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VOLUME 33: NO. 12 DECEMBER 2006
Editorials
Can We Rely on Anti-Citrulline Antibody Determination for the Diagnosis of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis?
 D.A. Bell .........2369
Why Are Only 50% of Courses of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Agents Continued for Only 2 Years in Some Settings? Need for Longterm Observations in Standard Care to Complement Clinical Trials
 T. Pincus, Y. Yazici, R. van Vollenhoven .........2372
Translating Genetic Information into Clinical Disease Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis
 A.J. MacGregor, S.E. Steer .........2376
Livedo Racemosa: A Striking Dermatological
Sign for the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
 I.W. Uthman, M.A. Khamashta .........2379
Articles
Value of the HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope for Predicting Radiographic Damage in RA Depends on the Individual Patient Risk Profile
 A.C.J.W. Janssens, E.W. Steyerberg, Y. Jiang,
J.D.F. Habbema, C.M. van Duijn, L.A. Criswell .........2383
Diagnostic Utility of Anti-CCP Antibodies for Very Early RA
 T. Matsui, K. Shimada, N. Ozawa, et al .........2390
The Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Biologics for the Treatment of RA: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis
 G. Gartlehner, R.A. Hansen, B.L. Jonas,
P. Thieda, K.N. Lohr .........2398
Development and Validation of a Preference Weight Multiattribute Health Outcome Measure for RA
 C-F. Chiou, M.E. Suarez-Almazor,
C.D. Sherbourne, et al .........2409
The Association of RA and Its Treatment with Sinus Disease
 K. Michaud, F. Wolfe .........2412
CD64 on Neutrophils Is a Sensitive and Specific Marker for Detection of Infection in Patients with RA
 T. Matsui, K. Ohsumi, N. Ozawa, et al .........2416
Metabolic Syndrome and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in RA
 P.H. Dessein, M. Tobias, M.G. Veller .........2425
Retention Rates of TNF Blockers in Daily Practice in 770 Rheumatic Patients
 M. Duclos, L. Gossec, A. Ruyssen-Witrand, et al .........2433
Modest But Sustained Increase of Serum HDL Cholesterol Levels in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritides Treated with Infliximab
 E. Spanakis, P. Sidiropoulos, J. Papadakis, et al .........2440
Role of Insulin Resistance in Increased Frequency
of Atherosclerosis Detected by Carotid Ultrasonography in RA
 Ö.N. Pamuk, E. Ünlü, N. Çakir .........2447
Fatigue in SLE: Contributions of Disordered Sleep, Sleepiness, and Depression
 A. Iaboni, D. Ibanez, D.D. Gladman, M.B. Urowitz,
H. Moldofsky .........2453
Predictors of Carotid Atherosclerosis in SLE
 K. Maksimowicz-McKinnon, L.S. Magder, M. Petri .........2458
Bosentan Increases Myocardial Perfusion and Function in SSc: A MRI and Tissue-Doppler Echography Study
 Y. Allanore, C. Meune, O. Vignaux, S. Weber,
P. Legmann, A. Kahan .........2464
A Study to Standardize Quantitative Evaluation of Parotid Gland Scintigraphy in Patients with SS
 S. Nishiyama, S. Miyawaki, Y. Yoshinaga .........2470
Identification of the Most Common Problems by Patients with AS Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
 I. van Echteld, A. Cieza, A. Boonen, et al .........2475
Excellent Endpoints from Step-Down Bridge Combination Therapy of 5 Immunosuppressants in NSAID-Refractory AS: 6 Year International Study in Asia WHO-ILAR COPCORD Stage II Treatment of the Autoimmune Diseases
 J. Darmawan, A.R. Nasution, S-L. Chen, et al .........2484
Soft Tissue Rheumatic Lesions and HIV
Infection in Zambians
 P. Njobvu, P. McGill .........2493
Arg753Gln TLR-2 Polymorphism in FMF: Linking the Environment to the Phenotype in a Monogenic Inflammatory Disease
 S. Ozen, A. Berdeli, B. Türel, et al .........2498
Tetrathiomolybdate Is Effective in a Mouse Model of Arthritis
 M.D. McCubbin, G. Hou, G.D. Abrams,
R. Dick, Z. Zhang, G.J. Brewer .........2501
Prevalence of Symptomatic Knee, Hand, and Hip
OA in Greece. The ESORDIG Study
 A.A. Andrianakos, L.K. Kontelis, D.G. Karamitsos, et al .........2507
Influence of Ibuprofen-Arginine on Serum Levels of NO Metabolites in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain – A Single-Blind, Placebo Controlled Pilot Trial (ISRCTN18723747)
 H. Sprott, R.E. Gay, B.A. Michel, S. Gay .........2515
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Adding a Cognitive Behavioral Treatment to the Rehabilitation of Chronic Low Back Pain
 B. Schweikert, E. Jacobi, R. Seitz, et al .........2519
IA Injection of High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan
for OA of the Knee — Prediction of Effectiveness with Biological Markers
 H. Sugimoto, H. Yamada, N. Terada, et al .........2527
Pediatric Rheumatology
Salivary Gland Involvement and Oxidative Stress in JIA: Novel Observation in Oligoarticular-type Patients
 R. Brik, G. Livnat, S. Pollack, R. Catz, R. Nagler .........2532
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 .........2538
Case Reports
Geode of the Femur: An Uncommon Manifestation Potentially Reflecting the Pathogenesis of RA
 W. Lee, M.R. Terk, B. Hu, E.K. Garber,
M.H. Weisman .........2541
Small Vessel Vasculitis in a Patient with Botryomycosis
 M.J. Snowden, T.E. McAlindon,
C.G. Morosan, G.H. Lo .........2545
Correspondence
Cytokines in Collagen Disease–Related Atherogenesis
 W. Pruzanski, J. Kopilov, A. Kuksis .........2548
Reply
 C.P. Chung, Y. Asanuma, P. Raggi,
C.M. Stein .........2548
Reply
 O. Shovman, B. Gilburd, Y. Shoenfeld .........2549
Letters
Muscle Cramps Associated with Localized Scleroderma Skin Lesions: Focal Dystonia, Neuromyotonia, or Nerve Entrapment?
 S.A. Zivkovic, D. Lacomis, T.A. Medsger Jr .........2549
Azathioprine and Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in HSP
 J.I. Shin, J.S. Lee, H.J. Jeong .........2551
Meetings in Rheumatology

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