Suresh and C M Lambert

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1252-1256.
Published Online First: 28 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032219

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Extended reports:

Contribution of tumour necrosis factor and interleukin (IL) 1ß to IL6 production, NF-B nuclear translocation, and class I MHC expression in muscle cells: in vitro regulation with specific cytokine inhibitors

G Chevrel, C Granet, and P Miossec

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1257-1262.
Published Online First: 24 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032359

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Synovial tissue inflammation in early and late osteoarthritis

M J Benito, D J Veale, O FitzGerald, W B van den Berg, and B Bresnihan

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1263-1267.
Published Online First: 24 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.025270

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Evaluation of the effect of nifedipine upon myocardial perfusion and contractility using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and tissue Doppler echocardiography in systemic sclerosis

O Vignaux, Y Allanore, C Meune, O Pascal, D Duboc, S Weber, P Legmann, and A Kahan

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1268-1273.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031484

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Treatment continuation in patients receiving biological agents or conventional DMARD therapy

A Zink, J Listing, S Kary, P Ramlau, M Stoyanova-Scholz, K Babinsky, U von Hinueber, E Gromnica-Ihle, S Wassenberg, C Antoni, P Herzer, J Kekow, M Schneider, and R Rau

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1274-1279.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031476

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Optimised, low cost, low field dedicated extremity MRI is highly specific and sensitive for synovitis and bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis wrist and finger joints: comparison with conventional high field MRI and radiography

B J Ejbjerg, E Narvestad, S Jacobsen, H S Thomsen, and M Østergaard

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1280-1287.
Published Online First: 13 January 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029850

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A two year randomised controlled trial of intramuscular depot steroids in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis who have shown an incomplete response to disease modifying antirheumatic drugs

E H Choy, G H Kingsley, B Khoshaba, N Pipitone, D L Scott the Intramuscular Methylprednisolone Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1288-1293.
Published Online First: 10 March 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030908

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Effectiveness of systematic monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in daily practice: a multicentre, cluster randomised controlled trial

J Fransen, H Bernelot Moens, I Speyer, and P L C M van Riel

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1294-1298.
Published Online First: 13 April 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030924

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Increased C reactive protein in response to acute stress in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

J J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, C Ring, D Carroll, and G D Kitas

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1299-1304.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032151

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Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine and the sacroiliac joints in ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis during treatment with etanercept

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

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1305-1310.
Published Online First: 18 March 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032441

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Investigation of polymorphisms in the PADI4 gene in determining severity of inflammatory polyarthritis

A Barton, J Bowes, S Eyre, D Symmons, J Worthington, and A Silman

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1311-1315.
Published Online First: 24 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034173

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Functional haplotypes of PADI4: relevance for rheumatoid arthritis specific synovial intracellular citrullinated proteins and anticitrullinated protein antibodies

T Cantaert, P Coucke, L De Rycke, E M Veys, F De Keyser, and D Baeten

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1316-1320.
Published Online First: 10 March 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033548

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Real world experience with antiphospholipid antibody tests: how stable are results over time?

D Erkan, W J M Derksen, V Kaplan, L Sammaritano, S S Pierangeli, R Roubey, and M D Lockshin

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1321-1325.
Published Online First: 24 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031856

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Lamivudine is not effective in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

B Gescuk, A J Wu, J P Whitcher, T E Daniels, S Lund, K Fye, and J C Davis, Jr

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1326-1330.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031393

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Course and prognosis of elbow complaints: a cohort study in general practice

S D M Bot, J M van der Waal, C B Terwee, D A W M van der Windt, L M Bouter, and J Dekker

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1331-1336.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030320

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A re-examination of the whiplash associated disorders (WAD) as a systemic illness

R Ferrari, A S Russell, L J Carroll, and J D Cassidy

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1337-1342.
Published Online First: 24 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034447

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Concise reports:

Cyclophosphamide reduces neutrophilic alveolitis in patients with scleroderma lung disease: a retrospective analysis of serial bronchoalveolar lavage investigations

O Kowal-Bielecka, K Kowal, J Rojewska, A Bodzenta-Lukaszyk, Z Siergiejko, M Sierakowska, and S Sierakowski

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1343-1346. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033076

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Further evidence that a cartilage-pannus junction synovitis predilection is not a specific feature of rheumatoid arthritis

L A Rhodes, P G Conaghan, A Radjenovic, A J Grainger, P Emery, and D McGonagle

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1347-1349. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033688

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Impact of age and comorbidities on the criteria for remission and response in rheumatoid arthritis

E Krishnan, A Häkkinen, T Sokka, and P Hannonen

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1350-1352.
Published Online First: 10 March 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037903

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Anti-tumour necrosis factor antibody treatment does not change serum levels of cortisol binding globulin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis but it increases androstenedione relative to cortisol

R H Straub, P Sarzi-Puttini, F Atzeni, F Buttgereit, M Carrabba, and M Cutolo

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1353-1356.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031997

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Potential relationship between herpes viruses and rheumatoid arthritis: analysis with quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

R Álvarez-Lafuente, B Fernández-Gutiérrez, S de Miguel, J A Jover, R Rollin, E Loza, D Clemente, and J R Lamas

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1357-1359. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033514

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Attenuated response to purified protein derivative in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: study in a population with a high prevalence of tuberculosis

D Ponce de León, E Acevedo-Vásquez, A Sánchez-Torres, M Cucho, J Alfaro, R Perich, C Pastor, J Harrison, and C Sánchez-Schwartz

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1360-1361. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.029041

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Raised plasma levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine are associated with cardiovascular events, disease activity, and organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

I E M Bultink, T Teerlink, J A Heijst, B A C Dijkmans, and A E Voskuyl

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1362-1365. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036137

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Lupus thrombocytopenia: clinical implications and prognostic significance

P D Ziakas, S Giannouli, E Zintzaras, A G Tzioufas, and M Voulgarelis

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1366-1369. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033100

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Association of SEEK1 and psoriatic arthritis in two distinct Canadian populations

P Rahman, C Butt, F Siannis, V T Farewell, L Peddle, F J Pellett, C Schentag, and D D Gladman

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1370-1372.
Published Online First: 11 February 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031765

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Letters:

Weight loss with purpura and pain at the distal femora

K F Haegele, N J Buechner, C A Stueckle, L C Rump, and S M Weiner

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1373-1374. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.023325

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Long term infliximab treatment for severe psoriatic arthritis: evidence of sustained clinical and radiographic response

F Rinaldi, G Provenzano, A Termini, M Spinello, and F La Seta

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1375-1376. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033233

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Topical tacrolimus treatment in a patient with dermatomyositis

C E Lampropoulos and D P D’ Cruz

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1376-1377. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032714

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Surgery in patients receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: an observational study on 50 surgical procedures

D Wendling, J-C Balblanc, A Brousse, A Lohse, G Lehuede, P Garbuio, E Toussirot, B Auge, and D Jacques

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1378-1379. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037762

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Increase in methotrexate dose in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have an inadequate response to infliximab

P Ornetti, E Solau, P Gaudin, J Sibilia, J-M Berthelot, X Puechal, C Tavernier, J F Maillefert on behalf of the "Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation", from the French Society of Rheumatology

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1379-1380. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.035030

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The T348M mutated form of cryopyrin is associated with defective lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin 10 production in CINCA syndrome

T Bihl, E Vassina, M K Boettger, R Goldbach-Mansky, M Seitz, P M Villiger, and H U Simon

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1380-1381. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031179

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Churg-Strauss vasculitis syndrome and leukotriene receptor antagonists

J Ng, R Savage, and F McQueen

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1382. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034272

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A major subset of patients with ankylosing spondylitis followed up in tertiary clinical care require anti-tumour necrosis factor biological treatments according to the current guidelines

M Temel, P Atagündüz, and H Direskeneli

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1383-1384. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.028423

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Colchicine responsive periodic fever syndrome associated with pyrin I591T

B A C Fisher, H J Lachmann, D Rowczenio, H J B Goodman, S Bhalara, and P N Hawkins

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1384-1385. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.030379

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Whale of a tale

B M Rothschild and V Naples

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1385-1386. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.033423

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Pagetic hydrocephalus treated with zoledronate

A Morton

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1386. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.031302

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Oral sildenafil for the treatment of Raynaud’s phenomenon and digital ulcers secondary to systemic sclerosis

J Gore and R Silver

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1387. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034488

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Matters arising:

Other dangers of herbal remedies in rheumatology

A N Bamji

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1388.

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Echoes:

Rituximab induces remission in stiff person syndrome

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1365.

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Corrections:

CORRECTION

Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1388.

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