Rheumatology

EDITORIAL

Clive Kelly

Leflunomide and the lung
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1017-1018; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep164 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Estrach and Robert N. Thompson

Why aren't we all doing ultrasound?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1019-1020; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep196 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REVIEWS

Get checked abstract Carine Bansard, Thierry Lequerré, Maryvonne Daveau, Olivier Boyer, Francois Tron, Jean-Philippe Salier, Olivier Vittecoq, and Xavier Le-Loët

Can rheumatoid arthritis responsiveness to methotrexate and biologics be predicted?
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 29, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1021-1028; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dirk Elewaut and Marco Matucci-Cerinic

Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis and extra-articular manifestations in everyday rheumatology practice
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1029-1035; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BASIC SCIENCE

Get checked abstract Anne Solanilla, Julien Villeneuve, Patrick Auguste, Michel Hugues, Ahmadou Alioum, Sébastien Lepreux, Jean-Pierre Ducroix, Pierre Duhaut, Claude Conri, Jean-François Viallard, Alan T. Nurden, Joël Constans, and Jean Ripoche

The transport of high amounts of vascular endothelial growth factor by blood platelets underlines their potential contribution in systemic sclerosis angiogenesis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1036-1044; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takahiko Horiuchi, Masakazu Washio, Chikako Kiyohara, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Yoshifumi Tada, Toyoko Asami, Saburo Ide, Gen Kobashi, Hiroki Takahashi, and the Kyushu Sapporo SLE Study Group

Combination of TNF-RII, CYP1A1 and GSTM1 polymorphisms and the risk of Japanese SLE: findings from the KYSS study
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1045-1049; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Estrella Garcia-Gonzalez, Enrico Selvi, Epifania Balistreri, Sauro Lorenzini, Roberta Maggio, Maria-Rita Natale, Pier-Leopoldo Capecchi, Pietro-Enea Lazzerini, Marco Bardelli, Franco Laghi-Pasini, and Mauro Galeazzi

Cannabinoids inhibit fibrogenesis in diffuse systemic sclerosis fibroblasts
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1050-1056; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexandra Karystinou, Francesco Dell’Accio, Tobias B. A. Kurth, Henning Wackerhage, Ilyas M. Khan, Charles W. Archer, Elena A. Jones, Thimios A. Mitsiadis, and Cosimo De Bari

Distinct mesenchymal progenitor cell subsets in the adult human synovium
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1057-1064; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLINICAL

Get checked abstract Batsi Chikura, Steven Lane, and Julie K. Dawson

Clinical expression of leflunomide-induced pneumonitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1065-1068; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep050 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tetsuji Sawada, Shigeko Inokuma, Takeo Sato, Takeshi Otsuka, Yukihiko Saeki, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Takemasa Matsuda, Tamiko Takemura, and Akira Sagawa on behalf of the Study Committee for Leflunomide-induced Lung Injury, Japan College of Rheumatology

Leflunomide-induced interstitial lung disease: prevalence and risk factors in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on March 25, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1069-1072; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Allister J. Taggart, Stephen A. Wright, Elisabeth Ball, David Kane, and Gary Wright

The Belfast musculoskeletal ultrasound course
Rheumatology Advance Access published on May 11, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1073-1076; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jiska M. Meijer, Petra M. Meiners, James J. R. Huddleston Slater, Fred K. L. Spijkervet, Cees G. M. Kallenberg, Arjan Vissink, and Hendrika Bootsma

Health-related quality of life, employment and disability in patients with Sjögren's syndrome
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 24, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1077-1082; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep141 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Deng-Ho Yang, Deh-Ming Chang, Jenn-Haung Lai, Fu-Huang Lin, and Chen-Hung Chen

Usefulness of erythrocyte-bound C4d as a biomarker to predict disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 24, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1083-1087; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christina Book, Jakob Algulin, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Tore Saxne, and Lennart Jacobsson

Bone mineral density in the hand as a predictor for mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 24, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1088-1091; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carlo A. Scirè, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Veronica Codullo, Oscar Epis, Monica Todoerti, and Roberto Caporali

Ultrasonographic evaluation of joint involvement in early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission: power Doppler signal predicts short-term relapse
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1092-1097; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alessandro Volpe, Gianluca Rossato, Mara Bottanelli, Antonio Marchetta, Paola Caramaschi, Lisa Maria Bambara, Claudio Bianconi, Guido Arcaro, and Walter Grassi

Ultrasound evaluation of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow: correlation with electrophysiological studies
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 30, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1098-1101; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Howard Amital, Yoav Arnson, Gabriel Chodick, and Varda Shalev

Hepatotoxicity rates do not differ in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis treated with methotrexate
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1107-1110; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Souhaïbou Ndongo, Fernando K. Lekpa, Mamadou M. Ka, Nafi Ndiaye, and Thérèse M. Diop

Presentation and severity of rheumatoid arthritis at diagnosis in Senegal
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 6, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1111-1113; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Clifton O. Bingham, III, Steven S. Smugar, Hongwei Wang, and Andrew M. Tershakovec

Early response to COX-2 inhibitors as a predictor of overall response in osteoarthritis: pooled results from two identical trials comparing etoricoxib, celecoxib and placebo
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1122-1127; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christina Book, Magnus K. Karlsson, Kristina Åkesson, and Lennart T. H. Jacobsson

Early rheumatoid arthritis and body composition
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1128-1132; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Anneloes Westerveld, Jorrit-Jan Verlaan, Marnix G. E. H. Lam, Wendy P. Scholten, Ronald L. A. W. Bleys, Wouter J. A. Dhert, and F. Cumhur Oner

The influence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis on bone mineral density measurements of the spine
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1133-1136; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dan Hagger, Robin Condliffe, Neil Woodhouse, Charlie A. Elliot, Iain J. Armstrong, Christine Davies, Catherine Hill, Mohammed Akil, Jim M. Wild, and David G. Kiely

Ventricular mass index correlates with pulmonary artery pressure and predicts survival in suspected systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1137-1142; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marian Kaldas, Puja P. Khanna, Daniel E. Furst, Philip J. Clements, Weng Kee Wong, James R. Seibold, Arnold E. Postlethwaite, and Dinesh Khanna on behalf of the investigators of the human recombinant relaxin and oral bovine collagen clinical trials

Sensitivity to change of the modified Rodnan skin score in diffuse systemic sclerosis—assessment of individual body sites in two large randomized controlled trials
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1143-1146; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pablo Tomas-Carus, Narcis Gusi, Arja Häkkinen, Keijo Häkkinen, Armando Raimundo, and Alfredo Ortega-Alonso

Improvements of muscle strength predicted benefits in HRQOL and postural balance in women with fibromyalgia: an 8-month randomized controlled trial
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1147-1151; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Samantha L. Hider, Wajeeha Tanveer, Ann Brownfield, Derek L. Mattey, and Jon C. Packham

Depression in RA patients treated with anti-TNF is common and under-recognized in the rheumatology clinic
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1152-1154; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jost Langhorst, Frauke Musial, Petra Klose, and Winfried Häuser

Efficacy of hydrotherapy in fibromyalgia syndrome—a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1155-1159; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bianca M. de Klerk, Dieuwke Schiphof, Frans P. M. J. Groeneveld, Bart W. Koes, Gerjo J. V. M van Osch, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, and Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra

No clear association between female hormonal aspects and osteoarthritis of the hand, hip and knee: a systematic review
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1160-1165; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dimitra Methiniti, Elizabeth Coulson, and Clive Kelly

Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1166; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep219 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CASE REPORTS

Faten Frikha, Aude Rigolet, Anthony Behin, Bruno Fautrel, Serge Herson, and Olivier Benveniste

Efficacy of rituximab in refractory and relapsing myositis with anti-JO1 antibodies: a report of two cases
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1166-1168; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep147 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masaki Shimizu, Masahide Yamazaki, Toru Horisawa, Akiko Seno, Kazuhide Ohta, Kengo Furuichi, and Akihiro Yachie

Catastrophic anti-phospholipid syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O157 infection
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1168-1169; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep159 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arsène Mekinian, Marc Lambert, Jean-Paul Beregi, Sandrine Morell-Dubois, David Launay, Viviane Queyrel, Marco Midulla, Eric Hachulla, and Pierre-Yves Hatron

Aortic aneurysm in MAGIC syndrome successfully managed with combined anti-TNF- and stent grafting
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 23, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1169-1170; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep172 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timo Buhl, Hans P. Bertsch, Björn-W. Raab, Kjell M. Kaune, Radovan Vasko, Frank Strutz, Michael P. Schön, and Undine Lippert

Fulminant polyarteritis nodosa associated with acute myeloid leukaemia resulted in bilateral lower leg amputation
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 24, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1170-1172; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Assunta C. H. Ho, Nathan Hasson, and Davinder Singh-Grewal

Sarcoidosis or scleroderma? An unusual case of sarcoidosis in a 3-year-old Caucasian girl
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 6, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1172-1173; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep160 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY  

Jochen Wacker, Rene Handschu, Bernhard Manger, Georg Schett, and Jochen Zwerina

Sudden visual loss in a patient with microscopic polyangiitis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1173-1174; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep193 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Puja Mehta, Michelle M. A. Fernando, Matthew C. Pickering, Yannoulla Wilson, Sophie Molloy, and C. Bernard Colaco

Lateral medullary syndrome with anti-neuronal antibodies (anti-Ta/Ma2) in primary Sjögren's syndrome
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 20, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1174-1176; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep210 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTERS ARISING

Wouter M. Kooloos, Henk-Jan Guchelaar, Tom W. J. Huizinga, and Judith A. M. Wessels

Comment on: Investigation of candidate polymorphisms and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients on methotrexate
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1176-1177; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep201 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yvonne C. Lee, Jing Cui, Karen H. Costenbader, Nancy A. Shadick, Michael E. Weinblatt, and Elizabeth W. Karlson

Comment on: Investigation of candidate polymorphisms and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients on methotrexate: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 29, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1177; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep179 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pamela Mangat, Peter Taylor, and Sonya Abraham

Comment on: Possible miliary tuberculosis during adalimumab therapy with negative -IFN release assays
Rheumatology Advance Access published on June 30, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1177-1178; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep163 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alison L. Endean, Simon M. Barry, and Steven A. Young-Min

Comment on: Possible miliary tuberculosis during adalimumab therapy with negative -IFN release assays: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 14, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1178; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep180 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zoe L. McLaren, Veronica E. Abernethy, and Julie K. Dawson

Comment on: British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (after the first 2 years)
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 3, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1178-1179; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep188 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raashid Luqmani, Susan Oliver, Ailsa Bosworth, Dawn Homer, and Chris Deighton

Comment on: British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology guideline for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (after the first 2 years): reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1179; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep186 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olivier Steichen

Comment on: Risk factors for severe cranial ischaemic events in an Italian population-based cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1180; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep191 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carlo Salvarani, Luigi Boiardi, and Nicolò Pipitone

Comment on: Risk factors for severe cranial ischaemic events in an Italian population-based cohort of patients with giant cell arteritis: reply
Rheumatology Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Rheumatology 2009 48: 1180; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kep197 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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