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Extended report

• Radiographic assessment of hip osteoarthritis progression: impact of reading procedures for longitudinal studies (1 June, 2000)

  Guy-Robert Auleley, Bruno Giraudeau, Maxime Dougados, Philippe Ravaud
• Effects of a loading dose regimen of three infusions of chimeric monoclonal antibody to tumour necrosis factor α (infliximab) in spondyloarthropathy: an open pilot study (1 June, 2000)

  Filip Van den Bosch, Elli Kruithof, Dominique Baeten, Filip De Keyser, Herman Mielants, Eric M Veys
• Improved medical and surgical management of cervical spine disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis over 10 years (1 June, 2000)

  Jennifer D Hamilton, Margaret-Mary Gordon, Iain B McInnes, Robin A Johnston, Rajan Madhok, Hilary A Capell
• Interindividual and intra-articular variation of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: potential implications for treatment (1 June, 2000)

  Ann-Kristin Ulfgren, Lollo Gröndal, Staffan Lindblad, Mohsen Khademi, Olof Johnell, Lars Klareskog, Ulf Andersson
• Expression of thrombospondin-1 and its receptor CD36 in human osteoarthritic cartilage (1 June, 2000)

  David Pfander, Thorsten Cramer, Dieter Deuerling, Gerd Weseloh, Bernd Swoboda
• Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis (1 June, 2000)

  Yasuo Yoshihara, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Ken'ichi Obata, Harumoto Yamada, Taro Hayakawa, Kyosuke Fujikawa, Yasunori Okada
• Risk factors for avascular necrosis of bone in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Is there a role for antiphospholipid antibodies? (1 June, 2000)

  M Y Mok, V T Farewell, D A Isenberg
• Aggressive treatment in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised controlled trial (1 June, 2000)

  C H M van Jaarsveld, J W G Jacobs, M J van der Veen, A A M Blaauw, A A Kruize, D M Hofman, H L M Brus, G A van Albada-Kuipers, A H M Heurkens, E J ter Borg, H C M Haanen, C van Booma-Frankfort, Y Schenk, J W J Bijlsma
• A prospective study of vasculitis patients collected in a five year period: evaluation of the Chapel Hill nomenclature (1 June, 2000)

  Søren Freiesleben Sørensen, Ole Slot, Niels Tvede, Jørgen Petersen