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VOLUME 34: NO. 8 AUGUST 2007

Editorials

Do Toll-like Receptors Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Lupus?

P. Youinou.........1641
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New Perspectives from China on HIV Rheumatic Manifestations

E.V. Hess, A.D. Brown.........1643
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If Knowledge Is Power, Why Don't Rheumatoid Arthritis Education Programs Show Better Outcomes?

L.C. Li .........1645
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Bone and Matrix Remodeling Markers: A New Tool for Assessment of Treatment Efficacy in Ankylosing Spondylitis?

D. Wendling, E. Toussirot .........1647
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Articles

Detection of High Levels of 2 Specific Isoforms of 14-3-3 Proteins in Synovial Fluid from Patients with Joint Inflammation
   
R.T. Kilani, W.P. Maksymowych, A. Aitken, et al.........1650

Clinical Evaluation of Anti-Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin by ELISA in RA
   
L. Soós, Z. Szekanecz, Z. Szabó, et al .........1658

2756GG Genotype of MTR Gene Is More Prevalent in RA Patients Treated with MTX and Is Associated with MTX-Induced Nodulosis
   
Y. Berkun, I. Abou Atta, A. Rubinow, et al .........1664

Good Clinical Response, Remission, and Predictors of Remission in RA Patients Treated with TNF-a Blockers: The GISEA Study
   
L. Mancarella, F. Bobbio-Pallavicini, F. Ceccarelli, et al, for the GISEA group.........1670

Assessment of Pain in RA: Minimal Clinically Significant Difference, Predictors, and the Effect of Anti-TNF Therapy
   
F. Wolfe, K. Michaud.........1674

Effect of a Collective Educational Program for Patients with RA: A Prospective 12-month Randomized Controlled Trial
   
J-S. Giraudet-Le Quintrec, A. Mayoux-Benhamou, P. Ravaud, et al .........1684
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Patients with RA Have Higher Levels of Mannan-Binding Lectin Than Their First-degree Relatives and Unrelated Controls
   
S. Saevarsdottir, K. Steinsson, G. Grondal, H. Valdimarsson .........1692

Causes of Death in Patients with RA: Comparison with Siblings and Matched OA Controls
   
N. Kumar, N.J. Marshall, D.M. Hammal, et al .........1695

HRQOL and Treatment Burden in Patients with Proliferative Lupus Nephritis Treated with Cyclophosphamide or Azathioprine/ Methylprednisolone in a Randomized Controlled Trial
   
C. Grootscholten, F.J. Snoek, M. Bijl, et al.........1699

Association Study of TLR5 and TLR9 Polymorphisms in SLE
   
F.Y.K. Demirci, S. Manzi, R. Ramsey-Goldman, et al .........1708
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Erectile Dysfunction in SSc: Effects of Longterm Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase Type-5 on Erectile Function and Plasma Endothelin-1 Levels
   
M. Proietti, A. Aversa, C. Letizia, et al .........1712

Disease and Symptom Burden in SSc: A Patient Perspective
   
M.E. Suarez-Almazor, M.A. Kallen, A.K. Roundtree, M. Mayes .........1718

Mesenteric Ischemia in Giant Cell Arteritis: 6 Cases and a Systematic Review
   
P. Sujobert, L. Fardet, I. Marie, et al .........1727

International Spondyloarthritis Interobserver Reliability Exercise — The INSPIRE Study: I. Assessment of Spinal Measures
   
D.D. Gladman, R.D. Inman, R.J. Cook, et al .........1733

International Spondyloarthritis Interobserver Reliability Exercise — The INSPIRE Study: II. Assessment of Peripheral Joints, Enthesitis, and Dactylitis
   
D.D. Gladman, R.D. Inman, R.J. Cook, et al .........1740

Evidence-based Correlation Between Anti-Streptolysin O Serum Titer and Sacroiliac Joint Disorder
   
S-T. Chang, C-H. Ku, S-C. Cherng.........1746

Changes of Clinical Response and Bone Biochemical Markers in Patients with AS Taking Etanercept
   
J-H. Woo, H-J. Lee, I-H. Sung, T-H. Kim.........1753
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Distinctive Rheumatic Manifestations in 98 Patients with HIV Infection in China
   
X. Zhang, H. Li, T. Li, F. Zhang, Y. Han.........1760
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The Effect of Low-Dose Aspirin on the Decreased Risk of Development of Dyspepsia and GI Ulcers Associated to COX-2 Selective Inhibitors
   
E. Benito-Garcia, K. Michaud, F. Wolfe.........1765

Meeting Report Rheumatology in the Developing Countries — Challenges and Solutions: 11th Annual Conference of the Pakistan Society for Rheumatology in Collaboration with the Baqai Rheumatology Unit
 
S. Baig, M. Humail.........1770

Pediatric Rheumatology

Physicians' and Parents' Ratings of Inactive Disease Are Frequently Discordant in JIA
   
A. Consolaro, R. Vitale, A. Pistorio, et al.........1773

Case Report

Normal Bowel Function Restored After Oxygen Therapy in SSc and Colonic Inertia
   
L.A. Saketkoo, L.R. Espinoza.........1777

Images in Rheumatology

Wegener's Granulomatosis Mimicking a Thoracic Spondylodiscitis
 
J. Cardenal-Urdampilleta, L. Gorospe, C. Márquez, V. Segur, B. Romera.........1779

In Tribute Adel G. Fam, MD, FRCPC, MACR, October 14, 1936–April 16, 2007
 
H.R. Schumacher Jr .........1782

Correspondence

Is Once a Week Enough?
 
S. Bawa, J. Hall, S. Edmonds, M. Webley.........1783

Reply
 
E. Keystone.........1783

Glucocorticoid Treatments and RA
 
O. Slot .........1784

Reply
 
F. Wolfe, L. Caplan, A.S. Russell, K. Michaud .........1784

Problems with Franco-American Systemic Sclerosis Study
 
S.T. Anderson.........1784

Reply
 
O.C. Meyer .........1785

Letter

Jean-Martin Charcot: Rheumatology in Philately
 
M.T. Mascia .........1785

Book Review

Osteoarthritis, 4th edition .........1786
 

Correction

Efficacy of Bosentan in Treatment of Unresponsive Cutaneous Ulceration in Disabling Pansclerotic Morphea in Children
 
R. Roldan, G. Morote, M. del Carmen Castro, M.D. Miranda, J.C. Moreno, E. Collantes.........1786

Meetings in Rheumatology.........
 



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