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VOLUME 31: NO. 6 JUNE 2004

Editorials

Is There a Rationale for Switching from One Anti-TNF Agent to Another?
 
B. Haraoui .........1021

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is the Disease Becoming Milder or Is Treatment Improving?
 
S. Walji, V.P. Bykerk .........1023

Measuring Patient Health Status in RA — What Is a Minimal Clinically Important Difference?
 
S. Brealey .........1026

What I Would Like to Know About Leflunomide
 
J.M. Kremer .........1029

Coping with Chronic Pain: What Can We Learn from Pain Self-Efficacy Beliefs?
 
D. Saunders .........1032

Hypertension, NSAID, and Lessons Learned
 
J.E. Pope .........1035

Articles

Activation of Synovial Cell p38 MAP Kinase by Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
   
L.L. Santos, D. Lacey, Y. Yang, M. Leech, E.F. Morand .........1038

Expression of Tristetraprolin (G0S24) mRNA, a Regulator of TNF-a Production, in Synovial Tissues of Patients with RA
   
A. Tsutsumi, E. Suzuki, Y. Adachi, et al .........1044

Radiographic Hand Joint Space Width Assessed by Computer Is a Sensitive Measure of Change in Early RA
   
J. Angwin, A. Lloyd, G. Heald, G. Nepom, M. Binks, M.F. James .........1050

Variability of Precision in Scoring Radiographic Abnormalities in RA by Experienced Readers
   
J.T. Sharp, F. Wolfe, M. Lassere, et al .........1062

Radiographic Progression Is Getting Milder in Patients with Early RA. Results of 3 Cohorts Over 5 Years
   
T. Sokka, H. Kautiainen, A. Häkkinen, P. Hannonen .........1073

Effects of High Dose Methylprednisolone Pulse Therapy on Bone Mass and Biochemical Markers of Bone Metabolism in Patients with Active RA: A 12-Month Randomized Prospective Controlled Study
   
B. Frediani, P. Falsetti, S. Bisogno, et al .........1083

Progression of RA on Plain Radiographs Judged Differently by Expert Radiologists and Rheumatologists
   
K. Bruynesteyn, S. van der Linden, R. Landewé, F. Gubler, R. Weijers, D. van der Heijde .........1088

High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein as a Disease Activity Marker in RA
   
P.H. Dessein, B.I. Joffe, A.E. Stanwix .........1095

The Efficacy of Switching from Etanercept to Infliximab in Patients with RA
   
K.E. Hansen, J.P. Hildebrand, M.C. Genovese, et al .........1098

Effects of Anakinra Monotherapy on Joint Damage in Patients with RA. Extension of a 24-Week Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
   
B. Bresnihan, R. Newmark, S. Robbins, H.K. Genant, for the European Group of Clinical Investigators .........1103

Comparative Study of Serum Surfactant Protein-D and KL-6 Concentrations in Patients with SSc as Markers for Monitoring the Activity of Pulmonary Fibrosis
   
K. Yanaba, M. Hasegawa, K. Takehara, S. Sato .........1112

Centromere Protein C Is a Target of Autoantibodies in SS and Is Uniformly Associated with Antibodies to Ro and La
   
S.R. Pillemer, L. Casciola-Rosen, B.J. Baum, A. Rosen, A.C. Gelber .........1121

The Clinical Assessment of Patients with PsA: Results of a Reliability Study of the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada
   
D.D. Gladman, R.J. Cook, C. Schentag, et al .........1126

Anti-IL-6 Receptor Antibody Inhibits Murine AA-Amyloidosis
   
M. Mihara, M. Shiina, N. Nishimoto, K. Yoshizaki, T. Kishimoto, K-I. Akamatsu .........1132

Influence of Serum Amyloid A (SAA1) and SAA2 Gene Polymorphisms on Renal Amyloidosis, and on SAA/CRP Values in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever in the Turkish Population
   
A. Bakkaloglu, A. Duzova, S. Ozen, et al .........1139

Blood Pressure Destabilization and Edema Among 8538 Users of Celecoxib, Rofecoxib, and Nonselective NSAID and Nonusers of NSAID Receiving Ordinary Clinical Care
   
F. Wolfe, S. Zhao, M. Reynolds, D. Pettitt .........1143

Hypertension Was the Major Risk Factor Leading to Development of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Men with Hyperuricemia
   
K-C. Lin, H-M. Tsao, C-H. Chen, P. Chou .........1152

Different Progressions of Hyperglycemia and Diabetes Among Hyperuricemic Men and Women in the Kinmen Study
   
K-C. Lin, S-T. Tsai, H-Y. Lin, P. Chou .........1159

The Effect of a Preoperative Exercise and Education Program on Functional Recovery, Health Related Quality of Life, and Health Service Utilization Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
   
L.A. Beaupre, D. Lier, D.M. Davies, D.W.C. Johnston .........1166

Cartilage Destruction in Collagen Induced Arthritis Assessed with a New Biochemical Marker for Collagen Type II C-Telopeptide Fragments
   
T. Ishikawa, F. Nishigaki, S. Christgau, et al .........1174

The Comprehensive OA Test: a Simple Index for Measurement of Treatment Effects in Clinical Trials
   
L.O. Brooks, M.I. Rolfe, P.A. Cheras, S.P. Myers .........1180

Important Determinants of Self-Efficacy in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
   
A. Rahman, G. Ambler, M.R. Underwood, M.E. Shipley .........1187

Cyclic Alternating Pattern: A New Marker of Sleep Alteration in Patients with FM?
   
M. Rizzi, P. Sarzi-Puttini, F. Atzeni, et al .........1193

Physician Resources and Postgraduate Training in Canadian Academic Rheumatology Centers: A 5-Year Prospective Study
   
J.G. Hanly, for the Canadian Council of Academic Rheumatologists .........1200

Pediatric Rheumatology

Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms within Cytokine Genes with JIA in the Czech Population
   
O. Cinek, P. Vavrincová, I. Striz, et al .........1206

Antiagalactosyl IgG Antibodies in JIA, Juvenile Onset SS, and Healthy Children
   
N. Maeno, S. Takei, S. Fujikawa, et al .........1211

Case Reports

Vasopressin Cell Antibodies and Central Diabetes Insipidus in a Patient with SLE and DM
   
H. Kajiyama, C. Terai, A. De Bellis, et al .........1218

Identity Loss Due to Chronic Fingertip Ischemia
   
J.C. Crispin, M. Fallena, A. Kraus .........1222

Images in Rheumatology

Diagnosis and Followup of Takayasu's Arteritis by Scintigraphy with Radiolabelled IL-2
 
P. Lucia, M.G. Parisella, C. Danese, et al .........1225

Letter

Dose-Dependent Severe Arthralgia Induced by Gabapentin A. Almahrezi, M-A. Fitzcharles .........1228

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