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5 November 2009

Marta Mosca, Chiara Tani, Martin Aringer, Stefano Bombardieri, Dimitrios Boumpas, Robin Brey, Ricard Cervera, Andrea Doria, David Jayne, Munther A Khamashta, Annegret Kuhn, Caroline Gordon, Michelle Petri, Ole Petter Rekvig, Matthias Schneider, Yaniv Sherer, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Josef S Smolen, Rosaria Talarico, Angela Tincani, Ronald F van Vollenhoven, Michael M Ward, Victoria P Werth, and Loreto Carmona: EULAR Recommendations for monitoring systemic lupus erythematosus patients in clinical practice and in observational studies
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 November 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.117200 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 October 2009

Boukje de Vries, Gerda Steup-Beekman, Joost Haan, Edward Bollen, Jasper Luyendijk, Rune Frants, Gisela Terwindt, Mark van Buchem, Tom Huizinga, Arn van den Maagdenberg, and Michel Ferrari: TREX1 Gene Variant in Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114157 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Karina de Leeuw, Hans L A Nienhuis, Andries J Smit, Coen A Stegeman, Cees G M Kallenberg, and Marc Bijl: Increased accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts in patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.123851 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 October 2009

Tracey M Farragher, Mark Lunt, Bo Fu, Diane Bunn, and Deborah Symmons: Early treatment with and time on first Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug predicts long-term function in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108639 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 October 2009

Tracey E Toms, Vasileios F Panoulas, Karen M J Douglas, Helen Griffiths, Naveed Sattar, Jacqueline P Smith, Deborah P.M Symmons, Peter Nightingale, George S Metsios, and George D Kitas: Statin use in rheumatoid arthritis in relation to actual cardiovascular risk: evidence for substantial under treatment of lipid associated cardiovascular risk?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115717 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ornella J Rullo, Jennifer M P Woo, Hui Wu, Alice D C Hoftman, Paul Maranian, Brittany A Brahn, Deborah McCurdy, Rita Cantor, and Betty Tsao: Association of IRF5 polymorphisms with activation of the Interferon-alpha pathway
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118315 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Elena Myasoedova, Cynthia S Crowson, Hilal Maradit-Kremers, Patrick D J Fitz-Gibbon, Terry M Therneau, and Sherine E Gabriel: Total cholesterol and LDL levels decrease before rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.122374 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 October 2009

A Hartkamp, R Geenen, G L.R. Godaert, M Bijl, J W.J. Bijlsma, and R H.W.M. Derksen: Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone on fatigue and well-being in women with quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus. A randomized controlled trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.117036 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yukinori Okada, Akari Suzuki, Ryo Yamada, Yuta Kochi, Kenichi Shimane, Keiko Myouzen, Michiaki Kubo, Yusuke Nakamura, and Kazuhiko Yamamoto: HLA-DRB1*0901 lowers anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody levels in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118018 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

W G Dixon, K L Hyrich, K D Watson, M Lunt, J Galloway, A Ustianowski, and D P M Symmons: Drug-specific risk of tuberculosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-TNF therapy: Results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR)
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118935 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Stephanie Nikolaus, Christina Bode, Erik Taal, and Mart A F J van de Laar: New insights into the experience of fatigue among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118067 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jennifer J Pointon, David Harvey, Tugce Karaderi, Louise Appleton, Claire Farrar, Millicent A Stone, Roger D Sturrock, John D Reveille, Michael H Weisman, Michael M Ward, Matthew A Brown, and Bryan P Wordsworth: The chromosome 16q region associated with ankylosing spondylitis includes the candidate gene TRADD (TNF receptor type 1-associated death domain)
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115147 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Satoshi Serada, Minoru Fujimoto, Atsushi Ogata, Fumitaka Terabe, Toru Hirano, Hideki Iijima, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Teppei Nishikawa, Tomoharu Ohkawara, Kota Iwahori, Nobuyuki Ohguro, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, and Tetsuji Naka: iTRAQ-based proteomic identification of leucine rich alpha 2 glycoprotein (LRG) as a novel inflammatory biomarker in autoimmune diseases
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118919 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Michael Seitz, Stephan Reichenbach, Burkhard Möller, Marcel Zwahlen, Peter M Villiger, and Jean-Francois Dufour: Hepatoprotective effect of TNF ${alpha}$ blockade in psoriatic arthritis: A cross-sectional study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.116194 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Velia Gerl, Alexandra Lischka, Daniel Panne, Patrick Großmann, Rita Berthold, Bimba Franziska Hoyer, Robert Biesen, Anne Bruns, Tobias Alexander, Annett Jacobi, Thomas Dörner, Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester, Andreas Radbruch, and Falk Hiepe: Blood dendritic cells in systemic lupus erythematosus exhibit altered activation state and chemokine receptor function
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111021 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Tanaz A Kermani, Valentin S Schäfer, Cynthia S Crowson, Gene G Hunder, Sherine E Gabriel, Eric L Matteson, and Kenneth J Warrington: Increase in Age at Onset of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-based Study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111005 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 October 2009

Cédric Lukas, Désirée van der Heijde, Saeed Fatenejad, and Robert Landewé: Repair of erosions occurs almost exclusively in damaged joints without swelling
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.119156 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

20 October 2009

Karim Raza, Linda Mathsson, Christopher D Buckley, Andrew Filer, and Johan Rönnelid: Anti-modified citrullinated vimentin (MCV) antibodies in patients with very early synovitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118448 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

14 October 2009

X Mariette, F Tubach, H Bagheri, M Bardet, J M Berthelot, P Gaudin, D Heresbach, A Martin, T Schaeverbeke, D Salmon, M Lemann, O Hermine, M Raphael, and P Ravaud: Lymphoma in patients treated with anti-TNF. Results of the 3-year prospective French RATIO registry.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 14 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.117762 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

12 October 2009

S M M Verstappen, M J McCoy, C. Roberts, N.E. Dale, A B Hassell, and D.P.M. Symmons: The beneficial effects of a 3 week course of intramuscular glucocorticoid injections in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritis: Results of the STIVEA trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.119149 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Helga Radner, Josef S Smolen, and Daniel Aletaha: The impact of comorbidity on physical function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118430 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 October 2009

Paul A Lyons, Eoin F McKinney, Tim F Rayner, Alexander Hatton, Hayley B Woffendin, Maria Koukoulaki, Thomas C Freeman, David RW Jayne, Afzal N Chaudhry, and Kenneth GC Smith: Novel expression signatures identified by transcriptional analysis of separated leukocyte subsets in SLE and vasculitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108043 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

B Rueda, P Gourh, J Broen, S K Agarwal, C P Simeón, N Ortego-Centeno, M C Vonk, M Coenen, G Riemekasten, N Hunzelmann, R Hesselstrand, F K Tan, J D Reveille, S Assasi, F J Garcia-Hernandez, P Carreira, M Camps, A Fernandez-Nebro, P Garcia de la Peña, T Nearney, D Hilda, M A Gónzalez-Gay, P Airo, L Beretta, R Scorza, T RDJ Radstake, M Mayes, F C Arnett, and J Martin: BANK1 functional variants are associated with susceptibility to diffuse systemic sclerosis in Caucasians
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118174 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

7 October 2009

F van den Bosch, B Manger, P Goupille, N McHugh, E Rødevand, P Holck, R F van Vollenhoven, M Leirisalo-Repo, O FitzGerald, M Kron, M Frank, S Kary, and H Kupper: Effectiveness of adalimumab in treating patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and predictors of good clinical responses for arthritis, skin, and nail lesions
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 7 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111856 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Elisabet Svenungsson, Johanna Gustafsson, Dag Leonard, Johanna Sandling, Iva Gunnarsson, Gunnel Nordmark, Andreas Jönsen, Anders A Bengtsson, Gunnar Sturfelt, Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist, Kerstin Elvin, Ulf Sundin, Sophie Garnier, Julia F Simard, Snaevar Sigurdsson, Leonid Padyukov, Ann-Christine Syvänen, and Lars Rönnblom: A STAT4 risk allele is associated with ischemic cerebrovascular events and antiphospholipid antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 7 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115535 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Olga Kaloudi, Francesca Bandinelli, Emilio Filippucci, Maria Letizia Conforti, Irene Miniati, Serena Guiducci, Francesco Porta, Antonio Candelieri, Domenico Conforti, Genesio Grassiri, Walter Grassi, and Marco Matucci Cerinic: High frequency ultrasound measurement of digital dermal thickness in systemic sclerosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 7 October 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114843 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 September 2009

Mirko Manetti, Lidia Ibba-Manneschi, Vasiliki Liakouli, Serena Guiducci, Anna Franca Milia, Gemma Benelli, Alessandra Marrelli, Maria Letizia Conforti, Eloisa Romano, Roberto Giacomelli, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, and Paola Cipriani: The IL-1-like cytokine IL-33 and its receptor ST2 are abnormally expressed in the affected skin and visceral organs of patients with systemic sclerosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.119321 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Robert BM Landewé, Jos G A Houbiers, Filip E Van den Bosch, Joanna in 't Hout, Patrick CPM Verschueren, Jan H Meijerink, Frank H J van den Hoogen, Bedrich A Masek, George AW Bruyn, Jacques MGW Wouters, Alexandre E Voskuyl, Jacob M van Laar, Johannes J W Bijlsma, Desiree MFM van der Heijde, Ferdinand C Breedveld, Leo B A van de Putte, André M M Miltenburg, and Filip De Keyser: Intranasal administration of recombinant Human Cartilage glycoprotein-39 as a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: A Phase II, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group dose-finding trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.117234 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Helen M Baldwin, Toshiko Ito-Ihara, John D Isaacs, and Catharien M U Hilkens: TNF ${alpha}$ blockade impairs dendritic cell survival and function in rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110502 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pravitt Gourh, Frank C Arnett, Filemon K Tan, Shervin Assassi, Dipal Divecha, Gene Paz, Terry McNearney, Hilda Draeger, John D Reveille, Maureen D Mayes, and Sandeep K Agarwal: Association of TNFSF4 (OX40L) polymorphisms with susceptibility to Systemic Sclerosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.116434 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 September 2009

Maarten Boers: The time has come to limit the placebo period in rheumatoid arthritis trials to 3 months: A systematic comparison of 3- and 6-month response rates in trials of biologic agents.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115832 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

M Jiménez-Palop, E Naredo, L Humbrado, J Medina, J Usón, F Francisco, M J Garcia-Yebenes, and J Garrido: Ultrasonographic monitoring of response to therapy in polymyalgia rheumatica
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113555 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

M JL Peters, D PM Symmons, D McCarey, B AC Dijkmans, P Nicola, T K Kvien, I B McInnes, H Haentzschel, M A Gonzalez-Gay, S Provan, A G Semb, P Sidiropoulos, G Kitas, Y M Smulders, M J Soubrier, Z Szekanecz, N G Sattar, and M T Nurmohamed: EULAR evidence-based recommendations for cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113696 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 September 2009

M C Van der Goes, J WG Jacobs, M Boers, T Andrews, M AM Blom-Bakkers, F Buttgereit, N Caeyers, E H Choy, M Cutolo, J AP Da Silva, L Guillevin, M Holland, J R Kirwan, J Rovensky, K G Saag, G Severijns, S Webber, R Westhovens, and J WJ Bijlsma: Patients' and rheumatologists' perspectives on glucocorticoids an exercise to improve the implementation of the EULAR recommendations on the management of systemic glucocorticoid therapy in rheumatic diseases.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114579 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

W Zhang, M Doherty, G Peat, S MA Bierma-Zeinstra, N K Arden, B Bresnihan, G Herrero-Beaumont, S Kirschner, B F Leeb, L S Lohmander, B Mazières, K Pavelka, L Punzi, A K So, T Tuncer, I Watt, and J W Bijlsma: EULAR evidence based recommendations for the diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113100 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Hung-Pin Tu, Chung-Jen Chen, Chien-Hung Lee, Silent Tovosia, Albert Min-Shan Ko, Shu-Jung Wang, Tsan-Teng Ou, Gau-Tyan Lin, Shang-Lun Chiang, Hung-Che Chiang, Ping-Ho Chen, Shun-Jen Chang, Han-Ming Lai, and Ying-Chin Ko: SLC22A12 Gene is Associated with Gout in Han Chinese and Solomon Islanders
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114504 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Valerie P Nell-Duxneuner, Tanja A Stamm, Klaus P Machold, Stephan Pflugbeil, Daniel Aletaha, and Josef S Smolen: Evaluation of the appropriateness of composite Disease Activity measures for assessment of psoriatic arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.117945 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Tilmann Kallinich, Helmut Wittkowski, Rolf Keitzer, Johannes Roth, and Dirk Foell: Neutrophil-derived S100A12 as novel biomarker of inflammation in Familial Mediterranean Fever
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114363 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Tuhina Neogi, Michael C Nevitt, Jingbo Niu, Leena Sharma, Frank Roemer, Ali Guermazi, Cora Lewis, James Torner, Kassim Javaid, and David Felson: Subchondral bone attrition may be a reflection of compartment-specific mechanical load: The MOST Study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110114 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 September 2009

Jasemine Saech, Kasia Owczarczyk, Silviya Roesgen, H Petereit, Michael Hallek, and Andrea Rubbert: Successful Use of Rituximab in a Patient with Churg-Strauss Syndrome and refractory CNS Involvement
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109850 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Bruno Fautrel, Mathilde Benhamou, Maxime Breban, Carine Roy, Christelle Lenoir, Gérard Trape, Alain Baleydier, Philippe Ravaud, and Maxime Dougados: Cost-effectiveness of two therapeutic regimens of infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis: economic evaluation within a randomized controled trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103887 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ikue Ito, Aya Kawasaki, Satoshi Ito, Yuya Kondo, Masato Sugihara, Masanobu Horikoshi, Taichi Hayashi, Daisuke Goto, Isao Matsumoto, Akito Tsutsumi, Yoshinari Takasaki, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Kunio Matsuta, Takayuki Sumida, and Naoyuki Tsuchiya: Replication of association between FAM167A(C8orf13)-BLK region and rheumatoid arthritis in a Japanese population.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.118760 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Carine Salliot, Claire Bombardier, Alain Saraux, Bernard Combe, and Maxime Dougados: Hormonal replacement therapy may reduce the risk for RA in women with early arthritis who carry HLA-DRB1 *01 and/or *04 alleles by protecting against the production of anti-CCP: Results from the ESPOIR cohort.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111179 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Hung-Pin Tu, Chung-Jen Chen, Silent Tovosia, Albert Min-Shan Ko, Chien-Hung Lee, Tsan-Teng Ou, Gau-Tyan Lin, Shun-Jen Chang, Shang-Lun Chiang, Hung-Che Chiang, Ping-Ho Chen, Shu-Jung Wang, Han-Ming Lai, and Ying-Chin Ko: Associations of a nonsynonymous variant in SLC2A9 with gouty arthritis and uric acid levels in Han Chinese and Solomon Islanders
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113357 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Elisabeth Lie, Désirée MFM van der Heijde, Till Uhlig, Marte S Heiberg, Wenche Koldingsnes, Erik Rødevand, Cecilie Kaufmann, Knut Mikkelsen, and Tore K Kvien: The effectiveness and retention rates of methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis with methotrexate treated patients with rheumatoid arthritis as a reference population
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113308 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Maxime Dougados, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin, Frederic Mistretta, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino, Marina Backhaus, Jacques Bentin, Gerard Chales, Isabelle Chary-Valckenaere, Philip G Conaghan, Fabien Etchepare, Philippe Gaudin, Walter Grassi, Désirée van der Heijde, Jérémy Sellam, Esperanza Naredo, Marcin Szkudlarek, Richard Wakefield, and Alain Saraux: Evaluation of several ultrasonography scoring systems of synovitis and comparison to clinical examination: Results from a prospective multi-center study of rheumatoid arthritis.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115493 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Susanne J Pedersen, Inge J Sørensen, Kay-Geert A Hermann, Ole R Madsen, Niels Tvede, Michael S Hansen, Gorm Thamsborg, Lis S Andersen, Ole Majgaard, Anne Gitte Loft, Jon Erlendsson, Karsten Asmussen, Julia S Johansen, Anne Grethe Jurik, Jakob Møller, Maria Hasselquist, Dorrit Mikkelsen, Thomas Skjødt, Annette Hansen, and Mikkel $Ø$ stergaard: Responsiveness of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), and clinical and magnetic resonance imaging measures of disease activity in a 1 year follow-up study of patients with axial spondyloarthritis treated with TNF- ${alpha}$ inhibitors
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111187 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

6 September 2009

Robin K Dore, Stanley B Cohen, Nancy E Lane, William R Palmer, William Shergy, Lifen Zhou, Huei Wang, Wayne Tsuji, and Richard Newmark: Effects of denosumab on bone mineral density and bone turnover in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving concurrent glucocorticoids or bisphosphonates
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 6 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112920 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 September 2009

Beate Skinningsrud, Benedicte A Lie, Eystein S Husebye, Tore K Kvien, $Ø$ ystein Førre, Berit Flatø, Alice Stormyr, Geir Joner, Pål R Njølstad, Thore Egeland, and Dag E Undlien: A CLEC16A variant confers risk for juvenile idiopathic arthritis and anti-CCP negative rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114934 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

R Forestier, H Desfour, J-M Tessier, A Françon, A M Foote, C Genty, C Rolland, C-F Roques, and J-L Bosson: Spa therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, a large randomised multicentre trial.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113209 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

1 September 2009

Monika Biniecka, Aisling Kennedy, Ursula Fearon, Chin Teck Ng, Douglas J Veale, and Jacintha N O'Sullivan: Oxidative damage in synovial tissue is associated with in vivo hypoxic status in the arthritic joint
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 1 September 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111211 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

31 August 2009

Kate L Holliday, Barbara I Nicholl, Gary J Macfarlane, Wendy Thomson, Kelly A Davies, and John McBeth: Genetic variation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis influences susceptibility to musculoskeletal pain: Results from the EPIFUND study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 31 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.116137 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 August 2009

Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Manuel Ramos-Casals, Pilar Brito-Zeron, and Munther A Khamashta: Clinical efficacy and side effects of antimalarials in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101766 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

27 August 2009

Anna Hellquist, Johanna K Sandling, Marco Zucchelli, Sari Koskenmies, Heikki Julkunen, Mauro D’Amato, Sophie Garnier, Ann-Christine Syvänen, and Juha Kere: Variation in STAT4 is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a Finnish family cohort
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 27 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112284 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Josef S Smolen, Daniel Aletaha, Johannes C Grisar, Tanja A Stamm, and John T Sharp: Estimation of a numerical value for joint damage-related physical disability in rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 27 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114652 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Pingting Yang, W G Xiao, Ling Qin, L J Zhao, L M He, and M Ito: A pilot study on changes of macrophage-colony stimulating factor and transforming growth factor-beta1 in male patients with ankylosing spondylitis taking thalidomide
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 27 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114397 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Marianne Wallenius, Johan Fredrik Skomsvoll, Lorentz Irgens, Kjell Åsmund Salvesen, Wenche Koldingsnes, Knut Mikkelsen, Cecilie Kaufmann, and Tore K Kvien: Post partum onset of rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic arthritides: results from a patient register linked to a medical birth registry
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 27 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.115964 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 August 2009

Nicola Dalbeth, Eric Gracey, Bregina Pool, Karen Callon, Fiona M McQueen, Jillian Cornish, Alastair McGibbon, and Kate Palmano: Identification of dairy fractions with anti-inflammatory properties in models of acute gout.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113290 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

I Marinou, K Walters, J Winfield, D E Bax, and A G Wilson: A gain of function polymorphism in the interleukin-6 receptor influences RA susceptibility
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100644 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

20 August 2009

James I Robinson, Jennifer H Barrett, John C Taylor, YEAR Consortium, Marc Naven, Diane Corscadden, BRAGGS Syndicate, Anne Barton, Anthony G Wilson, Paul Emery, John D Isaacs, and Ann Morgan: Dissection of the FCGR3A association with RA: increased association in men and with autoantibody positive disease.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110874 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Juan D Cañete, Raquel Celis PhD, M Victoria Hernández, José L Pablos, and Raimon Sanmartí: Synovial immunopathological changes associated with successful abatacept therapy in a case of severe refractory psoriatic arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113233 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

16 August 2009

I Rúa-Figueroa, O Arencibia-Mireles, M Elvira, C Erausquin, S Ojeda, F Francisco, A Naranjo, C Rodríguez-Gallego, I Garcia-Laorden, J Rodríguez-Perez, and C Rodríguez-Lozano: The factors involved in the progress of preclinical atherosclerosis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: a two year longitudinal study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104349 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

13 August 2009

Akira Meguro, Hidetoshi Inoko, Masao Ota, Yoshihiko Katsuyama, Akira Oka, Eiichi Okada, Ryoji Yamakawa, Takenosuke Yuasa, Tatsuhiko Fujioka, Shigeaki Ohno, Seiamak Bahram, and Nobuhisa Mizuki: Genetics of Behçet’s disease inside and outside the MHC
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 13 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108571 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Geertje M Bartelds, Carla A Wijbrandts, Michael T Nurmohamed, Steven O Stapel, Willem F Lems, Lucien Aarden, Ben A C Dijkmans, Paul Peter Tak, and Gerrit Jan Wolbink: Anti-infliximab and anti-adalimumab antibodies in relation to response to adalimumab in infliximab switchers and anti-TNF naive patients: a cohort study.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 13 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112847 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

11 August 2009

Zi-jian Pan, Shannon Maier, Karen Schwarz, Jennifer Azbill, Shizuo Akira, Satoshi Uematsu, and A Darise Farris: TLR7 modulates anti-nucleosomal autoantibody isotype and renal complement deposition in mice exposed to syngeneic late apoptotic cells
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108282 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anne Hinks, Steve Eyre, Xiayi Ke, Anne Barton, Paul Martin, Edward Flynn, Jon Packham, Jane Worthington, and Wendy Thomson: Overlap of disease susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110650 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

10 August 2009

Sasha Bernatsky, Christel Renoux, and Samy Suissa: Demyelinating events in rheumatoid arthritis after drug exposures
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111500 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 August 2009

Salvatore D'Angelo, Maria S Cutro, Ennio Lubrano, Pietro Leccese, Gianna A Mennillo, Nicola Ferrara, and Ignazio Olivieri: Combination therapy with cyclosporin and etanercept in patients with psoriatic arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.119446 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Alexander N Bennett, Amer Rehman, Elizabeth M.A. Hensor, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Paul Emery, and Dennis G McGonagle: The Fatty Romanus Lesion - A non-inflammatory spinal MRI lesion specific for axial-Spondyloarthropathy
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 August 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112094 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

30 July 2009

Silje W Syversen, Guro L Goll, Désirée van der Heijde, Robert Landewé, Benedicte A Lie, Sigrid $Ø$ degård, Till Uhlig, Per Ivar Gaarder, and Tore K Kvien: Prediction of radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis and the role of antibodies against mutated citrullinated vimentin: results from a ten-year prospective study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 30 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.113092 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

29 July 2009

Ran Duan, Paul Leo, Linda Bradbury, Matt A Brown, and Gethin P Thomas: Gene Expression profiling reveals a down-regulation in immune-associated genes in AS patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 29 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111690 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 July 2009

Mike J L Peters, Pauline H Watt, Lynne Cherry, Paul Welsh, Eric Henninger, Ben A C Dijkmans, Iain B McInnes, Michael T Nurmohamed, and Naveed Sattar: Lack of effect of TNF ${alpha}$ blockade therapy on circulating adiponectin levels in patients with autoimmune disease: results from two independent prospective studies
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.114207 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anne Fouque-Aubert, Laetitia Jette-Paulin, Christophe Combescure, André Basch, Jacques Tebib, and Laure Gossec: Serious infections in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis with and without TNF blockers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.098822 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 July 2009

Jens Ivar Brox, $Ø$ ystein Nygaard, Inger Holm, Anne Keller, Tor Ingebrigtsen, and Olav Reikerås: Four-year follow-up of surgical versus non-surgical therapy for chronic low back pain.
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108902 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 July 2009

Gunnar Tomasson, Thor Aspelund, Thorbjorn Jonsson, Helgi Valdimarsson, David T Felson, and Vilmundur Gudnason: The effect of rheumatoid factor on mortality and coronary heart disease
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110536 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

12 July 2009

Frank C Arnett, Pravitt Gourh, Sanjay Shete, Chul W Ahn, Robert Honey, Sandeep K Agarwal, Filemon K Tan, Terry McNearney, Michael Fischbach, Marvin J Fritzler, Maureen D Mayes, and John D Reveille: Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II alleles, haplotypes, and epitopes which confer susceptibility or protection in the fibrosing autoimmune disease systemic sclerosis: analyses in 1300 Caucasian, African-American and Hispanic cases and 1000 controls
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111906 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Albert Holvast, Aalzen De Haan, Sander Van Assen, Coen A Stegeman, Minke G Huitema, Anke Huckriede, Cornelis A Benne, Johanna Westra, Abraham Palache, Jan Wilschut, Cees G M Kallenberg, and Marc Bijl: Cell-mediated immune responses to influenza vaccination in Wegener's granulomatosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112813 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rogier M Thurlings, Onno Teng, Koen Vos, Danielle M Gerlag, Lucien Aarden, Steven O Stapel, Jacob M van Laar, Paul P Tak, and Gerrit Jan Wolbink: Clinical response, pharmacokinetics, development of human anti-chimeric antibodies, and synovial tissue response to rituximab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109041 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 July 2009

A Elisabeth Hak, Gary Curhan, Francine D Grodstein, and Hyon K Choi: Menopause, postmenopausal hormone use and risk of incident gout
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109884 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 July 2009

John H Coombs, Bradley J Bloom, Ferdinand C Breedveld, Mark P Fletcher, David Gruben, Joel M Kremer, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Bethanie Wilkinson, Cristiano A F Zerbini, and Samuel H Zwillich: Improved pain, physical functioning, and health status in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with CP-690,550, an orally active Janus kinase (JAK)inhibitor: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108159 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 July 2009

Grant H Louie and Michael M Ward: Changes in the rates of joint surgery among patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in California, 1983-2007
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112474 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Femke H M Prince, Lianne M Geerdink, Gerard J J M Borsboom, Marinka Twilt, Marion A J Van Rossum, Esther P A H Hopppenreijs, Rebecca ten Cate, Yvonne Koopman-Keemink, Marijke van Santen-Hoeufft, Hein Raat, and Lisette W A van Suijlekom-Smit: Major improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life during the use of etanercept in patients with previously refractory Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111260 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

S M M Verstappen, M F Bakker, A H M Heurkens, M J van der Veen, A A Kruize, M A W Geurts, J W J Bijlsma, and J W G Jacobs: Adverse events and factors associated with toxicity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate tight control therapy (the CAMERA study)
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106617 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

1 July 2009

Mark A Little, Peter Nightingale, Cees A Verburgh, Thomas Hauser, Kirsten De Groot, Caroline Savage, David R W Jayne, and Lorraine Harper: Early mortality in systemic vasculitis: relative contribution of adverse events and active vasculitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 1 July 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109389 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 June 2009

Raphaèle Seror, Philippe Ravaud, Simon Bowman, Gabriel Baron, Athanasios Tzioufas, Elke Theander, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, Hendrika Bootsma, Xavier Mariette, and Claudio Vitali: EULAR Sjögren’s Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI): Development of a consensus systemic disease activity index in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110619 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

24 June 2009

Wako Urano, Atsuo Taniguchi, Naohiko Anzai, Eisuke Inoue, Yoshikatsu Kanai, Mariko Yamanaka, Naoyuki Kamatani, Hitoshi Endou, and Hisashi Yamanaka: Sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporter type 1 (NPT1) sequence polymorphisms in male patients with gout
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 24 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106856 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Alejandro Martin-Trujillo, Johanna G I van Rietschoten, Trieneke C G Timmer, Francisco Milena Rodriguez, Tom W J Huizinga, Paul-Peter Tak, Sara Marsal, Saleh M Ibrahim, Ben A C Dijkmans, Tineke C T M van der Pouw Kraan, and Cornelis L Verweij: Loss of imprinting of IGF2 characterizes high IGF2mRNA-expressing type of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 24 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106195 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 June 2009

K Kaur, R Hardy, M M Ahasan, M Eijken, J P van Leeuwen, A Filer, A M Thomas, K Raza, C D Buckley, P M Stewart, E H Rabbitt, M Hewison, and M S Cooper: Synergistic induction of local glucocorticoid generation by inflammatory cytokines and glucocorticoids: implications for inflammation associated bone loss
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.107466 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 June 2009

Christelle Boileau, Johanne Martel-Pelletier, Judith Caron, Frédéric Paré, Éric Troncy, Maxim Moreau, and Jean-Pierre Pelletier: Oral treatment with a Brachystemma calycinum D. don plant extract reduces disease symptoms and the development of cartilage lesions in experimental dog osteoarthritis: inhibition of protease activated receptor-2 (PAR-2)
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110965 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 June 2009

I K Haugen, B Slatkowsky-Christensen, J Lessem, and T K Kvien: The responsiveness of joint counts, patient-reported measures and proposed composite scores in hand osteoarthritis: analyses from a placebo-controlled trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100156 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 June 2009

Astrid Jüngel, Caroline Ospelt, Mark Lesch, Melissa Thiel, Teresa Sunyer, Olivier Schorr, Beat A Michel, Renate E Gay, Christoph Kolling, Craig Flory, Steffen Gay, and Michel Neidhart: Effect of the oral application of a highly selective MMP-13 inhibitor in three different animal models of rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 June 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106021 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

31 May 2009

Erlangga Yusuf, Rob Nelissen, Andreea Ioan-Facsinay, Vedrana Stojanovic-Susulic, Jeroen DeGroot, Gerjo van Osch, Saskia Middeldorp, TWJ Huizinga, and Margreet Kloppenburg: Association between weight or Body Mass Index and hand osteoarthritis: a systematic review
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 31 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106930 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 May 2009

Akihisa Fukushima, David L Boyle, Maripat Corr, and Gary S Firestein: Kinetic analysis of synovial signaling and gene expression in animal models of arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.112201 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

25 May 2009

Marian L Burr, Haris Naseem, Anne Hinks, Steve Eyre, Laura Gibbons, John Bowes, BIRAC Consortium, YEAR Consortium, Anthony G Wilson, James Maxwell, Ann W Morgan, Paul Emery, Sophia Steer, Lynne Hocking, David M Reid, B Paul Wordsworth, Pille Harrison, Wendy Thomson, Jane Worthington, and Anne Barton: PADI4 genotype is not associated with rheumatoid arthritis in a large UK Caucasian Population
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 25 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.111294 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jenny Augustsson, Martin Neovius, Cheryl Cullinane-Carli, Staffan Eksborg, and Ronald F van Vollenhoven: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with TNF-antagonists increase their participation in the work-force – potential for significant long-term indirect cost gains. Data from a population-based registry
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 25 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108035 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 May 2009

Joachim Sieper, Andrew S Koenig, Scott Baumgartner, Carole Wishneski, Joanne Foehl, Bonnie Vlahos, and Bruce Freundlich: Analysis of uveitis rates across all etanercept ankylosing spondylitis clinical trials
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103192 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

20 May 2009

Terence Rooney, Pascale Roux-Lombard, Douglas J Veale, Oliver FitzGerald, Jean-Michel Dayer, and Barry Bresnihan: Synovial tissue and serum biomarkers of disease activity, therapeutic response and radiographic progression. analysis of a proof-of-concept randomized clinical trial of cytokine blockade
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108324 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 May 2009

Michael P M van der Linden, Ramona Boja, Naomi B Klarenbeek, Tom W J Huizinga, Désirée M van der Heijde, and Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil: Repair of joint erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: prevalence and patient characteristics in a large inception cohort
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 18 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108332 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Fina AS Kurreeman, George N Goulielmos, Behrooz Z Alizadeh, Blanca Rueda, Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat, Elena Sánchez, Marianna Bevova, Timothy R Radstake, Madelon C Vonk, Emmanouil Galanakis, Norberto Ortego, Willem Verduyn, Maria I Zervou, SLEGEN Consortium, Bart O Roep, Barbara Dema, Laura Espino, Elena Urcelay, Dimitri T Boumpas, Leonard H van den Berg, Ciska Wijmenga, Bobby PC Koeleman, Tom W J Huizinga, Rene E M Toes, and Javier Martin: The TRAF1-C5 region on chromosome 9q33 is associated with multiple autoimmune diseases
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 18 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106567 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 May 2009

L Damjanovska, M M Thabet, E W N Levarht, G Stoeken-Rijsbergen, E I H van der Voort, R E M Toes, T W J Huizinga, and A H M van der Helm-van Mil: The diagnostic value of anti-MCV antibodies in differentiating early inflammatory arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108456 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Lilian H D van Tuyl, Maarten Boers, Willem F Lems, Robert BM Landewé, Huub Han, Sjef van der Linden, Mart A F J van der Laar, Rene Westhovens, J Christiaan Van Denderen, Marie-Louise Westedt, André J Peeters, Piet Jacobs, Tom W J Huizinga, Hans van den Brink, Ben A C Dijkmans, and Alexandre E Voskuyl: Survival, comorbidities and joint damage 11 years after the COBRA combination therapy trial in early rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108027 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

15 May 2009

Nikolaos A Patsopoulos and John P A Ioannidis: Susceptibility variants for rheumatoid arthritis in the TRAF1-C5 and 6q23 loci: a meta-analysis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109447 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

L T C van Hulst, J Fransen, A A den Broeder, R Grol, P L C M van Riel, and M E J L Hulscher: Development of quality indicators for monitoring of the disease course in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108555 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Axel Finckh, Adrian Ciurea, Laure Brulhart, Burkhard Möller, Ulrich A Walker, Delphine Courvoisier, Diego Kyburz, Jean Dudler, and Cem Gabay: Which subgroup of rheumatoid arthritis patients benefits from switching to rituximab versus alternative anti-TNF agents after previous failure to anti-TNF agent?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105064 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

13 May 2009

Alf Kastbom, Martin Johansson, Deepti Verma, Peter Söderkvist, and Solbritt Rantapää-Dahlqvist: The CARD8 p.C10X polymorphism associates with the inflammatory activity in early rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 13 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106989 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

12 May 2009

Karin Hellgren, Anastasia Iliadou, Richard Rosenquist, Nils Feltelius, Carin Backlin, Gunilla Enblad, Johan Askling, and Eva Baecklund: Rheumatoid arthritis, treatment with corticosteroids, and risk of malignant lymphomas - results from a case-control study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096925 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ulrike Hüffmeier, Xavier Estivill, Eva Riveira-Munoz, Heiko Traupe, Jörg Wendler, Jörg Lohmann, Beate Böhm, Harald Burkhardt, and André Reis: Deletion of LCE3C and LCE3B genes at PSORS4 does not contribute to Susceptibility to Psoriatic Arthritis in German patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108951 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

11 May 2009

Gisela Orozco, Steve Eyre, Anne Hinks, Xiayi Ke, Anthony G Wilson, Deborah E Bax, Ann W Morgan, Paul Emery, Sophia Steer, Lynne Hocking, David M Reid, Paul Wordsworth, Pille Harrison, Wendy Thomson, Anne Barton, and Jane Worthington: Association of CD40 with rheumatoid arthritis confirmed in a large UK case-control study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109579 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Fanny Turrel-Davin, Anne Tournadre, Alexandre Pachot, Béatrice Arnaud, Marie-Angélique Cazalis, Bruno Mougin, and Pierre Miossec: FoxO3a involved in neutrophil and T cell survival is overexpressed in rheumatoid blood and synovial tissue
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.109991 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

10 May 2009

Misato Hashizume, Hiroto Yoshida, Nobuo Koike, Miho Suzuki, and Masahiko Mihara: Over-produced IL-6 decreases blood lipid levels via up-regulation of VLDLR
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104844 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

P G Conaghan, M A D'Agostino, M Le Bars, G Baron, N Schmidely, R Wakefield, P Ravaud, W Grassi, E Martin-Mola, A So, M Backhaus, M Malaise, P Emery, and M Dougados: Clinical and ultrasonographic predictors of joint replacement for knee osteoarthritis: results from a large, 3 year, prospective EULAR study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099564 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Florence W L Tsui, Nigil Haroon, John D Reveille, Proton Rahman, Basil Chiu, Hing Wo Tsui, and Robert D Inman: Association of an ERAP1 ERAP2 haplotype with familial ankylosing spondylitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103804 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

7 May 2009

Ulrich Weber, Juerg Hodler, Anne G Jurik, Christian W A Pfirrmann, Kaspar Rufibach, Rudolf O Kissling, Muhammad A Khan, Robert G W Lambert, and Walter P Maksymowych: Assessment of active spinal inflammatory changes in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: Validation of whole body MRI against conventional MRI
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 7 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108274 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 May 2009

Chan-Bum Choi, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Bum Jun, Hye-Soon Lee, Seung Cheol Shim, Bitnara Lee, Angela Pope, Mohammed Uddin, Proton Rahman, and Robert D Inman: ARTS1 polymorphisms are associated with ankylosing pondylitis in Koreans
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 May 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105296 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

29 April 2009

Herng-Ching Lin, Shu-Fen Chen, Hsiu-Chen Lin, and Yi-Hua Chen: Increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: a nationwide population-based study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 29 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105262 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nicolino Ruperto, Daniel J Lovell, Ruben Cuttica, Patricia Woo, Silvia Meiorin, Carine Wouters, Earl D Silverman, Zsolt Balogh, Michael Henrickson, Joyce Davidson, Ivan Foeldvari, Lisa Imundo, Gabriele Simonini, Joachim Oppermann, Yaung-Kaung Shen, Sudha Visvanathan, Adedigbo Fasanmade, Alan Mendelsohn, Alberto Martini, and Edward H Giannini: Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Infliximab plus Methotrexate for The Treatment of Polyarticular Course Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Findings from an Open-Label Treatment Extension
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 29 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100354 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 April 2009

M J L Peters, I Visman, M M J Nielen, N van Dillen, R A Verheij, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, B A C Dijkmans, and M T Nurmohamed: Ankylosing spondylitis; a risk factor for myocardial infarction?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.110593 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

27 April 2009

Jane E Freeston, Richard J Wakefield, Philip G Conaghan, Elizabeth M A Hensor, Sheena P Stewart, and Paul Emery: A diagnostic algorithm for persistence of very early inflammatory arthritis: the utility of power doppler ultrasound when added to conventional assessment tools
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 27 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106658 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 April 2009

Monika Schoels, Daniel Aletaha, Josef S Smolen, Johannes WJ Bijlsma, Gerd R Burmester, Ferry C Breedveld, Maurizio Cutolo, Bernard Combe, Maxime Dougados, Paul Emery, Joachim Kalden, Edward Keystone, Tore K Kvien, Emilio Martin Mola, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, and Maarten De Wit: Follow-up standards and treatment targets in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Results of a questionnaire at the EULAR 2008
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.108472 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 April 2009

G Haugeberg, P G Conaghan, M Quinn, and P Emery: Bone loss in active early rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with infliximab and methotrexate compared with methotrexate treatment alone. Explorative analysis from a twelve-month randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106484 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

16 April 2009

Hans Ulrich Scherer, Michael PM van der Linden, Fina A S Kurreeman, Gerrie Stoeken-Rijsbergen, Saskia le Cessie, Tom W J Huizinga, Annett H M van der Helm-van Mil, and René E M Toes: Association of the 6q23 region with the rate of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106161 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

12 April 2009

Puja P Khanna, Paul Maranian, Jeff Gregory, and Dinesh Khanna: The minimally important difference and Patient Acceptable Symptom State for the Raynaud’s Condition Score in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon in a large randomized controlled clinical trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.107706 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ann Knight, Sven Sandin, and Johan Askling: Occupational risk factors for Wegener's granulomatosis- a case control study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.107953 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

R Andrew Moore, Owen A Moore, Sheena Derry, Paul M Peloso, Arnold R Gammaitoni, and Hongwei Wang: Responder analysis for pain relief and numbers needed to treat in a meta-analysis of etoricoxib osteoarthritis trials: bridging a gap between clinical trials and clinical practice
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.107805 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 April 2009

Wouter H Bos, Ben AC Dijkmans, Maarten Boers, Rob van de Stadt, and Dirkjan van Schaardenburg: Effect of dexamethasone on autoantibody levels and arthritis development in arthralgia patients: a randomized trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105767 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Wouter H Bos, Gerrit Jan Wolbink, Maarten Boers, Gerard J Tijhuis, Niek de Vries, Irene E van der Horst-Bruinsma, Paul P Tak, Rob van de Stadt, Conny J van der Laken, Ben A C Dijkmans, and Dirkjan van Schaardenburg: Arthritis development in arthralgia patients is strongly associated with anti-citrullinated protein antibody status: a prospective cohort study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105759 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

8 April 2009

J D Greenberg, G Reed, J M Kremer, E Tindall, A Kavanaugh, C Zheng, W Bishai, and M Hochberg: Association of Methotrexate and TNF antagonists with risk of infection outcomes including opportunistic infections in the CORRONA registry
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.089276 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

J G Hanly, M B Urowitz, L Su, S C Bae, C Gordon, D J Wallace, A Clarke, S Bernatsky, D Isenberg, A Anisur, G S Alarcon, D D Gladman, P R Fortin, J Sanchez-Guerrero, J Romero-Diaz, J T Merrill, E Ginzler, I N Bruce, K Steinsson, M Khamashta, M Petri, S Manzi, MA Dooley, R Ramsey-Goldman, R van Vollenhoven, O Nived, G Sturfelt, C Aranow, K Kalunian, M Ramos-Casals, A Zoma, J Douglas, K Thompson, and V Farewell: Prospective analysis of neuropsychiatric events in an international disease inception cohort of SLE patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106351 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rieke E Alten, Cristiano Zerbini, Slawomir Jeka, Fedra Irazoque, Faruq Khatib, Paul Emery, Anne Bertasso, Michael Rabbia, and John P Caulfield: Efficacy and safety of pamapimod in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis receiving stable methotrexate therapy
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104802 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Emilio Filippucci, Sibel Zehra Aydin, Omer Karadag, Fausto Salaffi, Marwin Gutierrez, Haner Direskeneli, and Walter Grassi: Reliability of high-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of Achilles tendon enthesopathy in seronegative spondyloarthropathies
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 8 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096511 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

6 April 2009

Jessica Bijsterbosch, Willemien Visser, Herman M Kroon, Tanja Stamm, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Tom W J Huizinga, and Margreet Kloppenburg: Thumb base involvement in symptomatic hand osteoarthritis is associated with more pain and functional disability
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 6 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104562 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Abdurrahman Tufan, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Jessica Bijsterbosch, Herman M Kroon, Sita M A Bierma-Zeinstra, Rob G Nelissen, and Margreet Kloppenburg: Familial influence on tibiofemoral alignment
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 6 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097873 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

2 April 2009

E Jones, S M Churchman, A English, M H Buch, E A Horner, C H Burgoyne, R Reece, S Kinsey, P Emery, D McGonagle, and F Ponchel: Mesenchymal stem cells in rheumatoid synovium: Enumeration and functional assessment in relation to synovial inflammation level
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 2 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.106435 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Raphaèle Seror, Florence Tubach, Gabriel Baron, Francis Guillemin, and Philippe Ravaud: Measure of function in rheumatoid arthritis: individualized or classical scales?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 2 April 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102137 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

30 March 2009

Lidia Ibba-Manneschi, Mirko Manetti, Anna Franca Milia, Irene Miniati, Gemma Benelli, Serena Guiducci, Federico Mecacci, Giorgio Mello, Simonetta Di Lollo, and Marco Matucci-Cerinic: Severe fibrotic changes and altered expression of angiogenic factors in maternal scleroderma: placental findings
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 30 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.107623 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kazumasa Nishimoto, Yuta Kochi, Katsunori Ikari, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Akari Suzuki, Kenichi Shimane, Yusuke Nakamura, Koichiro Yano, Noriko Iikuni, So Tsukahara, Naoyuki Kamatani, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hirotaka Kaneko, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Masako Hara, Yoshiaki Toyama, Takahiko Horiuchi, Kayoko Tao, Koji Yasumoto, Daisuke Hamada, Natsuo Yasui, Hiroshi Inoue, Mitsuo Itakura, Hisashi Yamanaka, and Shigeki Momohara: Association study of TRAF1-C5 polymorphisms with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in Japanese
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 30 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104315 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

27 March 2009

Anders Gülfe, Lars Erik Kristensen, Tore Saxne, Lennart T H Jacobsson, Ingemar F Petersson, and Pierre Geborek: Rapid and sustained health utility gain in anti-TNF treated inflammatory arthritis. Observational data during seven years in southern Sweden
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 27 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103473 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

26 March 2009

Harald M Bonel, Christoph Boller, Bettina Saar, Silvia Tanner, Sudesh Srivastav, and Peter M Villiger: Short term changes in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and disease activity in response to infliximab
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103200 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Stefan Uderhardt, Danielle Diarra, Julia Katzenbeisser, Jean-Pierre David, Jochen Zwerina, William G Richards, Gerhard Krönke, and Georg Schett: Blockade of Dickkopf-1 induces fusion of sacroiliac joints
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102046 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Benjamin Terrier, Mathieu C Tamby, Luc Camoin, Philippe Guilpain, Alice Bérézné, Nicolas Tamas, Cédric Broussard, Françoise Hotellier, Marc Humbert, Gérald Simonneau, Loic Guillevin, and Luc Mouthon: Anti-fibroblast antibodies from systemic sclerosis patients bind to ${alpha}$ -enolase and are associated with interstitial lung disease
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 26 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104299 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

19 March 2009

Xavier Chevalier, Joerg Jerosch, Philippe Goupille, Nicolaas van Dijk, Frank P Luyten, David L Scott, François Bailleul, and Karel Pavelka: Single, intra-articular treatment with 6 mL of hylan G-F 20 in patients with symptomatic primary osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomised, multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 19 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094623 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 March 2009

Graeme Jones, Anthony Sebba, Jieruo Gu, Mitchell B Lowenstein, Armando Calvo, Juan J Gomez-Reino, Daniel A Siri, Matija Tom $s$ ic, Emma Alecock, Thasia Woodworth, and Mark C Genovese: Comparison of tocilizumab monotherapy versus methotrexate monotherapy in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis: The AMBITION study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105197 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

16 March 2009

J Kekow, R J Moots, P Emery, P Durez, A Koenig, A Singh, R Pedersen, D Robertson, B Freundlich, and R Sato: Patient-reported outcomes improve with etanercept plus methotrexate in active early rheumatoid arthritis and the improvement is strongly associated with remission: The COMET trial
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102509 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

D M Urech, U Feige, S Ewert, V Schlosser, M Ottiger, K Polzer, G Schett, and P Lichtlen: Anti-inflammatory and cartilage-protecting effects of an intra-articularly injected anti-TNF- ${alpha}$ scFv (ESBA105) designed for local therapeutic use
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105775 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

15 March 2009

J J Luime, E M Colin, J M W Hazes, and E Lubberts: Does anti-MCV has additional value as serological marker in the diagnostic and prognostic work-up of patients with rheumatoid arthritis? A systematic review
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103283 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ester Lozano, Marta Segarra, Marc Corbera-Bellalta, Ana García-Martínez, Georgina Espígol-Frigolé, Ana Plà-Campo, José Hernández-Rodríguez, and Maria C Cid: Increased expression of the endothelin system in arterial lesions from patients with giant-cell arteritis. Association between elevated endothelin plasma levels and the development of ischemic events
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105692 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Kristian T Jørgensen, Bo V Pedersen, Søren Jacobsen, Robert J Biggar, and Morten Frisch: National cohort study of reproductive risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis in Denmark – a role for hyperemesis, gestational hypertension, and pre-eclampsia?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099945 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

11 March 2009

Angélica M Delgado-Vega, John Castiblanco, Luis M Gómez, Lina-Marcela Diaz-Gallo, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga, and Juan-Manuel Anaya: BCL2 antagonist killer 1 (BAK1) polymorphisms influence the risk of developing autoimmune rheumatic diseases in women
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100818 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yaël A de Man, Liesbeth E Bakker-Jonges, Diana B C M Dufour-van den Goorbergh, Sonja PR Tillemans, Herbert Hooijkaas, Johanna M W Hazes, and Radboud JEM Dolhain: Women with rheumatoid arthritis negative for anti-CCP and rheumatoid factor are more likely to improve during pregnancy, whereas in autoantibody positive women autoantibody levels are not influenced by pregnancy
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104331 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Annelies Boonen, Jürgen Braun, Irene E van der Horst-Bruinsma, Feng Huang, Walter P Maksymowych, Nenad Kostanjsek Dr., Alarcos Cieza, Gerold Stucki, and Désirée MFM van der Heijde: The ASAS/WHO ICF Core Sets for Ankylosing Spondylitis: how to classify the impact of AS on functioning and health
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104117 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Vladimir S Gordeev, Walter P Maksymowych, Sylvia M A A Evers, André Ament, Lionel Schachna, and Annelies Boonen: The role of contextual factors on health-related quality of life in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 11 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100164 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

10 March 2009

Katrin Warstat, Maik Hoberg, Maximilian Rudert, Shanli Tsui, Thomas Pap, Brigitte Angres, Mike Essl, Terry J Smith, William W Cruikshank, Gerd Klein, Steffen Gay, and Wilhelm K Aicher: TGF- ${beta}$ 1 and laminin-111 cooperate in the induction of IL-16 expression in synovial fibroblasts from rheumatoid arthritis patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.091116 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Y Allanore, C Meune, M C Vonk, P Airo, E Hachulla, P Caramaschi, G Riemekasten, F Cozzi, L Beretta, C T Derk, A Komósi, D Farge, A Balbir, V Riccieri, O Distler, A Chialà, N del papa, K Simic Pasalic, M Ghio, B Stamenkovic, S Rednic, N Host, R Pellerito, E Zegers, A Kahan, U A Walker, and M Matucci-Cerinic: Prevalence and factors associated with left ventricular dysfunction in the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) database of systemic sclerosis patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103382 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Dimitrios Daoussis, Vasileios F Panoulas, Ioannis Antonopoulos, Holly John, Tracey E Toms, Penelope Wong, Peter Nightingale, Karen M J Douglas, and George D Kitas: Cardiovascular risk factors and not disease activity, severity or therapy associate with renal dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 10 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105049 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

1 March 2009

Lorena Alvarez-Rodríguez, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos, Cristina Mata, María J Marín, Jaime Calvo-Alen, Ricardo Blanco, Elena Aurrecoechea, María Ruiz-Soto, and Víctor M Martínez-Taboada: Circulating cytokines in active Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 1 March 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103663 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 February 2009

A Martínez, N Perdigones, Mª Cénit, L Espino, J Varadé, J R Lamas, J L Santiago, M Fernández-Arquero, H de la Calle, R Arroyo, E G de la Concha, B Fernandez-Gutierrez, and E Urcelay: Chromosomal region 16p13: further evidence of increased predisposition to immune diseases
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.098376 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

17 February 2009

Ignacio Rego, Mercedes Fernández-Moreno, Carlos Fernández-López, Juan Gómez-Reino, Antonio González, Joaquín Arenas, and Francisco J Blanco: The role of European mtDNA haplogroups in the prevalence of hip osteoarthritis in Galicia (Northern Spain)
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105254 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Rachel O'Mahony, Alison Richards, Chris Deighton, and David Scott: Withdrawal of DMARDs in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 17 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.105577 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

16 February 2009

Claudia Saad-Magalhães, Angela Pistorio, Angelo Ravelli, Giovanni Filocamo, Stefania Viola, Riva Brik, Dimitrina Mihaylova, Rebecca Ten Cate, Boel Andersson Gare, Virginia P L Ferriani, Kirsten Minden, Philip J Hashkes, Marite Rygg, Marie-Josephe Sauvain, Helen Venning, Alberto Martini, and Nicolino Ruperto: Does removal of AIDS/devices and help make a difference in the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097592 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Luc Mouthon, Caroline Mestre-Stanislas, Alice Bérezné, François Rannou, Philippe Guilpain, Michel Revel, Christian Pagnoux, Loïc Guillevin, Jacques Fermanian, and Serge Poiraudeau: Impact of digital ulcers on disability and health-related quality of life in systemic sclerosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094193 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

12 February 2009

Hoang Tu-Rapp, Liying Pu, Andreia Marques, Christoph Kulisch, Xinhua Yu, Philip Gierer, Saleh M Ibrahim, and Brigitte Vollmar: Genetic control of leukocyte-endothelial cell interaction in collagen-induced arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100636 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Huib de Jong, Suzanne E Berlo, Pleun Hombrink, Henny G Otten, Willem van Eden, Floris P Lafeber, Anton H M Heurkens, Johannes W J Bijlsma, Tibor T Glant, and Berent Prakken: Cartilage proteoglycan aggrecan epitopes induce proinflammatory autoreactive T cell responses in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 12 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103978 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 February 2009

Valerie Gossye, Dirk Elewaut, Katrien Van Beneden, Pieter Dewint, Guy Haegeman, and Karolien De Bosscher: A plant-derived glucocorticoid receptor modulator attenuates inflammation without provoking ligand-induced resistance
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102871 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

A P Anandarajah, P Ory, D Salonen, C Feng, R L Wong, and C T Ritchlin: Effect of adalimumab on joint disease features of patients with psoriatic arthritis detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100149 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 February 2009

Sharon Veenbergen, Ruben L Smeets, Miranda B Bennink, Onno J Arntz, Leo AB Joosten, Wim B van den Berg, and Fons AJ van de Loo: The natural soluble form of IL-18 receptor ${beta}$ exacerbates collagen-induced arthritis via modulation of T cell immune responses
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100867 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Karin Polzer, Leo Joosten, Jürg Gasser, Jörg H Distler, Gisela Ruiz, Wolfgang Baum, Kurt Redlich, Klaus Bobacz, Josef S Smolen, Wim van den Berg, Georg Schett, and Jochen Zwerina: IL-1 is essential for systemic inflammatory bone loss
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104786 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Annett M Jacobi, Henrik Mei, Bimba F Hoyer, Imtiaz M Mumtaz, Kathi Thiele, Andreas H Radbruch, Gerd R Burmester, Falk Hiepe, and Thomas Dörner: HLA-DRhigh/CD27high plasmablasts indicate active disease in patients with SLE
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096495 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Lode Melis, Bernard Vandooren, Elli Kruithof, Peggy Jacques, Martine De Vos, Herman Mielants, Gust Verbruggen, Filip De Keyser, and Dirk Elewaut: Systemic levels of IL-23 are strongly associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis but not spondyloarthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2009.107649 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

4 February 2009

Stephan Reichenbach, Mei Yang, Felix Eckstein, Jingbo Niu, David J Hunter, Christine E McLennan, Ali Guermazi, Frank W Roemer, Martin Hudelmaier, Piran Aliabadi, and David T Felson: Do cartilage volume or thickness distinguish knees with and without mild radiographic osteoarthritis? The Framingham Study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 4 February 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099200 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

30 January 2009

Julia Martin, Ceara Walsh, Adrian Gibbs, Timothy McDonnell, Ursula Fearon, Joseph Keane, Mary B Codd, Jonathon D Dodd, Douglas Veale, Oliver FitzGerald, and Barry Bresnihan: Comparison of interferon- ${gamma}$ -release assays and conventional screening tests before tumour necrosis factor- ${alpha}$ blockade in patients with inflammatory arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 30 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101857 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

28 January 2009

Daisuke Sugiyama, Kunihiro Nishimura, Kenichiro Tamaki, Goh Tsuji, Takashi Nakazawa, Akio Morinobu, and Shunichi Kumagai: Impact of smoking as a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis: A meta-analysis of observational studies
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 28 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096487 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

21 January 2009

Monica Ahlmén, Björn Svensson, Kristina Albertsson, Kristina Forslind, and Ingiäld Hafström: Influence of gender on assessments of disease activity and function in early rheumatoid arthritis in relation to radiographic joint damage
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102244 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Y Molad, M Amit-Vazina, O Bloch, E Yona, and M J Rapoport: Increased ERK and JNK activities correlate with disease activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102780 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

V Le Guern, C Belin, C Henegar, C Moroni, D Maillet, C Lacau, JL Dumas, N Caillat-Vigneron, and L Guillevin: Cognitive function and ^99mTc–ECD brain SPECT are significantly correlated in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a case–control study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.090811 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

András Komócsi, Tünde Pintér, Réka Faludi, Balázs Magyari, János Bozó, Gábor Kumánovics, Tünde Minier, Judit Radics, and László Czirják: Overlap of coronary disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 21 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096255 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

20 January 2009

Mark C Genovese, Ferdinand C Breedveld, Paul Emery, Stanley Cohen, Edward Keystone, Eric L Matteson, Yvette Baptiste, Akiko Chai, Laura Burke, William Reiss, Marianne Sweetser, and Tim M Shaw: Safety of biologic therapies following rituximab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101675 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yvonne P M Goekoop-Ruiterman, Jeska K de Vries-Bouwstra, Pit J S M Kerstens, Markus M J Nielen, Koen Vos, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Irene Speyer, Patrick E H Seys, Ferdinand C Breedveld, Cornelia F Allaart, and Ben A C Dijkmans: DAS-driven therapy versus routine care in patients with recent-onset active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097683 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Frédéric A Houssiau, Carlos Vasconcelos, David D'Cruz, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Enrique de Ramon Garrido, Maria Giovanna Danieli, Daniel Abramovicz, Daniel Blockmans, Alberto Cauli, Haner Direskeneli, Mauro Galeazzi, Ahmet Gül, Yair Levy, Peter Petera, Rajko Popovic, Radmila Petrovic, Renato A Sinico, Roberto Cattaneo, Josep Font, Geneviève Depresseux, Jean-Pierre Cosyns, and Ricard Cervera: The 10-year follow-up data of the Euro-Lupus Nephritis Trial comparing low-dose versus high-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 20 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102533 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

19 January 2009

Yong Hou, Bradley J Rabquer, Michele L Gerber, Francesco Del Galdo, Sergio A Jimenez, G Kenneth Haines III, Walter G Barr, Mary C Massa, James R Seibold, and Alisa E Koch: Junctional adhesion molecule-A is abnormally expressed in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis skin and mediates myeloid cell adhesion
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 19 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102624 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Valerie Nell-Duxneuner, Klaus Machold, Tanja Stamm, Gabriele Eberl, Harald Heinzl, Elisabeth Hoefler, Josef S Smolen, and Guenter Steiner: Autoantibody profiling in patients with very early rheumatoid arthritis - a follow-up study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 19 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100677 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

16 January 2009

Elizabeth W Karlson, Shun-Chiao Chang, Jing Cui, Lori B Chibnik, Patricia A. Fraser, Immaculata DeVivo, and Karen H Costenbader: Gene-environment interaction between HLA-DRB1 shared epitope and heavy cigarette smoking in predicting incident RA
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 16 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102962 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

15 January 2009

G R Burmester, P J Mease, B AC Dijkmans, K Gordon, D Lovell, R Panaccione, J Perez, and A L Pangan: Adalimumab safety and mortality rates from global clinical trials of six immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102103 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen, Ida K. Haugen, and Tore K Kvien: Joint involvement in women with hand osteoarthritis and associations between joint counts and patient-reported outcome measures
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.096792 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

R BM Landewé, KP Günther, C Lukas, J Braun, B Combe, P G Conaghan, K Dreinhöfer, D Fritschy, J Getty, H JL van der Heide, T K Kvien, K Machold, C Mihai, M Mosconi, R Nelissen, E Pascual, K Pavelka, M Pileckyte, W Puhl, L Punzi, W Rüther, M San-Julian, C Tudisco, R Westhovens, E Witso, and D M.F.M. van der Heijde: EULAR/EFORT Recommendations for the diagnosis and initial management of patients with acute or recent onset swelling of the knee
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.104406 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Laura C Coates, Jaap Fransen, and Philip S Helliwell: Defining minimal disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: a proposed objective target for treatment
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102053 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Jeffrey R Curtis, Timothy Beukelman, Alina Onofrei, Sarah Cassell, Jeffrey Greenberg, Arthur Kavanaugh, George Reed, Vibeke Strand, and Joel M Kremer: Elevated liver enzyme tests among rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients treated with methotrexate and/or leflunomide
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101378 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Arno W R van Kuijk, Carla A Wijbrandts, Marjolein Vinkenoog, Timothy S Zheng, Kris A Reedquist, and Paul P Tak: TWEAK and its receptor Fn14 in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared to psoriatic arthritis and its response to TNF blockade
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.090548 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Michael C Nevitt, Yuqing Zhang, M Kassim Javaid, Tuhina Neogi, Jeffrey R Curtis, Jingbo Niu, Charles E McCulloch, Neil Segal, and David T Felson: High systemic bone mineral density increases the risk of incident knee OA and joint space narrowing, but not radiographic progression of existing knee OA: The MOST study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 15 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099531 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

6 January 2009

Anja Strangfeld, Franka Hierse, Jörn Kekow, Ulrich von Hinueber, Hans-Peter Tony, Rainer Dockhorn, Joachim Listing, and Angela Zink: Comparative effectiveness of TNFalpha inhibitors in combination with either methotrexate or leflunomide
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 6 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.098467 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nicole Pischon, Tobias Pischon, Ensar Gülmez, Jörn Kröger, Peter Purucker, Bernd-Michael Kleber, Helga Landau, Paul-Georg Jost-Brinkmann, Peter Schlattmann, Jan Zernicke, Gerd Burmester, Jean-Pierre Bernimoulin, Frank Buttgereit, and Jacqueline Detert: Periodontal disease in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 6 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097212 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Meenakshi Jolly, A Simon Pickard, Caitlyn Wilke, Rachel A Mikolaitis, Lee Suan Teh, Kathleen Mcelhone, Louis Fogg, and Joel A Block: Lupus specific health outcome measure for US patients: The LupusQoL- US Version©
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 6 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.094763 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 January 2009

Rene Westhovens, Manuel Robles, Antonio Carlos Ximenes, Savithree Nayiager, Jurgen Wollenhaupt, Patrick Durez, Juan Gomez-Reino, Walter Grassi, Boulous Haraoui, William Shergy, Sung-Hwan Park, Harry Genant, Charles Peterfy, Jean-Claude Becker, Allison Covucci, Roy Helfrick, and Joan Bathon: Clinical efficacy and safety of abatacept in methotrexate-naïve patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and poor prognostic factors
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101121 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Elena Gonzalez-Rey, Manuel A Gonzalez, Nieves Varela, Francisco O'Valle, Pedro Hernandez-Cortes, Laura Rico, Dirk Büscher, and Mario Delgado: Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells reduce inflammatory and T-cell responses and induce regulatory T cells in vitro in rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 January 2009. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101881 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

23 December 2008

Liselotte Bäckdahl, Jian Ping Guo, Maja Jagodic, Kristina Becanovic, Bo Ding, Tomas Olsson, and Johnny C. Lorentzen: Definition of arthritis candidate risk genes by combining rat linkage-mapping results with human case control association data
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 23 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.090803 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

22 December 2008

Chris J Brew, Peter D Clegg, Ray P Boot-handford, Glynne Andrews, and Tim Hardingham: Gene expression in human chondrocytes in late OA is changed in both fibrillated and intact cartilage without evidence of generalised chondrocyte hypertrophy
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097139 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Marie-Pierre Hellio Le Graverand, Robert J Buck, Bradley T Wyman, Eric Vignon, Steven A Mazzuca, Kenneth D Brandt, Muriel Piperno, H Cecil Charles, Martin Hudelmaier, David J Hunter, Christopher Jackson, Virginia Byers Kraus, Thomas M Link, Sharmila Majumdar, Pottumarthi V Prasad, Thomas J Schnitzer, Austin Vaz, Wolfgang Wirth, and Felix Eckstein: Change in regional cartilage morphology and joint space width in osteoarthritis participants versus healthy controls – a multicenter study using 3.0 Tesla MRI and Lyon Schuss radiography
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099762 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nigil Haroon, Florence W L Tsui, Finbar D O'Shea, Basil Chiu, Hing Wo Tsui, Hongwei Zhang, Wayne K Marshall, and Robert D Inman: From gene expression to serum proteins: biomarker discovery in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102277 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Vanessa P Smith, Jens T Van Praet, Bernard R M Vandooren, Bert Vander Cruyssen, Jean-Marie Naeyaert, Saskia Decuman, Dirk Elewaut, and Filip de Keyser: Rituximab in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: an open-label clinical and histopathological study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095463 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

H G Raterman, I C van Eijk, A E Voskuyl, M J L Peters, B A C Dijkmans, V P van Halm, S Simsek, W F lems, and M T Nurmohamed: The metabolic syndrome is amplified in hypothyroid rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross sectional study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 22 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100776 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

18 December 2008

Hilde Berner Hammer, Sigrid $Ø$ degård, Silje W Syversen, Robert Landewé, Désirée van der Heijde, Till Uhlig, Petter Mowinckel, and Tore K Kvien: Calprotectin (a major S100 leukocyte protein) predicts 10-year radiographic progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 18 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.103739 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

9 December 2008

J N Hoes, J WG Jacobs, S MM Verstappen, J WJ Bijlsma, and G JMG van der Heijden: Adverse events of low-to-medium-dose oral glucocorticoids in inflammatory diseases: A meta-analysis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100008 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

S Raghavan, D Cao, M Widhe, K Roth, J Herrath, M Engström, G Roncador, A H Banham, C Trollmo, A I Catrina, and V Malmström: FOXP3 expression in blood, synovial fluid and synovial tissue during inflammatory arthritis and intra-articular corticosteroid treatment
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100768 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Debby Vosse, Robert Landewé, Desirée van der Heijde, Sjef van der Linden, Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa, and Piet Geusens: Ankylosing spondylitis and the risk of fracture: results from a large primary care-based nested case control study
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 9 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100503 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

5 December 2008

Désirée van der Heijde, Elisabeth Lie, Tore K Kvien, Joachim Sieper, Filip Van den Bosch, Joachim Listing, Jürgen Braun, and Robert Landewé: The ASDAS is a highly discriminatory ASAS-endorsed disease activity score in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 5 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100826 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

3 December 2008

Cécile Gaujoux-Viala, Maxime Dougados, and Laure Gossec: Efficacy and safety of steroid injections for shoulder and elbow tendonitis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.099572 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yasushi Kawaguchi, Yuko Ota, Manabu Kawamoto, Ikue Ito, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Tomoko Sugiura, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Makoto Soejima, Shinichi Sato, Minoru Hasegawa, Manabu Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Takehara, Masataka Kuwana, Hisashi Yamanaka, and Masako Hara: Association study of a polymorphism of the CTGF gene and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis in the Japanese population
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.100586 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Yannick Allanore, Karim Wahbi, Didier Borderie, Simon Weber, André Kahan, and Christophe Meune: N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide in systemic sclerosis: a new cornerstone of cardiovascular assessment?
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.098087 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Chetan Mukhtyar, Robert Lee, Denise Brown, David Carruthers, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Shirish Dubey, Oliver Flossmann, Catherine Hall, Jane Hollywood, David Jayne, Rachel Jones, Peter Lanyon, Alice Muir, David Scott, Laurel Young, and Raashid Luqmani: Modification and validation of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (Version 3)
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.101279 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Ana M Valdes, Tim D Spector, Sally Doherty, Margaret Wheeler, Deborah J Hart, and Michael Doherty: Association of the DVWA and GDF5 polymorphisms with osteoarthritis in UK populations
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102236 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

T A Simon, A L Smitten, J Franklin, J Askling, D Lacaille, F Wolfe, M C Hochberg, K Qi, and S Suissa: Malignancies in the rheumatoid arthritis abatacept clinical development program: An epidemiological assessment
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.097527 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Nicole Pischon, Eric Roehner, Andreas Hocke, Philippe N'Guessan, Holger Christian Mueller, Georg Matziolis, Verena Kanitz, Peter Purucker, Bernd-Michael Kleber, Jean-Pierre Bernimoulin, Gerd Burmester, Frank Buttgereit, and Jacqueline Detert: Effects of porphyromonas gingivalis on cell cycle progression and apoptosis of primary human chondrocytes
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.102392 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Carina A Thorstensson, Maria L.E. Andersson, Hanna Jönsson, Tore Saxne, and Ingemar F Petersson: The natural course of knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged individuals with knee pain - A 12 year follow-up using clinical and radiographic criteria
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095158 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

Anne-Lise Hachulla, David Launay, Virginia Gaxotte, Pascal de Groote, Nicolas Lamblin, Patrick Devos, Pierre-Yves Hatron, Jean-Paul Beregi, and Eric Hachulla: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional observational study of 52 patients
Ann Rheum Dis Published Online First: 3 December 2008. doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095836 [Abstract] [Accepted Manuscript]

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