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VOLUME 29: NO.6 JUNE 2002

Editorials

Who Should Look After Patients with Mild Lupus?

R.H. Glazier .........1115

Is It Time for Rheumatologists to Rethink the Use of Manual Therapies?

M-A. Fitzcharles .........1117

Ankylosing Spondylitis: What Do We Really Know About the Onset and Progression of This Disease?

M.C.W. Creemers .........1121

Articles

Aberrant Responsiveness to RANTES in SF T Cells from Patients with RA
 
N. Hisakawa, H. Tanaka, O. Hosono, et al .........1124

Immunoglobulin G Fc-Receptor (FcgR) IIA, IIIA, and IIIB Polymorphisms Related to Disease Severity in RA
 
J.G. Brun, T.M. Madland, C.A. Vedeler .........1135

The Ogryzlo Day Lecture: Premature Immunosenescence in RA

C.M. Weyand, J.J. Goronzy .........1141

The Effect of Health Related Quality of Life on Reported Use of Health Care Resources in Patients with OA and RA: a Longitudinal Analysis
 
O. Ethgen, K.H. Kahler, S.X. Kong, J-Y. Reginster, F. Wolfe .........1147

A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Treatment Options for MTX-Naive RA
 
H.K. Choi, J.D. Seeger, K.M. Kuntz .........1156

Prevalence of RA in Tucumán, Argentina
 
A. Spindler, V. Bellomio, A. Berman, et al .........1166

Treatment of Chronic Knee Synovitis with Arthroscopic Synovectomy: Longterm Results
 
F. Roch-Bras, J-P. Daurès, M-C. Legouffe, J. Sany, B. Combe .........1171

Antigen Induced Arthritis (AIA) Can Be Transferred by Bone Marrow Transplantation: Evidence That IL-6 Is Essential for Induction of AIA
 
H. Kobayashi, S. Ohshima, K. Nishioka, et al .........1176

A Functional Polymorphism in Fas (CD95/APO-1) Gene Promoter Associated with SLE
 
S. Kanemitsu, K. Ihara, A. Saifddin, et al .........1183

Transforming Growth Factor-ß2 Polymorphism and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
 
A. Alansari, A. Hajeer, L-S. Teh, et al .........1189

Gene Polymorphisms of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies
 
S. Yasuda, A. Tsutsumi, T. Atsumi, et al .........1192

Hospital Experience and Mortality in Patients with SLE: Which Patients Benefit Most from Treatment at Highly Experienced Hospitals?
 
M.M. Ward .........1198

Role of Specialty Care in the Management of Patients with SLE
 
M.B. Urowitz, A. Kagal, P. Rahman, D.D. Gladman .........1207

No Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Start Codon Fok I Polymorphisms in Chinese Patients with SLE
 
C-M. Huang, M-C. Wu, J-Y. Wu, F-J. Tsai .........1211

Risk Factors of Mortality for Salmonella Infection in SLE
 
C-H. Tsao, C-Y. Chen, L-S. Ou, J-L. Huang .........1214

Sex Differences in Giant Cell Arteritis
 
R. Nir-Paz, A. Gross, T. Chajek-Shaul .........1219

The Predictive Value of the Halo Sign in Color Doppler Ultrasonography of the Temporal Arteries for Diagnosing GCA
 
G. Nesher, D. Shemesh, M. Mates, M. Sonnenblick, H.B. Abramowitz .........1224

Parvoviral Infection of Endothelial Cells and Its Possible Role in Vasculitis and Autoimmune Diseases
 
C.M. Magro, A.N. Crowson, M. Dawood, G.J. Nuovo .........1227

The Natural History of Ankylosing Spondylitis as Defined by Radiological Progression
 
S. Brophy, K. MacKay, A. Al-Saidi, G. Taylor, A. Calin .........1236

Accelerated Alveolar Bone Loss in HLA-B27 Transgenic Rats: An Adult Onset Condition
 
D.N. Tatakis, P. Guglielmoni, H.M. Fletcher .........1244

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) Antagonist Attenuates Adjuvant Induced Arthritis: Role of CRH in Peripheral Inflammation
 
E.L. Webster, R.M. Barrientos, C. Contoreggi, et al .........1252

Interleukin 17 (IL-17) Induces Collagenase-3 Production in Human Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes via AP-1 Dependent Activation: Differential Activation of AP-1 Members by IL-17 and IL-1ß
 
M. Benderdour, G. Tardif, J-P. Pelletier, et al .........1262

The Importance of Patient Expectations in Predicting Functional Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty
 
N.N. Mahomed, M.H. Liang, E.F. Cook, et al .........1273

Improving Physical Functional Status in Patients with FM: A Brief Cognitive Behavioral Intervention
 
D.A. Williams, M.A. Cary, K.H. Groner, et al .........1280

Effects of Strength Training on Muscle Strength, Cross-Sectional Area, Maximal Electromyographic Activity, and Serum Hormones in Premenopausal Women with FM
 
K. Häkkinen, A. Pakarinen, P. Hannonen, et al .........1287

Pediatric Rheumatology

Linear Growth and Final Height in Patients with Systemic JIA Treated with Longterm Glucocorticoids
 
D. Simon, C. Fernando, P. Czernichow, A-M. Prieur .........1296

Immunohistologic Analysis of CD59 and Membrane Attack Complex of Complement in Muscle in JDM
 
F.G.P. Gonçalves, L. Chimelli, A.M.E. Sallum, S.K.N. Marie, M.H.B. Kiss, V.P.L. Ferriani .........1301

Workshop Report: Which Is the Best Radiographic Protocol for a Clinical Trial of a Structure Modifying Drug in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis?

K.D. Brandt, S.A. Mazzucca, T. Conrozier, et al .........1308

Rheumatologica Historica: The Treatment of Acute Rheumatism by Salicin, by T.J. Maclagan -- The Lancet, 1876
 
W.W. Buchanan, W.F. Kean .........1321

Case Reports

Familial Mediterranean Fever in 2 Japanese Families
 
K. Shinozaki, K. Agematsu, K. Yasui, et al .........1324

Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Secondary SS
 
A. Stroehmann, T. Dörner, A. Lukowsky, E. Feist, F. Hiepe, G-R. Burmester .........1326

Concurrent Occurrence of Chylothorax, Chylous Ascites, and Protein-Losing Enteropathy in SLE
 
C-K. Lee, J.M. Han, K.N. Lee, et al .........1330

New Onset SLE with Pheochromocytoma
 
A.T.H. Lin, Y. Min, P.J. Clements, et al .........1334

Images in Rheumatology

Diagnostic Usefulness of 3 Dimensional Gadolinium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Venography in APS

H. Erel, D. Erkan, T.J. Lehman, M.R. Prince .........1338

Trochanteric Bursitis in RA

H. Tanaka, K. Kido, A. Wakisaka, T. Mine, S. Kawai .........1340

Correspondence

Total Hip Arthroplasty in Ankylosing Spondylitis M.A. Khan .........1342

Reply A. Calin .........1342

Letters

Failure to Detect Antibodies to Extracellular Loop Peptides of the Muscarinic M3 Receptor in Primary SS D. Cavill, S.A. Waterman, T.P. Gordon .........1342

Notices .........ix


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