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VOLUME 30: NO. 4 APRIL 2003

Editorials

OMERACT 6 Brings New Perspectives to Rheumatology Measurement Research
 
K.G. Saag .........639

Hypertension in the Patient with Arthritis: Have We Been Underestimating Its Significance?
 
R. Day .........642

The Experience of Trial Participation
 
K. Featherstone .........646

Articles

Interleukin 10 Treatment of Patients with RA Enhances Fcg Receptor Expression on Monocytes and Responsiveness to Immune Complex Stimulation
   
J.A.G. van Roon, S. Wijngaarden, F.P.J.G. Lafeber, C. Damen, J.G.J. van de Winkel, J.W.J. Bijlsma .........648

Induction of Inducible NO Synthase, Argininosuccinate Synthase, and GTP Cyclohydrolase I in Arthritic Joints of Human TNF-a Transgenic Mice
   
M. Hukkanen, L.A.M. Platts, S. Haralambous, et al .........652

Systemic and Local Expression of Perforin in Lymphocyte Subsets in Acute and Chronic RA
   
G. Gulan, J. Ravlic-Gulan, N. Strbo, et al 660

MRI Appearance of the Hands and Feet in Patients with Early RA
   
N. Boutry, A. Lardé, F. Lapègue, E. Solau-Gervais, R-M. Flipo .........671

IV Human Recombinant TNFr P55-Fc IgG1 Fusion Protein Ro 45-2081 (Lenercept): A Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Dose-Finding Study in RA
   
R. Rau, O. Sander, P. van Riel, et al .........680

Response to Etanercept (Enbrel®) in Elderly Patients with RA: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Trial Results
   
R.M. Fleischmann, S.W. Baumgartner, E.A. Tindall, et al .........691

Patterns of DMARD Use in a Spanish Cohort of Patients with RA
   
I. Gonzalez-Alvaro, L. Carmona, A. Balsa, et al .........697

Correlation of Single Time-Point Damage Scores with Observed Progression of Radiographic Damage During the First 6 Years of RA
   
H.E. Paulus, M. Oh, J.T. Sharp, et al .........705

Consequences of Increased Systolic Blood Pressure in Patients with OA and RA
   
G. Singh, J.D. Miller, D.M. Huse, D. Pettitt, R.B. D'Agostino, M.W. Russell .........714

Use of Thermographic Criteria to Identify RP in a Population Setting
   
L.F. Cherkas, L. Carter, T.D. Spector, K.J. Howell, C.M. Black, A.J. MacGregor .........720

Clinical Significance of Antiphospholipid Protein Antibodies. Receiver Operating Characteristics Plot Analysis
   
J. Musial, J. Swadzba, A. Motyl, T. Iwaniec .........723

Epidemiology of SLE in Northwest Greece 1982-2001
   
Y. Alamanos, P.V. Voulgari, C. Siozos, et al .........731

Outcome of Positive Antinuclear Antibodies in Individuals Without CTD
   
S.O. Myckatyn, A.S. Russell .........736

Mannose Binding Lectin Polymorphisms as a Disease-Modulating Factor in Women with SLE from Canary Islands, Spain
   
M.I. Garcia-Laorden, I. Rua-Figueroa, P. Perez-Aciego, et al .........740

Diet and SLE: A 4 Year Prospective Study of Japanese Patients
   
Y. Minami, T. Sasaki, Y. Arai, Y. Kurisu, S. Hisamichi .........747

Hypothesis Pathogenesis of SSc
   
K. Takehara .........755

Treatment of Refractory PMR with Infliximab: a Pilot Study
   
C. Salvarani, F. Cantini, L. Niccoli, et al .........760

Patient Centered Assessment of AS-Specific Health Related Quality of Life: Evaluation of the Patient Generated Index
   
K.L. Haywood, A.M. Garratt, K. Dziedzic, P.T. Dawes .........764

Ultrasound Detection of Heel Enthesitis: A Comparison with MRI
   
M. Kamel, H. Eid, R. Mansour .........774

Audit of the Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment of Osteoporosis in Patients with AS
   
R. Bessant, C. Harris, A. Keat .........779

Procoagulants and Osteonecrosis
   
L.C. Jones, M.A. Mont, T.B. Le, et al .........783

The Hidden Cost of Nonselective NSAID in Older Patients
   
D.H. Solomon, R.J. Glynn, R. Bohn, R. Levin, J. Avorn .........792

The Relationship of Joint Hypermobility, BMD, and OA in the General Population: The Chingford Study
   
A.L. Dolan, D.J. Hart, D.V. Doyle, R. Grahame, T.D. Spector .........799

Financial, Occupational, and Personal Consequences of Disability in Patients with CFS and FM Compared to Other Fatiguing Conditions
   
N.P. Assefi, T.V. Coy, D. Uslan, W.R. Smith, D. Buchwald .........804

Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Concentrations in Women with FM
   
J.S. McCall-Hosenfeld, D.L. Goldenberg, S. Hurwitz, G.K. Adler .........809

Are Subjects Satisfied with the Informed Consent Process? A Survey of Research Participants
   
J.E. Pope, D.P. Tingey, J.M.O. Arnold, P. Hong, J.M. Ouimet, A. Krizova .........815

Pediatric Rheumatology

Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (Anti-CCP) Antibodies in Children with JIA
   
M. van Rossum, R. van Soesbergen, S. de Kort, et al .........825

An Open Label Study to Establish Dosing Recommendations for Nabumetone in JRA
   
S. Goodman, P. Howard, A. Haig, S. Flavin, B. MacDonald .........829

Radiologic Outcome and Its Relationship to Functional Disability in JRA
   
K. Oen, M. Reed, P.N. Malleson, et al .........832

The Epidemiology of Hyperuricemia in Children of Taiwan Aborigines
   
C-S. Liu, T-C. Li, C-C. Lin .........841

Case Reports

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Associated with Necrotizing Temporal Arteritis
   
K.J. Warrington, B.W. Scheithauer, C.J. Michet .........846

Acute Gout Precipitated by Total Parenteral Nutrition
   
R.A. Moyer, D. St. John .........849

Tuberculous Osteomyelitis Presenting as Shoulder Pain
   
P.A. Monach, J.P. Daily, G. Rodriguez-Herrera, D.H. Solomon .........851

Kikuchi's Disease Accompanied by Lupus-like Butterfly Rash
   
C. Okuzawa, T. Kuroiwa, Y. Kaneko, K. Ueki, Y. Tsukada, Y. Nojima .........857

Images in Rheumatology

Transient Osteoporosis of the Talus Followed by Migration to the Tibia
 
T. Matsumoto, T. Tsurumoto, H. Shindo .........860

Tophaceous Gout: Uncommon Presentation of a Common Disease
 
S. Johnson, A. Toms, P. Lee .........863

OMERACT 6

International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology, Gold Coast, Australia, April 11-14, 2002

.........865

Introduction
 
P. Brooks, P. Tugwell, C.V. Strand, L. Simon .........866

Patient Perspectives

Outcomes from the Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 6
   
J. Kirwan, T. Heiberg, S.A. Hewlett, et al .........868

Patient Perspective in Outcome Assessments — Perceptions or Something More?
   
T.K. Kvien, T. Heiberg .........873

Patients and Clinicians Have Different Perspectives on Outcomes in Arthritis
   
S.A. Hewlett .........877

Rheumatology Outcomes: The Patient's Perspective
   
A. Carr, S.A. Hewlett, R. Hughes, et al .........880

Patient's Perspective
 
E. Quest, G.J. Aanerud, S. Kaarud, et al .........884

Economics

OMERACT 6 Economics Working Group Report: A Proposal for a Reference Case for Economic Evaluation in RA
   
S. Gabriel, M. Drummond, A. Maetzel, et al .........886

Economic Evaluation of Programs or Interventions in the Management of RA: Defining a Consensus-based Reference Case
   
A. Maetzel, P. Tugwell, M. Boers, et al .........891

Letter

"Listen to the Patient" — Anticoagulation Is Critical in the Antiphospholipid (Hughes) Syndrome E. Letellier, G.R.V. Hughes .........897

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