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VOLUME 30: NO. 6 JUNE 2003

Editorials

Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors "SPARCC" an Interest in Consensus
 
A.D. Sawitzke, D.O. Clegg .........1127

Patient Self-Management in Arthritis? Yes!
 
J.F. Fries, K. Lorig, H.R. Holman .........1130

Patient Self-Management in Arthritis? Yes, More Research!
 
D.H. Solomon, T.H. Lee .........1133

Results from Controlled Clinical Trials: How Relevant for Clinical Practice?
 
T.K. Kvien, K. Mikkelsen, B-Y. Nordvåg .........1135

 

Articles

Most Patients Receiving Routine Care for RA in 2001 Did Not Meet Inclusion Criteria for Most Recent Clinical Trials or ACR Criteria for Remission
   
T. Sokka, T. Pincus .........1138

Identification of Self-Epitopes Recognized by T Cells in RA Demonstrates MMP as a Novel T Cell Target
   
J. ter Steege, M. Vianen, J. van Bilsen, J. Bijlsma, F. Lafeber, M. Wauben .........1147

Expression and Function of the Co-Stimulator H4/ICOS on Activated T Cells of Patients with RA
   
T. Okamoto, S. Saito, H. Yamanaka, et al .........1157

Hyaluronan Inhibits MMP-1 Production by Rheumatoid Synovial Fibroblasts Stimulated by Proinflammatory Cytokines
   
M. Shimizu, T. Yasuda, T. Nakagawa, et al .........1164

Distribution of Protein Nitrotyrosine in Synovial Tissues of Patients with RA and OA
   
J.K. Sandhu, S. Robertson, H.C. Birnboim, R. Goldstein .........1173

Leflunomide for the Treatment of RA: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis
   
M. Osiri, B. Shea, V. Robinson, et al .........1182

Ultrasonography for Assessment of Subcutaneous Nodules
   
S. Nalbant, H. Corominas, B. Hsu, L.X. Chen, H.R. Schumacher, T. Kitumnuaypong .........1191

All-Cause Mortality and Vascular Events Among Patients with RA, OA, or No Arthritis in the UK General Practice Research Database
   
D.J. Watson, T. Rhodes, H.A. Guess .........1196

Beneficial Effects of Rosmarinic Acid on Suppression of Collagen Induced Arthritis
   
J. Youn, K-H. Lee, J. Won, et al .........1203

Relationships Between Autoantibody Responses to Deletion Mutants of Ki Antigen and Clinical Manifestations of Lupus
   
R. Matsudaira, K. Takeuchi, Y. Takasaki, T. Yano, M. Matsushita, H. Hashimoto .........1208

Cigarette Smoking and Disease Activity in SLE
   
N.O. Ghaussy, W.L. Sibbitt Jr., A.D. Bankhurst, C.R. Qualls .........1215

Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of SLE in the Black Women's Health Study
   
M.K. Formica, J.R. Palmer, L. Rosenberg, T.E. McAlindon .........1222

The Frequency of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Patients with SLE Undergoing Kidney Biopsy
   
A.M. Manadan, C. Harris, M.M. Schwartz, J.A. Block .........1227

Pupillocynetic Activity of Substance P in SSc
   
A. Del Rosso, L. Bertinotti, U. Pietrini, et al .........1231

Patterns of Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits Among Patients with Scleroderma in South Carolina, USA
   
P.J. Nietert, R.M. Silver .........1238

Spontaneous Chromosome Damage (Micronuclei) in SSc and Raynaud's Phenomenon
   
G. Porciello, R. Scarpato, C. Ferri, et al .........1244

Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein and Cathepsin G Are the Major Antigenic Targets of ANCA in SSc
   
D. Khanna, A. Aggarwal, D.S. Bhakuni, R. Dayal, R. Misra .........1248

Evaluation of Functional Disability Using the Health Assessment Questionnaire in Japanese Patients with SSc
   
M. Kuwana, S. Sato, K. Kikuchi, et al .........1253

Validation of the Sicca Symptoms Inventory for Clinical Studies of SS
   
S.J. Bowman, D.A. Booth, R.G. Platts, A. Field, J. Rostron .........1259

Sex Steroid Hormones in Primary SS
   
M.T. Brennan, V. Sankar, R.A. Leakan, et al .........1267

Silent, or Masked, Giant Cell Arteritis Is Associated with a Strong Inflammatory Response and a Benign Short Term Course
   
E. Liozon, F. Boutros-Toni, K. Ly, V. Loustaud-Ratti, P. Soria, E. Vidal .........1272

Sulfasalazine Reduces the Number of Flares of Acute Anterior Uveitis Over a One-Year Period
   
S. Muñoz-Fernández, V. Hidalgo, J. Fernández-Melón, et al .........1277

Antiinflammatory and Chondroprotective Effects of the Aminobisphosphonate Incadronate (YM175) in Adjuvant Induced Arthritis
   
A. Matsuo, T. Shuto, G. Hirata, et al .........1280

Determinants of Synoviocyte Clearance of Arthritogenic Bacteria
   
R.D. Inman, U. Payne .........1291

HLA Antigens and Primary OA of the Hand
   
D. Merlotti, C. Santacroce, L. Gennari, et al .........1298

Is There a Difference in the Perception of Symptoms Between African Americans and Whites with OA?
   
D.C. Ang, S.A. Ibrahim, C.J. Burant, C.K. Kwoh .........1305

Physiotherapy, Including Quadriceps Exercises and Patellar Taping, for Knee OA with Predominant Patello-Femoral Joint Involvement: Randomized Controlled Trial
   
B. Quilty, M. Tucker, R. Campbell, P. Dieppe .........1311

Economic Cost and Epidemiological Characteristics of Patients with FM Claims
   
R.L. Robinson, H.G. Birnbaum, M.A. Morley, T. Sisitsky, P.E. Greenberg, A.J. Claxton .........1318

Patient-Physician Discordance in FM
   
P.L. Dobkin, M. De Civita, M. Abrahamowicz, et al .........1326

Pediatric Rheumatology

Enthesalgia in Childhood: Normal Values and in Seronegative Enthesopathic Arthropathy
   
D.D. Sherry, L.R. Sapp .........1335

Case Reports

Digital Necrosis Related to Carboplatin and Gemcitabine Therapy in SSc
   
M.E.B. Clowse, F.M. Wigley .........1341

Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting as Acute Leg Ischemia
   
E. Héron, J-N. Fiessinger, L. Guillevin .........1344

Whipple's Disease with Destructive Arthritis, Abdominal Lymphadenopathy, and Central Nervous System Involvement
   
M.C. DeArment, T.A. Woodward, D.M. Menke, P.W. Brazis, L.W. Bancroft, S.T. Persellin .........1347

Images in Rheumatology

Subcutaneous, Intramuscular, and Intraosseous Synovial Cyst Formation Around the Knee in RA/SLE Overlap Syndrome
 
T. Yamamoto, T. Akisue, T. Marui, et al .........1351

Subacromial Bursitis with Rice Bodies as the Presenting Manifestation of RA
 
R.K. Kataria, S. Chaiamnuay, L.D. Jacobson, L.H. Brent .........1354

Consensus Report

Canadian Rheumatology Association Consensus on the Use of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Directed Therapies in the Treatment of SpA
   
W.P. Maksymowych, R.D. Inman, D.D. Gladman, et al .........1356

OMERACT 6

International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology, Gold Coast, Australia, April 11-14, 2002

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

OMERACT RA MRI Studies Module
   
C. Peterfy, J. Edmonds, M. Lassere, et al .........1364

OMERACT RA MRI Studies. Exercise 3: An International Multicenter Reliability Study Using the RA-MRI Score
   
M. Lassere, F. McQueen, M. Østergaard, et al .........1366

OMERACT RA MRI Studies. Exercise 4: An International Multicenter Longitudinal Study Using the RA-MRI Score
   
P. Conaghan, M. Lassere, M. Østergaard, et al .........1376

OMERACT RA MRI Studies. Exercise 5: An International Multicenter Reliability Study Using Computerized MRI Erosion Volume Measurements
   
P. Bird, B. Ejbjerg, F. McQueen, et al .........1380

OMERACT RA MRI Studies. Core Set of MRI Acquisitions, Joint Pathology Definitions, and the OMERACT RA-MRI Scoring System
   
M. Østergaard, C. Peterfy, P. Conaghan, et al .........1385

OMERACT RA MRI Studies. Summary of OMERACT 6 MRI Module
   
F. McQueen, M. Lassere, J. Edmonds, et al .........1387

Correspondence

Unclassified Early Arthritis Is Often Spondyloarthritis K. Kaarela, J.K. Jantti, K. Lehtinen .........1393

Reply H.R. Schumacher Jr .........1393

Effect of a Diet Program on Lipid and Lipoproteins, Body Weight, Nutrient Intakes, and Quality of Life in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus E.F. Borba, E. Bonfá .........1393

Reply M. Shah, A. Kavanaugh, Y. Coyle, B. Adams Huet, P.E. Lipsky .........1394

Letter

Sustained Response to Infliximab in 2 Patients with Refractory Relapsing Polychondritis D. Saadoun, C. Job Deslandre, Y. Allanore, C. Charlier, X-V. Pham, A. Kahan .........1394

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