Editorials:

EULAR expects further development in 2006

T K Kvien and L B A van de Putte

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1.

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Infectious origin of the antiphospholipid syndrome

Y Shoenfeld, M Blank, R Cervera, J Font, E Raschi, and P-L Meroni

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 2-6. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045443

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Reviews:

Problem of the atherothrombotic potential of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

W W Bolten

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 7-13.
Published Online First: 7 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036269

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Extended reports:

Interobserver reliability in musculoskeletal ultrasonography: results from a "Teach the Teachers" rheumatologist course

E Naredo, I Möller, C Moragues, J J de Agustín, A K Scheel, W Grassi, E de Miguel, M Backhaus, P Balint, G A W Bruyn, M A D’Agostino, E Filippucci, A Iagnocco, D Kane, J M Koski, L Mayordomo, W A Schmidt, W A A Swen, M Szkudlarek, L Terslev, S Torp-Pedersen, J Uson, R J Wakefield, C Werner EULAR Working Group for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 14-19.
Published Online First: 7 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037382

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Comparison of long term outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis presenting with undifferentiated arthritis or with rheumatoid arthritis: an observational cohort study

J van Aken, H van Dongen, S le Cessie, C F Allaart, F C Breedveld, and T W J Huizinga

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 20-25.
Published Online First: 18 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038471

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Low circulating soluble interleukin 2 receptor level predicts rapid response in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab

A Kuuliala, R Nissinen, H Kautiainen, H Repo, and M Leirisalo-Repo

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 26-29.
Published Online First: 7 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034728

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Muscle strength, pain, and disease activity explain individual subdimensions of the Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index, especially in women with rheumatoid arthritis

A Häkkinen, H Kautiainen, P Hannonen, J Ylinen, H Mäkinen, and T Sokka

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 30-34.
Published Online First: 18 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034769

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The effect of etanercept on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

H A Chen, K C Lin, C H Chen, H T Liao, H P Wang, H N Chang, C Y Tsai, and C T Chou

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 35-39.
Published Online First: 23 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038851

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Arthritis instantaneously causes collagen type I and type II degradation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal analysis

R B M Landewé, P Geusens, D M F M van der Heijde, M Boers, S J van der Linden, and P Garnero

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 40-44.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.035196

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Clinical practice decision tree for the choice of the first disease modifying antirheumatic drug for very early rheumatoid arthritis: a 2004 proposal of the French Society of Rheumatology

X Le Loët, J M Berthelot, A Cantagrel, B Combe, M De Bandt, B Fautrel, R M Flipo, F Lioté, J F Maillefert, O Meyer, A Saraux, D Wendling, and F Guillemin

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 45-50.
Published Online First: 30 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035436

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Increase of sympathetic outflow measured by neuropeptide Y and decrease of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis tone in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis: another example of uncoupling of response systems

P Härle, R H Straub, R Wiest, A Mayer, J Schölmerich, F Atzeni, M Carrabba, M Cutolo, and P Sarzi-Puttini

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 51-56.
Published Online First: 7 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038059

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Reduced uptake of apoptotic cells by macrophages in systemic lupus erythematosus: correlates with decreased serum levels of complement

M Bijl, E Reefman, G Horst, P C Limburg, and C G M Kallenberg

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 57-63.
Published Online First: 26 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035733

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Comparison of quantitative and semiquantitative indicators of joint space narrowing in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

S A Mazzuca, K D Brandt, B P Katz, K A Lane, and K A Buckwalter

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 64-68.
Published Online First: 26 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037069

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Femorotibial and patellar cartilage loss in patients prior to total knee arthroplasty, heterogeneity, and correlation with alignment of the knee

R von Eisenhart-Rothe, H Graichen, M Hudelmaier, T Vogl, L Sharma, and F Eckstein

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 69-73.
Published Online First: 23 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038869

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Growing up and moving on. A multicentre UK audit of the transfer of adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis from paediatric to adult centred care

L P Robertson, J E McDonagh, T R Southwood, K L Shaw on behalf of the British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 74-80.
Published Online First: 30 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.032292

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The acute respiratory distress syndrome in catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: analysis of a series of 47 patients

S Bucciarelli, G Espinosa, R A Asherson, R Cervera, G Claver, J A Gómez-Puerta, M Ramos-Casals, M Ingelmo J Font for the Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Registry Project Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 81-86.
Published Online First: 26 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037671

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Quality of life, morbidity, and mortality after low trauma hip fracture in men

I Pande, D L Scott, T W O’Neill, C Pritchard, A D Woolf, and M J Davis

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 87-92.
Published Online First: 3 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034611

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State of the art:

Standardisation of synovial tissue infiltrate analysis: how far have we come? how much further do we need to go?

M D Smith, D Baeten, A-K Ulfgren, I B McInnes, O Fitzgerald, B Bresnihan, P P Tak, D Veale on behalf of the OMERACT synovial special interests group

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 93-100.
Published Online First: 23 June 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036905

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Concise reports:

Advanced glycation end product modification of bone proteins and bone remodelling: hypothesis and preliminary immunohistochemical findings

G Hein, C Weiss, G Lehmann, T Niwa, G Stein, and S Franke

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 101-104. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034348

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Expression of the matrix receptor CD44v5 on chondrocytes changes with osteoarthritis: an experimental investigation in the rabbit

C O Tibesku, T Szuwart, S A Ocken, A Skwara, and S Fuchs

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 105-108. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034694

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Prevalence of the antiphospholipid syndrome in primary systemic vasculitis

J D Rees, S Lança, P V Marques, J A Gómez-Puerta, R Moco, C Oliveri, M A Khamashta, G R V Hughes, and D P D’Cruz

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 109-111. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034231

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Immunological consequences of thalidomide treatment in Sjögren’s syndrome

N M Moutsopoulos, N Angelov, V Sankar, R A Leakan, S Pillemer, and S M Wahl

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 112-114. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038406

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Modification of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a quality improvement study

M B Urowitz, D D Gladman, D Ibanez, and Y Berliner

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 115-117. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038802

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Rapid multifocal chondrolysis after liver transplantation in four patients

J Taillandier, M Alemanni, D Samuel, H Bismuth, and F Lioté

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 118-120. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.034207

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Disease related use of the internet in chronically ill adults: current and expected use

W G J M van Lankveld, A M Derks, and F H J van den Hoogen

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 121-123.
Published Online First: 26 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.035006

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Serum levels of monocyte chemotactic protein-3/CCL7 are raised in patients with systemic sclerosis: association with extent of skin sclerosis and severity of pulmonary fibrosis

K Yanaba, K Komura, M Kodera, T Matsushita, M Hasegawa, K Takehara, and S Sato

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 124-126. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040782

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Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Behçet’s disease with pulmonary involvement: analysis after 5 years of follow up

B Maurer, M Hensel, R Max, C Fiehn, A D Ho, and H M Lorenz

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 127-129.
Published Online First: 26 May 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.035410

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Sexual dimorphism, but not testosterone itself, is responsible for ankylosing enthesitis of the ankle in B10.BR (H-2^k) male mice

J Capkova, P Ivanyi, and Z Rehakova

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 130-132. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039800

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Letters:

The presence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody is associated with magnetic resonance imaging detection of bone marrow oedema in early stage rheumatoid arthritis

M Tamai, A Kawakami, M Uetani, S Takao, F Tanaka, H Nakamura, N Iwanaga, Y Izumi, K Arima, K Aratake, M Kamachi, M Huang, T Origuchi, H Ida, K Aoyagi, and K Eguchi

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 133-134. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.04138

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Early prediction of rheumatoid arthritis by serological variables and magnetic resonance imaging of the wrists and finger joints: results from prospective clinical examination

M Tamai, A Kawakami, M Uetani, S Takao, H Rashid, F Tanaka, K Fujikawa, T Aramaki, H Nakamura, N Iwanaga, Y Izumi, K Arima, K Aratake, M Kamachi, M Huang, T Origuchi, H Ida, K Aoyagi, and K Eguchi

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 134-135. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.043075

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Brain natriuretic peptide is a potentially useful screening tool for the detection of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

S M J Harney, J Timperley, C Daly, A Harin, T James, M A Brown, A P Banning, K Fox, S Donnelly, and B P Wordsworth

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 136. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040634

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Severe relapse of Wegener’s granulomatosis during the early postpartum period

A Woywodt, K de Groot, S Bahte, A Schwarz, H Haller, and M Haubitz

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 137. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037598

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HLA-DR11 and HLA-DR2 are negatively associated with autoantibody production in chronic hepatitis C

C-Y Hu, C-S Wu, C-S Lee, C-H Wu, H-F Tsai, P-J Chen, and P-N Hsu

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 138-139. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039982

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Echoes:

Occupational risks for osteoarthritis of hip, knee, and hand need urgent study

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 13.

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Corrections:

CORRECTION

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 140. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.044941corr1

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