Editorials:

Anakinra treatment for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and adult onset Still disease

Patricia Woo

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 281-282. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.082859

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Reviews:

Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) treatment for cryoglobulinemic vasculitis: where do we stand?

P Cacoub, A Delluc, D Saadoun, D A Landau, and D Sene

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 283-287.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.065565

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Extended reports:

Phenotypic and functional characterisation of ovine mesenchymal stem cells: application to a cartilage defect model

D Mrugala, C Bony, N Neves, L Caillot, S Fabre, D Moukoko, C Jorgensen, and D Noël

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 288-295.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076620

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The effect of etanercept on osteoclast precursor frequency and enhancing bone marrow oedema in patients with psoriatic arthritis

A P Anandarajah, E M Schwarz, S Totterman, J Monu, C Y Feng, T Shao, S A Haas-Smith, and C T Ritchlin

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 296-301.
Published Online First: 29 October 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076091

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Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra) treatment in patients with systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis or adult onset Still disease: preliminary experience in France

T Lequerré, P Quartier, D Rosellini, F Alaoui, M De Bandt, O Mejjad, I Kone-Paut, M Michel, E Dernis, M Khellaf, N Limal, C Job-Deslandre, B Fautrel, X Le Loët, J Sibilia, and on behalf of the Société Francophone pour la Rhumatologie et les Maladies Inflammatoires en Pédiatrie (SOFREMIP) and the Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation (CRI)

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 302-308.
Published Online First: 18 October 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076034

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Methotrexate improves the health-related quality of life of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

A Céspedes-Cruz, R Gutiérrez-Suárez, A Pistorio, A Ravelli, A Loy, K J Murray, V Gerloni, N Wulffraat, S Oliveira, J Walsh, I Calvo Penades, M G Alpigiani, P Lahdenne, C Saad-Magalhães, E Cortis, L Lepore, Y Kimura, C Wouters, A Martini, N Ruperto, and for the Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO)

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 309-314.
Published Online First: 17 September 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075895

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Gastrointestinal tolerability of etoricoxib in rheumatoid arthritis patients: results of the etoricoxib vs diclofenac sodium gastrointestinal tolerability and effectiveness trial (EDGE-II)

K Krueger, L Lino, R Dore, S Radominski, Y Zhang, A Kaur, R Simpson, and S Curtis

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 315-322.
Published Online First: 27 October 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.082388

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Comparison of two different dosages of celecoxib with diclofenac for the treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a 12-week randomised, double-blind, controlled study

J Sieper, T Klopsch, M Richter, A Kapelle, M Rudwaleit, S Schwank, E Regourd, and M May

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 323-329.
Published Online First: 6 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075309

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Treatment of refractory SLE with rituximab plus cyclophosphamide: clinical effects, serological changes, and predictors of response

T Jónsdóttir, I Gunnarsson, A Risselada, E W Henriksson, L Klareskog, and R F van Vollenhoven

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 330-334.
Published Online First: 7 September 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.079095

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Effects of strontium ranelate on spinal osteoarthritis progression

O Bruyere, D Delferriere, C Roux, J D Wark, T Spector, J-P Devogelaer, K Brixen, S Adami, J Fechtenbaum, S Kolta, and J-Y Reginster

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 335-339.
Published Online First: 26 October 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075572

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Persistent clinical efficacy and safety of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy with infliximab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis over 5 years: evidence for different types of response

J Braun, X Baraliakos, J Listing, C Fritz, R Alten, G Burmester, A Krause, S Schewe, M Schneider, H Sörensen, H Zeidler, and J Sieper

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 340-345.
Published Online First: 29 October 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075879

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Efficacy and safety of up to 192 weeks of etanercept therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

J C Davis, Jr, D M van der Heijde, J Braun, M Dougados, D O Clegg, A J Kivitz, R M Fleischmann, R D Inman, L Ni, S-L Lin, and W H Tsuji

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 346-352.
Published Online First: 29 October 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.078139

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Long-term effects of infliximab on bone and cartilage turnover markers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

F Chopin, P Garnero, A le Henanff, F Debiais, A Daragon, C Roux, J Sany, D Wendling, C Zarnitsky, P Ravaud, and T Thomas

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 353-357.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076604

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Associations between Human leukocyte antigen, PTPN22, CTLA4 genotypes and rheumatoid arthritis phenotypes of autoantibody status, age at diagnosis and erosions in a large cohort study

E W Karlson, L B Chibnik, J Cui, R M Plenge, R J Glass, N E Maher, A Parker, R Roubenoff, E Izmailova, J S Coblyn, M E Weinblatt, and N A Shadick

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 358-363.
Published Online First: 31 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.071662

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Efficacy and tolerability of anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in psoriatic arthritis patients: results from the South Swedish Arthritis Treatment Group register

L E Kristensen, A Gülfe, T Saxne, and P Geborek

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 364-369.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.073544

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The magnitude of early response to methotrexate therapy predicts long-term outcome of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

M Bartoli, M Tarò, S Magni-Manzoni, A Pistorio, F Traverso, S Viola, A Magnani, C Gasparini, A Martini, and A Ravelli

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 370-374.
Published Online First: 27 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.073445

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Reliability and sensitivity to change of the Simple Erosion Narrowing Score compared with the Sharp–van der Heijde method for scoring radiographs in rheumatoid arthritis

E M Dias, C Lukas, R Landewé, S Fatenejad, and D van der Heijde

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 375-379.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.072785

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Overcoming drug resistance induced by P-glycoprotein on lymphocytes in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis

S Tsujimura, K Saito, M Nawata, S Nakayamada, and Y Tanaka

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 380-388.
Published Online First: 27 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.070821

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Effects of a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts

L C Huber, P Künzler, S H Boyce, B A Michel, R E Gay, B S Ink, and S Gay

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 389-394.
Published Online First: 27 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.072330

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Anti-heparin platelet factor 4 antibodies in systemic lupus erythaematosus are associated with IgM antiphospholipid antibodies and the antiphospholipid syndrome

D Alpert, L A Mandl, D Erkan, W Yin, E I Peerschke, and J E Salmon

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 395-401.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.074476

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Assessment of rituximab’s immunomodulatory synovial effects (ARISE trial). 1: clinical and synovial biomarker results

A Kavanaugh, S Rosengren, S J Lee, D Hammaker, G S Firestein, K Kalunian, N Wei, and D L Boyle

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 402-408.
Published Online First: 20 July 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.074229

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Evidence for an influence of chemokine ligand 3-like 1 (CCL3L1) gene copy number on susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis

C McKinney, M E Merriman, P T Chapman, P J Gow, A A Harrison, J Highton, P B B Jones, L McLean, J L O’Donnell, V Pokorny, M Spellerberg, L K Stamp, J Willis, S Steer, and T R Merriman

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 409-413.
Published Online First: 29 June 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075028

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Concise reports:

Serum IgG antibodies to peptidylarginine deiminase 4 in rheumatoid arthritis and associations with disease severity

E H Halvorsen, S Pollmann, I-M Gilboe, D van der Heijde, R Landewé, S Ødegård, T K Kvien, and Ø Molberg

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 414-417.
Published Online First: 15 November 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.080267

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Observed and expected frequency of comorbid chronic diseases in rheumatic patients

E Loza, J A Jover, L Rodriguez-Rodriguez, L Carmona, and and the EPISER Study Group

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 418-421.
Published Online First: 2 November 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.078659

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Serum levels of sex steroid hormones and matrix metalloproteinases after intra-articular glucocorticoid treatment in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis

T Weitoft, A Larsson, and L Rönnblom

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 422-424.
Published Online First: 18 September 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.081315

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B cell depletion therapy for patients with systemic lupus erythaematosus results in a significant drop in anticardiolipin antibody titres

Y Ioannou, A Lambrianides, G Cambridge, M J Leandro, J C W Edwards, and D A Isenberg

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 425-426.
Published Online First: 28 September 2007. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.078402

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Letters:

Topical opioids for painful ulcers in systemic sclerosis

I L A van Ingen, M M P M Jansen, and P Barrera

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 427. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076224

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CTLA-4 CT60 polymorphism is not an independent genetic risk marker of rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population

S Tsukahara, T Iwamoto, K Ikari, E Inoue, T Tomatsu, M Hara, H Yamanaka, N Kamatani, and S Momohara

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 428-429. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.079186

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Increase in the level of macrophage colony-stimulating factor in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

P T Yang, W G Xiao, L J Zhao, J Lu, L M He, H KASAI, and M Ito

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 429-430. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.076117

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Increased tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase serum levels in ankylosing spondylitis and relationship with the inflammatory process

É Toussirot, G Dumoulin, P Saas, N Uyen Nguyen, G Le Huédé, and D Wendling

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 430-431. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.075085

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Lack of association between PADI4 and functional severity in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients

K Nishimoto, K Ikari, T Mochizuki, T Tomatsu, Y Toyama, M Hara, H Yamanaka, N Kamatani, and S Momohara

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 431-432. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.071084

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In addition to insulin resistance and obesity, hyperuricemia is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome using different definitions in Chinese populations: a population-based study (Taichung Community Health Study)

W-Y Lin, C-S Liu, T-C Li, T Lin, W Chen, C-C Chen, C-I Li, and C-C Lin

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 432-433. doi:10.1136/ard.2007.073601

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PostScript:

Zhu et al, "A novel gene variation of TNF associated with ankylosing spondylitis: a reconfirmed study"

M A Brown

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 434.

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TNF gene variants and ankylosing spondylitis

X Zhu and Z Yang

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 434-436.

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CORRECTION

Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67: 436. doi:10.1136/ard.2006.067462.corr1

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