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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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