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Extended reports

• Anti-proteasome autoantibodies contribute to anti-nuclear antibody patterns on human larynx carcinoma cells (30 June, 2006)

  E Feist, M Brychcy, G Hausdorf, B Hoyer, K Egerer, T Dörner, U Kuckelkorn, G-R Burmester
• Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort LUMINA (XLI): factors predictive of self-reported work disability (30 June, 2006)

  A M Bertoli, M Fernández, G S Alarcón, L M Vilá, J D Reveille
• Cigarette smoking and the risk for cartilage loss and knee pain in men with knee osteoarthritis (7 December, 2006)

  S Amin, J Niu, A Guermazi, M Grigoryan, D J Hunter, M Clancy, M P LaValley, H K Genant, D T Felson
• Serum immunoglobulin free light chain assessment in rheumatoid arthritis and primary Sjögren’s syndrome (28 March, 2006)

  J-E Gottenberg, F Aucouturier, J Goetz, C Sordet, I Jahn, M Busson, J-M Cayuela, J Sibilia, X Mariette
• Metabolic syndrome is common among middle-to-older aged Mediterranean patients with rheumatoid arthritis and correlates with disease activity: a retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled, study (22 June, 2006)

  S A Karvounaris, P I Sidiropoulos, J A Papadakis, E K Spanakis, G K Bertsias, H D Kritikos, E S Ganotakis, D T Boumpas
• EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis: report of a task force of the European Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT) (5 January, 2006)

  B Combe, R Landewe, C Lukas, H D Bolosiu, F Breedveld, M Dougados, P Emery, G Ferraccioli, J M W Hazes, L Klareskog, K Machold, E Martin-Mola, H Nielsen, A Silman, J Smolen, H Yazici
• Sex: a major predictor of remission in early rheumatoid arthritis? (7 December, 2006)

  K Forslind, I Hafström, M Ahlmén, B Svensson
• Quantitative determination of steroid hormone receptor positive cells in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: is there a link to inflammation? (30 June, 2006)

  S Capellino, B Riepl, L Rauch, P Angele, M Cutolo, R H Straub
• Rheumatoid factor and antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides are associated with severe extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis (10 August, 2006)

  C Turesson, L T H Jacobsson, G Sturfelt, E L Matteson, L Mathsson, J Rönnelid
• Increased absence due to sickness among employees with fibromyalgia (22 June, 2006)

  M Kivimäki, P Leino-Arjas, L Kaila-Kangas, M Virtanen, M Elovainio, S Puttonen, L Keltikangas-Järvinen, J Pentti, J Vahtera
• Severe extra-articular disease manifestations are associated with an increased risk of first ever cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (28 July, 2006)

  C Turesson, R L McClelland, T J H Christianson, E L Matteson
• Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate signals heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (3 July, 2006)

  H Maradit-Kremers, P J Nicola, C S Crowson, K V Ballman, S J Jacobsen, V L Roger, S E Gabriel
• A clinical tool to determine the necessity of spine radiography in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis presenting with back pain (22 June, 2006)

  C Roux, G Priol, J Fechtenbaum, B Cortet, S Liu-Léage, M Audran
• Symptoms and radiographic osteoarthritis: not as discordant as they are made out to be? (28 July, 2006)

  R Duncan, G Peat, E Thomas, E Hay, I McCall, P Croft
• Performance of various criteria sets in patients with inflammatory back pain of short duration; the Maastricht early spondyloarthritis clinic (25 July, 2006)

  L Heuft-Dorenbosch, R Landewé, R Weijers, H Houben, S van der Linden, P Jacobs, D van der Heijde
• A prospective randomised multicentre study comparing continuous and intermittent treatment with celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip (30 June, 2006)

  F P Luyten, P Geusens, M Malaise, L De Clerck, R Westhovens, F Raeman, D Vander Mijnsbrugge, L Mathy, J P Hauzeur, F De Keyser, F Van den Bosch
• Progression of salivary gland dysfunction in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (25 May, 2006)

  J Pijpe, W W I Kalk, H Bootsma, F K L Spijkervet, C G M Kallenberg, A Vissink
• Polyarticular psoriatic arthritis is more like oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis, than rheumatoid arthritis (13 July, 2006)

  P S Helliwell, G Porter, W J Taylor