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VOLUME 31: NO. 2 FEBRUARY 2004

Editorials

Translating Research into Practice: Acetaminophen in Osteoarthritis Revisited
 
D.L. Scott, G. Kingsley .........199

Rheumatological Creativity and Leflunomide
 
J.M. Kremer .........203

Trials Are Short, Disease Long: Measuring Drug Utility Beyond Clinical Trials
 
M.E. Luggen .........205

Articles

The Effect of Oral Contraceptives and Estrogen Replacement Therapy on the Risk of RA: A Population Based Study
   
M.F. Doran, C.S. Crowson, W.M. O'Fallon, S.E. Gabriel .........207

The Influence of Sex on RA: A Prospective Study of Onset and Outcome After 2 Years
   
B. Tengstrand, M. Ahlmén, I. Hafström, for the BARFOT Study Group .........214

A Web-Compatible Instrument for Measuring Self-Reported Disease Activity in Arthritis
   
N. Athale, A. Sturley, S. Skoczen, A. Kavanaugh, L. Lenert .........223

Patient Questionnaires and Formal Education Level as Prospective Predictors of Mortality Over 10 Years in 97% of 1416 Patients with RA from 15 US Private Practices
   
T. Pincus, J. Keysor, T. Sokka, E. Krishnan, L.F. Callahan .........229

RA Treatment with Weekly Leflunomide: An Open-Label Study
   
J. Jaimes-Hernández, M. Robles-San Román, R. Suárez-Otero, M.E. Dávalos-Zugasti, S. Arroyo-Borrego .........235

Effect of Repeated Infliximab Therapy on Serum MMP and TIMP in Patients with RA
   
P.A. Klimiuk, S. Sierakowski, I. Domyslawska, J. Chwiecko .........238

Efficacy and Safety of Tacrolimus (FK506) in Treatment of RA: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Dose-Finding Study
   
H. Kondo, T. Abe, H. Hashimoto, et al .........243

Autoimmune Response to Proteasome Activator 28a in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases
   
M. Matsushita, Y. Takasaki, K. Takeuchi, H. Yamada, R. Matsudaira, H. Hashimoto .........252

Effects of Disease Activity, Pain, and Distress on Activity Limitations in Patients with SLE
   
C.M. Greco, T.E. Rudy, S. Manzi .........260

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in SLE
   
A. Foote, E.M. Briganti, Y. Kipen, L. Santos, M. Leech, E.F. Morand .........268

Close Association of Herpes Zoster Reactivation and SLE Diagnosis: Case-Control Study of Patients with SLE or Noninflammatory Musculoskeletal Disorders
   
J.E. Pope, A. Krizova, J.M. Ouimet, J.L. Goodwin, M.D. Laskin .........274

Transverse Myelitis as the First Manifestation of SLE or Lupus-like Disease: Good Functional Outcome and Relevance of Antiphospholipid Antibodies
   
D.P. D'Cruz, S. Mellor-Pita, B. Joven, et al .........280

Nailfold Capillary Microscopy Can Suggest Pulmonary Disease Activity in SSc
   
M. Bredemeier, R.M. Xavier, K.G. Capobianco, et al .........286

IL-1ß Gene Polymorphism Association with Severe Renal Manifestations and Renal Sequelae in Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
   
M.M. Amoli, M.C. Calviño, C. Garcia-Porrua, J. Llorca, W.E.R. Ollier, M.A. Gonzalez-Gay .........295

Lack of Association Between Endothelial NO Synthase Polymorphisms and Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
   
M.M. Amoli, C. Garcia-Porrua, M.C. Calviño, W.E.R. Ollier, M.A. Gonzalez-Gay .........299

Galanin in Adjuvant Arthritis in the Rat
   
W. Qinyang, K. Hultenby, E. Adlan, J. Urban Lindgren .........302

A Randomized Comparative Study of Short Term Response to Blind Injection versus Sonographic-Guided Injection of Local Corticosteroids in Patients with Painful Shoulder
   
E. Naredo, F. Cabero, P. Beneyto, et al .........308

ADAMTS-1, a Gene Product of Articular Chondrocytes in Vivo and in Vitro, Is Downregulated by IL-1ß
   
L. Wachsmuth, B. Bau, Z. Fan, A. Pecht, N. Gerwin, T. Aigner .........315

Effect of Radiosynovectomy with Holmium-166 Ferric Hydroxide Macroaggregate on Adult Equine Cartilage
   
O.T. Mäkelä, M.J. Lammi, H. Uusitalo, et al .........321

Bone Scintigraphy Is Not a Better Predictor of Progression of Knee OA Than Kellgren and Lawrence Grade
   
S.A. Mazzuca, K.D. Brandt, D.S. Schauwecker, et al .........329

A Randomized, Single-Blind Comparison of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Hylan G-F 20 and Triamcinolone Hexacetonide in Patients with OA of the Knee
   
D. Caborn, J. Rush, W. Lanzer, D. Parenti, C. Murray .........333

NSAID or Acetaminophen for OA of the Hip or Knee? A Systematic Review of Evidence and Guidelines
   
A. Wegman, D. van der Windt, M. van Tulder, W. Stalman, T. de Vries .........344

Longer Use of COX-2-Specific Inhibitors Compared to Nonspecific NSAID: A Longitudinal Study of 3639 Patients in Community Practice
   
F. Wolfe, K. Michaud, T.A. Burke, S.Z. Zhao .........355

Clinical Profile of Rheumatic Disease Patients Referred to a Multidisciplinary Pain Center
   
M-A. Fitzcharles, A. Almahrezi, M.A. Ware .........359

Functional Imaging of Pain in Patients with Primary FM
   
D.B. Cook, G. Lange, D.S. Ciccone, W-C. Liu, J. Steffener, B.H. Natelson .........364

Aspects of Diurnal Rhythmicity in Pain, Stiffness, and Fatigue in Patients with FM
   
N. Bellamy, R.B. Sothern, J. Campbell .........379

Pediatric Rheumatology

ILAR Classification of JIA: Second Revision, Edmonton, 2001
 
R.E. Petty, T.R. Southwood, P. Manners, et al .........390

Case Report

Delayed Diagnosis of Takayasu's Arteritis: Total Abdominal Aorta Occlusion Treated with Axillo-Bifemoral Bypass
   
H. Kart-Koseoglu, A.E. Yucel, A. Tasdelen, F. Bovyat .........393

Images in Rheumatology

Fatal Occlusive Vessel Disease in a Patient with Systemic JIA
 
H. Mangge, B. Heinzl, H-M. Grubbauer, M. Aschauer, M. Tillich .........396

Correspondence

No Significant Sex Differences in Temporal Arteritis E. Liozon, A-L. Fauchais, V. Loustaud, E. Vidal .........397

Reply R. Nir-Paz, T. Chajek-Shaul .........398

Reply J. Narváez .........399

DMARD and Pregnancy K. Uhl, D.L. Kennedy, W.R. Gilliland .........400

Reply E.F. Chakravarty, D. Sanchez-Yamamoto, T.M. Bush .........402

"Soft" Neurological Signs in SLE T.J. Romano .........402

Reply S.D. Denburg .........402

Letters

Validity of Scleroderma Functional Assessment Questionnaire J.L. Poole, L. Brower .........402

Lack of Association Between ICAM-1 Gene Polymorphisms and Biopsy-Proven Erythema Nodosum M.M. Amoli, W.E.R. Ollier, M. Lueiro, M.L. Fernandez, C. Garcia-Porrua, M.A. Gonzalez-Gay .........403

Correction

An Unusually Complicated Case of Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Development of Transient "Lupus-type" Autoantibodies Following Silicone Implant Rejection R.A. Asherson, Y. Shoenfeld, C. Bosman .........405

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