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Extended reports

• Long term anti-tumour necrosis factor α monotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis: effect on radiological course and prognostic value of markers of cartilage turnover and endothelial activation (1 April, 2002)

  A A den Broeder, L A B Joosten, T Saxne, D Heinegård, H Fenner, A M M Miltenburg, W L H Frasa, L J van Tits, W A Buurman, P L C M van Riel, L B A van de Putte, P Barrera
• Characterisation of size and direction of osteophyte in knee osteoarthritis: a radiographic study (1 April, 2002)

  Y Nagaosa, P Lanyon, M Doherty
• Bone quality and bone mass as assessed by quantitative ultrasound and dual energy x ray absorptiometry in women with rheumatoid arthritis: relationship with quadriceps strength

  (1 April, 2002)

  O R Madsen, O H Sørensen, C Egsmose
• Development of a radiographic index to assess the tarsal involvement in patients with spondyloarthropathies (1 April, 2002)

  C Pacheco-Tena, J D Londoño, J Cazarín-Barrientos, A Martínez, J Vázquez-Mellado, J F Moctezuma, M A González, C Pineda, M H Cardiel, R Burgos-Vargas
• Which patients stop working because of rheumatoid arthritis? Results of five years' follow up in 732 patients from the Early RA Study (ERAS) (1 April, 2002)

  A Young, J Dixey, E Kulinskaya, N Cox, P Davies, J Devlin, P Emery, A Gough, D James, P Prouse, P Williams, J Winfield
• Review of the function of a telephone helpline in the treatment of outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis (1 April, 2002)

  R A Hughes, M E Carr, A Huggett, C E A Thwaites
• Influence of prior pregnancies on disease course and cause of death in systemic sclerosis (1 April, 2002)

  C M Artlett, M Rasheed, K E Russo-Stieglitz, H H B Sawaya, S A Jimenez