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Extended reports

• Osteoarthritis of the hip: agreement between joint space width measurements on standing and supine conventional radiographs (1 September, 1998) Free

  Guy-Robert Auleley, Benoît Rousselin, Xavier Ayral, Rachel Edouard-Noel, Maxime Dougados, Philippe Ravaud
• Evidence for genetic anticipation in nodal osteoarthritis (1 September, 1998) Free

  Gary D Wright, Marian Regan, Chris M Deighton, Gillian Wallis, Michael Doherty
• Serum concentrations of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and bone sialoprotein in hip osteoarthritis: A one year prospective study (1 September, 1998) Free

  Thierry Conrozier, Tore Saxne, Charles Shan Sei Fan, Pierre Mathieu, Anne-Marie Tron, Dick Heinegård, Eric Vignon
• Only high disease activity and positive rheumatoid factor indicate poor prognosis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated with “sawtooth” strategy (1 September, 1998) Free

  T Möttönen, L Paimela, M Leirisalo-Repo, H Kautiainen, J Ilonen, P Hannonen
• Deforming arthropathy or lupus and rhupus hands in systemic lupus erythematosus (1 September, 1998) Free

  R M van Vugt, R H W M Derksen, L Kater, J W J Bijlsma
• Efficacy of allopurinol and benzbromarone for the control of hyperuricaemia. A pathogenic approach to the treatment of primary chronic gout (1 September, 1998) Free

  F Perez-Ruiz, A Alonso-Ruiz, M Calabozo, A Herrero-Beites, G García-Erauskin, E Ruiz-Lucea
• Increased expression of human type IIa secretory phospholipase A₂ antigen in arthritic synovium

  (1 September, 1998) Free

  Omar S Jamal, Philip G Conaghan, Anne M Cunningham, Peter M Brooks, Vincent F Munro, Kieran F Scott
• Loss of laminin and of the laminin receptor integrin subunit α6 in situ correlates with cytokine induced down regulation of α6 on fibroblast-like synoviocytes from rheumatoid arthritis (1 September, 1998) Free

  N Rinaldi, T F E Barth, D Weis, M Schwarz-Eywill, A Pezzutto, M Lukoschek, D Brocai, B Brado