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VOLUME 34: NO. 4  APRIL 2007

Editorials

Elective Orthopedic Surgery and Perioperative DMARD Management: Many Questions, Fewer Answers, and a Few Opinions

T. Bongartz .........653
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All Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Should Receive Corticosteroids as Part of Their Management

S. Carette .........656
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Studying the Benefit/Risk Ratio of Glucocorticoids in Rheumatoid Arthritis

M. Boers .........661
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The Need to Take a Fresh Look at Criteria for Hypermobility

R. Grahame .........664
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Spinal Mobility Measures in Spondyloarthritis: Application of the OMERACT Filter

J.C. Davis Jr, D.D. Gladman .........666

Considering Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis from a Different Perspective: A Role for Autonomic Dysregulation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A.J. Holman .........671

 

Articles

Influence of HLA-DRB1 Genes and the Shared Epitope on Genetic Susceptibility to RA in Taiwanese
   
S-C. Liu, T-Y. Chang, Y-J. Lee, et al .........674

Independent Role of Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors as Predictors of CRP Concentrations in RA
   
P.H. Dessein, G.R. Norton, A.J. Woodiwiss, B.I. Joffe, A. Solomon .........681

Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections and Other Complications in Elective Surgery in Patients with RA with Special Attention for Anti-TNF: A Large Retrospective Study
   
A.A. den Broeder, M.C.W. Creemers, J. Fransen, et al .........689
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Corticosteroid Use in RA: Prevalence, Predictors, Correlates, and Outcomes
   
L. Caplan, F. Wolfe, A.S. Russell, K. Michaud .........696
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Incidence of TB in Korean Patients with RA: Effects of RA Itself and of TNF Blockers
   
S-S. Seong, C-B. Choi, J-H. Woo, et al .........706

Disease Modifying Effects of N-butyryl Glucosamine in a Streptococcal Cell Wall Induced Arthritis Model in Rats
   
S.X. Wang, A. Cherian, M. Dumitriu, et al .........712

Ligands for Programmed Cell Death 1 Gene in Patients with SLE
   
S-C. Wang, C-H. Lin, T-T. Ou, et al .........721

Elevated Soluble ICAM-1 Levels in Patients with SLE: Relation to Insulin Resistance
   
T.K. Tso, W-N. Huang .........726

Cytochrome P450 Polymorphism as a Predictor of Ovarian Toxicity to Pulse Cyclophosphamide in SLE
   
G. Singh, N. Saxena, A. Aggarwal, R. Misra .........731

Anti-dsDNA Antibody Assay: High Specificity and Sensitivity with a Filtration Radioassay in Comparison to Low Specificity with the Standard ELISA
   
L. Yu, J. Wang, J.R. O'Dell, J. Oates, W.P. Arend, G.S. Eisenbarth .........734

MCP-1: Plasma Concentrations and A(--2518)G Promoter Polymorphism of Its Gene in SLE
   
K.S. Brown, E. Nackos, S. Morthala, L.E. Jensen, A.S. Whitehead, J.M. Von Feldt .........740

Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns in SSc Fibroblasts Using RNA Arbitrarily Primed-PCR for Differential Display
   
R. Meyringer, E. Neumann, M. Judex, et al .........747

High Prevalence of Serum Metabolic Alterations in Primary SS: Influence on Clinical and Immunological Expression
   
M. Ramos-Casals, P. Brito-Zerón, A. Sisó, et al .........754

Inflammatory and Structural Evaluation in SpA: MRI Analysis of Axial and Peripheral Involvement
   
V. Hoenen-Clavert, A.C. Rat, D. Loeuille, et al .........762

Interaction Between Birthweight and Polymorphism in the Calcium-Sensing Receptor Gene in Determination of Adult Bone Mass: The Hertfordshire Cohort Study
   
M.A. Lips, H.E. Syddall, T.R. Gaunt, et al .........769

Meniscal Tear as an OA Risk Factor in a Largely Non-OA Cohort: A Cross-Sectional Study
   
C. Ding, J. Martel-Pelletier, J-P. Pelletier, et al .........776

Upregulation of u-PA and Inhibitor and Gelatinase Expression via 3 MAPK and PI3K Pathways During the Early Development of OA
   
Y-S. Hsieh, S-F. Yang, K-H. Lue, S-C. Chu, T-J. Li, K-H. Lu .........785

Identification of a New Single-Nucleotide Mutation on the HPRT Gene from 983 Cases with Gout in Taiwan
   
C-H. Wu, H-M. Lai, M-C. Yang, et al .........794

Are Diagnostic Criteria for General Joint Hypermobility and Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome Based on Reproducible and Valid Tests? A Review of the Literature
   
L. Remvig, D.V. Jensen, R.C. Ward .........798
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Epidemiology of General Joint Hypermobility and Basis for Proposed Criteria for Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: Review of the Literature
   
L. Remvig, D.V. Jensen, R.C. Ward .........804

Widespread Pain and FM in a Biracial Cohort of Young Women
   
S.A. Gansky, O. Plesh .........810

 

Pediatric Rheumatology

Survey on the Use of MTX by Pediatric Rheumatologists in Canada
   
G. Chédeville, R. Scuccimarri, C.M. Duffy .........818

IL-18 as a Marker of Disease Activity and Severity in Patients with JIA
   
A.P.N. Lotito, A. Campa, C.A.A. Silva, M.H.B. Kiss, S.B.V. Mello .........823

Bone Health and Growth in Glucocorticoid-Treated Patients with JIA
   
H. Valta, P. Lahdenne, H. Jalanko, K. Aalto, O. Mäkitie .........831

 

Images in Rheumatology

Acitretin-Related Ossification
 
M.J. Rood, S.P.M. Lavrijsen, T.W.J. Huizinga .........837

 

OMERACT 8

International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials, St. Julian's Bay, Malta, May 10-14, 2006

Imaging

Summary Findings of a Systematic Review of the Ultrasound Assessment of Synovitis
   
F. Joshua, M. Lassere, G.A. Bruyn, et al .........839

The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: Status of Current Activities and Research Directions
   
R.J. Wakefield, M-A. D'Agostino, A. Iagnocco, et al .........848

The OMERACT MRI Inflammatory Arthritis Group -- Advances and Priorities
   
M. Østergaard, F. McQueen, P. Bird, et al .........852

A Multireader Reliability Study Comparing Conventional High-Field MRI with Extremity Low-Field MRI in RA
   
P. Bird, B. Ejbjerg, M. Lassere, et al .........854

A Multicenter Reliability Study of Extremity-MRI in the Longitudinal Evaluation of RA
   
P.G. Conaghan, B. Ejbjerg, M. Lassere, et al .........857

Developing a MRI Scoring System for Peripheral Psoriatic Arthritis
   
F. McQueen, M. Lassere, P. Bird, et al .........859

Scoring Inflammatory Activity of the Spine by MRI in AS: A Multireader Experiment
   
C. Lukas, J. Braun, D. van der Heijde, et al .........862

Is There a Preferred Method for Scoring Activity of the Spine by MRI in AS?
   
D. van der Heijde, R. Landewé, K-G. Hermann, et al .........871

Computer Based Methods for Measurement of Joint Space Width: Update of an Ongoing OMERACT Project
   
J.T. Sharp, J. Angwin, M. Boers, et al .........874

Repair in RA, Current Status. Report of a Workshop at OMERACT 8
   
D. van der Heijde, R. Landewé, J.T. Sharp for the OMERACT Subcommittee on Repair .........884

 

Correspondence

Renal Amyloidosis in RA
 
W. Pruzanski .........889

Reply
 
O. Saiki .........889

Seasonal Variations in Onset of Wegener's Granulomatosis: Increased in Summer?
 
S.E. Lane, R.A. Watts, D.G.I. Scott .........889

Reply
 
A. Mahr, J. Coste, L. Guillevin .........890

Preanalytical Biases in Measurement of MMP and Their Tissue Inhibitors in Peripheral Blood
 
K. Jung .........890

Reply
 
M. Fiedorczyk, P.A. Klimiuk, S. Sierakowski, E. Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz, J. Chwiecko .........892

 

Letters

IL-1Ra Therapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Adult Onset Still's Disease
 
L. Quartuccio, S. De Vita .........892

SLE with Major Organ Involvement in a Patient with Systemic-Onset JIA
 
P.K. Sarma, S. Agrawal, A. Aggarwal, R. Misra .........893

The Impact of IL-1Ra and MBL Gene Polymorphisms on Joint Damage After 5 and 10 Years in Patients with Early RA
 
M. Crnkic Kapetanovic, E. Lindqvist, G. Sturfelt, T. Saxne, L. Truedsson, K. Eberhardt .........894

Obituary for an Organization
 
G.E. Ehrlich, D. Trentham, R. Dynesius-Trentham, S. Roth 895

Ivory Vertebra and Palmoplantar Pustulosis
 
J.F. Blanco, J.A. de Pedro, J.C. Paniagua, C. Montilla .........896

ANCA in Nonsystemic Vasculitic Neuropathy
 
M.P. Collins .........899

Refractory Wegener's Meningitis Treated with Rituximab
 
S. Bawa, C. Mukhtyar, S. Edmonds, M. Webley .........900

 

Book Reviews

Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2nd edition .........901

Arthritis in Children and Adolescents .........902

Meetings in Rheumatology .........



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