Rheumatology

EDITORIAL

H. MacIver and H. A. Bird

Arterial elasticity: asset or liability?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 20, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 117-118; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem334 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Wailoo, N. Bansback, and J. Chilcott

Infliximab, etanercept and adalimumab for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: cost-effectiveness evidence and NICE guidance
Rheumatology 2008 47: 119-120; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem294 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract M. Frosch and J. Roth

New insights in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis—from pathophysiology to treatment
Rheumatology Advance Access published on October 30, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 121-125; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CME/CE] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Jones and D. McGonagle

Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vivo
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 6, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 126-131; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. A. Brown

Breakthroughs in genetic studies of ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 132-137; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract G. Orozco, D. Pascual-Salcedo, M. A. López-Nevot, T. Cobo, A. Cabezón, E. Martín-Mola, A. Balsa, and J. Martín

Auto-antibodies, HLA and PTPN22: susceptibility markers for rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 138-141; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Z. Aydin, P. Atagunduz, M. Temel, M. Bicakcigil, D. Tasan, and H. Direskeneli

Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) in spondyloarthropathies: a reassessment
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 26, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 142-144; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Nakano, S. Morimoto, J. Suzuki, K. Nozawa, H. Amano, Y. Tokano, and Y. Takasaki

Role of pathogenic auto-antibody production by Toll-like receptor 9 of B cells in active systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 26, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 145-149; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S.-C. Hsieh, T.-H. Wu, C.-Y. Tsai, K.-J. Li, M.-C. Lu, C.-H. Wu, and C.-L. Yu

Abnormal in vitro CXCR2 modulation and defective cationic ion transporter expression on polymorphonuclear neutrophils responsible for hyporesponsiveness to IL-8 stimulation in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology 2008 47: 150-157; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem320 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Miyagawa, M. Yamai, D. Sakaguchi, C. Kiyohara, H. Tsukamoto, Y. Kimoto, T. Nakamura, J.-H. Lee, C.-Y. Tsai, B.-L. Chiang, T. Shimoda, M. Harada, T. Tahira, K. Hayashi, and T. Horiuchi

Association of polymorphisms in complement component C3 gene with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47: 158-164; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. S. Koca, A. Isik, I. H. Ozercan, B. Ustundag, B. Evren, and K. Metin

Effectiveness of etanercept in bleomycin-induced experimental scleroderma
Rheumatology Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47: 172-175; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem344 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL

Get checked abstract M. Brown, A. Teubner, J. Shaffer, and A. L. Herrick

Home parenteral nutrition—an effective and safe long-term therapy for systemic sclerosis-related intestinal failure
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 176-179; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Jerram, S. Butt, K. Gadsby, and C. Deighton

Discrepancies between the EULAR response criteria and the NICE guidelines for continuation of anti-TNF therapy in RA: a cause for concern?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 26, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 180-182; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem331 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Descloux, I. Durieu, P. Cochat, D. Vital Durand, J. Ninet, N. Fabien, and R. Cimaz

Paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: prognostic impact of antiphospholipid antibodies
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 26, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 183-187; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Mittendorf, B. Dietz, R. Sterz, M. A. Cifaldi, H. Kupper, and J.-M. von der Schulenburg

Personal and economic burden of late-stage rheumatoid arthritis among patients treated with adalimumab: an evaluation from a patient's perspective
Rheumatology Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47: 188-193; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem317 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. E. Furst, R. J. Halbert, C. O. Bingham, III, S. Fukudome, L. Anderson, P. Bonafede, V. Bray, S. B. Cohen, Y. R. S. Sherrer, E. W. S. St Clair, J. R. P. Tesser, M. Weinblatt, and R. W. Dubois

Evaluating the adequacy of disease control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a RAND appropriateness panel
Rheumatology Advance Access published on January 4, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47: 194-199; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. X. Garg, J. E. Pope, H. Thiessen-Philbrook, W. F. Clark, and J. Ouimet on behalf of the Walkerton Health Study Investigators

Arthritis risk after acute bacterial gastroenteritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on January 9, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47: 200-204; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. C. Belizna, F. Tron, P. Joly, M. Godin, M. Hamidou, and H. Lévesque

Outcome of essential cryofibrinogenaemia in a series of 61 patients
Rheumatology 2008 47: 205-207; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract X. J. Caro, E. F. Winter, and A. J. Dumas

A subset of fibromyalgia patients have findings suggestive of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and appear to respond to IVIg
Rheumatology 2008 47: 208-211; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem345 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Dinser, M. Fousse, U. Sester, K. Albrecht, M. Singh, H. Köhler, U. Müller-Ladner, and M. Sester

Evaluation of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with inflammatory arthropathies before treatment with TNF- blocking drugs using a novel flow-cytometric interferon- release assay
Rheumatology 2008 47: 212-218; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem351 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Chikura, T. L. Moore, J. B. Manning, A. Vail, and A. L. Herrick

Sparing of the thumb in Raynaud's phenomenon
Rheumatology 2008 47: 219-221; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A. Bharadwaj, S. Agrawal, M. Batley, and A. Hammond

Use of parenteral methotrexate significantly reduces the need for biological therapy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 222; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Adimulam, J. Halsey, C. Greenbank, and M. Bukhari

NICE guidance does not tally with clinical practice—a district general experience
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 222-223; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. N. Bennett, A. L. Tan, L. C. Coates, P. Emery, H. Marzo-Ortega, and D. McGonagle

Sustained response to anakinra in ankylosing spondylitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 11, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 223-224; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem302 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

H. E. Harris

Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus treated with rituximab
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 224-225; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem299 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. J. Robinson, D. H. Taylor, and G. D. Wright

Infliximab therapy reduces periodontoid rheumatoid pannus formation
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 225-226; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem268 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. G. Boulton and D. E. Bax

An unusual cause of abnormal liver function in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 6, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 226-227; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem316 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Y. Sote, S. Green, and P. Maddison

Complete heart block after infliximab therapy
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 227-228; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem336 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

S. Siebert, N. Amos, and T. M. Lawson

Comment on: Failure of anti-TNF therapy in TNF receptor 1-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 228-229; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem243 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Koel

Comment on: A prospective double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial of ultrasound in the physiotherapy treatment of shoulder pain
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 229-230; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem295 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Ainsworth, K. Dziedzic, L. Hiller, J. Daniels, A. Bruton, and J. Broadfield

Comment on: A prospective double blind placebo-controlled randomized trial of ultrasound in the physiotherapy treatment of shoulder pain: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on January 11, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47: 230-231; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem340 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. J. Sweetman

Comment on: Do baseline characteristics predict response to treatment for low back pain? Secondary analysis of the UK BEAM dataset
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 231; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem305 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Underwood

Comment on: Do baseline characteristics predict response to treatment for low back pain? Secondary analysis of the UK BEAM dataset: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 231-232; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem325 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEW

B. R. Lauwerys

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, Edited by G. C. Tsokos, C. Gordon and J. S. Smolen.
Rheumatology Advance Access published on November 28, 2007
Rheumatology 2008 47: 233; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ERRATUM

Erratum
Rheumatology 2008 47: 234-235; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem349 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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