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VOLUME 31: NO. 1 JANUARY 2004
Editorials
Defining Remission in RA: What Is It?
Does It Matter?
 H.E. Paulus .........1
Pain Relief in Osteoarthritis: The Rationale for Combination Therapy
 R.D. Altman .........5
Are Individual Patient Trials (n-of-1 Trials) in Rheumatology Worth the Extra Effort?
 P.M. Peloso .........8
Rheumatological Aspects of Dance
 H.A. Bird .........12
New Insights into Prostaglandin Biology
 J. Martel-Pelletier, J-P. Pelletier, H. Fahmi .........14
Articles
High Diagnostic Value of Anticalpastatin Autoantibodies in RA Detected by ELISA Using Human Erythrocyte Calpastatin as Antigen
S. Iwaki-Egawa, H. Matsuno, K. Yudoh, et al .........17
TNF-a Production Is Associated with Less Body
Cell Mass in Women with RA
J. Walsmith,
L. Abad, J. Kehayias, R. Roubenoff .........23
Arthritis in Mice: Allogeneic Pregnancy Protects
More Than Syngeneic by Attenuating Cellular
Immune Response
D.A. Gonzáles, A.C. de León,
C.V. Moncholi, J.C.D. Córdova, L.B. Hernández .........30
Enhanced Concentrations of IL-16 Are Associated with Joint Destruction in Patients with RA
L.R. Lard, B.O. Roep, R.E.M. Toes, T.W.J. Huizinga .........35
Value of Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28) and DAS28-3 Compared to ACR-Defined Remission
in RA
A. Balsa, L. Carmona, I. González-Álvaro, et al .........40
Participation in Paid and Unpaid Work by
Adults with RA
C.L. Backman, S.M. Kennedy,
A. Chalmers, J. Singer .........47
Comorbidity in Patients with RA: Effect on Health-Related Quality of Life
I. Rupp, H.C. Boshuizen,
C.E. Jacobi, H.J. Dinant, G.A.M. van den Bos .........58
Ability of Foot Radiographs to Predict RA in
Patients with Early Arthritis
V. Devauchelle Pensec,
A. Saraux, J.M. Berthelot, et al .........66
Nutrient Intake and Diet Quality in Patients
with SLE on a Culturally Sensitive Cholesterol Lowering Dietary Program
M. Shah, B. Adams-Huet, A. Kavanaugh,
Y. Coyle, P. Lipsky .........71
N-Acetyl Transferase Genotypes in Relation to
Risk of Developing SLE
G.S. Cooper, E.L. Treadwell, M.A. Dooley,
E.W. St.Clair, G.S. Gilkeson, J.A. Taylor .........76
IL-1a Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
Associated with SSc
B. Hutyrová, J. Lukác,
V. Bosák, M. Buc, R.M. du Bois, M. Petrek .........81
Ethnic Differences in Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Associated Antigen 4 Genotype Associations
with SSc
L.L. Hudson, R.M. Silver, J.P. Pandey .........85
Multiplex RT-PCR Assessment of Sialyltransferase Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear
Cells in SSc
D. Launay, J-P. Peyrat, A. Verdière, et al .........88
Etanercept in the Treatment of Patients with
Primary SS: A Pilot Study
M.M. Zandbelt,
P.C.M. de Wilde, P.A. van Damme, C.B. Hoyng,
L.B.A. van de Putte, F.H.J. van den Hoogen .........96
Takayasu's Arteritis: Vascular Interventions and Outcomes
P. Liang, M. Tan-Ong, G.S. Hoffman .........102
Infliximab Therapy for Rheumatic Diseases in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C
O. Oniankitan, C. Duvoux, D. Challine, et al .........107
Expression of MMP and TIMP in Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis Suggests Their Potential
Role for Joint Destruction
M. Uchibori, Y. Nishida, I. Tabata, et al .........110
Fat Suppression MRI in Shoulders of Patients with PMR
F. Cantini, C. Salvarani, L. Niccoli, et al .........120
Radiological Scoring Methods in AS. Reliability
and Change over 1 and 2 Years
A. Spoorenberg, K. de Vlam,
S. van der Linden, et al .........125
Behçet's Disease in Patients of German and Turkish Origin Living in Germany: A Comparative Analysis
I. Kötter, R. Vonthein, C.A. Müller, I. Günaydin,
M. Zierhut, N. Stübiger .........133
The Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of N of 1
Studies with Diclofenac Compared to Standard Treatment with NSAID in OA
J.E. Pope, M. Prashker, J. Anderson .........140
Efficacy and Safety of Tramadol/ Acetaminophen Tablets (Ultracet®) as Add-on Therapy for OA
Pain in Subjects Receiving a COX-2 NSAID: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind,
Placebo-Controlled Trial
R. Emkey, N. Rosenthal, S-C. Wu, D. Jordan,
M. Kamin .........150
Risk Factors for Knee OA in Japanese Women:
Heavy Weight, Previous Joint Injuries, and Occupational Activities
N. Yoshimura, S. Nishioka, H. Kinoshita, et al .........157
Etidronate Prevents High Dose Glucocorticoid Induced Bone Loss in Premenopausal Individuals with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
S. Nakayamada, Y. Okada, K. Saito, Y. Tanaka .........163
Hydrocortisone and Deflazacort Induce Different Effects on Vitamin D Receptor Level Increase Produced by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Rat Osteoblast-like UMR-106 Cells
R. Guerrero, C. de la Piedra, E. Teixeiro,
R. Bragado, M.L. Traba .........167
Joint Laxity and the Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome in Student and Professional
Ballet Dancers
M. McCormack, J. Briggs, A. Hakim, R. Grahame .........173
Pediatric Rheumatology
The Role of Subcutaneous Administration of MTX in Children with JIA Who Have Failed Oral MTX
K. Alsufyani, O. Ortiz-Alvarez, D.A. Cabral,
L.B. Tucker, R.E. Petty, P.N. Malleson .........179
Autoimmune Response in Mothers of Children with Congenital and Postnatally Diagnosed Isolated
Heart Block: A Population Based Study
H. Julkunen, A. Miettinen, T.K. Walle, E.K.L. Chan, M. Eronen .........183
Case Report
Diabetic Muscle Infarction: Case Report
and Review
S. Kapur, J.A. Brunet, R.J. McKendry .........190
Correspondence
Economic Cost and Epidemiological
Characteristics of FM G.E. Ehrlich .........195
Reply R. Robinson .........195
Reply P.L. Dobkin, S. Bernatsky .........195
Letter
An Unusually Complicated Case of Primary SS: Development of Transient "Lupus-type" Autoantibodies Following Silicone Implant
Rejection
R.A. Asherson, Y. Shoenfeld, P. Jacobs, C. Bosman .........196
Book Review
Rheumatoid Arthritis .........198
Correction
OMERACT Rheumatoid Arthritis Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Studies. Core Set of MRI Acquisitions, Joint Pathology Definitions,
and the OMERACT RA-MRI Scoring System
M. Østergaard, C. Peterfy, P. Conaghan, et al .........198
Notices
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