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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