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Response of Systemic Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis to Etanercept: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

B.A. Eberhard, N.T. Ilowite ......... 763

Reliability of Scoring Methods to Measure Radiographic Change in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

R. Rau, S. Wassenberg ......... 766

Localized Vasculitis and the Peripheral Nervous System

M.P. Collins ......... 769

Gout: Excess Calories, Purines, and Alcohol Intake and Beyond. Response to a Urate-Lowering Diet

A.G. Fam ......... 773

Articles

Reproducibility and Sensitivity to Change of 5 Methods for Scoring Hand Radiographic Damage in Patients with RA
 
F. Guillemin, L. Billot, S. Boini, N. Gerard, S. Ødegaard, T.K. Kvien ......... 778

MTX Suppresses Inflammatory Agonist Induced IL-6 Synthesis in Osteoblasts
 
M. Yoshida, Y. Kanno, A. Ishisaki, et al ......... 787

Frequency of Remissions in Early RA Defined by 3 Sets of Criteria. A 5-Year Followup Study
 
H. Mäkinen, H. Kautiainen, P. Hannonen, T. Sokka ......... 796

Radiological Cervical Spine Involvement in Patients with RA: A Cross Sectional Study
 
A.K. Zikou, Y. Alamanos, M.I. Argyropoulou, et al ......... 801

Survey Nonresponse Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Patients with RA and in a Community Population
 
M. Kauppi, T. Sokka, P. Hannonen ......... 807

Validation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue Scale Relative to Other Instrumentation in Patients with RA
 
D. Cella, S. Yount, M. Sorensen, E. Chartash, N. Sengupta, J. Grober ......... 811

A Comparison of Prospective and Retrospective Evaluations of the SLICC/ACR Damage Index for SLE
 
S. Bernatsky, A. Clarke, M. Abrahamowicz, C. Neville, I. Karp, C.A. Pineau ......... 820

Adjusted Mean SLEDAI-2K Is a Predictor of Outcome in SLE
 
D. Ibañez, D.D. Gladman, M.B. Urowitz ......... 824

Can the Urine Dipstick Test Reduce the Need for Microscopy for Assessment of SLE Disease Activity?
 
R.W-Y. Chan, K-M. Chow, L-S. Tam, et al ......... 828

Responsiveness of the SF-36 and the HAQ Disability Index in a Systemic Sclerosis Clinical Trial
 
D. Khanna, D.E. Furst, P.J. Clements, et al ......... 832

Computerized Nailfold Video Capillaroscopy — A New Tool for Assessment of Raynaud's Phenomenon
 
M.E. Anderson, P.D. Allen, T. Moore, V. Hillier, C.J. Taylor, A.L. Herrick ......... 841

Neutrophil CD64 Expression in Behçet's Disease
 
K. Üreten, I. Ertenli, M.A. Öztürk, et al ......... 849

Nonsystemic Vasculitic Neuropathy: A Clinicopathological Study of 22 Cases
 
E. Kararizou, P. Davaki, N. Karandreas, R. Davou, D. Vassilopoulos ......... 853

Arthritis as the Sole Episodic Manifestation of Familial Mediterranean Fever
 
M. Lidar, R. Kedem, A. Mor, D. Levartovsky, P. Langevitz, A. Livneh ......... 859

Vertebral Fracture and BMD in Women Receiving High Dose Glucocorticoids for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
 
S. Kumagai, S. Kawano, T. Atsumi, et al ........ 863

Racial Disparities in the Receipt of Osteoporosis Related Healthcare Among Community-Dwelling Older Women with Arthritis and Previous Fracture
 
T.R. Mikuls, K.G. Saag, V. George, A.S. Mudano, S. Banerjee ......... 870

Increased Type II Collagen Degradation and Very Early Focal Cartilage Degeneration Is Associated with Upregulation of Chondrocyte Differentiation Related Genes in Early Human Articular Cartilage Lesions
 
E.V. Tchetina, G. Squires, A.R. Poole ......... 876

Expression and Regulation of Microsomal Prostaglandin E Synthase-1 in Human Osteoarthritic Cartilage and Chondrocytes
 
X. Li, H. Afif, S. Cheng, et al ......... 887

Glucosamine Sulfate and Cartilage Type II Collagen Degradation in Patients with Knee OA: Randomized Discontinuation Trial Results Employing Biomarkers
 
J. Cibere, A. Thorne, J.A. Kopec, et al ......... 896

Response to a Urate-Lowering Diet According to Polymorphisms in the Apolipoprotein AI-CIII-AIV Cluster
 
F. Cardona, F.J. Tinahones, E. Collantes, E. Garcia-Fuentes, A. Escudero, F. Soriguer ......... 903

Serum Uric Acid Concentration as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Mortality: A Longterm Cohort Study of Atomic Bomb Survivors
 
M. Hakoda, N. Masunari, M. Yamada, et al ......... 906

Determinants of Treatment Adherence in Ethnically Diverse, Economically Disadvantaged Patients with Rheumatic Disease
 
M.G. Garcia Popa-Lisseanu, A. Greisinger, M. Richardson, et al ......... 913

Risk Factors Associated with Rheumatic Complaints: A WHO-ILAR COPCORD Study in Shantou, Southeast China
 
Q.Y. Zeng, J. Darmawan, Z.Y. Xiao, et al ......... 920

Pediatric Rheumatology

Longterm Outcomes in Patients with Giant Aneurysms Secondary to Kawasaki Disease
 
D.M. Levy, E.D. Silverman, M.P. Massicotte, B.W. McCrindle, R.S.M. Yeung ......... 928

Etanercept Treatment in Patients with Refractory Systemic Onset JRA
 
Y. Kimura, P. Pinho, G. Walco, et al ......... 935

Efficacy of Custom Foot Orthotics in Improving Pain and Functional Status in Children with JIA: A Randomized Trial
 
M. Powell, M. Seid, I.S. Szer ......... 943

Case Reports

Rosai-Dorfman Disease in a Patient with SLE
 
P.P. Kaur, R.C. Birbe, R.J. DeHoratius ......... 951

Relapsing Polychondritis with Aortitis without Valvular Involvement
 
Y.H. Rho, S.J. Choi, Y.S. Choi, Y.H. Lee, J.D. Ji, G.G. Song ......... 954

Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Secondary to Spondylodiscitis After Infection with Prevotella
 
C. Salliot, F. Lavie, A. Azria, D. Clerc, A. Miquel, X. Mariette ......... 957

Images in Rheumatology

Unusual Imaging Manifestations of Intraosseous Tophaceous Gout of the Patella

P. Melloni, R. Valls, M. Yuguero, M. Larrosa ......... 959

Correspondence

Effect of Ethnicity on Disease Activity in SLE

J. Calvo-Alén, L.M. Vilá, J.D. Reveille, G.S. Alarcón ......... 962

Reply: Effect of Ethnicity on Disease Activity in SLE

N. Ghaussy, W.L. Sibbitt Jr, A.D. Bankhurst ......... 963

Altitude and Giant Cell Arteritis

J. Llorca, M. Bringas-Bollada, C. Garcia-Porrua, M.A. Gonzalez-Gay ......... 963

Reply: Altitude and Giant Cell Arteritis

G. Mittal, P. Maddison .........964

Letters

Reactivity of IgG Antibody with Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Occurs Through the F(ab)'₂ Part of the Ig Molecule

R.W. Burlingame, R.C. Williams Jr ......... 964

Association Between SLE and Helicobacter Pylori

Y. Matsukawa ......... 965

Book Reviews

Practical Rheumatology, 3rd Edition ......... 965

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, 4th Edition ......... 966

Corrections

J Rheumatol 2005; volume 32: number 3. Table of contents ......... 966

Patient Preference in a Crossover Clinical Trial of Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee or Hip: Face Validity of Self-report Questionnaire Ratings

T. Pincus, X. Wang, C. Chung, T. Sokka, G.G. Koch ......... 966

Meetings in Rheumatology