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Prevention of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis: Why Are We Doing So Poorly?
 
R.A. Yood .........1461

Early Diagnosis and Treatment in Lupus Nephritis: How We Can Influence the Risk for Terminal Renal Failure
 
C. Fiehn .........1464

Anemia of Chronic Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Aspects of Prevalence, Outcome, Diagnosis, and the Effect of Treatment on Disease Activity
 
A. Swaak .........1467

Why Have Rheumatologists Been Reluctant to Vaccinate Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?
 
U. Mercado .........1469

Articles

Frequency of Osteoporosis in 187 Men with RA Followed in a University Hospital
   
J.M. Nolla, D. Roig-Vilaseca, C. Gomez-Vaquero, et al .........1472

Anti-CCP versus Anti-Sa Antibodies in Diagnosis of RA in an Outpatient Clinic for Connective Tissue Disease and Spondyloarthritis
   
F-J. López-Longo, M. Rodríguez-Mahou, S. Sánchez-Ramón, et al .........1476

Two Distinct Clinical Courses of Renal Involvement in Rheumatoid Patients with AA Amyloidosis
   
H. Uda, A. Yokota, K. Kobayashi, et al .........1482

Poor and Good Health Outcomes in RA: The Role of Comorbidity
   
I. Rupp, H.C. Boshuizen, L.D. Roorda, H.J. Dinant, C.E. Jacobi, G.A.M. van den Bos .........1488

Psychosocial Variables and Fatigue: A Longitudinal Study Comparing Individuals with RA and Healthy Controls
   
C.A. Mancuso, M. Rincon, W. Sayles, S.A. Paget .........1496

A Prognostic Model for Functional Outcome in Early RA
   
N. Bansback, A. Young, A. Brennan, J. Dixey .........1503

Performance of Hand Radiographs in Predicting the Diagnosis in Patients with Early Arthritis
   
V. Devauchelle-Pensec, J.M. Berthelot, S. Jousse, et al .........1511

Anemia and Renal Function in Patients with RA
   
F. Wolfe, K. Michaud .........1516

Serum MMP and TIMP in Patients with Early RA
   
M. Fiedorczyk, P.A. Klimiuk, S. Sierakowski, E. Gindzienska-Sieskiewicz, J. Chwiecko .........1523

HPA Hormonal Responses to Exercise Stress Test in Patients with RA Compared to Healthy Controls
   
Y. Kurtais, B. Sonel Tur, A.H. Elhan, M.F. Erdogan, P. Yalçin .........1530

Diagnostic Value of Anti-Nucleosome Antibodies in the Assessment of Disease Activity of SLE: A Prospective Study Comparing Anti-Nucleosome with Anti-dsDNA Antibodies
   
O.A. Gutiérrez-Adrianzén, S. Koutouzov, R.M. Salani Mota, M.M. das Chagas Medeiros, J-F. Bach, H. de Holanda Campos .........1538

Altered Levels of Adipocytokines in Association with Insulin Resistance in Patients with SLE
   
K. Sada, Y. Yamasaki, M. Maruyama, et al .........1545

Anti-NR2 Glutamate Receptor Antibodies and Cognitive Function in SLE
   
J.G. Hanly, J. Robichaud, J.D. Fisk .........1553

Significance of Persistent aPL in the Elderly
   
T. Quéméneur, M. Lambert, E. Hachulla, et al .........1559

Prognostic Factors in Lupus Nephritis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Delay Increases the Risk of Terminal Renal Failure
   
M. Faurschou, H. Starklint, P. Halberg, S. Jacobsen .........1563

Damage Accumulation in SLE and Its Relation to Disease Activity and Mortality
   
A. Becker-Merok, H.C. Nossent .........1570

Inter-Hospital Transfers of Patients with SLE: Characteristics, Predictors, and Outcomes
   
M.M. Ward, J.J. Odutola .........1578

The Efficacy of Self-Administered Stretching for Finger Joint Motion in Japanese Patients with SSc
   
N. Mugii, M. Hasegawa, T. Matsushita, et al .........1586

Characterization and Differentiation of Autoimmune versus Viral Liver Involvement in Patients with SS
   
M. Ramos-Casals, J-M. Sánchez-Tapias, A. Parés, et al .........1593

Anti-Th/To-Positivity in a Cohort of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
   
A. Fischer, F.J. Pfalzgraf, C.A. Feghali-Bostwick, et al .........1600

Concurrent Temporal (Giant Cell) Arteritis and Malignancy: Report of 20 Patients with Review of the Literature
   
E. Liozon, V. Loustaud, A-L. Fauchais, et al .........1606

Seasonal Variations in Onset of WG: Increased in Summer?
   
A. Mahr, N. Artigues, J. Coste, A. Aouba, C. Pagnoux, L. Guillevin, for the French Vasculitis Study Group .........1615

Platelet-Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and CD146: Soluble Levels and in Situ Expression of Cellular Adhesion Molecules Implicated in the Cohesion of Endothelial Cells in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
   
D. Figarella-Branger, N. Schleinitz, B. Boutière-Albanèse, et al .........1623

PPAR-g Gene Polymorphisms and PsA
   
C. Butt, D. Gladman, P. Rahman .........1631

Etanercept in Adult Patients with Early Onset AS
   
R.D. Inman, D.O. Clegg, J.C. Davis, J.B. Whitmore, A. Solinger .........1634

Femoral BMD Is Associated with Vertebral Fractures in Patients with AS: A Cross-sectional Study
   
J-B. Jun, K-B. Joo, M-Y. Her, et al .........1637

Osteopenia Is Common in Adult Male Patients with Active JIA
   
P. Aggarwal, A. Aggarwal, S. Gupta, R. Misra .........1642

Dose Adjustment of Allopurinol According to Creatinine Clearance Does Not Provide Adequate Control of Hyperuricemia in Patients with Gout
   
N. Dalbeth, S. Kumar, L. Stamp, P. Gow .........1646

Trends in Prevention of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
   
K.G. Saag, S.H. Gehlbach, J.R. Curtis, T.E. Youket, K. Worley, J.L. Lange .........1651

Determinants of Change in Patella Cartilage Volume in Healthy Subjects
   
F. Hanna, A.E. Wluka, P.R. Ebeling, R. O'Sullivan, S.R. Davis, F.M. Cicuttini .........1658

Nitrite and Nitrotyrosine Concentrations in Articular Cartilage, Subchondral Bone, and Trabecular Bone of Normal Juvenile, Normal Adult, and Osteoarthritic Adult Equine MCP Joints
   
M.R. van der Harst, S. Bull, P.A.J. Brama, A. Barneveld, P.R. van Weeren, C.H.A. van de Lest .........1662

Avocado/Soybean Unsaponifiables Prevent the Inhibitory Effect of Osteoarthritic Subchondral Osteoblasts on Aggrecan and Type II Collagen Synthesis by Chondrocytes
   
Y.E. Henrotin, M.A. Deberg, J-M. Crielaard, N. Piccardi, P. Msika, C. Sanchez .........1668

Possession of Assistive Devices Is Related to Improved Psychological Well-Being in Patients with Rheumatic Conditions
   
M. Veehof, E. Taal, J. Rasker, J. Lohmann, M. van de Laar .........1679

Pediatric Rheumatology

Inhibited Apoptosis of SF Lymphocytes in Children with JIA Is Associated with Increased Expression of Myeloid Cell Leukemia 1 and XIAP Proteins
   
E. Smolewska, J. Stanczyk, T. Robak, P. Smolewski .........1684

Efficacy of Probenecid for a Patient with JDM Complicated with Calcinosis
   
H. Nakamura, A. Kawakami, H. Ida, E. Ejima, T. Origuchi, K. Eguchi .........1691

Case Reports

Ischemic Scleroderma Wounds Successfully Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
   
Y.M. Markus, M.J. Bell, A.W. Evans .........1694

Cutaneous Mastocytosis in a Patient with Primary SS
   
S. Kalay Erbay, C. Stewart, A. Hassanein, et al .........1697

Rapid Destruction of the Femoral Head After a Single IA Injection of Corticosteroid into the Hip Joint
   
T. Yamamoto, R. Schneider, Y. Iwamoto, P.G. Bullough .........1701

Images in Rheumatology

Marked Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis in a Patient with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
 
Y. Aoki, T. Nagashima, T. Kamimura, M. Iwamoto, S. Minota .........1705

Concomitant Polyarticular Septic and Gouty Arthritis
 
C. Alappatt, G. Clayburne, H.R. Schumacher .........1707

Leukemic Infiltration of the Knee
 
C. Aguilera Cros, I. Gutierrez Jarrín, J. Povedano Gómez .........1709

Correspondence

Prevalence of RA
 
S. Yurdakul .........1710

Reply
 
C.G. Kiss, L. Czirjak .........1710

Is the Jadad Score the Proper Evaluation of Trials?
 
V.W. Berger .........1710

Reply
 
T.E. Towheed .........1711

Letters

Antibodies Against a-Fodrin Are Associated with Dry Eyes and Mouth in the General Population
 
T. Witte, J. Bierwirth, R.E. Schmidt, T. Matthias .........1713

WHO-ILAR COPCORD Pilot Study in Tehran, Iran
 
F. Davatchi, A-R. Jamshidi, A.T. Bani-Hashemi, J. Darmawan .........1714

Corrections

Recent Diuretic Use and the Risk of Recurrent Gout Attacks: The Online Case-Crossover Gout Study
 
D.J. Hunter, M. York, C.E. Chaisson, R. Woods, J. Niu, Y. Zhang .........1714

Nonthrombotic Manifestations of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Away from Thrombosis?
 
R.A. Asherson, R. Cervera, D. Shepshelovich, Y. Shoenfeld .........1714

Meetings in Rheumatology