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VOLUME 29: NO. 7 JULY 2002

Editorials

Generalist, Specialist, or Both?

D.H. Solomon, J.N. Katz .........1345

OA and BMD: What Is the Relation and Why Does It Matter?

S. Amin .........1348

Gout, Diet, and the Insulin Resistance Syndrome

A.G. Fam .........1350

Frequency of Uncommon Diseases: Is JIA Underrecognized?

R.E. Petty .........1356

Articles

Expression of QK/QR/RRRAA or DERAA Motifs at the Third Hypervariable Region of HLA-DRB1 and Disease Severity in RA
 
A. Khani-Hanjani, D. Lacaille, C. Horne, et al .........1358

Prostaglandin E2 Suppresses Nuclear Factor-kB Mediated IL-15 Production in Rheumatoid Synoviocytes
 
S-Y. Min, W-U. Kim, M-L. Cho, et al .........1366

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Foot Orthoses in RA
 
J. Woodburn, S. Barker, P.S. Helliwell .........1377

Vascular and Connective Tissue Histopathologic Alterations of the Female Lower Genital Tract in Scleroderma
 
B.J. Doss, F. Qureshi, M.D. Mayes, S.M. Jacques .........1384

Ventricular Late Potentials in SSc: Relationship with Skin Involvement
 
M. Paradiso, M. Di Franco, A. Musca, et al .........1388

Anti-Ku Antibodies in CTD: Clinical and Serological Evaluation of 14 Patients
 
F. Franceschini, I. Cavazzana, D. Generali, et al .........1393

High Predictive Value of the SLICC/ACR Damage Index for Survival in SLE
 
O. Nived, A. Jönsen, A.A. Bengtsson, C. Bengtsson, G. Sturfelt .........1398

Determination of Fingertip Lacticemy Before and After Cold Stimulus in Patients with Primary RP and SSc
 
M.L.C. Pucinelli, S.M.A. Fontenelle, L.E.C. Andrade .........1401

IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Severe Renal Involvement and Renal Sequelae in HSP
 
M.M. Amoli, W. Thomson, A.H. Hajeer, et al .........1404

Mortality and Morbidity in Peripheral Neuropathy Associated Churg-Strauss Syndrome and MPA
 
N. Hattori, K. Mori, K. Misu, H. Koike, M. Ichimura, G. Sobue .........1408

Functional Impairment in SpA and FM
 
S. Heikkilä, S. Ronni, H.J. Kautiainen, M.J. Kauppi .........1415

Predictors of the Progression of Functional Disability in Patients with AS
 
M.M. Ward .........1420

Detection of Bacterial DNA in Latin American Patients with ReA by PCR and Sequencing Analysis
 
R. Cuchacovich, S. Japa, W. Huang, et al .........1426

AS, PsA, and ReA Show Increased Bone Resorption, But Differ with Regard to Bone Formation
 
J. Grisar, P.M. Bernecker, M. Aringer, et al .........1430

Metabolic Activity of Osteoblasts from Periprosthetic Trabecular Bone in Failed Total Hip Arthroplasties and OA as Markers of Osteolysis and Loosening
 
Q. Shi, D. Lajeunesse, P. Reboul, et al .........1437

Licofelone (ML-3000), a Dual Inhibitor of 5-LOX and COX, Reduces the Level of Cartilage Chondrocyte Death in Vivo in Experimental Dog OA: Inhibition of Pro-Apoptotic Factors
 
C. Boileau, J. Martel-Pelletier, J-Y. Jouzeau, et al .........1446

Comparison of the Prevalence of Radiographic OA of the Knee and Hand Between Japan and the US
 
S. Yoshida, K. Aoyagi, D.T. Felson, P. Aliabadi, H. Shindo, T-I. Takemoto .........1454

Autoimmunity Against YKL-39, a Human Cartilage Derived Protein, in Patients with OA
 
J-I. Tsuruha, K. Masuko-Hongo, T. Kato, et al .........1459

BMD and Clinical Hand OA in Elderly Men and Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study
 
D.L. Schneider, E. Barrett-Connor, D.J. Morton, M. Weisman .........1467

Amyloid Arthropathy in the Course of Multiple Myeloma
 
B. Fautrel, J-P. Fermand, J. Sibilia, D. Nochy, B. Rousselin, P. Ravaud .........1473

Regulation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in FM
 
A.M. Maliszewski, D.L. Goldenberg, S. Hurwitz, G.K. Adler .........1482

Relative Costs and Effectiveness of Specialist and General Internist Ambulatory Care for Patients with 2 Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions
 
J.J. Anderson, M. Ruwe, D.R. Miller, L. Kazis, D.T. Felson, M. Prashker .........1488

Doctor-Patient Interaction: Standardized Patients' Reflections from Inside the Rheumatological Office
 
S. Gorter, A. Scherpbier, J. Brauer, et al .........1496

Consensus Conference Report Controversies in COX-2 Selective Inhibition

L.S. Simon, J.S. Smolen, S.B. Abramson, et al .........1501

Overview: How Should Clinicians Manage Osteoporosis in AS?

R. Bessant, A. Keat .........1511

Pediatric Rheumatology

Worldwide Prevalence of JA — Why Does It Vary So Much?
 
P.J. Manners, C. Bower .........1520

Patterns of Joint Involvement at Onset Differentiate Oligoarticular Juvenile PsA from Pauciarticular JRA
 
C. Huemer, P.N. Malleson, D.A. Cabral, et al .........1531

The Incidence and Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Syndromes in Pediatric Onset SLE
 
W.L. Sibbitt Jr, J.R. Brandt, C.R. Johnson, et al .........1536

Autoantibodies to NOR 90/hUBF: Longterm Clinical and Serological Followup in a Patient with Limited SSc Suggests an Antigen Driven Immune Response
 
J.H. Dagher, U. Scheer, R. Voit, et al .........1543

Case Reports

Angiocentric T Cell Lymphoma of the CNS in a Patient with SS
 
D. Khanna, H.V. Vinters, E. Brahn .........1548

Familial GCA and PMR: Aggregation in 2 Families
 
P. Fietta, P. Manganelli, A. Zanetti, T.M. Neri .........1551

GCA Complicated by Spinal Cord Infarction: A Therapeutic Dilemma
 
O. Fruchter, H. Ben-Ami, D. Schapira, Z. Gallimidi, D. Gaitini, D. Goldsher .........1556

Images in Rheumatology

Chondromatosis in Subacromial Bursae

Ü. Bingöl, L. Altan, E. Dinçsahin, M. Yurtkuran .........1559

Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection in RA Treated with MTX and Infliximab

D.G. True, M. Penmetcha, S.J. Peckham .........1561

Canadian Rheumatology Association Meeting

Lake Louise, Alberta, February 20-23, 2002 .........1564
Introduction
Abstracts

Correspondence

Living with Lupus
O. Hubscher .........1574

Reply
P.L. Dobkin, A.E. Clarke .........1574

Letters

Sufficient Evidence to Consider HCQ as an Adjunct Therapy in Antiphospholipid Antibody (Hughes') Syndrome
K.H. Yoon .........1574

Primary Angiitis of the CNS in Children: 10 Cases Proven by Biopsy
S. Lanthier .........1575

Liver Manifestations in SLE: High Incidence of Hemophagocytic Syndrome
T. Tsuji, S. Ohno, Y. Ishigatsubo .........1576

Wegener's Granulomatosis Associated with Common Variable Immunodeficiency
I. Delèvaux, M. André, O. Aumaître .........1577

Wegener's Granulomatosis Mimicking Psoas Abscess H. Nossent, T. Eggen .........1578

Book Reviews

Disorders of Voluntary Muscle, 7th edition .........1580

Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus, 6th edition .........1580

Notices



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