Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 1999 - Abstracts

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 1999
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111-indium antimyosin antibody imaging of primary myocardial involvement in systemic diseases.HealthO. Meyer, L. Sarda, P. Assayag, E. Palazzo, D. Vilian, L. Guillevin, M. Faraggi, D. Le Guludec
Abnormal autonomic cardiovascular control in ankylosing spondylitis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthJacques Regnard, Daniel Wendling, Eric Toussirot, Malika Bahjaoui-Bouhaddi, Jean-Cyril Poncet, Sylvie Cappelle, Marie-Therese Henriet
Access to disease modifying treatments for rheumatoid arthritis patients.(Consensus Statement)(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)Health 
A clinical and serological comparison of group A versus non-group A streptococcal reactive arthritis and throat culture negative cases of post-streptococcal reactive arthritis.(Statistical Data Included)Health 
A concealed cause of recurrent renal failure in a patient with juvenile chronic arthritis.(Lesson of the Month)(Statistical Data Included)HealthR.D. Sturrock, M. Field, J. Hamilton, P. Balint
A measure of limited joint motion and deformity correlates with HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 alleles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.(Concise reports)HealthAnn Cranney, Rose Goldstein, Ba' Pham, Marianna M Newkirk, Jacob Karsh
Analysis of 16 different matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1 to MMP-20) in the synovial membrane: different profiles in trauma and rheumatoid arthritis.HealthCarlos Lopez-Otin, Timo Sorsa, Seppo Santavirta, Jian Ma, Yrjo T Konttinen, Michiaki Tagaki, Mia Ainola, Heikki Valleala, Hideo Ida, Jami Mandelin, Raimund W Kinne
Ankylosing spondylitis in monozygotic twins: studies on immunological parameters.(Statistical Data Included)HealthKaisa Granfors, Christel Gripenberg-Lerche, Thomas Hohler, Peter M. Schneider, Frank Krummenauer, Elisabeth Marker-Hermann, Rosula Hug
Anti-heat shock protein 70kDa and 90 kDa antibodies in serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.HealthO. Meyer, M.F. Kahn, J. Sany, B. Combe, J.F. Eliaou, E. Palazzo, G. Hayem, M. De Bandt, S. Roux
Anti-inflammatory effects of systemic anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha treatment in human/murine SCID arthritis.(severe combined immunodeficiency in mice)(Statistical Data Included)HealthFrank Emmrich, Werner Falk, Hiltrud Schadlich, Jorg Ermann, Maria Biskop, Frauke Sperling, Astrid Jungel, Jorg Lehmann, Ulrich Sack
Anti-perinuclear factor compared with the so called "antikeratin" antibodies and antibodies to human epidermis filaggrin, in the diagnosis of arthritides.HealthFilip de Keyser, Eric M. Veys, Christian Vincent, Christine Masson-Bessiere, Mireille Sebbag, Guy Serre
Anti-TNF antibody treatment of Crohn's disease.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthS.J.H. van Deventer
Anti-tumour necrosis factor specific antibody (infliximab) treatment provides insights into the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthR.N. Maini, M. Feldmann, F.M. Brennan, P.C. Taylor, E. Paleolog, P. Charles, S. Ballara
An unusual case of atlanto-axial subluxation.(Lesson of the month)HealthGary D. Wright, Philip Windrum, Michael B. Finch
An unusual cause of back pain in osteoporosis: lessons from a spinal lesion.HealthCyrus Cooper, M.I.D. Cawley, S. Venkatachalam, Elaine Dennison, Madeleine Sampson, Peter Hockey
An unusual cause of shoulder pain.(Lesson of the Month.)HealthP. Wong, J.V. Bertouch, G.A.C. Murrell, M. Hersch, P.P. Youssef
A quantitative method for detecting deposits of amyloid A protein in aspirated fat tissue of patients with arthritis.HealthPieter C. Limburg, Bouke P.C. Hazenberg, Martin H. van Rijswijk, Johan Bijzet
A randomised trial of differentiated prednisolone treatment in active rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical benefits and skeletal side effects.HealthTroels Mork Hansen, Michael Hansen, Jan Podenphant, Adrian Florescu, Michael Stoltenberg, Alice Borch, Elga Kluger, Soren Freiesleben
Are radiological joint space widths of normal hips asymmetrical?HealthPhilippe Ravaud, Maxime Dougados, Bernard Amor, Paulo Reis, Roula Nahal-Said
Assessment of mutilans-like hand deformities in chronic inflammatory joint diseases. A radiographic study of 52 patients.HealthE.A. Belt, K. Kaarela, M.J. Kauppi, H.A. Savolainen, H.J. Kautiainen, M.U.K. Lehto
Association of oestrogen receptor gene polymorphisms with age at onset of rheumatoid arthritis.HealthJie Huang, Toshio Ushiyama, Kanji Mori, Koji Inoue, Junichi Nishioka, Sinsuke Hukuda
Association of polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase loci in susceptibility and outcome in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with shared epitope.HealthPeter W. Jones, Derek L. Mattey, Andrew B. Hassell, Michael Plant, Peter T. Dawes, William R. Ollier, Anthony A. Fryer, Julie E. Alldersea, Richard C. Strange
Asthma and epididymitis: the calm before the storm.HealthGerald H.M. George, John S. Axford
Autocrine control of vitamin D metabolism in synovial cells from arthritic patients.HealthPeter L. Selby, Susan J. Smith, E. Barbara Mawer, Michael E. Hayes
Biopsy proven and biopsy negative temporal areteritis: differences in clinical spectrum at the onset of the disease.HealthPierre Duhaut, Laurent Pinede, Hubert Bornet, Sylvie Demolombe-Rague, Charles Dumontet, Jacques Ninet, Roger Loire, Jean Pasquier
Bone scintigraphy in chronic knee pain: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging.HealthIngemar F. Petersson, Torsten Boegard, Olof Rudling, Kjell Jonsson, Jan Dahlstrom, Hans Dirksen
Building towards a consensus for the use of tumour necrosis factor blocking agents.HealthJ.S. Smolen, F.C. Breedveld, J.R. Kalden, D.E. Furst
Changes in the incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Kamitonda, Wakayama, Japan, 1965-1996.(Statistical Data Included)HealthAkira Maeda, Kanji Shichikawa, Toshio Ushiyama, Koji Inoue, Shigenaga Hirota, Hiroshi Ota, Masami Kimura, Masaki Tsujimoto
Characterisation of T cell clonotypes that accumulated in multiple joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthKusuki Nishioka, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Kayo Masuko-Hongo, Tetsuji Kobata, Tomohiro Kato, Tatsuya Akaza, Manae Kurokawa, Shin-ichiro Ueda, Mitsuo Okubo, Tomoe Nishimaki, Shin-ich Yoshino, Reiji Kasukawa
Chondroitin sulphation patterns in synovial fluid in osteoarthritis subsets.(Concise Reports)(Statistical Data Included)HealthMichael Doherty, Carolyn Belcher, Samantha Lewis, Margot Crossman, Joanne Flannelly, Michael T. Bayliss, Roger M. Mason
Chronic wrist pain: diagnosis and management. Development and use of a new algorithm.(Now and Then)HealthJohannes W.J. Bijlsma, Richard M. van Vugt, Arno C. van Vugt
Circulating soluble adhesion molecules in patients with giant cell arteritis. Correlation between soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) concentrations and disease activity.HealthJosep M. Grau, Alvaro Urbano-Marquez, Maria C. Cid, Joaquim Oristrell, Carme Font, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Carme Vilardell, Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez, Jordi Yague
Clinical and laboratory manifestations of elderly onset psoriatic arthritis: a comparison with younger onset disease.HealthLonardo Punzi, Margherita Pianon, Paola Rossini, Franco Schiavon, Pier Franca Gambari
Clinical features and outcome of septic arthritis in a single UK Health District, 1982-1991.HealthM. Doherty, A.C. Jones, V.C. Weston, N. Bradbury, F. Fawthrop
Clinical follow up study of 87 patients with sicca symptoms (dryness of eyes or mouth, or both).(Statistical Data Included)HealthHannu Uusitalo, Marja Pertovaara, Markku Korpela, Juhani Pukander, Ari Miettinen, Heikki Helin, Amos Pasternack
Clinical implications of tumour necrosis factor alpha antagonism in patients with congestive heart failure.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthGuillermo Torre-Amione, Sonny S. Stetson, John A. Farmer
Combination therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised, controlled, double blind 52 week clinical trial of sulphasalazine and methotrexate compared with the single components.HealthMaxime Dougados, Henning Zeidler, Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo, Alain Cantagrel, L. Paimela, Bernard Combe, Philippe Goupille, Patrick Olive, Manfred Schattenkirchner, S. Meusser, Rolf Rau, Kristiina Peldan
Complement C1s activation in degenerating articular cartilage of rheumatoid arthritis patients: immunohistochemical studies with an active form specific antibody.HealthKoichi Nakagawa, Hisako Sakiyama, Toyomitsu Tsuchida, Kiichiro Yamaguchi, Toru Toyoguchi, Riako Masuda, Hideshige Moriya
Controlled study of the prevalence of radiological osteoarthritis in clinically unrecognised juxta-articular Paget's disease.HealthP.S. Helliwell, G. Porter
CYP2C19 genotype does not represent a genetic predisposition in idiopathic systemic lupus erythematosus.HealthMeral Calguneri, Lise Bathum, Selim Kortunay, Atila Bozkurt, Nursabah E. Basci, Kim Brosen, S. Oguz Kayaalp
DAP kinase and DAP-3: novel positive mediators of apoptosis.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthAdi Kimchi
Decreased serum biochemical markers of muscle origin in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.HealthBen A.C. Dijkmans, Louis J.G. Gooren, Piet J. Kostense, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Erik J. Giltay
Destruction of articular cartilage by alpha-2 macroglobulin elastase complexes: role in rheumatoid arthritis.HealthDerek A. Willoughby, Adrian R. Moore, Kazuhito Kawabata, David D'Cruz, Andrew Appelboam, Jose A.P. Da Silva, Gerald Gowland
Detection of anti-ADAM 10 antibody in serum of a patient with pulmonary fibrosis associated with dermatomyositis.HealthJiro Fujita, Yuji Ohtsuki, Michiaki Tokuda, Jiro Takahara, Tamotsu Takeuchi, Naomi Dobashi
Diagnostic classification of shoulder disorders: interobserver agreement and determinants of disagreement.HealthLex M. Bouter, Andrea F. de Winter, Rob J.P.M. Scholten, Walter Deville, Marielle P. Jans, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg
Diagnostic evaluation of classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis and reactive arthritis in an early synovitis outpatient clinic.HealthH. Zeidler, J.L. Hulsemann
Does social disadvantage contribute to the excess mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients?HealthR. Madhok, H.A. Capell, E.A. Thomson, N. Maiden, R. Hampson
Does sulphasalazine cause drug induced systemic lupus erythematosus? No effect evident in a prospective randomised trial of 200 rheumatoid patients treated with sulphasalazine or auranofin over five years.HealthHilary A. Capell, Margaret-Mary Gordon, Duncan R. Porter
Double blind glucocorticoid controlled trial of samarium-153 particulate hydroxyapatite radiation synovectomy from chronic knee synovitis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthJ.C.W. Edwards, P.J. Ell, E.K. O'Duffy, G.P.R. Clunie, D. Lui
Early referral, diagnosis, and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: evidence for changing medical practice.(Statistical Data Included)HealthD. Porter, R. Munro, S. Irvine
Effectiveness of home exercise on pain and disability from osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomised controlled trial.HealthMichael Doherty, Sheila C. O'Reilly, Ken R. Muir
Effects of anti-rheumatic herbal medicines on cellular adhesion molecules.HealthDeh-Ming Chang, San-Yuan Kuo, Jenn-Haung Lai, Mu-Lan Chang
Effects of nabumetone compared with naproxen on platelet aggregation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.HealthEllen A.J. Knijff-Dutmer, Alexander Martens, Mart A.F.J. vd Laar
Epidemiology of whiplash: an international dilemma.(Leader)HealthRobert Ferrari, Anthony S. Russell
Etanercept: therapeutic use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthLeslie Garrison, Neil D. McDonnell
European regulatory aspects on new medicines targeted at treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthGottfried Kreutz
Evidence-based complementary medicine: a contradiction in terms?HealthE. Ernst
Examination of synovial fluid and serum hyaluronidase activity as a joint marker in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients (by zymography).HealthHiroshige Nagaya, Tatsuya Ymagata, Sadako Ymagata, Kazuto Iyoda, Haruo Ito, Yukiharu Hasegawa, Hisashi Iwata
Expression of adhesion molecules on synovial fluid and peripheral blood monocytes in patients with inflammatory joint disease and osteoarthritis.HealthM Koller, M Aringer, H Kiener, L Erlacher, K Machold, G Eberl, A Studnicka-Benke, W Graninger, J Smolen
Expression of laminins and their integrin receptors in different conditions of synovial membrane and synovial membrane-like interface tissue.(Extended reports)HealthIsmo Virtanen, Seppo Santavirta, Yrjo T Konttinen, Tian Fang Li, Jing Wen Xu, Michiaki Tagaki, Laura Pirila, Timo Silvennoinen
Factors associated with fatigue in patients with systematic lupus erythematosus.HealthDafna D. Gladman, Ian N. Bruce, Vincent C. Mak, David C. Hallett, Murray B. Urowitz
FDA perspective on anti-TNF treatments.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthWilliam D. Schwieterman
Genotyping for disease associated HLA DR beta 1 alleles and the need for early joint surgery in rheumatoid arthritis: a quantitative evaluation.HealthHilary A. Capell, Rajan Madhok, Anne Crilly, Nicola Maiden
Gout.(Masterclass)(Statistical Data Included)HealthA.C. Jones, P. Perkins
Guidelines for rheumatology undergraduate core curriculum.HealthMichael Doherty, Anthony Woolf
Heberden's and Bouchard's nodes.(Hypothesis)HealthColin J. Alexander
Hip pain.(Case Studies in Diagnostic Imaging)HealthCarlos Garcia-Porrua, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay, Juan Corredoira, Manuel Vazquez-Caruncho
HLA-B27 associated spondyloarthropathy, an autoimmune disease based on crossreactivity between bacteria and HLA-B27.(Hypothesis)(Statistical Data Included)HealthJ.H. Ringrose
HLA-DRBI alleles associated with polymyalgia rheumatica in northern Italy: correlation with disease severity.HealthIgnazio Olivieri, Carlo Salvarani, Luigi Boiardi, Fabrizio Cantini, Vilma Mantovani, Andrea Ranzi, Michela Bragliani, Elisa Collina, PierLuigi Macchioni
How should we manage fibromyalgia?(Review)HealthPaul A. Reilly
HTLV-1 associated Sjogren's syndrom is aetiologically distinct from anti-centromere antibodies positive Sjogren's syndrome.HealthAtsushi Kawakami, Hideki Nakamura, Katsumi Eguchi, Yojiro Kawabe, Kiyoshi Migita, Ayumi Hida, Masahiro Tominaga
Hydroxychloroquine treatment for primary Sjogren's syndrome: its effect on salivary and serum inflammatory markers.HealthMichael Yaron, Ilana Yaron, Moishe Tishler, Idrit Shirazi
Identification of crystals in synovial fluid.Health 
Immunological evaluation of cytokine and anticytokine immunotherapy in vivo: what have we learnt?HealthJacques Sany, Christian Jorgensen, Florence Apparailly
Immunomodulation by thalidomide and thalidomide analogues.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthGilla Kaplan, Laura G. Corral
Increased apoptotic peripheral blood neutrophils in systemic lupus erythematosus: relations with disease activity, antibodies to double stranded DNA, and neutropenia.HealthA.L. Bell, A.E. Irvine, P.A. Courtney, A.D. Crockard, K. Williamson, R.J. Kennedy
Increased IgA rheumatoid factor and V(sub)H1 associated cross reactive idiotype expression in patients with Lyme arthritis and neuroborreliosis.HealthAllen C. Steere, Paul Wordsworth, John S. Axford, David H.E. Rees, Rizgar A. Mageed, Azita Alavi
Increased level of apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A 1 ratio as a potential risk for osteonecrosis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthYukihide Iwamoto, Keita Miyanishi, Takuaki Yamamoto, Takahiko Irisa, Yasuo Noguchi, Yoichi Sugioka
Increased vulnerability of postarthritic cartilage to a second arthritic insult: accelerated MMP activity in a flare up of arthritis.(Metalloproteinases = MMPs)Health 
Influence of long term silicone implantation on type II collagen induced arthritis in mice.(Statistical Data Included)HealthPaul H. Wooley, Caralee J. Schaefer, W. Dwayne Lawrence
Influence of sulphasalazine, methotrexate, and the combination of both on plasma homocysteine concentrations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.HealthHenk J. Blom, Piet L.C.M. van Riel, Cees J. Haagsma, Martin A. van't Hof, Belinda A. Giesendorf, Dinny van Oppenraajj-Emmerzaal, Levinus B.A. van de Putte
In situ zymographic localisation of type II collagen degrading activity in osteoarthritic human articular cartilage.HealthA.J. Freemont, R.J. Byers, J.A. Hoyland, Y.O. Taiwo
Interleukin 10 treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthE. William St. Clair
Intra-articular primatised anti-CD4: efficacy in resistant rehumatoid knees. A study of combined arthroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, and histology.HealthA.W. Boylston, P. Emery, C.S. Orgles, D.J. Veale, P.J. O'Connor, R.J. Reece, W. Parsons, A. Radjenovic, E. Berry, J.P. Ridgway, U. Mason, W. Gibbon
Lumbar osteotomy for correction of thoracolumbar kyphotic deformity in ankylosing spondylitis. A structured review of three methods of treatment.(Review)(Statistical Data Included)HealthB.J. Van Royen, A. De Gast
Lung involvement in primary Sjogren's syndrome is mainly related to the small airway disease.HealthSpyros A. Papiris, Fotini N. Skopouli, Maria Maniati, Stavros H. Constantopoulos, Charis Roussos, Haralampos M. Moutsopoulous
Lysylhydroxylation and non-reducible crosslinking of human supraspinatus tendon collagen: changes with age and in chronic rotator cuff tendinitis.HealthBrian L. Hazleman, Ruud A. Bank, Johan M. TeKoppele, Geja Oostingh, Graham P. Riley
Macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha expression by synovial fluid neutrophils in rheumatoid arthritis.HealthKazuo Kobayashi, Mitsuru Adachi, Yoshimi Hatano, Tsuyoshi Kasama, Hideaki Iwabuchi, Ryosuke Hanaoka, Hiroko T. Takeuchi, Lu Jing, Yoshiaki Mori, Masao Negishi, Hirotsugu Ide
Magnetic resonance imaging of the wrist in early rheumatoid arthritis reveals progression of erosions despite clinical improvement.HealthPaul L.J. Tan, Elizabeth Robinson, Fiona M. McQueen, Neal Stewart, Jeff Crabbe, Sue Yeoman, Lachy McLean
Microscopic polyangiitis (microscopic polyarteritis) with late emergence of generalised Wegenaer's granulomatosis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthXavier Bosch
Monocyte activation in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis.HealthCees G.M. Kallenberg, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, Anneke C. Muller Kobold
Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients with disease onset in the 1980s.HealthKerstin Eberhardt, Elisabet Lindqvist
Most calcium pyrophosphate crystals appear as non-birefringent.(Statistical Data Included)HealthEliseo Pascual, Jose Rosas, Jose Ivorra
Nasal manifestations of rheumatic diseases.(Leader)(Statistical Data Included)HealthN.S. Jones
No effect of bipolar interferential electrotherapy and pulsed ultrasound for soft tissue shoulder disorders: a randomised controlled trial.HealthLex M. Bouter, Paul G. Knipschild, Geert J.M.G. van der Hejiden, Pieter Leffers, Pieter J.M.C. Wolters, Jose J.D. Verheijiden, Henk van Mameren, Jo P. Houben
Non-host cells in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease: a new paradigm?(Statistical Data Included)HealthJ. Lee Nelson
Old drug, new tricks: haloperidol inhibits secretion of proinflammatory cytokines.(Statistical Data Included)HealthP.A. Bacon, D. Hutchinson, R.J. Moots, Z. Al-Saffar, S.P. Golding, S.P. Young, P.J. McLaughlin
Optimised sample preparation of synovial fluid for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis DNA by polymerase chain reaction.HealthMichael Hammer, Henning Zeidler, Jens G. Kuipers, Lars Nietfeld, Ute Dreses-Werringloer, Lars Koehler, Juergen Wollenhaupt
Osteoarthrosis of the knee in men and women in association with overweight, smoking, and hormone therapy.HealthEva Vingard, Helene Sandmark, Christer Hogstedt, Stefan Lewold
Parasympathetic failure does not contribute to ocular dryness in primary Sjogren's syndrome.HealthH.M. Markusse, P.J. Barendregt, G.L. van der Heijde, J.H.M. Tulen, F. Boomsma, A.H van den Meiracker, A.J. Man in't Veld
PEGylated recombinant human soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor type I (r-Hu-sTNF-RI): novel high affinity TNF receptor designed for chronic inflammatory diseases.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthCarl K. Edwards III
Perceptual variation in grading hand, hip, and knee radiographs: observations based on an Australian Twin Registry study of osteoarthritis.HealthNicholas Bellamy, Kim-Anh Do, Louise O'Gorman, Paul Tesar, Duncan Walker, Alexander Klestov, Kenneth Muirden, Petra Kuhnert, Nicholas Martin
Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of new treatments: efficacy versus effectiveness studies?(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthC. Bombardier, A. Maetzel
Placement of intra-articular injections verified by mini air-arthrography.(Concise Reports)(Statistical Data Included)HealthHenning Bliddal
Polyarthritis and pitting oedema.HealthJean-Charles Gerster, Alexander So, Jean Dudler
Polymorphic CAG repeats of the androgen receptor gene and rheumatoid arthritis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthToshio Ushiyama, Kanji Mori, Koji Inoue, Sinsuke Hukuda, Taku Kawasaki, Hisao Ueyama, Iwao Ohkubo
Polymyalgia and low back pain: a common cause not to be missed.(Lesson of the Month)(Statistical Data Included)HealthN. Hopkinson, A.A. Myint, S. Benjamin
Pregnancy and early onset pauciarticular juvenile arthritis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthElzbieta Musiej-Nowakowska, Rafal Ploski
Preliminary results of early clinical trials with the fully human anti-TNFalpha monoclonal antibody D2E7.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthJoachim Kempeni
Presentation of autoantibody to proliferating cell nuclear antigen in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection.(Statistical Data Included)HealthTzy-Yen Chen, Gregory J. Tsay, Bor-Show Tzang, Tsai-Ching Hsu, Yin-Chang Liu
Prevalence and clinical features of cryoglobulinaemia in multitransfused Beta-thalassaemia patients.HealthR Perniola, C De Rinaldis, E Accogli, G Lobreglio
Prevalence of hip osteoarthrisitis in Iceland.HealthL. Stefan Lohmander, Thorvaldur Ingvarsson, Gunnar Hagglund
Prevalence of joint pain is higher among women in rural Japan than urban Japanese-American women in Hawaii.HealthRichard D. Wasnich, Philip D. Ross, Kiyoshi Oayagi, Chun Huang, Takuo Hayashi, Tai-ichiro Takemoto
Projecting the need for hip replacement over the next three decades: influence of chenging demography and threshold for surgery.(Statistical Data Included)HealthAlan Silman, Olof Johnell, Fraser Birrell
Prospective six year follow up of patients withdrawn from a randomised study comparing parenteral gold salt and methotrexate.HealthOliver Sander, Rolf Rau, Gertraud Herborn, Elisabeth Bock
Pulmonary involvement in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: broncheoalveolar fluid granulocytosis predicts progression of fibrosing alveolitis.(Statistical Data Included)HealthAndreas Krause, Christian Witt, Adrian C. Borges, Mathias John, Ingo Fietze, Gert Baumann
Pulse methylprednisolone therapy for arthritis causing muscle weakness.HealthMalcolm D. Smith, E. Michael Shanahan, Michael J. Ahern
Quantitative analysis of synovial membrane inflammation: a comparison between automated and conventional microscopic measurements.(Statistical Data Included)HealthBarry Bresnihan, Ann-Kristin Ulfgren, Staffan Lindblad, Ulf Andersson, Oliver FitzGerald, Gaye Cunnane, Lars Bjork
Rasch analysis of the Western Ontario MacMaster Questionnaire (WOMAC) in 2,205 patients with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia.(Statistical Data Included)Health 
Reactive or infectious arthritis.(Leader)HealthHenning Zeidler, Jens G. Kuipers, Lars Kohler
Recurrent lung shadowing in adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis.(Lesson of the Month)HealthPaul Emery, Tsui Lian, John Brittenden, Stanley Pearson
Reduced purine 5-prime-nucleotidase activity in lymphocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results of a pilot study.HealthLeo B.A. van de Putte, Jan N. Stolk, Agnes M. Th Boerbooms, Diana G.M. de Koning, Ronney A. De Abreu, Arie H. Pennings
Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting oedema (RS3PE) syndrome: a prospective follow up and magnetic resonance imaging study.HealthIgnazio Olivieri, Carlo Salvarani, Luigi Boiardi, Fabrizio Cantini, Libero Barozzi, Luigi Macchioni, Pietro Pavlica, Laura Niccoli, Angela Padula
Rheumatic disease and the Australian Aborigine.HealthRachel A. Roberts-Thompson, P.J. Roberts-Thompson
Rheumatoid arthritis: a synovial disease?(Hypothesis)HealthKatsuyuki Fujii, Michiko Tsuji, Mitsuko Tajima
Risk of post-discharge venous thromboembolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty. Is prolonged thromboprophylaxis warranted or dangerous?(Statistical Data Included)HealthB.A.C. Dijkmans, W.F. Lems, M.T. Nurmohamed
Role of tumour necrosis factor alpha in experimental arthritis: separate activity of interleukin 1beta in chronicity and cartilage destruction.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthLeo A.B. Joosten, Wim B. van den Berg, George Kollias, Fons A.J. van de Loo
Ro/SSA and La/SSB specific IgA autoantibodies in serum of patients with Sjogren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.(Statistical Data Included)HealthDavid A. Isenberg, Iva Gunnarsson, Nader Pourmand, Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Elisabet Svenungsson, Bjorn Lofstrom, Yiannakis Ioannou, Carl G.M. Magnusson
Safety, cost and effectiveness issues with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthJames F. Fries
Serum samples of patients with rheumatoid arthritis contain a specific autoantibody to "denatured" aldolase A in the osteoblast-like cell line, MG-63.HealthIkuro Maruyama, Isao Kitajima, Toshihiro Nakajima, Toshikazu Kubo, Fumio Ukaji, Choji Shimizu
Sicca symptoms, saliva and tear production, and disease variables in 636 patients with rheumatoid arthritis.(dry eyes and mouth)(Statistical Data Included)HealthTill Uhlig, Tore Kristian Kvien, Janicke Liaaen Jensen, Tony Axell
Signal transduction by tumour necrosis factor and tumour necrosis factor related ligands and their receptors.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthBryant G. Darney, Bharat B. Aggarwal
Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor in plasma of patients with inflammatory rheumatic disorders: increased concentrations in rhematoid arthritis.(Statistical Data Included)Health 
Successful conservative treatment of rheumatoid subaxial subluxation resulting in improvement of myelopathy, reduction of subluxation, and stabilisation of the cervical spine. A report of two cases.HealthJohanna C.M. Oostveen, Martin A.F.J. van de Laar, Jan A.G. Geelen, Ron de Graaff
Summary of clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis using infliximab, an anti-TNFalpha treatment.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthThomas F. Schaible, Gregory Harriman, Lesley K. Harper
Superinduction of interleukin 8 mRNA in activated monocyte derived macrophages from rheumatoid arthritis patients.(Statistical Data Included)HealthLeo B.A. van de Putte, Richard J.T. Rodenburg, Pilar Barrera, Frank H.J. van den Hoogen, Walther J. van Venrooji
Synovitis of small joints: sonographic guided diagnostic and therapeutic approach.(Now and Then)(Statistical Data Included)HealthWalter Grassi, Claudio Cervini, Gianni Lamanna, Antonella Farina
Systemic vasculitis or not? That is the question.(Lesson of the Month)(Statistical Data Included)HealthRichard J. Powell, Vlassis Kontogiannis, Marek Havlat, James S. Lowe
The A-G polymorphism in exon 1 of the CTLA-4 gene is not associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.HealthAnthony H. Barnett, Joanne Heward, Amit Allahabadia, Jayne A. Franklyn, Caroline Gordon, Stephen C.L. Gough
The function of tumour necrosis factor and receptors in models of multi-organ inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthDimitris Kontoyiannis, George Kollias, Eleni Douni, George Kassiotis
The immune suppressive effect of dexamethasone in rheumatoid arthritis is accompanied by upregulation of interleukin 10 and by differential changes in interferon gamma and interleukin 4 production.HealthJohannes W.J. Bijlsma, Joel A.G. van Roon, Floris P.J.G. Lafeber, Catharina M. Verhoef, Marieke E. Vianen
The rationale for the current boom in anti-TNFalpha treatment: is there an effective means to define therapeutic targets for drugs that provide all the benefits of anti-TNFalpha and minimise hazards?(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthMarc Feldmann, Ravinder N. Maini, Jan Bondeson, Fionula M. Brennan, Brian M.J. Foxwell
The role of TNFalpha and lymphotoxin in demyelinating disease.(Advances in Targeted Therapies: TNFalpha Blockade in Clinical Practice)HealthLawrence Steinman, Christopher Lock, Jorge Oksenberg
The shape of the distal femur: a palaeopathological comparison of eburnated and non-eburnated femora.HealthJohn Kirwan, Juliet Rogers, Lee Shepstone, Bernard Silverman
The value of synovial fluid analysis in the assessment of knee joint destruction in arthritis in a three year follow up study.(Statistical Data Included)HealthM. Hakala, R. Luukkainen, P. Nieminen, M. Kauppi, S. Aman, J. Risteli, L. Risteli
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