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VOLUME 35: NO. 7   JULY 2008

Editorials

Improving Access to Rheumatology Care: A Continuing Challenge

T. Harrington.........1233
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Quantitative Clinical Assessment in Busy Rheumatology Settings: The Value of Short Patient Questionnaires

T. Pincus, T. Sokka .........1235
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Making Tumor Necrosis Factor Blockers Safer: A Prescriber's Consumptive Challenge

J. Keane, C. Ní Cheallaigh.........1238
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Pregnant Adolescents and Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Can New Data Inform Our Approach to Young Women with SLE?

M. Kaufman.........1240
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Central Nervous System Abnormalities in Fibromyalgia: Assessment Using Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

H. El-Gabalawy, L. Ryner.........1242
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Review

B Cell-Targeted Therapy in Autoimmune Disease: Rationale, Mechanisms, and Clinical Application

P.J. Mease.........1245

Articles

Concentrations of BAFF Correlate with Autoantibody Levels, Clinical Disease Activity, and Response to Treatment in Early RA
   
S. Bosello, P. Youinou, C. Daridon, et al.........1256

Incidence and Clinical Significance of Parvovirus B19 Infection in Patients with RA
   
S.V. Kozireva, J.V. Zestkova, H.J. Mikazane, et al.........1265

Usefulness of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay (Elispot) Compared to Tuberculin Skin Testing for Latent Tuberculosis Screening in Rheumatic Patients Scheduled for Anti-TNF Treatment
   
D. Vassilopoulos, N. Stamoulis, E. Hadziyannis, A.J. Archimandritis.........1271
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Biomarkers of Inflammation in Patients with Unclassified Polyarthritis and Early RA. Relationship to Disease Activity and Radiographic Outcome
   
L.S. Knudsen, M. Klarlund, H. Skjødt, et al .........1277

Automated Measurement of Joint Space Width in Small Joints of Patients with RA
   
C. Lukas, J.T. Sharp, J. Angwin, et al.........1288

Patient-Centered RA Disease Activity Assessment by a Modified RADAI
   
B.F. Leeb, P.M. Haindl, A. Maktari, T. Nothnagl, B. Rintelen.........1294
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Coronary Calcium in SLE Is Associated with Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors, But Not with Disease Activity
   
A.N. Kiani, L. Magder, M. Petri.........1300

Clinical Significance of Selected Endothelial Activation Markers in Patients with SLE
   
A. Kuryliszyn-Moskal, P.A. Klimiuk, M. Ciolkiewicz, S. Sierakowski.........1307

N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in SLE: Relationship with Inflammation, Augmentation Index, and Coronary Calcification
   
C.P. Chung, J.F. Solus, A. Oeser, et al.........1314

Indirect Immunofluorescence on HEp-2000 Substrate Is a Sensitive Method for Detecting Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies in Patients with LE and/or Photosensitivity
   
E. Cozzani, M. Drosera, M. Siccardi, G. Babbini, A. Parodi.........1320

Simvastatin Reduces Endothelial Activation and Damage But Is Partially Ineffective in Inducing Endothelial Repair in SSc
   
N. Del Papa, M. Cortiana, C. Vitali, et al.........1323

Increased Arterial Stiffness as the Marker of Vascular Involvement in SSc
   
O. Timár, P. Soltész, S. Szamosi, et al.........1329

No Improvement in Survival of Patients with Amyloidosis Associated with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases — Data from the Finnish National Registry for Kidney Diseases
   
K. Immonen, P. Finne, M. Hakala, H. Kautiainen, T. Pettersson, C. Grönhagen-Riska.........1334

Exaggerated Vasoconstriction in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-1 Is Associated with Impaired Resistance Artery Endothelial Function and Local Vascular Reflexes
   
L. Dayan, S. Salman, D. Norman, J-J. Vatine, E. Calif, G. Jacob.........1339

Adalimumab Reduces Pain, Fatigue, and Stiffness in Patients with AS: Results from the Adalimumab Trial Evaluating Long-Term Safety and Efficacy for AS (ATLAS)
   
D.A. Revicki, M.P. Luo, P. Wordsworth, R.L. Wong, N. Chen, J.C. Davis Jr, for the ATLAS Study Group.........1346

Incidence and Prevalence of PsA: A Systematic Review
   
Y. Alamanos, P.V. Voulgari, A.A. Drosos.........1354

PsA Quality of Life Instrument: An Assessment of Sensitivity and Response to Change
   
P.J. Healy, P.S. Helliwell.........1359

Interferon-a as a Treatment Modality for Colchicine-Resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever
   
N. Tweezer-Zaks, E. Rabinovich, M. Lidar, A. Livneh.........1362

Circulating Cytokine Levels Compared to Pain in Patients with FM — A Prospective Longitudinal Study Over 6 Months
   
H. Wang, M. Moser, M. Schiltenwolf, M. Buchner.........1366

Hippocampus Dysfunction May Explain Symptoms of FM Syndrome. A Study with Single-Voxel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
   
Y. Emad, Y. Ragab, F. Zeinhom, G. El-Khouly, A. Abou-Zeid, J.J. Rasker.........1371
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Triage of Referrals to an Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic: Analysis of Referral Information and Triage
   
S.L. Graydon, A.E. Thompson.........1378
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WHO-ILAR COPCORD Study (Stage 1, Urban Study) in Iran
   
F. Davatchi, A-R. Jamshidi, A. Tehrani Banihashemi, et al.........1384

Canadian Consensus Practice Guidelines for Bisphosphonate Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
   
A.A. Khan, G.K.B. Sándor, E. Dore, et al.........1391

Meeting Report 2007 Annual Research and Education Meeting of the Spondyloarthritis Research and Therapy Network (SPARTAN)
   
R.A. Colbert, A.A. Deodhar, M.A. Khan, et al .........1398

Pediatric Rheumatology

Chronic Uveitis in Children with and without JIA: Differences in Patient Characteristics and Clinical Course
   
C. Heinz, A. Mingels, C. Goebel, T. Fuchsluger, A. Heiligenhaus.........1403

Influence of IL-18 Promoter Polymorphisms in Susceptibility to Kawasaki Disease in Taiwan
   
K-C. Hsueh, Y-J. Lin, J-S. Chang, et al.........1408

Pregnancy Outcome in Juvenile SLE: A Brazilian Multicenter Cohort Study
   
C.A.A. Silva, M.O. Hilario, M.V. Febronio, et al.........1414
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Images in Rheumatology

Mimicry of a Rheumatoid Nodule by Tophaceous Pseudogout at the Elbow

O. Sander, A. Scherer.........1419

Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA):

2007 Updates on Screening and Assessment Tools, Quality Measures, Translational Research, Drug Safety, and Registries

Prologue GRAPPA 2007
   
D.D. Gladman .........1420

PsA Screening Tools
   
A.A. Qureshi, P. Dominguez, K.C. Duffin, et al.........1423

Assessment Tools in PsA
   
P.J. Mease.........1426

Initiative for Quality in Psoriasis and PsA
   
W-H. Boehncke, A. Adebajo, A. Cauli, P. Nash, C. Salvarani, A.F. Kavanaugh.........1431

From Skin to Bone: Translational Perspectives on Psoriatic Disease
   
C.T. Ritchlin.........1434

Clues to the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis and PsA from Imaging: A Literature Review
   
L.C. Coates, R.R. Anderson, O. FitzGerald, et al.........1438

Biological Biomarkers in Psoriatic Disease. A Review
   
K. de Vlam, A.B. Gottlieb, O. FitzGerald.........1443

Genetics of Psoriasis and PsA: Update and Future Direction
   
K.C. Duffin, V. Chandran, D.D. Gladman, G.G. Krueger, J.T. Elder, P. Rahman.........1449

Drug Use and Toxicity in Psoriatic Disease: Focus on MTX
   
W.J. Taylor, E. Korendowych, P. Nash, et al.........1454

Clinical and Genetic Registries in Psoriatic Disease
   
D.D. Gladman, P. Rahman, G.G. Krueger, et al.........1458

LettersPDF Letters

Usefulness of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elispot) Compared to Tuberculin Skin Testing for Latent Tuberculosis Screening in Rheumatic Patients Scheduled for Anti-TNF Treatment. Addendum

D. Vassilopoulos, N. Stamoulis, E. Hadziyannis, A.J. Archimandritis.........1464
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Early SpA in an HLA-B27-positive Monozygotic Twin Pair: A Highly Concordant Onset, Sites of Involvement, and Disease Course

U. Weber, C.W.A. Pfirrmann, R.O. Kissling, C.R. MacKenzie, M.A. Khan.........1464

Clinical Hand OA in Tehran: Prevalence, Signs, Symptoms, and Pattern -- COPCORD Stage I, Iran Study

A.R. Jamshidi, S.A.Tehrani-Banihashemi, S. Dahaghin, et al .........1467

Demyelinating Disease Associated with Use of Etanercept in Patients with Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies

S.A. Davis, R.R. Johnson, J.W. Pendleton .........1469

Recovery from Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsy of WG with Infliximab

K. Fujikawa, A. Kawakami, K. Eguchi.........1471

CorrectionPDF Correction

COX-2 Polymorphisms and Risk of RA in Koreans

H-R. Yun, S-O. Lee, E.J. Choi, H.D. Shin, J-B. Jun, S-C. Bae.........1472

Meetings in Rheumatology



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