Editorials:

Gout, diuretics and the kidney

E Pascual and M Perdiguero

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 981-982. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.049023

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Reviews:

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation with immunosuppressive therapy in rheumatic diseases: assessment and preventive strategies

L H Calabrese, N N Zein, and D Vassilopoulos

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 983-989.
Published Online First: 20 April 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.043257

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Extended reports:

Synovial inflammation does not change in the absence of effective treatment: implications for the use of synovial histopathology as biomarker in early phase clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis

D Baeten, J Houbiers, E Kruithof, B Vandooren, F Van den Bosch, A M Boots, E M Veys, A M M Miltenburg, and F De Keyser

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 990-997.
Published Online First: 13 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.047852

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Long term NSAID treatment inhibits COX-2 synthesis in the knee synovial membrane of patients with osteoarthritis: differential proinflammatory cytokine profile between celecoxib and aceclofenac

M A Álvarez-Soria, R Largo, J Santillana, O Sánchez-Pernaute, E Calvo, M Hernández, J Egido, and G Herrero-Beaumont

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 998-1005.
Published Online First: 13 February 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.046920

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Safety of extended treatment with anakinra in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

R M Fleischmann, J Tesser, M H Schiff, J Schechtman, G-R Burmester, R Bennett, D Modafferi, L Zhou, D Bell, and B Appleton

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1006-1012.
Published Online First: 5 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.048371

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Citrullinated fibrinogen detected as a soluble citrullinated autoantigen in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluids

Y Takizawa, A Suzuki, T Sawada, M Ohsaka, T Inoue, R Yamada, and K Yamamoto

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1013-1020.
Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.044743

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Immunoproteasome subunit LMP2 expression is deregulated in Sjögren’s syndrome but not in other autoimmune disorders

S Krause, U Kuckelkorn, T Dörner, G-R Burmester, E Feist, and P-M Kloetzel

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1021-1027.
Published Online First: 13 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045930

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Distinct recognition of antibodies to centromere proteins in primary Sjögren’s syndrome compared with limited scleroderma

A C Gelber, S R Pillemer, B J Baum, F M Wigley, L K Hummers, S Morris, A Rosen, and L Casciola-Rosen

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1028-1032.
Published Online First: 13 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.046003

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Long term remission of Sjögren’s syndrome associated aggressive B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas following combined B cell depletion therapy and CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone)

M Voulgarelis, S Giannouli, A G Tzioufas, and H M Moutsopoulos

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1033-1037.
Published Online First: 1 December 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.046193

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The Infliximab Multinational Psoriatic Arthritis Controlled Trial (IMPACT): results of radiographic analyses after 1 year

A Kavanaugh, C E Antoni, D Gladman, S Wassenberg, B Zhou, A Beutler, G Keenan, G Burmester, D E Furst, M H Weisman, J R Kalden, J Smolen, D van der Heijde the IMPACT Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1038-1043.
Published Online First: 26 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045658

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Impact of anti-TNF treatment on growth in severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis

P Tynjälä, P Lahdenne, P Vähäsalo, H Kautiainen, and V Honkanen

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1044-1049.
Published Online First: 31 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.047225

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Osteoarthritis, magnetic resonance imaging, and biochemical markers: a one year prospective study

O Bruyere, J Collette, M Kothari, S Zaim, D White, H Genant, C Peterfy, N Burlet, D Ethgen, T Montague, C Dabrowski, and J-Y Reginster

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1050-1054.
Published Online First: 5 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045914

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Urinary levels of type II collagen C-telopeptide crosslink are unrelated to joint space narrowing in patients with knee osteoarthritis

S A Mazzuca, K D Brandt, D R Eyre, B P Katz, J Askew, and K A Lane

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1055-1059.
Published Online First: 8 December 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.041582

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Association of matrilin-3 polymorphisms with spinal disc degeneration and osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint of the hand

J L Min, I Meulenbelt, N Riyazi, M Kloppenburg, J J Houwing-Duistermaat, A B Seymour, C M van Duijn, and P E Slagboom

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1060-1066.
Published Online First: 5 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045153

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Are they relevant? A critical evaluation of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health core sets for osteoarthritis from the perspective of patients with knee osteoarthritis in Singapore

F Xie, J Thumboo, K-Y Fong, N-N Lo, S-J Yeo, K-Y Yang, and S-C Li

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1067-1073.
Published Online First: 5 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.043067

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Childhood onset arthritis is associated with an increased risk of fracture: a population based study using the General Practice Research Database

J M Burnham, J Shults, R Weinstein, J D Lewis, and M B Leonard

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1074-1079.
Published Online First: 20 April 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.048835

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Gout, not induced by diuretics? A case-control study from primary care

H J E M Janssens, E H van de Lisdonk, M Janssen, H J M van den Hoogen, and A L M Verbeek

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1080-1083.
Published Online First: 16 November 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.040360

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A randomised controlled trial of the reciprocating syringe in arthrocentesis

H T Draeger, J M Twining, C R Johnson, S C Kettwich, L G Kettwich, and A D Bankhurst

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1084-1087.
Published Online First: 8 December 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045781

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Radiological hand involvement in systemic sclerosis

J Avouac, H Guerini, J Wipff, N Assous, A Chevrot, A Kahan, and Y Allanore

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1088-1092.
Published Online First: 13 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.044602

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Incidence of diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis in the United Kingdom, 1990–2001

L Smeeth, C Cook, and A J Hall

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1093-1098.
Published Online First: 13 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.046912

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Concise reports:

TLR4 mutations (Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile) are not associated with ankylosing spondylitis

R Adam, R D Sturrock, and J A Gracie

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1099-1101. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045476

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Trends in disease modifying antirheumatic drug prescription in early rheumatoid arthritis are influenced more by hospital setting than patient or disease characteristics

C Carli, A G C Ehlin, L Klareskog, S Lindblad, S M Montgomery for the Swedish Rheumatoid Arthritis Register

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1102-1105.
Published Online First: 1 December 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2004.027656

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Replication of association of IL1 gene complex members with ankylosing spondylitis in Taiwanese Chinese

C-T Chou, A E Timms, J C C Wei, W C Tsai, B P Wordsworth, and M A Brown

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1106-1109.
Published Online First: 16 December 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.046847

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Positive anti-cyclic citrullinated proteins and rheumatoid factor during active lung tuberculosis

O Elkayam, R Segal, M Lidgi, and D Caspi

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1110-1112.
Published Online First: 16 December 2005. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045229

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Letters:

Methotrexate-induced lung injury in patients with rheumatoid arthritis occurs with peripheral blood lymphocyte count decrease

S Inokuma, H Kono, Y Kohno, K Hiramatsu, K Ito, K Shiratori, J Yamazaki, H Nakayama, H Shoda, and Y Tanaka

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1113-1114. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045211

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Successful treatment of rheumatoid meningitis with cyclophosphamide but not infliximab

R C Chou, J W Henson, D Tian, E T Hedley-Whyte, and A M Reginato

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1114-1116. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.042093

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Successful use of rituximab in a patient with recalcitrant Churg-Strauss syndrome

V V Kaushik, H V Reddy, and R C Bucknall

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1116-1117. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.047308

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Successful treatment of refractory adult onset Still’s disease with rituximab

K Ahmadi-Simab, P Lamprecht, C Jankowiak, and W L Gross

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1117-1118. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.047621

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Protective effect of pravastatin on vascular endothelium in patients with systemic sclerosis: a pilot study

S Furukawa, S Yasuda, O Amengual, T Horita, T Atsumi, and T Koike

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1118-1120. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.046870

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Corrections:

CORRECTION

Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 1120. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.039404corr1

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