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Table of Contents
Volume 27, August 2000

Editorials

Comment: Women in Rheumatology

 D.A. Gordon.........1827

The Impact of Women in the Practice of Academic and Clinical Rheumatology in the Americas

 G.S. Alarcón, M-C. Amigo.........1827

Methotrexate in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Answers and Questions

 A. Ravelli, A. Martini.........1830

Methotrexate: More Questions Than Answers

 C.A. Wallace.........1834

Lyme Arthritis in Children: Is Chronic Arthritis a Common Complication?

 S.K. Sood, N.T. Ilowite.........1836

Articles

Complement Mediated Vascular Endothelial Injury in Rheumatoid Nodules: A Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study

 H. Kato, M. Yamakawa, T. Ogino.........1839

Synovitis Occurs in Some Clinically Normal and Asymptomatic Joints in Patients with Early Arthritis

 J.A. Pando, P.H. Duray, C.H. Yarboro, M.F. Gourley,  J.H. Klippel, H.R. Schumacher Jr.........1848

Treatment of RA with a DR4/1 Peptide

 E.W. St. Clair, S.B. Cohen, M.L. Lee, et al.........1855

Longterm Methotrexate Use in RA: 12 Year Followup of 460 Patients Treated in Community Practice

 A. Wluka, R. Buchbinder, A. Mylvaganam, et al.........1864

Low Dose Weekly Methotrexate in Early Pregnancy. A Case Series and Review of the Literature

 M. Østensen, H. Hartmann, K. Salvesen.........1872

Upper Gastrointestinal Tolerability of Celecoxib, a COX-2 Specific Inhibitor, Compared to Naproxen and Placebo

 W.G. Bensen, S.Z. Zhao, T.A. Burke, et al.........1876

SLE in North American Indians: A Population Based Study

 C.A. Peschken, J.M. Esdaile.........1884

Prediction of Short Term Mortality in SLE with Time Dependent Measures of Disease Activity

 R.J. Cook, D.D. Gladman, D. Pericak,  M.B. Urowitz.........1892

Alleles from Chromosomes 1 and 3 of NOD Mice Combine to Influence Sjögren’s Syndrome-like Autoimmune Exocrinopathy

 J. Brayer, J. Lowry, S. Cha, et al.........1896

Clinical Course of Primary SS: Salivary, Oral, and Serologic Aspects

 G. Gannot, H.E. Lancaster, P.C. Fox.........1905

Labeled Neoglycoproteins and Human Lectins as Diagnostic and Potential Functional Markers in Salivary Glands of Patients with SS

 S. Steinfeld, A. Penaloza, C. Decaestecker, et al.........1910

Serum Levels of sIL-6R and sgp130 Are Elevated in Patients with Localized Scleroderma

 T. Nagaoka, S. Sato, M. Hasegawa, H. Ihn,  K. Takehara.........1917

Longterm Therapy of PsA: Intramuscular Gold or Methotrexate?

 D. Lacaille, H.B. Stein, J. Raboud, A.V. Klinkhoff.........1922

A Comparison Study of the Back Pain Functional Scale and Roland Morris Questionnaire

 P.W. Stratford, J.M. Binkley, and the North American  Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Research Network.........1928

A Comparison of Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, Obesity, and Depression Scores in Elderly Subjects with Knee Pain with and without Radiographic Evidence of Knee OA

 K.D. Brandt, D.K. Heilman, C. Slemenda, et al.........1937

The Effects of a Health Educational and Exercise Program for Older Adults with OA of the Hip or Knee

 M. Hopman-Rock, M.H. Westhoff.........1947

Acetabular Labrum in Hip Dysplasia Evaluated by Radial MRI

 T. Kubo, M. Horii, J. Yamaguchi, et al.........1955

Low Level Laser Therapy for OA and RA: a Metaanalysis

 L. Brosseau, V. Welch, G. Wells, et al.........1961

The Relative Importance of Cysteine Peptidases in OA

 A. Lang, D. Hörler, A. Baici.........1970

Intramuscular Clodronate in Nonresponders to Oral Alendronate Therapy for Osteoporosis

 A. del Puente, A. Scognamiglio, E. Itto, G. Ferrara,  P. Oriente.........1980

Validation of a German Version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ-G)

 M. Offenbaecher, M. Waltz, P. Schoeps.........1984

The Assessment of Functional Impairment in Fibromyalgia (FM): Rasch Analyses of 5 Functional Scales and the Development of the FM Health Assessment Questionnaire

 F. Wolfe, D.J. Hawley, D.L. Goldenberg, I.J. Russell,  D. Buskila, L. Neumann.........1989

Measuring the Epidemiology of Distress: The Rheumatology Distress Index

 F. Wolfe, S.M. Skevington.........2000

Does Being a Woman Make a Difference in Professional Practice? A Qualitative View to the Practice of Rheumatology

 P. Clark, H. Martínez, G. Ryan, L. Barile.........2010

Pediatric Rheumatology

High Dose, Alternate Day Corticosteroids for Systemic Onset Juvenile RA

 Y. Kimura, E. Fieldston, B. Devries-Vandervlugt,  S. Li, L. Imundo.........2018

Lyme Arthritis in Children and Adolescents: Outcome 12 Months After Initiation of Antibiotic Therapy

 W. Bentas, H. Karch, H-I. Huppertz.........2025

Juvenile Amyopathic DM: Results of a Case Finding Descriptive Survey

 S. Palmondon, P.B. Dent.........2031

Case Reports

Catastrophic Exacerbation of APS After Lung Adenocarcinoma Biopsy

 T. Yamamoto, M. Ito, S. Nagata, et al.........2035

HLA-B27 Associated SpA and Severe Ascending Aortitis

 L. Stamp, N. Lambie, J. O'Donnell.........2038

Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis due to Etanercept

 N.A. Galaria, V.P. Werth, H.R. Schumacher.........2041

Images in Rheumatology Acromioclavicular Joint Cyst: a Presenting Feature of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear
 E. Selvi, P. Falsetti, S. Manganelli, R. De Stefano,  E. Frati, R. Marcolongo.........2045

Images in Rheumatology Fusobacterium Osteomyelitis of the Pubic Symphysis in a Healthy Soccer Player
 E. Naredo Sánchez, I. Wilhelmi de Cal,  N. Alegre Bernal, et al.........2047

Correspondence

Diagnostic Criteria for Behçet’s Disease
 G.E. Ehrlich.........2049

Reply K.T. Calamia, M. Schirmer, J.D. O’Duffy.........2049

Is There a Place for Large Vessel Disease in the Diagnostic Criteria of Behçet’s Disease?
 A. Silman, A. Gul.........2050

Reply K.T. Calamia, M. Schirmer, J.D. O’Duffy.........2050

Elevated Homocysteine Levels in Patients with Raynaud’s Syndrome
 S. Danese, M. Candelli, A. Gasbarrini.........2051

Reply Y. Levy, J. George, Y. Shoenfeld.........2051

Solitary Spinal Cord Sarcoid Vasculitis
 J.H. Jaster.........2051

Reply E. Diri, C.G. Espinoza, L.R. Espinoza.........2051

Better Observational Studies Make Better Economic Evaluations
 L. Roger.........2052

Reply A. Maetzel, C. Bombardier.........2053

160 Years of Laminar Flow — What Have We Learned?
 J. Ahlqvist.........2053

Reply U. Mercado.........2054

Letters

Oral Quinine in AS: a Randomized Placebo Controlled Double Blind Crossover Trial
 L. Williamson, H. Illingworth, D. Smith, A. Mowat.........2054

Antiperinuclear Factor and Antikeratin Antibody: Diagnostic Use in a Clinical Laboratory Setting
 M.N.Y. Alnigenis, S. Warikoo, P. Barland.........2056

Sensitivity to Change of the MOS SF-36 Quality of Life Assessment Questionnaire in Patients with SLE Taking Immunosuppressive Therapy
 M.J. Rood, S.E. Borggreve, T.W.J. Huizinga.........2057

False Positive Treponemal Test Result in a Patient with Active SLE
 M.A. Contreras, J.L. Andreu, C. Isasi, C. Barbadillo.........2059

Knee Replacement Is Not Contraindicated in the Presence of Secondary Amyloidosis in Patients with Juvenile Chronic Arthritis
 C.O. Lybäck, E.A. Belt, M.J. Kauppi, H.A. Savolainen,  H.J. Kautiainen, M.U.K. Lehto.........2059

Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Polymorphisms Are Not a Genetic Risk Factor for SLE in German Caucasians
 P. Boorboor, B.E. Drescher, K. Hartung, et al.........2061

Notices.........iii

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