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VOLUME 33: NO. 4 APRIL 2006

Editorials

How Meaningful Is Our Evaluation of Meaningful Change in Osteoarthritis?

G.A. Hawker, M.A.M. Gignac.........639

What Are Open-Label Extension Studies For?

W.J. Taylor, M. Weatherall .........642

Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation for Autoimmune Disease — The Jury Is Still Out

A. Tyndall.........644

 

Articles

Antibodies to Viral Citrullinated Peptide in RA

C. Anzilotti, G. Merlini, F. Pratesi, C. Tommasi, D. Chimenti, P. Migliorini .........647

Paraarticular Trabecular Bone Loss at the Ultradistal Radius and Increased Arterial Stiffening in Postmenopausal Patients with RA

K. Tanaka, M. Inaba, H. Goto, et al .........652

Comparison of 2 Doses of Etanercept (50 vs 100 mg) in Active RA: A Randomized Double Blind Study

A.K. Johnsen, M.H. Schiff, P.J. Mease, et al .........659

Community-Based Evaluation of Etanercept in Patients with RA

P. Farahani, M. Levine, K. Gaebel, E.C.Y. Wang, N. Khalidi .........665

Evidenced-Based Medicine Is Affordable: The Cost-Effectiveness of Current Compared with Optimal Treatment in RA and OA

G. Andrews, L. Simonella, H. Lapsley, K. Sanderson, L. March .........671

Treatment of RA Patients with Abatacept and MTX Significantly Improved Health-Related Quality of Life

P. Emery, M. Kosinski, T. Li, et al .........681

Prevalence and Associated Factors for Falls in Women with Established Inflammatory Polyarthritis

A.E. Oswald, S.R. Pye, T.W. O'Neill, et al .........690

Prevalence and Clinico-Serological Correlations of Anti-a-Enolase, Anti-C1q, and Anti-dsDNA Antibodies in Patients with SLE

M. Mosca, D. Chimenti, F. Pratesi, et al.........695

ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and SLE: A Metaanalysis

Y.H. Lee, Y.H. Rho, S.J. Choi, J.D. Ji, G.G. Song .........698

Relationship Between IL-6 Promoter Polymorphism at Position ­174, IL-6 Serum Levels, and the Risk of Relapse/Recurrence in PMR

L. Boiardi, B. Casali, E. Farnetti, et al .........703

Myelopathies Secondary to SS: Treatment with Monthly IV Cyclophosphamide Associated with Corticosteroids

J. de Seze, S. Delalande, A-L. Fauchais, et al .........709

Continued Inhibition of Radiographic Progression in Patients with PsA Following 2 Years of Treatment with Etanercept

P.J. Mease, A.J. Kivitz, F.X. Burch, et al .........712

Is Sulfasalazine Effective in AS? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

J. Chen, C. Liu .........722

The Cost-Effectiveness of Infliximab (Remicade®) in the Treatment of AS in Canada

G. Kobelt, P. Andlin-Sobocki, W.P. Maksymowych.........732

HFE Gene Mutations Are Associated with OA in the Index or Middle Finger MCP Joints

G.J. Carroll .........741

Do Exercise and Self-Management Interventions Benefit Patients with OA of the Knee? A Metaanalytic Review

L. Devos-Comby, T. Cronan, S.C. Roesch.........744

What Do OA Health Outcome Instruments Measure? Impairment, Activity Limitation, or Participation Restriction?

B. Pollard, M. Johnston, P. Dieppe.........757

Measuring the Outcome of Health Resort Programs

M. Weigl, T. Ewert, J. Kleinschmidt, G. Stucki .........764

Physician Control of Needle and Syringe During Aspiration-Injection Procedures with the New Reciprocating Syringe

W.L. Sibbitt Jr, R.R. Sibbitt, A.A. Michael, et al.........771

Gastrointestinal Prophylactic Therapy Among Patients with Arthritis Treated by Rheumatology Specialists

E. Benito Garcia, K. Michaud, F. Wolfe .........779

Increased Expression of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Subunit 2D in the Skin of Patients with FM

S-H. Kim, T.J. Jang, I.S. Moon.........785

 

Pediatric Rheumatology

Preliminary Validation of Clinical Remission Criteria Using the OMERACT Filter for Select Categories of JIA

C.A. Wallace, A. Ravelli, B. Huang, E.H. Giannini .........789

A Case-Control Sleep Study in Children with Polyarticular JRA

C.M. Passarelli, S. Roizenblatt, C.A. Len, et al .........796

Corticosteroid Treatment of Refractory Kawasaki Disease

B.A. Lang, R.S.M. Yeung, K.G. Oen, et al .........803

Recurrent Transient Synovitis of the Hip in Childhood. Longterm Outcome Among 39 Patients

Y. Uziel, Y. Butbul-Aviel, J. Barash, et al .........810

 

Case Reports

Twenty-year Remission of RA in 2 Patients After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant

R.M. Lowenthal, H. Francis, D.S. Gill .........812

Desensitization to Hydroxychloroquine — Experience of 4 Patients

M. Mates, S. Zevin, G.S. Breuer, P. Navon, G. Nesher.........814

Mycobacterium marinum Arthritis Mimicking RA

A. Lam, W. Toma, N. Schlesinger.........817

 

Images in Rheumatology

Intrathoracic Arteritis: A Paraneoplastic Presentation of Malignant Melanoma

S.R. Johnson, G. Gardiner, L.A. Rubin.........820

Chronic Infantile Neurological Cutaneous and Articular Syndrome — An Early Description

R. Travers, R. Allen.........822

Correspondence

Septic Abscess in a Child with JIA Receiving Anti-TNF-a Therapy

P.G. Fitch, R.Q . Cron.........825

Reply

P.P. Kaur, C.T. Derk, M. Chatterji, R.J. Dehoratius.........826

Hypothyroidism Contributes to Increased Triglyceride Levels Among Patients with SSc

P.J. Kotyla, M. Lewicki, E.J. Kucharz.........827

Reply

M. Kodera, S. Sato.........827

 

Letter

Fibromyalgia Is a Neuropathic Pain Syndrome

M. Martinez-Lavin.........827

 

Corrections

Effect of Inflammatory Activity and Glucorticoid Use on Nutritional Variables in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
L. Souza, S.H. Machado, M. Bredemeier, J.C.T. Brenol, R.M. Xavier.........829

An Evidence-Based Approach to Prescribing Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs

H. Tannenbaum, C. Bombardier, P. Davis, A.S. Russell.........829

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