VOLUME 35: NO. 2 FEBRUARY 2008

Editorials

Composite Versus Individual Measures of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

T. Neogi, D.T. Felson .........185 →RELATED ARTICLE

Criteria for Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Tale Without End

H.A. Bird .........188 →RELATED ARTICLE

Recent Trends in Osteoporosis Treatment After Hip Fracture: Improving But Wholly Inadequate

S.R. Majumdar .........190 →RELATED ARTICLE

Articles

High Concentration Simvastatin Induces Apoptosis in FLS from Patients with RA
   
K. Yokota, F. Miyoshi, T. Miyazaki, et al .........193

Relative Efficiencies of Physician/Assessor Global Estimates and Patient Questionnaire Measures Are Similar to or Greater Than Joint Counts to Distinguish Adalimumab from Control Treatments in RA Clinical Trials
   
T. Pincus, I. Amara, O.G. Segurado, M. Bergman, G.G. Koch .........201 →RELATED ARTICLE

Adalimumab plus MTX Improved SF-36 Scores and Reduced the Effect of RA on Work Activity for Patients with Early RA
   
M. Kimel, M. Cifaldi, N. Chen, D. Revicki .........206

Influence of Patient Education on Exercise Compliance in RA: A Prospective 12-month Randomized Controlled Trial
   
A. Mayoux-Benhamou, J-S. Giraudet-Le Quintrec, P. Ravaud, et al .........216

Transthoracic versus Transesophageal Echocardiography for Detection of Libman-Sacks Endocarditis: A Randomized Controlled Study
   
C.A. Roldan, C.R. Qualls, K.S. Sopko, W.L. Sibbitt Jr .........224

Homocysteine, BMD, and Fracture Risk Over 2 Years of Followup in Women with and without SLE
   
E.Y. Rhew, C. Lee, P. Eksarko, et al .........230

Evaluation of Paraoxonase Activity in Patients with MCTD
   
E. Bodolay, I. Seres, P. Szodoray, et al .........237

Risk Factors Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Colombian Patients with SSc: Review of the Literature
   
P. Coral-Alvarado, A. Rojas-Villarraga, M.C. Latorre, et al .........244

Polymorphisms in COL15 Gene Are Not Associated with SSc
   
S.P. Pushpakom, A.L. Herrick, S. Kumar, J. Worthington .........251

Early Intervention with Corticosteroids and CSA and 2-hour Postdose Blood Concentration Monitoring Improves the Prognosis of Acute/Subacute Interstitial Pneumonia in DM
   
T. Kotani, S. Makino, T. Takeuchi, et al .........254

HRCT Characterization of Interstitial Lung Diseases in PM/DM
   
S. Hayashi, M. Tanaka, H. Kobayashi, et al .........260

Developing Classification Criteria for PMR: Comparison of Views from an Expert Panel and Wider Survey
   
B. Dasgupta, C. Salvarani, M. Schirmer, et al .........270 [MEDLINE]

Renal Involvement and Followup of 130 Patients with Primary SS
   
H. Ren, W-M. Wang, X-N. Chen, et al .........278

Ultrasonography of Salivary Glands — A Highly Specific Imaging Procedure for Diagnosis of SS
   
D. Wernicke, H. Hess, E. Gromnica-Ihle, A. Krause, W.A. Schmidt .........285

Paraneoplastic Vasculitis in Patients with Solid Tumors: Report of 15 Cases
   
R. Solans-Laqué, J.A. Bosch-Gil, C. Pérez-Bocanegra, A. Selva-O'Callaghan, C.P. Simeón-Aznar, M. Vilardell-Tarres .........294

Prevalence of AS and Related Spondyloarthritides in an Urban Area of Izmir, Turkey
   
F. Onen, S. Akar, M. Birlik, et al .........305

Effects of Etanercept on Serum Biochemical Markers of Cartilage Metabolism in Patients with SpA
   
K. Briot, C. Roux, L. Gossec, et al .........310

Elevated PTH 44-68 in Idiopathic CPPD Crystal Deposition Disease. Role of Menopause and Iron Metabolism?
   
Y. Pawlotsky, C. Massart, P. Guggenbuhl, et al .........315

Trends in Drug Prescribing for Osteoporosis After Hip Fracture, 1995-2004
   
S.M. Cadarette, J.N. Katz, M.A. Brookhart, et al .........319

Clinical Utility of Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasonometry and Thoracic Kyphosis Assessments in Identifying Vertebral Fractures in Community Settings
   
B-K. Tan, R.I. Price, S.S. Dhaliwal, N.K. Briffa, S.S. Song, K.P. Singer .........327

The Relationship Between Disease Symptoms, Life Events, Coping and Treatment, and Depression Among Older Adults with OA
   
J.E.M. Sale, M. Gignac, G. Hawker .........335

Pediatric Rheumatology

Evaluation of the Presentation of Systemic Onset JRA: Data from the Pennsylvania Systemic Onset Juvenile Arthritis Registry (PASOJAR)
   
E.M. Behrens, T. Beukelman, L. Gallo, et al .........343

Case Report

Granulomatous Hepatitis Associated with Etanercept Therapy
   
M. Farah, A. Al Rashidi, D.A. Owen, E.M. Yoshida, G.D. Reid .........349

Images in Rheumatology

Pneumatosis Intestinalis in Limited Scleroderma
 
F.C. Wilson, K.J. Warrington .........352

Vascular Compromise of a Finger Due to Tenosynovitis
 
M.J. Rood, T.W.J. Huizinga .........354

LettersPDF Letters

Longterm Anti-TNF-a Treatment in Patients with Refractory RA: Relationship Between Insulin Resistance and Disease Activity
 
B. Seriolo, C. Ferrone, M. Cutolo .........355

Dramatic Improvement Following IL-1ß Blockade in TNFR-1-Associated Syndrome (TRAPS) Resistant to Anti-TNF-a Therapy
 
K. Sacré, B. Brihaye, O. Lidove, et al .........357

Neither Cell-Surface Nor Soluble CD154 Levels Are Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in SLE
 
J.M. von Feldt, S. Latif, A. Genin, R.Q. Cron .........359

Association of a Haplotype of IRF5 Gene with SLE in Chinese
 
H-O. Siu, W. Yang, C-S. Lau, et al .........360

Inaugural Cervical Vertebral Sarcoidosis
 
D. Wendling, H. Desmurs, F. Royer, H. Gil, J-L. Dupond .........362

Facial Cutaneous and Parotid Gland Involvement in Wegener's Granulomatosis
 
M. Yamamoto, H. Takahashi, C. Suzuki, Y. Shinomura .........365

CorrectionPDF Correction

MEFV Mutations in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever in the Black Sea Region of Turkey
 
S. Yigit, H. Bagci, O. Ozkaya, K. Ozdamar, K. Cengiz, T. Akpolat .........367

Meetings in Rheumatology