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VOLUME 34: NO. 6 JUNE 2007

Editorials

Autoantibodies: Innocent Bystander or Key Player in Immunosenescence and Atherosclerosis?

K.P. Liang, S.E. Gabriel .........1203

Clinical Anatomy: An Unmet Agenda in Rheumatology Training

R.A. Kalish, J.J. Canoso.........1208

Patient Joint Counts in Rheumatoid Arthritis — "Cents-ible or Cents-less?"

E. Sutton.........1212
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Participation — The Social Animal Revisited

J. Reinhardt, G. Stucki .........1214
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Dactylitis or "Sausage-Shaped" Digit

I. Olivieri, A. Padula, E. Scarano, R. Scarpa.........1217
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Articles

The Academic Medical Center Linear Disability Score Item Bank: Psychometric Properties of a New Generic Disability Measure in RA
   
N. Weisscher, C.A. Wijbrandts, R. de Haan, C.A.W. Glas, M. Vermeulen, P.P. Tak.........1222

Articular Damage Is Associated with Intraosseous Inflammation in the Subchondral Bone Marrow of Joints Affected by Experimental Inflammatory Arthritis and Is Modified by Zoledronate Treatment
   
E.R. Bogoch, T.C. Lee, V.L. Fornasier, S.A. Berger .........1229

Quantification of Reduced HRQOL in Patients with RA Compared to the General Population
   
T. Uhlig, J.H. Loge, I.S. Kristiansen, T.K. Kvien.........1241

Consequences of RA for Performance of Social Roles — A Literature Review
   
G.A. Geuskens, A. Burdorf, J.M.W. Hazes.........1248
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Validation of Patient-Reported Joint Counts in RA and the Role of Training
   
G. Levy, C. Cheetham, A. Cheatwood, R. Burchette.........1261
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Therapy with Immunosuppressive Drugs and Biological Agents and Use of Contraception in Patients with Rheumatic Disease
   
M. Østensen, M. von Esebeck, P.M. Villiger.........1266

Mannose-Binding Lectin and Susceptibility to Infection in Chinese Patients with SLE
   
M.Y. Mok, W.K.E. Ip, C.S. Lau, Y. Lo, W.H.S. Wong, Y.L. Lau.........1270

Ethnic Disparities Among Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with SSc
   
A.D. Beall, P.J. Nietert, M.H. Taylor, et al .........1277

Differential Expression of Ro/SSA 60 kDa and La/SSB, But Not Ro/SSA 52 kDa, mRNA and Protein in Minor Salivary Glands from Patients with Primary SS
   
K.S.A. Barcellos, S. Nonogaki, M.M.S.S. Enokihara, M.S. Teixeira, L.E.C. Andrade.........1283

Cystatin C Binds SAA, Downregulating Its Cytokine-Generating Properties
   
M. Bokarewa, M. Abrahamson, N. Levshin, et al .........1293

Measuring Dactylitis in Clinical Trials: Which Is the Best Instrument to Use?
   
P.J. Healy, P.S. Helliwell.........1302
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Decision Rules for Selecting Women for BMD Testing: Application in Postmenopausal Women Referred to a Bone Densitometry Unit
   
D. Martínez-Aguilà, C. Gómez-Vaquero, A. Rozadilla, M. Romera, J. Narváez, J.M. Nolla.........1307

Inhibition of ALP by Cysteine: Implications for CPPD Crystal Deposition Disease
   
P.P.L. So, F.W.L. Tsui, R. Vieth, J.H. Tupy, K.P.H. Pritzker .........1313

A Pilot Study of TNF Inhibition in Erosive/Inflammatory OA of the Hands
   
M.D. Magnano, E.F. Chakravarty, C. Broudy, et al .........1323

A Rheumatology Consultancy Program with General Practitioners in Catalonia, Spain
   
X. Surís, D. Cerdà, V. Ortiz-Santamaría, et al .........1328

Physical Diagnosis Report Intrinsic Muscle Spasm of the Hand; Bunnell's Sign
 
T.H. Taylor, K.P. Eranki, K.D. Kerin.........1332

 

Pediatric Rheumatology

Parvovirus B19 May Have a Role in the Pathogenesis of JIA
   
B. Gonzalez, C. Larrañaga, O. León, et al.........1336

Flares in Pediatric SLE
   
J.E. Weiss, C.P. Sison, N.T. Ilowite, B.S. Gottlieb, B.A. Eberhard.........1341

Relation of Arterial Stiffness to Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Adolescents and Young Adults with Pediatric-Onset SLE
   
P-C. Chow, M.H-K. Ho, T-L. Lee, Y-L. Lau, Y-F. Cheung.........1345

Case Report

Effective Etanercept Treatment for PsA Complicating Concomitant HIV and HCV Infection
   
G. Linardaki, O. Katsarou, P. Ioannidou, A. Karafoulidou, K. Boki.........1353

Images in Rheumatology

Severe Hemophilic Arthropathy of the Elbow and Knee
 
C. Flower .........1356

 

OMERACT 8

International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials, St. Julian's Bay, Malta, May 10-14, 2006

Workshops and Special Interest Groups

The Future of Damage Assessment in Vasculitis
   
P. Seo, R.A. Luqmani, O. Flossmann, et al.........1357

Worker Productivity Outcome Measures in Arthritis
   
R. Escorpizo, C. Bombardier, A. Boonen, et al.........1372

Outcome Evaluations in Gout
   
H.R. Schumacher, W. Taylor, N. Joseph-Ridge, et al .........1381

Preliminary Development of a Responder Index for Chronic Low Back Pain
   
L.S. Simon, C. Evans, N. Katz, et al.........1386

Development of the Effective Musculoskeletal Consumer Scale
   
E. Kristjansson, P.S. Tugwell, A.J. Wilson, et al.........1392

Standardizing Assessment and Reporting of Adverse Effects in Rheumatology Clinical Trials II: the Rheumatology Common Toxicity Criteria v.2.0
   
T. Woodworth, D.E. Furst, R. Alten, et al.........1401

Fibromyalgia Syndrome
   
P. Mease, L.M. Arnold, R. Bennett, et al .........1415

Improving Patient Reported Outcomes Using Item Response Theory and Computerized Adaptive Testing
   
E.F. Chakravarty, J.B. Bjorner, J.F. Fries .........1426

OMERACT/OARSI Initiative to Define States of Severity and Indication for Joint Replacement in Hip and Knee OA
   
L. Gossec, G. Hawker, A.M. Davis, et al .........1432

Acknowledgment.........1436

Letter

Costs of RA in Hungary
 
M. Péntek, G. Kobelt, L. Czirják, et al .........1437

Correction

Safety and Efficacy of Adalimumab in Treatment of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Who Had Failed Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy
 
Genovese MC, Mease PJ, Thomson GTD, et al.........1439

Meetings in Rheumatology
 



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