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Research Article

• Understanding inorganic pyrophosphate metabolism: toward prevention of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition. (1 December, 1995)

  L M Ryan, D J McCarty
• Prostaglandin endoperoxide synthetase isoenzymes: the clinical relevance of selective inhibition. (1 December, 1995)

  J C Frölich
• Early rheumatoid arthritis: time to aim for remission? (1 December, 1995)

  P Emery, M Salmon
• Specific drugs for a complex disease: can there be a magic bullet against rheumatoid arthritis? (1 December, 1995)

  H R Barthel, G R Burmester
• 'Arthritis' in Byzantium (AD 324-1453): unknown information from non-medical literary sources. (1 December, 1995)

  J Lascaratos
• Shoulder disorders in general practice: incidence, patient characteristics, and management. (1 December, 1995)

  D A van der Windt, B W Koes, B A de Jong, L M Bouter
• Hip osteoarthritis and dysplasia in Chinese men. (1 December, 1995)

  E M Lau, F Lin, D Lam, A Silman, P Croft
• Determination of interstitial collagenase (MMP-1) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (1 December, 1995)

  S Maeda, T Sawai, M Uzuki, Y Takahashi, H Omoto, M Seki, M Sakurai
• IL-1 has no direct role in the IGF-1 non-responsive state during experimentally induced arthritis in mouse knee joints. (1 December, 1995)

  P J Verschure, L A Joosten, F A Van de Loo, W B Van den Berg
• HLA class II genes associated with anticentromere antibody in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). (1 December, 1995)

  M Kuwana, Y Okano, J Kaburaki, H Inoko
• Predominance of HLA-DRB1*0405 in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (1 December, 1995)

  H Y Kim, T G Kim, S H Park, S H Lee, C S Cho, H Han
• Factors associated with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in Wegener's granulomatosis. (1 December, 1995)

  B Godeau, J L Mainardi, F Roudot-Thoraval, E Hachulla, L Guillevin, L T Huong Du, B Jarrousse, P Remy, A Schaeffer, J C Piette
• Immunohistochemical demonstration of fibronectin in the most superficial layer of normal rabbit articular cartilage. (1 December, 1995)

  K Nishida, H Inoue, T Murakami