Editorials:

Going with the flow: methotrexate, adenosine, and blood flow

B N Cronstein

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 421-422. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.049601

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Reviews:

Current evidence for the management of ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic literature review for the ASAS/EULAR management recommendations in ankylosing spondylitis

J Zochling, D van der Heijde, M Dougados, and J Braun

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 423-432.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.041129

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Extended reports:

Double echo steady state magnetic resonance imaging of knee articular cartilage at 3 Tesla: a pilot study for the Osteoarthritis Initiative

F Eckstein, M Hudelmaier, W Wirth, B Kiefer, R Jackson, J Yu, C B Eaton, and E Schneider

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 433-441.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039370

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ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis

J Zochling, D van der Heijde, R Burgos-Vargas, E Collantes, J C Davis, Jr, B Dijkmans, M Dougados, P Géher, R D Inman, M A Khan, T K Kvien, M Leirisalo-Repo, I Olivieri, K Pavelka, J Sieper, G Stucki, R D Sturrock, S van der Linden, D Wendling, H Böhm, B J van Royen, and J Braun

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 442-452.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.041137

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Radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis is predicted by presence of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide before and at disease onset, and by IgA-RF at disease onset

E Berglin, T Johansson, U Sundin, E Jidell, G Wadell, G Hallmans, and S Rantapää-Dahlqvist

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 453-458.
Published Online First: 21 September 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.041376

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Use of digital x ray radiogrammetry in the assessment of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis

W B Jawaid, D Crosbie, J Shotton, D M Reid, and A Stewart

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 459-464.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039792

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Methotrexate modulates the kinetics of adenosine in humans in vivo

N P Riksen, P Barrera, P H H van den Broek, P L C M van Riel, P Smits, and G A Rongen

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 465-470.
Published Online First: 24 November 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.048637

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Infliximab improves health related quality of life and physical function in patients with psoriatic arthritis

A Kavanaugh, C Antoni, G G Krueger, S Yan, M Bala, L T Dooley, A Beutler, C Guzzo, and D Gladman

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 471-477.
Published Online First: 11 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040196

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Clinical and radiological damage in psoriatic arthritis

F Siannis, V T Farewell, R J Cook, C T Schentag, and D D Gladman

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 478-481.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039826

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Analysis of RAG expression by peripheral blood CD5+ and CD5– B cells of patients with childhood systemic lupus erythematosus

H Morbach, S K Singh, C Faber, P E Lipsky, and H J Girschick

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 482-487.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040840

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MHC class II, tumour necrosis factor , and lymphotoxin gene haplotype associations with serological subsets of systemic lupus erythematosus

N J McHugh, P Owen, B Cox, J Dunphy, and K Welsh

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 488-494.
Published Online First: 17 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039842

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An epistatic effect of the female specific loci on the development of autoimmune vasculitis and antinuclear autoantibody in murine lupus

M-C Zhang, N Misu, H Furukawa, Y Watanabe, M Terada, H Komori, T Miyazaki, M Nose, and M Ono

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 495-500.
Published Online First: 8 September 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040832

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Assessment of the clinical significance of gelatinase activity in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis using quantitative protein substrate zymography

N J Peake, H E Foster, K Khawaja, T E Cawston, and A D Rowan

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 501-507.
Published Online First: 8 September 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039032

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A phase I-II trial of autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in the treatment of refractory autoimmune disease

H Tsukamoto, K Nagafuji, T Horiuchi, T Miyamoto, K Aoki, K Takase, H Henzan, D Himeji, T Koyama, K Miyake, Y Inoue, H Nakashima, T Otsuka, Y Tanaka, K Nagasawa, and M Harada

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 508-514.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037879

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Risk factors for progression of tibiofemoral osteoarthritis: an analysis based on fluoroscopically standardised knee radiography

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

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 515-519.
Published Online First: 15 September 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039115

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Prevalence and risk factors for joint pain among men and women in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study

J Adamson, S Ebrahim, P Dieppe, and K Hunt

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 520-524.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.037317

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Evoked potential studies in the antiphospholipid syndrome: differential diagnosis from multiple sclerosis

D Paran, J Chapman, A D Korczyn, O Elkayam, O Hilkevich, G B Groozman, D Levartovsky, I Litinsky, D Caspi, Y Segev, and V E Drory

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 525-528.
Published Online First: 17 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040352

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Early menopause, low body mass index, and smoking are independent risk factors for developing giant cell arteritis

K Larsson, D Mellström, C Nordborg, A Odén, and E Nordborg

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 529-532.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039404

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Concise reports:

Hearing improvement in a patient with variant Muckle-Wells syndrome in response to interleukin 1 receptor antagonism

M Rynne, C Maclean, A Bybee, M F McDermott, and P Emery

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 533-534. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.038091

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Simultaneous development of acute phase response and autoantibodies in preclinical rheumatoid arthritis

M M J Nielen, D van Schaardenburg, H W Reesink, J W R Twisk, R J van de Stadt, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, M H M T de Koning, M R Habibuw, and B A C Dijkmans

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 535-537.
Published Online First: 3 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040659

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An open label, single dose study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and effects on CD25 expression of ciclosporin in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite treatment with methotrexate and infliximab

P I Sidiropoulos, P Siakka, A Raptopoulou, M Mamoulaki, C Choulaki, H Koutala, H Kouroumali, H Kritikos, and D T Boumpas

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 538-541.
Published Online First: 26 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036152

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Beneficial response to anakinra and thalidomide in Schnitzler’s syndrome

H D de Koning, E J Bodar, A Simon, J C H van der Hilst, M G Netea, and J W M van der Meer

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 542-544.
Published Online First: 11 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045245

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Tumour necrosis factor is expressed in refractory skin lesions from patients with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus

S Zampieri, M Alaibac, L Iaccarino, R Rondinone, A Ghirardello, P Sarzi-Puttini, A Doria, and A Peserico

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 545-548.
Published Online First: 11 August 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039362

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Letters:

Antibodies to -fodrin derived peptide in Sjögren’s syndrome

J He, Q L Chen, and Z G Li

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 549-550. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.041038

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"Bubbles in the brain": an unusual complication of dermatomyositis

C Iking-Konert, B Ostendorf, G Jung, A Becker, and M Schneider

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 550-551. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.043752

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Immunoadsorption and CD20 antibody treatment in a patient with treatment resistant systemic lupus erythematosus and preterminal renal insufficiency

J Rech, A J Hueber, S Kallert, C Requadt, J R Kalden, and H Schulze-Koops

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 552-553. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.043026

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Decrease of regulatory T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

S Mellor-Pita, M J Citores, R Castejon, P Tutor-Ureta, M Yebra-Bango, J L Andreu, and J A Vargas

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 553-554. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.044974

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Successful treatment of inflammatory knee osteoarthritis with tumour necrosis factor blockade

M Grunke and H Schulze-Koops

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 555-556. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.053272

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Association analysis of the interleukin 17 genes IL17A and IL17F as potential osteoarthritis susceptibility loci

L Southam, O Heath, K Chapman, and J Loughlin

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 556-557. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045922

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Rituximab in Churg-Strauss syndrome

M Koukoulaki, K G C Smith, and D R W Jayne

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 557-559. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.042937

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Corrections:

Correction

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 560. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.025767corr1

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