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Extended reports

• A longitudinal study on an autoimmune murine model of ankylosing spondylitis (7 January, 2005)

  T Bárdos, Z Szabó, M Czipri, C Vermes, M Tunyogi-Csapó, R M Urban, K Mikecz, T T Glant
• Association between radiographic damage of the spine and spinal mobility for individual patients with ankylosing spondylitis: can assessment of spinal mobility be a proxy for radiographic evaluation? (15 June, 2005)

  A Wanders, R Landewé, M Dougados, H Mielants, Sj van der Linden, D van der Heijde
• Cost effectiveness of adalimumab in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis in Sweden (18 November, 2004)

  N J Bansback, A Brennan, O Ghatnekar
• Infliximab treatment reduces complement activation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (15 June, 2005)

  A Familian, A E Voskuyl, G J van Mierlo, H A Heijst, J W R Twisk, B A C Dijkmans, C E Hack
• Severe disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis carrying a mutation in the Mediterranean fever gene (15 June, 2005)

  E Rabinovich, A Livneh, P Langevitz, N Brezniak, E Shinar, M Pras, Y Shinar
• IgG immunoadsorption reduces systemic lupus erythematosus activity and proteinuria: a long term observational study (7 January, 2005)

  G H Stummvoll, M Aringer, J S Smolen, S Schmaldienst, E Jiménez-Boj, W H Hörl, W B Graninger, K Derfler
• Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy may predict future brain lesions in SLE patients: a functional multi-imaging approach and follow up (7 January, 2005)

  G Castellino, M Govoni, M Padovan, P Colamussi, M Borrelli, F Trotta
• Predictive factors of total hip replacement due to primary osteoarthritis: a prospective 2 year study of 505 patients (7 January, 2005)

  L Gossec, F Tubach, G Baron, P Ravaud, I Logeart, M Dougados
• Tibial plateau size is related to grade of joint space narrowing and osteophytes in healthy women and in women with osteoarthritis (15 December, 2004)

  A E Wluka, Y Wang, S R Davis, F M Cicuttini
• Factors influencing longitudinal change in knee cartilage volume measured from magnetic resonance imaging in healthy men (7 January, 2005)

  F Hanna, P R Ebeling, Y Wang, R O’Sullivan, S Davis, A E Wluka, F M Cicuttini
• Interobserver reliability of rheumatologists performing musculoskeletal ultrasonography: results from a EULAR “Train the trainers” course (7 January, 2005)

  A K Scheel, W A Schmidt, K-G A Hermann, G A Bruyn, M A D’Agostino, W Grassi, A Iagnocco, J M Koski, K P Machold, E Naredo, H Sattler, N Swen, M Szkudlarek, R J Wakefield, H R Ziswiler, D Pasewaldt, C Werner, M Backhaus
• Correlation of serum B lymphocyte stimulator and β₂ microglobulin with autoantibody secretion and systemic involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome

  (7 January, 2005)

  J-E Gottenberg, M Busson, J Cohen-Solal, F Lavie, K Abbed, R P Kimberly, J Sibilia, X Mariette
• Two pragmatic trials of treatment for shoulder disorders in primary care: generalisability, course, and prognostic indicators (7 January, 2005)

  E Thomas, D A W M van der Windt, E M Hay, N Smidt, K Dziedzic, L M Bouter, P R Croft