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Extended report

• Demonstration of mast cell chemotactic activity in synovial fluid from rheumatoid patients (1 March, 2001)

  N Olsson, A-K Ulfgren, G Nilsson
• Diff Quik staining method for detection and identification of monosodium urate and calcium pyrophosphate crystals in synovial fluids (1 March, 2001)

  E Selvi, S Manganelli, M Catenaccio, R De Stefano, E Frati, S Cucini, R Marcolongo
• The national database of the German Collaborative Arthritis Centres: I. Structure, aims, and patients (1 March, 2001)

  A Zink, J Listing, C Klindworth, H Zeidler
• The national database of the German Collaborative Arthritis Centres: II. Treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (1 March, 2001)

  A Zink, J Listing, M Niewerth, H Zeidler
• Methotrexate and early postoperative complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery (1 March, 2001)

  D M Grennan, J Gray, J Loudon, S Fear
• Inappropriate medical management of spinal epidural abscess (1 March, 2001)

  P Harrington, P A Millner, D Veale
• Heavy cigarette smoking is strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particularly in patients without a family history of RA (1 March, 2001)

  D Hutchinson, L Shepstone, R Moots, J T Lear, M P Lynch
• Radiographic stage of osteoarthritis or sex of the patient does not predict one year outcome after total hip arthroplasty (1 March, 2001)

  A-K Nilsdotter, Y Aurell, A-K Siösteen, L S Lohmander, H P Roos
• Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging as marker of synovial membrane regeneration and recurrence of synovitis after arthroscopic knee joint synovectomy: a one year follow up study (1 March, 2001)

  M Østergaard, B Ejbjerg, M Stoltenberg, P Gideon, B Volck, K Skov, C Hjorth Jensen, I Lorenzen
• Soluble CD95 concentrations are increased in patients with severe systemic lupus erythematosus, but not in their first degree relatives (1 March, 2001)

  M W van der Linden, T van Lopik, L A Aarden, R G J Westendorp, T W J Huizinga
• Prolactin enhances the in vitro production of IgG in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus but not from healthy controls (1 March, 2001)

  A M Jacobi, W Rohde, H-D Volk, T Dörner, G-R Burmester, F Hiepe
• Lack of evidence for an increased microchimerism in the circulation of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (1 March, 2001)

  I Toda, M Kuwana, K Tsubota, Y Kawakami
• Insulin-like growth factor 1 blocks collagen release and down regulates matrix metalloproteinase-1, -3, -8, and -13 mRNA expression in bovine nasal cartilage stimulated with oncostatin M in combination with interleukin 1α (1 March, 2001)

  W Hui, A D Rowan, T Cawston
• Inactivation of one allele of the type II collagen gene alters the collagen network in murine articular cartilage and makes cartilage softer (1 March, 2001)

  M M Hyttinen, J Töyräs, T Lapveteläinen, J Lindblom, D J Prockop, S-W Li, M Arita, J S Jurvelin, H J Helminen
• Characterisation of Eubacterium cell wall: peptidoglycan structure determines arthritogenicity

  (1 March, 2001)

  X Zhang, M Rimpiläinen, E Šimelyte, P Toivanen