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VOLUME 29: NO. 2 FEBRUARY 2002

Editorials

Arthritis Health Promotion Versus Comprehensive Arthritis Management. Is There a Difference?

J.C. Thorne, I. Fraser .........207

In Quest of the Holy Grail: Efficacy Versus Effectiveness in RA

M.E. Suarez-Almazor .........209

Articles

Susceptibility for and Clinical Manifestations of RA Are Associated with Polymorphisms of the TNF-a, IL-1ß, and IL-1Ra Genes
 
J. Trifunovic Cvetkovic, S. Wållberg-Jonsson, B. Stegmayr, S. Rantapää-Dahlqvist, A.K. Lefvert .........212

CD4 Coating, But Not CD4 Depletion, Is a Predictor of Efficacy with Primatized™ Monoclonal Anti-CD4 Treatment of Active RA
 
U. Mason, J. Aldrich, F. Breedveld, et al .........220

Constitutive Expression of Angiopoietin-1 and -2 and Modulation of Their Expression by Inflammatory Cytokines in RA Synovial Fibroblasts
 
B.B. Scott, P.F. Zaratin, A. Colombo, M.J. Hansbury, J.D. Winkler, J.R. Jackson .........230

Effect of Direct Angiogenesis Inhibition in RA Using a Soluble Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1 Chimeric Protein
 
T. Sekimoto, K. Hamada, Y. Oike, et al .........240

Blood Transfusion, Alcohol Use, and Anthropometric Risk Factors for RA in Older Women
 
J.R. Cerhan, K.G. Saag, L.A. Criswell, L.A. Merlino, T.R. Mikuls .........246

Prescribing Trends in DMARD for RA: A Survey of Practicing Canadian Rheumatologists
 
J.E. Pope, P. Hong, B.E. Koehler .........255

DMARD in Early RA: A Longterm Observational Study
 
N.G. Papadopoulos, Y. Alamanos, I.A. Papadopoulos, N. Tsifetaki, P.V. Voulgari, A.A. Drosos .........261

Functional Disability in Relation to Radiological Damage and Disease Activity in Patients with RA in Remission
 
E.T.H. Molenaar, A.E. Voskuyl, B.A.C. Dijkmans .........267

Patients Chosen for Treatment with Cyclosporine Because of Severe RA Are More Likely to Carry HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles, and Have Earlier Disease Onset
 
M.A. González-Gay, A.H. Hajeer, C. García-Porrúa, et al .........271

Improvement in the Diagnosis of RA Using Dual Indirect Immunofluorescence and Immunoblotting Assays for Antifilaggrin Autoantibodies: A Retrospective 3 Year Study
 
C. Ferraro-Peyret, J. Tebib, A. Desbos, et al .........276

Pulmonary Hypertension in SLE: Evaluation of Clinical Characteristics and Response to Immunosuppressive Treatment
 
E. Tanaka, M. Harigai, M. Tanaka, Y. Kawaguchi, M. Hara, N. Kamatani .........282

SLE Disease Activity Index 2000
 
D.D. Gladman, D. Ibañez, M.B. Urowitz .........288

Brachial Endothelial Function Is Impaired in Patients with SLE
 
D.S.N. Lima, E.I. Sato, V.C. Lima, F. Miranda Jr, F.H. Hatta .........292

Cyclophosphamide with Low or High Dose Prednisolone for SSc Lung Disease
 
I. Pakas, J.P.A. Ioannidis, K. Malagari, F.N. Skopouli, H.M. Moutsopoulos, P.G. Vlachoyiannopoulos .........298

Clinical and Immunological Factors Associated with Low Lacrimal and Salivary Flow Rate in Patients with Primary SS
 
H-J. Haga .........305

Wegener's Granulomatosis: Survey of 701 Patients in North America. Changes in Outcome in the 1990s
 
N.I. Abdou, G.J. Kullman, G.S. Hoffman, et al .........309

Novel Genetic Association of Wegener's Granulomatosis with the IL-10 Gene
 
Y. Zhou, R. Giscombe, D. Huang, A.K. Lefvert .........317

Sex Differences in TA and PMR
 
J. Narváez, J.M. Nolla-Solé, J. Valverde-García, D. Roig-Escofet .........321

The Potential of ESSG SpA Classification Criteria as a Diagnostic Aid in Rheumatological Practice
 
E. Muñoz Gomariz, A. Cisnal del Mazo, V. Pérez Guijo, A.E. Contreras, M.C.M. Villanueva, E.C. Estévez .........326

Local Ice Therapy During Bouts of Acute Gouty Arthritis
 
N. Schlesinger, M.A. Detry, B.K. Holland, et al .........331

Influence of Weather Conditions on Rheumatic Pain
 
I. Strusberg, R.C. Mendelberg, H.A. Serra, A.M. Strusberg .........335

Rheumatologists' Adherence to Guidelines for Misoprostol Use in Patients at High Risk for NSAID Gastropathy
 
J. Cibere, J.T. Sibley, M. Haga .........339

A Composite Index for Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients with Hip OA
 
J.F. Maillefert, A. Gueguen, M. Nguyen, et al .........347

Peak Oxygen Uptake and Ventilatory Anaerobic Threshold in FM
 
V. Valim, L.M. Oliveira, A.L. Suda, et al .........353

Cytokines and Depression in Cases with FM
 
A. Gür, M. Karakoç, K. Nas, R. Çevik, A. Denli, J. Saraç .........358

Does Self-Management Education Benefit All Populations with Arthritis? A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Primary Care Physician Network
 
D.H. Solomon, A. Warsi, T. Brown-Stevenson, et al .........362

Pediatric Rheumatology

IFN-g:IL-4 Ratios and Associated Type 1 Cytokine Expression in JRA Synovial Tissue
 
M.P. Scola, S.D. Thompson, H.I. Brunner, et al .........369

Ethnic Differences in Risk for Pediatric Rheumatic Illness in a Culturally Diverse Population
 
D. Kurahara, A. Tokuda, A. Grandinetti, et al .........379

SAPHO Syndrome and Transient Hemiparesis in a Child: Coincidence or New Association?
 
E. Vanin, P. Drigo, G. Martini, et al .........384

Case Reports

Delayed Relapse of Churg-Strauss Syndrome Manifesting as Colon Ulcers with Mucosal Granulomas: 3 Cases
 
N. Mémain, M. De Bandt, L. Guillevin, B. Wechsler, O. Meyer .........388

Periaortitis Heralding Wegener's Granulomatosis
 
C. de Roux-Serratrice, J. Serratrice, B. Granel, et al .........392

Correspondence

Diagnostic Relevance of Antibodies to Serotonin and Phospholipids in FM
R. Klein, P.A. Berg .........395

Reply
W. Eich, E. Werle, A. Müller .........396

Is Hypermobility a Factor in FM?
A.J. Holman .........396

Reply
M-A. Fitzcharles .........397

Letters

Warfarin and Azathioprine: Clinically Significant Drug Interaction
J. Walker, H. Mendelson, A. McClure, M.D. Smith .........398

Obesity Does Not Impair Rehabilitation Outcome in SpA
S. Heikkilä, M. Mikkelsson, M. Kauppi .........399

Validation of a German Version of the Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH-G)
M. Offenbaecher, T. Ewert, O. Sangha, G. Stucki .........401

Acute Inflammation at the Site of Calcinosis in Limited Cutaneous Scleroderma
S.M. Rashad, E.M. Abdelaty, J. Rooney, H.R. Schumacher Jr .........402

Book Reviews

Arthritis and Allied Conditions. A Textbook of Rheumatology, 14th Edition 404

Primary Care Rheumatology .........404

Textbook of the Autoimmune Diseases .........404

Rheumatoid Arthritis .........405

Muscle Pain: Understanding Its Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment .........405

Notices

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