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Extended reports

• Acquired resistance of human T cells to sulfasalazine: stability of the resistant phenotype and sensitivity to non-related DMARDs (13 January, 2004)

  J van der Heijden, M C de Jong, B A C Dijkmans, W F Lems, R Oerlemans, I Kathmann, G L Scheffer, R J Scheper, Y G Assaraf, G Jansen
• Development of sulfasalazine resistance in human T cells induces expression of the multidrug resistance transporter ABCG2 (BCRP) and augmented production of TNFα (13 January, 2004)

  J van der Heijden, M C de Jong, B A C Dijkmans, W F Lems, R Oerlemans, I Kathmann, C G Schalkwijk, G L Scheffer, R J Scheper, G Jansen
• Infliximab treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, with dose titration based on the Disease Activity Score: dose adjustments are common but not always sufficient to assure sustained benefit (13 January, 2004)

  P Sidiropoulos, G Bertsias, H D Kritikos, H Kouroumali, K Voudouris, D T Boumpas
• Infliximab in active early rheumatoid arthritis (13 January, 2004)

  F C Breedveld, P Emery, E Keystone, K Patel, D E Furst, J R Kalden, E W St Clair, M Weisman, J Smolen, P E Lipsky, R N Maini
• Treatment of refractory psoriatic arthritis with infliximab: a 12 month observational study of 16 patients (13 January, 2004)

  M Feletar, J E Brockbank, C T Schentag, V Lapp, D D Gladman
• Development of the PsAQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to psoriatic arthritis (13 January, 2004)

  S P McKenna, L C Doward, D Whalley, A Tennant, P Emery, D J Veale
• Inhibition of leukotriene B₄-induced CD11B/CD18 (Mac-1) expression by BIIL 284, a new long acting LTB₄ receptor antagonist, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

  (13 January, 2004)

  R Alten, E Gromnica-Ihle, C Pohl, J Emmerich, J Steffgen, R Roscher, R Sigmund, B Schmolke, G Steinmann
• Self reported non-vertebral fractures in rheumatoid arthritis and population based controls: incidence and relationship with bone mineral density and clinical variables (13 January, 2004)

  R E Ørstavik, G Haugeberg, T Uhlig, P Mowinckel, J A Falch, J I Halse, T K Kvien
• Access to bone densitometry increases general practitioners’ prescribing for osteoporosis in steroid treated patients (13 January, 2004)

  A L Dolan, E Koshy, M Waker, C M Goble
• Decreased prevalence of atopy in paediatric patients with familial Mediterranean fever (13 January, 2004)

  C Sackesen, A Bakkaloglu, B E Sekerel, F Ozaltin, N Besbas, E Yilmaz, G Adalioglu, S Ozen
• Dual effects of 17β-oestradiol on interleukin 1β-induced proteoglycan degradation in chondrocytes (13 January, 2004)

  P Richette, M F Dumontier, M François, L Tsagris, C Korwin-Zmijowska, F Rannou, M T Corvol
• Severity and extent of osteoarthritis and low grade systemic inflammation as assessed by high sensitivity C reactive protein (13 January, 2004)

  T Stürmer, H Brenner, W Koenig, K-P Günther