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Extended reports

• Abnormal regional cerebral blood flow on ^99mTc ECD brain SPECT in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and normal findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging

  (1 September, 2002)

  C P Chang, Y C Shiau, J J Wang, S T Ho, A Kao
• T cell reactivity against the SmD1_83–119 C terminal peptide in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

  (1 September, 2002)

  G Riemekasten, C Weiss, S Schneider, A Thiel, A Bruns, F Schumann, S Bläss, G-R Burmester, F Hiepe
• Fcγ receptor IIa, IIIa, and IIIb polymorphisms in German patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: association with clinical symptoms (1 September, 2002)

  K Manger, R Repp, M Jansen, M Geisselbrecht, R Wassmuth, N A C Westerdaal, A Pfahlberg, B Manger, J R Kalden, J G J van de Winkel
• Etanercept, infliximab, and leflunomide in established rheumatoid arthritis: clinical experience using a structured follow up programme in southern Sweden (1 September, 2002)

  P Geborek, M Crnkic, I F Petersson, T Saxne
• Reliability of self assessed joint counts in ankylosing spondylitis (1 September, 2002)

  A Spoorenberg, D van der Heijde, M Dougados, K de Vlam, H Mielants, H van de Tempel, S van der Linden
• Soluble adhesion molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with distinct variants of rheumatoid synovitis (1 September, 2002)

  P A Klimiuk, S Sierakowski, R Latosiewicz, J P Cylwik, B Cylwik, J Skowronski, J Chwiecko
• Lifelong voluntary joint loading increases osteoarthritis in mice housing a deletion mutation in type II procollagen gene, and slightly also in non-transgenic mice (1 September, 2002)

  T Lapveteläinen, M M Hyttinen, A-M Säämänen, T Långsjö, J Sahlman, S Felszeghy, E Vuorio, H J Helminen