Editorials:

A good year for European rheumatology

T K Kvien

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 1. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.066654

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Clinical relevance of vertebral fractures

W F Lems

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 2-4. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.058313

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Extended reports:

Anti-proteasome autoantibodies contribute to anti-nuclear antibody patterns on human larynx carcinoma cells

E Feist, M Brychcy, G Hausdorf, B Hoyer, K Egerer, T Dörner, U Kuckelkorn, and G-R Burmester

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 5-11.
Published Online First: 30 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.055152

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Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort LUMINA (XLI): factors predictive of self-reported work disability

A M Bertoli, M Fernández, G S Alarcón, L M Vilá, J D Reveille for the LUMINA Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 12-17.
Published Online First: 30 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.055343

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Cigarette smoking and the risk for cartilage loss and knee pain in men with knee osteoarthritis

S Amin, J Niu, A Guermazi, M Grigoryan, D J Hunter, M Clancy, M P LaValley, H K Genant, and D T Felson

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 18-22.
Published Online First: 7 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.056697

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Serum immunoglobulin free light chain assessment in rheumatoid arthritis and primary Sjögren’s syndrome

J-E Gottenberg, F Aucouturier, J Goetz, C Sordet, I Jahn, M Busson, J-M Cayuela, J Sibilia, and X Mariette

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 23-27.
Published Online First: 28 March 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.052159

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Metabolic syndrome is common among middle-to-older aged Mediterranean patients with rheumatoid arthritis and correlates with disease activity: a retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled, study

S A Karvounaris, P I Sidiropoulos, J A Papadakis, E K Spanakis, G K Bertsias, H D Kritikos, E S Ganotakis, and D T Boumpas

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 28-33.
Published Online First: 22 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.053488

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EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis: report of a task force of the European Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT)

B Combe, R Landewe, C Lukas, H D Bolosiu, F Breedveld, M Dougados, P Emery, G Ferraccioli, J M W Hazes, L Klareskog, K Machold, E Martin-Mola, H Nielsen, A Silman, J Smolen, and H Yazici

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 34-45.
Published Online First: 5 January 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.044354

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Sex: a major predictor of remission in early rheumatoid arthritis?

K Forslind, I Hafström, M Ahlmén, B Svensson for the BARFOT Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 46-52.
Published Online First: 7 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.056937

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Quantitative determination of steroid hormone receptor positive cells in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: is there a link to inflammation?

S Capellino, B Riepl, L Rauch, P Angele, M Cutolo, and R H Straub

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 53-58.
Published Online First: 30 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.055483

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Rheumatoid factor and antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides are associated with severe extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis

C Turesson, L T H Jacobsson, G Sturfelt, E L Matteson, L Mathsson, and J Rönnelid

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 59-64.
Published Online First: 10 August 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.054445

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Increased absence due to sickness among employees with fibromyalgia

M Kivimäki, P Leino-Arjas, L Kaila-Kangas, M Virtanen, M Elovainio, S Puttonen, L Keltikangas-Järvinen, J Pentti, and J Vahtera

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 65-69.
Published Online First: 22 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.053819

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Severe extra-articular disease manifestations are associated with an increased risk of first ever cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

C Turesson, R L McClelland, T J H Christianson, and E L Matteson

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 70-75.
Published Online First: 28 July 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.052506

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Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

H Maradit-Kremers, P J Nicola, C S Crowson, K V Ballman, S J Jacobsen, V L Roger, and S E Gabriel

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 76-80.
Published Online First: 3 July 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.053710

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A clinical tool to determine the necessity of spine radiography in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis presenting with back pain

C Roux, G Priol, J Fechtenbaum, B Cortet, S Liu-Léage, and M Audran

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 81-85.
Published Online First: 22 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.051474

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Symptoms and radiographic osteoarthritis: not as discordant as they are made out to be?

R Duncan, G Peat, E Thomas, E Hay, I McCall, and P Croft

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 86-91.
Published Online First: 28 July 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.052548

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Performance of various criteria sets in patients with inflammatory back pain of short duration; the Maastricht early spondyloarthritis clinic

L Heuft-Dorenbosch, R Landewé, R Weijers, H Houben, S van der Linden, P Jacobs, and D van der Heijde

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 92-98.
Published Online First: 25 July 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.053918

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A prospective randomised multicentre study comparing continuous and intermittent treatment with celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip

F P Luyten, P Geusens, M Malaise, L De Clerck, R Westhovens, F Raeman, D Vander Mijnsbrugge, L Mathy, J P Hauzeur, F De Keyser, and F Van den Bosch

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 99-106.
Published Online First: 30 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.052308

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Progression of salivary gland dysfunction in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome

J Pijpe, W W I Kalk, H Bootsma, F K L Spijkervet, C G M Kallenberg, and A Vissink

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 107-112.
Published Online First: 25 May 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.052647

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Polyarticular psoriatic arthritis is more like oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis, than rheumatoid arthritis

P S Helliwell, G Porter, W J Taylor for The CASPAR Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 113-117.
Published Online First: 13 July 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.054288

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Concise reports:

Asporin repeat polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis

B Torres, G Orozco, J R García-Lozano, J Oliver, O Fernández, M A González-Gay, A Balsa, A García, D Pascual-Salcedo, M A López-Nevot, A Núñez-Roldán, J Martín, and M F González-Escribano

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 118-120.
Published Online First: 17 May 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.055426

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Up regulation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in anti-citrulline antibody and immunoglobulin M rheumatoid factor positive subjects precedes onset of inflammatory response and development of overt rheumatoid arthritis

S Rantapää-Dahlqvist, K Boman, A Tarkowski, and G Hallmans

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 121-123.
Published Online First: 1 June 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.057331

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A survey of inclusion of the time element when reporting adverse effects in randomised controlled trials of cyclo-oxygenase-2 and tumour necrosis factor inhibitors

Y Yazici and H Yazici

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 124-127.
Published Online First: 10 July 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.055848

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EULAR/EUROPEAN NEWS:

EULAR online course on rheumatic diseases

J W J Bijlsma and R Buff

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 128-129.
Published Online First: 26 October 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065334

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Letters:

Thrombocytopenia in lupus: baseline C3 as an independent risk factor for relapse

P D Ziakas, L S Poulou, S Giannouli, A G Tzioufas, and M Voulgarelis

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 130-131. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059758

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Consensus Dutch Health Assessment Questionnaire

M Boers, J W G Jacobs, T P M van Vliet Vlieland, and P L C M van Riel

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 132-133. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059451

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Inefficacy of infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis is correlated with antibody formation

M K de Vries, G J Wolbink, S O Stapel, E R de Groot, B A C Dijkmans, L A Aarden, and I E van der Horst-Bruinsma

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 133-134. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.057745

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Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with complete remission treated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or anti-tumour necrosis factor agents

M U Martínez-Martínez, E Cuevas-Orta, G Reyes-Vaca, L Baranda, R González-Amaro, and C Abud-Mendoza

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 134-135. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.056432

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Successful treatment of refractory neuro-Behçet’s disease with infliximab: a case report to show its efficacy by magnetic resonance imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation and cytokine profile

K Fujikawa, K Aratake, A Kawakami, T Aramaki, N Iwanaga, Y Izumi, K Arima, M Kamachi, M Tamai, M Huang, H Nakamura, Y Nishiura, T Origuchi, H Ida, and K Eguchi

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 136-137. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.056804

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Comparison of different outcome measures for psoriatic arthritis in patients treated with infliximab or placebo

B Vander Cruyssen, F De Keyser, E Kruithof, H Mielants, and F Van den Bosch

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 138-140. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.055541

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Echoes:

RCT confirms benefit of hGH for children taking corticosteroids

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 98.

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Biliary cirrhosis associated with systemic sclerosis

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 120.

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