Editorials:

Switching between anti-tumour necrosis factors: trying to get a handle on a complex issue

Ronald F van Vollenhoven

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 849-851. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.069872

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Substantial addition to ARD Online

Janet O’Flaherty and L van de Putte

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 852. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076489

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Reviews:

Changes in bone remodelling and antifracture efficacy of intermittent bisphosphonate therapy: implications from clinical studies with ibandronate

S E Papapoulos and R C Schimmer

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 853-858.
Published Online First: 2 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.064931

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Extended reports:

High-resolution ultrasonography of the first metatarsal phalangeal joint in gout: a controlled study

Stephen A Wright, Emilio Filippucci, Claire McVeigh, Arthur Grey, Maura McCarron, Walter Grassi, Gary D Wright, and Allister J Taggart

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 859-864.
Published Online First: 21 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.062802

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Haematopoietic and endothelial progenitor cells are deficient in quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus

Peter E Westerweel, Remco K M A C Luijten, Imo E Hoefer, Hein A Koomans, Ronald H W M Derksen, and Marianne C Verhaar

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 865-870.
Published Online First: 28 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065631

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ß-Endorphin, Met-enkephalin and corresponding opioid receptors within synovium of patients with joint trauma, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

Shaaban A Mousa, Rainer H Straub, Michael Schäfer, and Christoph Stein

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 871-879.
Published Online First: 26 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067066

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All-cause and cause-specific mortality in rheumatoid arthritis are not greater than expected when treated with tumour necrosis factor antagonists

Loreto Carmona, Miguel Ángel Descalzo, Eva Perez-Pampin, Dolores Ruiz-Montesinos, Alba Erra, Tatiana Cobo, Juan J Gómez-Reino on behalf of the BIOBADASER and EMECAR Groups

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 880-885.
Published Online First: 26 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067660

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Intrarenal cytokine gene expression in lupus nephritis

Rebecca Wing-Yan Chan, Fernand Mac-Moune Lai, Edmund Kwok-Ming Li, Lai-Shan Tam, Kai-Ming Chow, Ka-Bik Lai, Philip Kam-Tao Li, and Cheuk-Chun Szeto

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 886-892.
Published Online First: 26 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.063123

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Open-label, pilot protocol of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who switch to infliximab after an incomplete response to etanercept: the opposite study

Daniel E Furst, Norman Gaylis, Vance Bray, Ewa Olech, David Yocum, Jeffrey Ritter, Michael Weisman, Daniel J Wallace, John Crues, Dinesh Khanna, Gregory Eckel, Newman Yeilding, Peter Callegari, Sudha Visvanathan, Jeannie Rojas, Ronald Hegedus, Laura George, Khalid Mamun, Keith Gilmer, and Orrin Troum

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 893-899.
Published Online First: 5 April 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.068304

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IL1 and TNF gene polymorphisms in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with TNF inhibitors

Rolando Cimaz, Marie-Angélique Cazalis, Charlotte Reynaud, Valeria Gerloni, Francesco Zulian, Martina Biggioggero, Giorgia Martini, Irene Pontikaki, Flavio Fantini, Bruno Mougin, and Pierre Miossec

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 900-904.
Published Online First: 26 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067454

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Genetic variations of Toll-like receptor 9 predispose to systemic lupus erythematosus in Japanese population

Kayoko Tao, Mutsuko Fujii, Shin-ichi Tsukumo, Yoichi Maekawa, Kenji Kishihara, Yasutaka Kimoto, Takahiko Horiuchi, Hajime Hisaeda, Shizuo Akira, Shoji Kagami, and Koji Yasutomo

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 905-909.
Published Online First: 7 March 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065961

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Progression of radiographic damage in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: defining the central role of syndesmophytes

X Baraliakos, J Listing, M Rudwaleit, H Haibel, J Brandt, J Sieper, and J Braun

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 910-915.
Published Online First: 28 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.066415

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Do metabolic factors add to the effect of overweight on hand osteoarthritis? The Rotterdam Study

S Dahaghin, S M A Bierma-Zeinstra, B W Koes, J M W Hazes, and H A P Pols

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 916-920.
Published Online First: 21 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2005.045724

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Clinical response to adalimumab: relationship to anti-adalimumab antibodies and serum adalimumab concentrations in rheumatoid arthritis

Geertje M Bartelds, Carla A Wijbrandts, Michael T Nurmohamed, Steven Stapel, Willem F Lems, Lucien Aarden, Ben A C Dijkmans, Paul Peter Tak, and Gerrit Jan Wolbink

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 921-926.
Published Online First: 14 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065615

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Assessment of the 2006 revised antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria

Mala Kaul, Doruk Erkan, Lisa Sammaritano, and Michael D Lockshin

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 927-930.
Published Online First: 2 March 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067314

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Assessment of non-vertebral fracture risk in postmenopausal women

Christian Roux, Karine Briot, Stéphane Horlait, Alex Varbanov, Nelson B Watts, and Steven Boonen

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 931-935.
Published Online First: 21 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.064071

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Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Scale is valid in patients with psoriatic arthritis

Vinod Chandran, Sita Bhella, Catherine Schentag, and Dafna D Gladman

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 936-939.
Published Online First: 26 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065763

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Changes in causes of death in systemic sclerosis, 1972–2002

Virginia D Steen and Thomas A Medsger

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 940-944.
Published Online First: 28 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.066068

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Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of etoricoxib compared with naproxen in two, 138-week randomised studies of patients with osteoarthritis

J Y Reginster, K Malmstrom, A Mehta, G Bergman, A T Ko, S P Curtis, and A S Reicin

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 945-951.
Published Online First: 1 December 2006. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059162

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Cia25 on rat chromosome 12 regulates severity of autoimmune arthritis induced with pristane and with collagen

Max Brenner, Teresina Laragione, Adriana Mello, and Pércio S Gulko

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 952-957.
Published Online First: 28 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.066225

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Changes in lipid profile during infliximab and corticosteroid treatment in rheumatoid arthritis

M J L Peters, M Vis, V P van Halm, G J Wolbink, A E Voskuyl, W F Lems, B A C Dijkmans, J W R Twisk, M H M T de Koning, R J van de Stadt, and M T Nurmohamed

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 958-961.
Published Online First: 21 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.059691

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Concise reports:

E-learning in ultrasonography: a web-based approach

Emilio Filippucci, Gary Meenagh, Alessandro Ciapetti, Annamaria Iagnocco, Allister Taggart, and Walter Grassi

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 962-965.
Published Online First: 28 February 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.064568

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The EUSTAR model for teaching and implementing the modified Rodnan skin score in systemic sclerosis

László Czirják, Zoltán Nagy, Martin Aringer, Gabriela Riemekasten, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Daniel E Furst on behalf of EUSTAR

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 966-969.
Published Online First: 18 January 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.066530

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Interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 gene polymorphisms in Caucasian idiopathic inflammatory myopathy patients in UK

Hector Chinoy, Fiona Salway, Sally John, Noreen Fertig, Brian D Tait, Chester V Oddis, William E R Ollier, Robert G Cooper The UK Adult Onset Myositis Immunogenetic Collaboration

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 970-973.
Published Online First: 3 April 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.068858

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Why are Dutch rheumatologists reluctant to use the COBRA treatment strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis?

Lilian H D van Tuyl, Anne Marie C Plass, Willem F Lems, Alexandre E Voskuyl, Ben A C Dijkmans, and Maarten Boers

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 974-976.
Published Online First: 28 March 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067447

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Intravenous immunoglobulins improve the function and ameliorate joint involvement in systemic sclerosis: a pilot study

F Nacci, A Righi, M L Conforti, I Miniati, G Fiori, D Martinovic, D Melchiorre, T Sapir, M Blank, Y Shoenfeld, A Moggi Pignone, and M Matucci Cerinic

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 977-979.
Published Online First: 7 March 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.060111

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Letters:

Rheumatoid arthritis: correlation between rheumatoid factor levels and CA-125 tumour marker elevation

Nicolas Tsavaris, Clio P Mavragani, and Pikazis Dimitrios

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 980. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.070052

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Anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in patients with impaired renal function

Axel J Hueber, Andac Tunc, Georg Schett, and Bernhard Manger

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 981-982.
Published Online First: 2 March 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.069211

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Whole-body MRI as a new screening tool for detecting axial and peripheral manifestations of spondyloarthritis

C E Althoff, H Appel, M Rudwaleit, J Sieper, I Eshed, B Hamm, and K-G A Hermann

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 983-985. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.069948

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Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in severe lupus myocarditis: good outcome in three patients

D Micheloud, M Calderón, M Caparrros, and D P D’Cruz

Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 986-987. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.058784

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