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VOLUME 29: NO. 11 NOVEMBER 2002
Editorials
The Rewards of Taking a Hard Look at the Practice of Rheumatology
 J. Lewtas .........2251
Uveitis Associated with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Envisioning the Future
 A.M. Rosenberg.........2253
Measuring Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus: Progress and Problems
 J.T. Merrill .........2256
Early Arthritis Clinics. Much Early Arthritis Is Unclassified
 H.R. Schumacher .........2258
Articles
Increased Expression of Arginase II in Patients with Different Forms of Arthritis. Implications of the Regulation of NO
 I. Corraliza, S. Moncada .........2261
Differential Expression Patterns of Secreted Frizzled Related Protein Genes in Synovial Cells from Patients with Arthritis
 K. Ijiri, R. Nagayoshi, N. Matsushita, et al .........2266
Antioxidant Vitamins and Lipid Peroxidation in Patients with RA: Association with Inflammatory Markers
 S. Paredes, J. Girona, E. Hurt-Camejo, et al .........2271
Very Recent Onset Arthritis Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological Findings During the First Year of Disease
 K.P. Machold, T.A. Stamm, G.J.M. Eberl, et al .........2278
A Single Dose, Placebo Controlled Study of the Fully Human Anti-TNF-a Antibody Adalimumab (D2E7) in Patients with RA
 A. den Broeder, L.B.A. van de Putte, R. Rau, et al .........2288
BMD in Men with RA Is Associated with Erosive Disease and Sulfasalazine Treatment But Not with Sex Hormones
 B. Tengstrand, I. Hafström .........2299
Detecting Radiological Changes in RA That Are Considered Important by Clinical Experts: Influence of Reading With or Without Known Sequence
 K. Bruynesteyn, D. van der Heijde, M. Boers, et al .........2306
Nodular Disease in RA: Association with Cigarette Smoking and HLA-DRB1/TNF Gene Interaction
 D.L. Mattey, P.T. Dawes, J. Fisher, et al .........2313
HLA and Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Relation to Occurrence of Palindromic Rheumatism and Its Progression to RA
 W.P. Maksymowych, M.E. Suarez-Almazor, H. Buenviaje, et al .........2319
Longterm Predictors of Anxiety and Depressed Mood in Early RA: A 3 and 5 Year Followup
 A.W.M. Evers, F.W. Kraaimaat, R. Geenen, J.W.G. Jacobs, J.W.J. Bijlsma .........2327
Connective Tissue Activation XXXVIII: Heparin/Heparanase Activity of Human Platelets Resides in High Molecular Weight Protein, Not in Connective Tissue Activating Peptide III
 C.W. Castor, A. Kotlyar, B.E. Edwards .........2337
Undifferentiated CTD: Analysis of 83 Patients with a Minimum Followup of 5 Years
 M. Mosca, R. Neri, W. Bencivelli, A. Tavoni, S. Bombardieri .........2345
Organ Manifestations Influence Differently the Responsiveness of 2 Lupus Disease Activity Measures, According to Patients' or Physicians' Evaluations of Recent Lupus Activity
 E.R. Chang, M. Abrahamowicz, D. Ferland, P.R. Fortin, for CaNIOS Investigators .........2350
C4A Deficiency and Elevated Level of Immune Complexes: The Mechanism Behind Increased Susceptibility to SLE
 K.H. Traustadottir, A. Sigfusson, K. Steinsson, K. Erlendsson .........2359
IL-8 Gene Polymorphism Is Associated with Increased Risk of Nephritis in Cutaneous Vasculitis
 M.M. Amoli, W. Thomson, A.H. Hajeer, et al.........2367
SSc and Interstitial Lung Disease: A Pilot Study Using Pulse IV Methylprednisolone and Cyclophosphamide to Assess the Effect on High Resolution Computed Tomography Scan and Lung Function
 B. Griffiths, S. Miles, H. Moss, R. Robertson, D. Veale, P. Emery .........2371
Pulmonary Hypertension in Scleroderma Spectrum of Disease: Lack of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor 2 Mutations
 J. Morse, R. Barst, E. Horn, N. Cuervo, Z. Deng, J. Knowles .........2379
Presence of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in the Salivary Glands of Patients with SS and HCV Infection
 E. Toussirot, G. Le Huédé, C. Mougin, J-C. Balblanc, D. Bettinger, D. Wendling .........2382
Development of the Myositis Activities Profile Validity and Reliability of a Self-Administered Questionnaire to Assess Activity Limitations in Patients with PM/DM
 H. Alexanderson, I.E. Lundberg, C.H. Stenström .........2386
Target Organ Associations in Turkish Patients with BD. A Cross Sectional Study by Exploratory Factor Analysis
 R. Tunc, E. Keyman, M. Melikoglu, I. Fresko, H. Yazici .........2393
Decreased Expression of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Is Associated with Dexamethasone Inhibition of the Proliferation of Rat Tendon Fibroblasts

W-C. Tsai, F-T. Tang, M-K. Wong, H-C. Yen, J-H.S. Pang .........2397
Epidemiology of Gout: Is the Incidence Rising?
 E. Arromdee, C.J. Michet, C.S. Crowson, W.M. O'Fallon, S.E. Gabriel .........2403
Active Ingredient Consistency of Commercially Available Glucosamine Sulfate Products
 A.S. Russell, A. Aghazadeh-Habashi, F. Jamali .........2407
Compensatory Gait Mechanics in Patients with Unilateral Knee Arthritis
 C.A. McGibbon, D.E. Krebs .........2410
Barriers to Providing Adequate Rheumatology Care: Implications from a Survey of Rheumatologists in Ontario, Canada
 D. Shipton, E.M. Badley, A.A. Bookman, G.A. Hawker .........2420
Health and Functional Status of Twins with Chronic Regional and Widespread Pain
 L.A. Aaron, L.M. Arguelles, S. Ashton, et al .........2426
Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies by Patients Self-Reporting Arthritis or Rheumatism: Results from a Nationwide Canadian Survey
 B. Fautrel, V. Adam, Y. St-Pierre, L. Joseph, A.E. Clarke, J.R. Penrod .........2435
Pediatric Rheumatology
Hepatotoxicity in Patients with JIA Receiving Longterm MTX Therapy
 P. Lahdenne, J. Rapola, H. Ylijoki, J. Haapasaari .........2442
Early Predictors of Severe Course of Uveitis in Oligoarticular JIA
 F. Zulian, G. Martini, F. Falcini, et al .........2446
The Influence of Heredity for Psoriasis on the ILAR Classification of JIA
 L. Berntson, A. Fasth, B. Andersson-Gäre, et al .........2454
Case Reports
Anti-Androgen Treatment of Prostatic Carcinoma May Be a Risk Factor for Development of RA
 J.E. Pope, M. Joneja, P. Hong .........2459
Images in Rheumatology
Normal Radiographs in Patients with Persistent "Hip Pain" Value of MRI
 R. López-Ben, A. Tolwani, W. Chatham, M.J. Pitt, G.S. Alarcón .........2463
Gingival Hyperplasia Associated with Cyclosporin A
 P.V. Voulgari, A.A. Drosos .........2466
Correspondence
Relationship of Length of Clinical Rotation to Achievement of Skills Necessary for Clinical Management of Musculoskeletal Disease B.M. Rothschild .........2467
Reply M.D. Smith, M.J. Ahern, J.G. Walker, E.M. Shanahan, P. Roberts-Thomson.........2467
Intensity and Duration of Oral Anticoagulation in aPL Associated Thrombosis B.J. Hunt, M.A. Khamashta .........2468
Reply H.I. Brunner, B.M. Feldman.........2468
Silicone Gel Breast Implants S.J. Bowlin .........2468
Reply S.L. Brown, G. Pennello.........2469
Letters
The Crohn's Associated NOD2 3020InsC Frameshift Mutation Does Not Confer Susceptibility to AS M. D'Amato, R. Sorrentino, S. Pettersson .........2470
Book Review
Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases.........2471
Correction.........2471
Notices.........xiii
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