Editorials:

Why we need guidelines for clinical trials in vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Chetan Mukhtyar, Dimitrios Boumpas, Caroline Gordon, Wolfgang Gross, David Jayne, and Raashid Luqmani

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 569-570. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065854

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Reviews:

Cognitive–behavioural therapies and exercise programmes for patients with fibromyalgia: state of the art and future directions

S van Koulil, M Effting, F W Kraaimaat, W van Lankveld, T van Helmond, H Cats, P L C M van Riel, A J L de Jong, J F Haverman, and A W M Evers

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 571-581.
Published Online First: 17 August 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.054692

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Extended reports:

Therapeutic effect of cortistatin on experimental arthritis by downregulating inflammatory and Th1 responses

Elena Gonzalez-Rey, Alejo Chorny, Raimundo G Del Moral, Nieves Varela, and Mario Delgado

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 582-588.
Published Online First: 6 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062703

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Blood and synovial fluid cytokine signatures in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cross-sectional study

Wilco de Jager, Esther P A H Hoppenreijs, Nico M Wulffraat, Lucy R Wedderburn, Wietse Kuis, and Berent J Prakken

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 589-598.
Published Online First: 14 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061853

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T cell responses to a non-glycosylated epitope predominate in type II collagen-immunised HLA-DRB1*0101 transgenic mice

Alexei von Delwig, Daniel M Altmann, Fraser G Charlton, Norman McKie, John D Isaacs, Rikard Holmdahl, and John H Robinson

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 599-604.
Published Online First: 17 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061945

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EULAR recommendations for conducting clinical studies and/or clinical trials in systemic vasculitis: focus on anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis

Bernhard Hellmich, Oliver Flossmann, Wolfgang L Gross, Paul Bacon, Jan Willem Cohen-Tervaert, Loic Guillevin, David Jayne, Alfred Mahr, Peter A Merkel, Heiner Raspe, David G I Scott, James Witter, Hasan Yazici, Raashid A Luqmani on behalf of the European Vasculitis Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 605-617.
Published Online First: 14 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062711

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African–American and Hispanic ethnicities, renal involvement and obesity predispose to hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: results from LUMINA, a multiethnic cohort (LUMINAXLV)

Sumapa Chaiamnuay, Ana M Bertoli, Jeffrey M Roseman, Gerald McGwin, Mandar Apte, Sergio Durán, Luis M Vilá, John D Reveille, and Graciela S Alarcón

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 618-622.
Published Online First: 15 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059311

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Genomewide linkage scan of hand osteoarthritis in female twin pairs showing replication of quantitative trait loci on chromosomes 2 and 19

Gregory Livshits, Bernet S Kato, Guangju Zhai, Deborah J Hart, David Hunter, Alex J MacGregor, Frances M K Williams, and Tim D Spector

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 623-627.
Published Online First: 24 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.060236

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Clinical trial of a leucotriene B4 receptor antagonist, BIIL 284, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Federico Díaz-González, Rieke H E Alten, William G Bensen, Jacques P Brown, John T Sibley, Maxime Dougados, Stefano Bombardieri, Patrick Durez, Pablo Ortiz, Gonzalo de-Miquel, Alexander Staab, Ralf Sigmund, Laurence Salin, Caroline Leledy, Stephen H Polmar on behalf of the BIIL 284 Rheumatoid Arthritis Collaborative Study group

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 628-632.
Published Online First: 14 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062554

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Are there gender differences in severity of ankylosing spondylitis? Results from the PSOAS cohort

Wonuk Lee, John D Reveille, John C Davis, Jr, Thomas J Learch, Michael M Ward, and Michael H Weisman

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 633-638.
Published Online First: 24 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.060293

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Effect of chondroitin sulphate in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Bernard Mazières, Michel Hucher, Mohammed Zaïm, and Patrick Garnero

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 639-645.
Published Online First: 4 January 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059899

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Arthritis of the large joints—in particular, the knee—at first presentation is predictive for a high level of radiological destruction of the small joints in rheumatoid arthritis

S P Linn-Rasker, A H M van der Helm-van Mil, F C Breedveld, and T W J Huizinga

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 646-650.
Published Online First: 1 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.066704

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Reporting of radiographic methods in randomised controlled trials assessing structural outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis

Gabriel Baron, Isabelle Boutron, Bruno Giraudeau, and Philippe Ravaud

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 651-657.
Published Online First: 11 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.063164

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Is shared care with annual hospital review better value for money than predominantly hospital-based care in patients with established stable rheumatoid arthritis?

Linda Mary Davies, Emily Anne Fargher, Karen Tricker, Peter Dawes, David L Scott, and Deborah Symmons

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 658-663.
Published Online First: 23 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061234

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Persistence of interleukin 7 activity and levels on tumour necrosis factor blockade in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Joel A G van Roon, Sarita A Y Hartgring, Marion Wenting-van Wijk, Kim M G Jacobs, Paul-Peter Tak, Johannes W J Bijlsma, and Floris P J G Lafeber

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 664-669.
Published Online First: 21 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062547

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Treatment with TNF blockers and mortality risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Lennart T H Jacobsson, Carl Turesson, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Ingemar F Petersson, Elisabet Lindqvist, Tore Saxne, and Pierre Geborek

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 670-675.
Published Online First: 11 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062497

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Chimeric antibodies to proteinase 3 of IgG1 and IgG3 subclasses induce different magnitudes of functional responses in neutrophils

Rachel Colman, Abdullah Hussain, Margaret Goodall, Steven P Young, Tanya Pankhurst, Xiaomei Lu, Royston Jefferis, Caroline O S Savage, and Julie M Williams

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 676-682.
Published Online First: 4 January 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061374

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Concise reports:

Investigation of genetic variation across the protein tyrosine phosphatase gene in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK

Anne Hinks, Steve Eyre, Anne Barton, Wendy Thomson, and Jane Worthington

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 683-686.
Published Online First: 14 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.060459

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A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a recombinant version of human -fetoprotein (MM-093) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis

L C Pollard, J Murray, M Moody, E J Stewart, and E H S Choy

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 687-689.
Published Online First: 17 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059436

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Response to intramuscular methyl prednisolone in inflammatory hand pain: evidence for a targeted clinical, ultrasonographic and therapeutic approach

Zunaid Karim, Mark A Quinn, Richard J Wakefield, Andrew K Brown, Michael J Green, Elizabeth M A Hensor, Philip G Conaghan, and Paul Emery

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 690-692.
Published Online First: 24 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061861

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A prospective study of anti-chromatin and anti-C1q autoantibodies in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis treated with cyclophosphamide pulses or azathioprine/methylprednisolone

Cecile Grootscholten, Jürgen W C Dieker, Fabian D McGrath, Anja Roos, Ronald H W M Derksen, Johan van der Vlag, Mohamed R Daha, Jo H M Berden on behalf of the Dutch Working Party on SLE

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 693-696.
Published Online First: 29 November 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065425

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The public neglect of rheumatic diseases: insights from analyses of attendees in a musculoskeletal disease awareness activity

Klaus P Machold, Marcus D Köller, Stephan Pflugbeil, Christof Zimmermann, Ernst Wagner, Ulrike Stuby, Daniel Aletaha, Tanja A Stamm, Franz Mayrhofer, Attila Dunky, Josef Hermann, Wilfried Ilias, Josef S Smolen the Rheuma-Bus group of physicians

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 697-699.
Published Online First: 4 January 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062422

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Increase of B cell-activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) after rituximab treatment: insights into a new regulating system of BAFF production

Frédéric Lavie, Corinne Miceli-Richard, Marc Ittah, Jérémie Sellam, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, and Xavier Mariette

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 700-702.
Published Online First: 13 October 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.060772

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Letters:

Effectiveness of a once weekly double dose of etanercept in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a clinical study

Femke H M Prince, Marinka Twilt, Nelleke C J A Jansen-Wijngaarden, and Lisette W A van Suijlekom-Smit

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 704-705.
Published Online First: 26 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067629

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Extrapituitary prolactin promoter polymorphism in Czech patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

Markéta Fojtíková, Marie Cerná, Pavlína Cejková, Sárka Ruzicková, and Ctibor Dostál

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 706-707. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.061788

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Doppler ultrasonographic characteristics of superficial and deep-flow signals in the knee joint pannus of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Reiji Kasukawa, Kiori Shio, Yukiko Kanno, Ai Sato, Atsushi Takahashi, Yukio Yamadera, and Takashi Kanno

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 707-708. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.064360

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Corrections:

CORRECTION

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 708. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059550.corr1

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