Table of contents

Extended report

• Treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis with leflunomide: two year follow up of a double blind, placebo controlled trial versus sulfasalazine (1 October, 2001) Free

  D L Scott, J S Smolen, J R Kalden, L B A van de Putte, A Larsen, T K Kvien, M Schattenkirchner, P Nash, C Oed, I Loew-Friedrich
• Predictors of radiographic joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (1 October, 2001) Free

  L M A Jansen, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, D van Schaardenburg, P D Bezemer, B A C Dijkmans
• Values for function in rheumatoid arthritis: patients, professionals, and public (1 October, 2001) Free

  S Hewlett, A P Smith, J R Kirwan
• Comorbidity and lifestyle, reproductive factors, and environmental exposures associated with rheumatoid arthritis (1 October, 2001) Free

  Å Reckner Olsson, T Skogh, G Wingren
• Incidence and prevalence of juvenile arthritis in an urban population of southern Germany: a prospective study (1 October, 2001) Free

  St von Koskull, H Truckenbrodt, R Holle, A Hörmann
• Vitamin E is ineffective for symptomatic relief of knee osteoarthritis: a six month double blind, randomised, placebo controlled study (1 October, 2001) Free

  C Brand, J Snaddon, M Bailey, F Cicuttini
• Reduced expression of CD44 on monocytes and neutrophils in systemic lupus erythematosus: relations with apoptotic neutrophils and disease activity (1 October, 2001) Free

  A P Cairns, A D Crockard, J R McConnell, P A Courtney, A L Bell
• Benchmarking: the five year outcome of rheumatoid arthritis assessed using a pain score, the Health Assessment Questionnaire, and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) in a community and a clinic based sample (1 October, 2001) Free

  N J Wiles, D G I Scott, E M Barrett, P Merry, E Arie, K Gaffney, A J Silman, D P M Symmons
• Dissolution of calcium pyrophosphate crystals by polyphosphates: an in vitro and ex vivo study (1 October, 2001) Free

  R Cini, D Chindamo, M Catenaccio, S Lorenzini, E Selvi, F Nerucci, M P Picchi, G Berti, R Marcolongo
• Shape of the intercondylar notch of the human femur: a comparison of osteoarthritic and non-osteoarthritic bones from a skeletal sample (1 October, 2001) Free

  L Shepstone, J Rogers, J R Kirwan, B W Silverman