Table of contents

Extended reports

• p53 Expression in rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis synovial tissue and association with joint damage (12 January, 2005)

  G Salvador, R Sanmarti, A Garcia-Peiró, J R Rodríguez-Cros, J Muñoz-Gómez, J D Cañete
• Dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis: a marker for disease severity? (22 July, 2004)

  J E Brockbank, M Stein, C T Schentag, D D Gladman
• Seven year changes in health status and priorities for improvement of health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (12 January, 2005)

  T Heiberg, A Finset, T Uhlig, T K Kvien
• Prognostic laboratory markers of joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis (30 September, 2004)

  E Lindqvist, K Eberhardt, K Bendtzen, D Heinegård, T Saxne
• Low levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate in plasma, and reduced sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycaemia in premenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis (12 January, 2005)

  R Imrich, J Rovensky, F Malis, M Zlnay, Z Killinger, R Kvetnansky, M Huckova, M Vigas, L Macho, J Koska
• Long term safety of methotrexate in routine clinical care: discontinuation is unusual and rarely the result of laboratory abnormalities (18 June, 2004)

  Y Yazici, T Sokka, H Kautiainen, C Swearingen, I Kulman, T Pincus
• Circadian melatonin and cortisol levels in rheumatoid arthritis patients in winter time: a north and south Europe comparison (12 January, 2005)

  M Cutolo, G J M Maestroni, K Otsa, O Aakre, B Villaggio, S Capellino, P Montagna, L Fazzuoli, T Veldi, T Peets, E Hertens, A Sulli
• Increased Bcl-2/p53 ratio in human osteoarthritic cartilage: a possible role in regulation of chondrocyte metabolism (12 January, 2005)

  F Iannone, C De Bari, C Scioscia, V Patella, G Lapadula
• Thermal stability and structure of cancellous bone mineral from the femoral head of patients with osteoarthritis or osteoporosis (12 January, 2005)

  L D Mkukuma, C T Imrie, J M S Skakle, D W L Hukins, R M Aspden
• Idiopathic osteoarthritis and contracture: causal implications (12 January, 2005)

  P Jones, C J Alexander, J Stewart, N Lynskey
• Two year maintenance of efficacy and safety of infliximab in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (23 September, 2004)

  J Braun, J Brandt, J Listing, A Zink, R Alten, G Burmester, E Gromnica-Ihle, H Kellner, M Schneider, H Sörensen, H Zeidler, J Sieper
• No evidence for involvement of the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) A896G and CD14-C260T polymorphisms in susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis

  (12 January, 2005)

  M van der Paardt, J B A Crusius, M H M T de Koning, S A Morré, R J van de Stadt, B A C Dijkmans, A S Peña, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma
• First clinical evaluation of sagittal laser optical tomography for detection of synovitis in arthritic finger joints (5 August, 2004)

  A K Scheel, M Backhaus, A D Klose, B Moa-Anderson, U J Netz, K-G A Hermann, J Beuthan, G A Müller, G R Burmester, A H Hielscher
• Results from a nationwide postmarketing cohort study of patients in Sweden treated with etanercept (18 June, 2004)

  N Feltelius, C M Fored, P Blomqvist, L Bertilsson, P Geborek, L T Jacobsson, S Lindblad, J Lysholm, S Rantapää-Dahlqvist, T Saxne, L Klareskog
• Impaired elastic properties of ascending aorta in patients with giant cell arteritis (1 July, 2004)

  P N Margos, I E Moyssakis, A G Tzioufas, E Zintzaras, H M Moutsopoulos
• Relative responsiveness of condition specific and generic health status measures in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (12 January, 2005)

  C Moretti, S Viola, A Pistorio, S Magni-Manzoni, N Ruperto, A Martini, A Ravelli
• Tumour necrosis factor α blocking agents in refractory adult Still’s disease: an observational study of 20 cases (7 June, 2004)

  B Fautrel, J Sibilia, X Mariette, B Combe
• Gout epidemiology: results from the UK General Practice Research Database, 1990–1999 (12 January, 2005)

  T R Mikuls, J T Farrar, W B Bilker, S Fernandes, H R Schumacher, K G Saag
• The HELLP syndrome in the antiphospholipid syndrome: retrospective study of 16 cases in 15 women (12 January, 2005)

  D Le Thi Thuong, N Tieulié, N Costedoat, M-R Andreu, B Wechsler, D Vauthier-Brouzes, O Aumaître, J-C Piette
• Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis in children (12 January, 2005)

  H J Girschick, P Raab, S Surbaum, A Trusen, S Kirschner, P Schneider, T Papadopoulos, H K Müller-Hermelink, P E Lipsky
• The often overlooked digital tuft: clues to diagnosis and pathophysiology of neuropathic disease and spondyloarthropathy (12 January, 2005)

  B M Rothschild, S Behnam
• In vivo cartilage deformation after different types of activity and its dependence on physical training status (12 January, 2005)

  F Eckstein, B Lemberger, C Gratzke, M Hudelmaier, C Glaser, K-H Englmeier, M Reiser