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Table of Contents
Volume 27, December 2000

Editorials

An Infrastructure of Patient Questionnaires at Each Rheumatology Visit: Improving Efficiency and Documenting Care

T. Pincus, F. Wolfe .........2727

The Cost of COX Inhibitors: How Selective Should We Be?

C.A. Marra, J.M. Esdaile, H. Sun, A.H. Anis .........2731

COX-2 Inhibition: Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold — (Perhaps) Just Right?

V. Bakowsky, J.G. Hanly .........2734

Pregnant with Controversy

P.K. Gregersen .........2738

Articles

CTLA-4 Gene Polymorphism in Japanese Patients with RA

T. Yanagawa, K. Gomi, E-I. Nakao, S. Inada .........2740

Antifilaggrin Antibodies Within "Normal" Range Predict RA in a Linear Fashion

K. Aho, T. Palosuo, M. Heliövaara, P. Knekt, P. Alha, R. von Essen .........2743

Mycoplasma fermentans in RA and Other Inflammatory Arthritides     

S. Horowitz, B. Evinson, A. Borer, J. Horowitz .........2747

Expression of the aEß7 Integrin by Mast Cells in Rheumatoid Synovium

K.A. Gibson, R.K. Kumar, N. Tedla, I. Gotis-Graham, H.P. McNeil .........2754

Serum MMP-3 in Early RA Is Correlated with Disease Activity and Radiological Progression

M.D. Posthumus, P.C. Limburg, J. Westra, M.A. van Leeuwen, M.H. van Rijswijk .........2761

Synovial Fluid Induced Nuclear Factor-kB DNA Binding in a Monocytic Cell Line

T. Lehmann, L.Q.Q. Nguyen, M.L. Handel .........2769

Thrombin Stimulates Cell Proliferation in Human Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Nuclear Factor-kB Activation and Protein Kinase C Mediated Pathway

N. Maruyama, F. Hirano, N. Yoshikawa, K. Migita, K. Eguchi, H. Tanaka .........2777

Androgren Deficiency and BMD in Men with RA

L. Stafford, J. Bleasel, A. Giles, D. Handelsman .........2786

Paroxetine versus Amitriptyline for Treatment of Depression Associated with RA: a Randomized, Double Blind, Parallel Group Study

H. Bird, M. Broggini .........2791

Detection and Quantitation of Stem Cell Factor (kit Ligand) in the SF of Patients with Rheumatic Disease

S.E. Carsons, F. Santiago-Schwarz, C. Diola .........2798

Validity of the MACTAR Questionnaire as a Functional Index in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial

A.C. Verhoeven, M. Boers, S. van der Linden .........2801

A Comparison of Agreement and Sensitivity to Change Between AIMS2 and a Short Form of AIMS2 (AIMS2-SF) in More Than 1000 RA Patients

E.A. Haavardsholm, T.K. Kvien, T. Uhlig, L.M. Smedstad, F. Guillemin .........2810

Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Functional Outcome After 10 Years

D. Erkan, Y. Yazici, R. Sobel, M.D. Lockshin .........2817

Serial Renal Biopsy in SLE

S. Bajaj, L. Albert, D.D. Gladman, M.B. Urowitz, D.C. Hallett, S. Ritchie .........2822

Tissue Factor Activity in Patients with SLE: Association with Disease Activity

J. Segal, T. Kickler, M. Petri .........2827

Prevalence of Antibodies to ß2-Glycoprotein I in SLE and Their Association with Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Criteria: A Single Center Study and Literature Review

I.N. Bruce, C.A. Clark-Soloninka, K.A. Spitzer, D.D. Gladman, M.B. Urowitz, C.A. Laskin .........2833

Levels of IL-12, a Cytokine of Type 1 Helper T Cells, Are Elevated in Sera from Patients with SSc

S. Sato, H. Hanakawa, M. Hasegawa, et al .........2838

Maternal-Fetal HLA Incompatibility and the Course of Inflammatory Arthritis During Pregnancy

P. Brennan, J. Barrett, M. Fiddler, W. Thomson, T. Payton, A. Silman .........2843

Effects of Factor V Gene G1691A, Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene C677T, and Prothrombin Gene G20210A Mutations on Deep Venous Thrombogenesis in Behçet's Disease

P.B. Toydemír, A.H. Elhan, A. Tükün, et al .........2849

Cyclosporin A in the Treatment of Refractory Adult PM/DM: Population Based Experience in 6 Patients and Literature Review

K.A. Qushmaq, A. Chalmers, J.M. Esdaile .........2855

Spondyloarthropathy Is Underestimated in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Prevalence and HLA Association

K. de Vlam, H. Mielants, C. Cuvelier, F. De Keyser, E.M. Veys, M. De Vos .........2860

The Development and Validation of a Radiographic Grading System for the Hip in Ankylosing Spondylitis: the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Hip Index

K. MacKay, S. Brophy, C. Mack, M. Doran, A. Calin.........2866

Effect of Low Dose Daily Aspirin on Serum Urate Levels and Urinary Excretion in Patients Receiving Probenecid for Gouty Arthritis

M. Harris, L.R. Bryant, P. Danaher, J. Alloway .........2873

The Involvement of Phospholipase C in Crystal Induced Human Neutrophil Activation

J.K. Jackson, C. Tudan, H.M. Burt .........2877

Perforation of Rotator Cuff Increases IL-1ß Production in the Synovium of Glenohumeral Joint in Rotator Cuff Diseases

M. Gotoh, K. Hamada, H. Yamakawa, et al .........2886

Carprofen Simultaneously Reduces Progression of Morphological Changes in Cartilage and Subchondral Bone in Experimental Dog OA

J-P. Pelletier, D. Lajeunesse, D.V. Jovanovic, et al........2893

A Community Rheumatology Practice Offers an Educational Experience Comparable to That of a University Tertiary Care Center

P. Boulos, M-A. Fitzcharles, M. Cohen, M. Starr .........2903

Image Analysis Quantification of Substance P Immunoreactivity in the Trapezius Muscle of Patients with FM and Myofascial Pain Syndrome

R. De Stefano, E. Selvi, M. Villanova, et al .........2906

Mind-Body Therapies for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia. A Systematic Review

V.A. Hadhazy, J. Ezzo, P. Creamer, B.M. Berman .........2911

Workshop Report Canadian Consensus Conference on Hydroxychloroquine
J. Esdaile .........2919

The Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture: Longterm Persistence of Fetal and Maternal Cells: Implications for SSc and Other Autoimmune Diseases
J.L. Nelson .........2922

Case Reports

Hydroxychloroquine Neuromyotoxicity

M. Stein, M.J. Bell, L-C. Ang .........2927

Primary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of Bone

T. Thongngarm, C. Lynch, R.W. McMurray .........2932

Primary Angiitis of the CNS and Alzheimer's Disease: Clinically and Pathologically Evident in a Single Patient

D.J. Brotman, C.G. Eberhart, P.C. Burger, J.C. McArthur, D.B. Hellmann .........2935

Correspondence

Efficacy of Tramadol in Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
E. Whitney .........2938

Reply T.J. Schnitzer .........2938

Letters

Pseudoporphyria Induced by Celecoxib in a Patient with JRA
R. Cummins, L. Wagner-Weiner, A. Paller .........2938

HLA-DRB1 and DQB1 Genes in Japanese Patients with SSc
S. Akimoto, M. Abe, O. Ishikawa .........2940

Does Improved Spinal Mobility Correlate with Functional Changes in SpA After Short Term Physical Therapy?
S. Heikkilä, J.V. Viitanen, H. Kautiainen, M. Kauppi .........2942

The Extension of AS "Dagger Sign" into the Sacrum
I. Olivieri, G. Ciancio, E. Scarano, A. Padula .........2944

Polymorphisms of the IL-10 Gene Promoter Are Not Associated with Anti-Ro Autoantibodies in Primary SS
M. Rischmueller, V. Limaye, S. Lester, et al .........2945

Corrections

Isometric Progressive Resistive Exercise for Osteoporosis
R.L. Swezey, A.M. Swezey, J. Adams .........2946

Psoriatic Arthritis — Celiac Disease and IgA
Antibodies to Gliadin [abstract]

U. Lindqvist, Å. Rudsander, Å. Boström, G. Michaëlsson
.........2947

Notices .........v

Reviewer Index .........2948

Author Index .........2950

Subject Index .........2966

Content Index .........3006

VOLUME 27: SUPPLEMENT 61 DECEMBER 2000

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