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Extended reports

• Musculoskeletal pain in Europe: its impact and a comparison of population and medical perceptions of treatment in eight European countries (12 March, 2004) Free

  A D Woolf, H Zeidler, U Haglund, A J Carr, S Chaussade, D Cucinotta, D J Veale, E Martin-Mola
• Liposomal targeting of glucocorticoids to synovial lining cells strongly increases therapeutic benefit in collagen type II arthritis (12 March, 2004) Free

  J M Metselaar, W B van den Berg, A E M Holthuysen, M H M Wauben, G Storm, P L E M van Lent
• Joint erosion in rheumatoid arthritis: interactions between tumour necrosis factor α, interleukin 1, and receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) regulate osteoclasts (12 March, 2004) Free

  D O’ Gradaigh, D Ireland, S Bord, J E Compston
• Inpatient rehabilitation for hip or knee osteoarthritis: 2 year follow up study (12 March, 2004) Free

  M Weigl, F Angst, G Stucki, S Lehmann, A Aeschlimann
• Carboxymethylated chitin reduces MMP-1 expression in rabbit ACLT osteoarthritic cartilage (12 March, 2004) Free

  W Hongbin, D Jingyuan, C Linyun, D Yuming
• Expression and activity of citrullinating peptidylarginine deiminase enzymes in monocytes and macrophages (12 March, 2004) Free

  E R Vossenaar, T R D Radstake, A van der Heijden, M A M van Mansum, C Dieteren, D-J de Rooij, P Barrera, A J W Zendman, W J van Venrooij
• Should oligoarthritis be reclassified? Ultrasound reveals a high prevalence of subclinical disease (12 March, 2004) Free

  R J Wakefield, M J Green, H Marzo-Ortega, P G Conaghan, W W Gibbon, D McGonagle, S Proudman, P Emery
• Anti-dsDNA antibodies and disease classification in antinuclear antibody positive patients: the role of analytical diversity (12 March, 2004) Free

  K Haugbro, J C Nossent, T Winkler, Y Figenschau, O P Rekvig
• The economic burden associated with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and hypertension: a comparative study (12 March, 2004) Free

  A Maetzel, L C Li, J Pencharz, G Tomlinson, C Bombardier
• Reduced functional performance in the lower extremity predicted radiographic knee osteoarthritis five years later (12 March, 2004) Free

  C A Thorstensson, I F Petersson, L T H Jacobsson, T L Boegård, E M Roos
• Clinical comorbidity in patients with osteoarthritis: a case-control study of general practice consulters in England and Wales (12 March, 2004) Free

  U T Kadam, K Jordan, P R Croft
• Evaluation of anti-citrullinated filaggrin antibodies as hallmarks for the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases (12 March, 2004) Free

  S Dubucquoi, E Solau-Gervais, D Lefranc, L Marguerie, J Sibilia, J Goetz, V Dutoit, A-L Fauchais, E Hachulla, R-M Flipo, L Prin
• Increased levels of antibodies to cytokeratin 18 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ischaemic heart disease (12 March, 2004) Free

  D L Mattey, P T Dawes, N B Nixon, L Goh, M J Banks, G D Kitas
• Dose escalation of infliximab in clinical practice: improvements seen may be explained by a regression-like effect (27 February, 2004) Free

  R F van Vollenhoven, S Brannemark, L Klareskog
• Urinary tract infections and lupus erythematosus (12 March, 2004) Free

  C Hidalgo-Tenorio, J Jiménez-Alonso, J de Dios Luna, M Tallada, A Martínez-Brocal, J Mario Sabio
• Non-isotopic RNase cleavage assay for mutation detection in MEFV, the gene responsible for familial Mediterranean fever, in a cohort of Greek patients

  (12 March, 2004) Free

  K Ritis, S Giaglis, N Spathari, A Micheli, D Zonios, D Tzoanopoulos, C C Deltas, S Rafail, R Mean, V Papadopoulos, A G Tzioufas, H M Moutsopoulos, G Kartalis
• Tibial cartilage volume change in healthy postmenopausal women: a longitudinal study (12 March, 2004) Free

  A E Wluka, R Wolfe, S R Davis, S Stuckey, F M Cicuttini