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VOLUME 33: NO. 11 NOVEMBER 2006

Editorials

Citrullinated Antigens: Just Diagnostic Tools or Pathogenic Targets in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
 
E. Feist, G.R. Burmester.........2103

Cardiovascular Risk in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Loose Ends and Common Threads
 
T.M. Farragher, I.N. Bruce.........2105

Improving Management of Pregnancy in Antiphospholipid Antibody-Positive Women
 
M. Galli.........2108

Remember the Titanic: What We Know of Knee Osteoarthritis Is But the Tip of the Iceberg
 
A.E. Wluka.........2110

The Symptom Intensity Scale, Fibromyalgia, and the Meaning of Fibromyalgia-like Symptoms. A Review
 
H. Smythe.........2113

 

Articles

Serum Autoantibodies that Bind Citrullinated Fibrinogen Are Frequently Found in Patients with RA
   
J.A. Hill, J. Al-Bishri, D.D. Gladman, E. Cairns, D.A. Bell .........2115

HLA-DRB1*04 Alleles in Japanese RA Patients with AA Amyloidosis
   
K. Migita, T. Nakamura, Y. Maeda, et al.........2120

Cost-Effectiveness of Biologic Agents for Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders: Structured Review of the Literature
   
R. Fleurence, E. Spackman.........2124

Declining Trend in the Incidence of RF-Positive RA in Finland 1980-2000
   
O. Kaipiainen-Seppanen, H. Kautiainen.........2132

Association of RA with Ergothioneine Levels in RBC: A Case Control Study
   
D. Taubert, A. Lazar, G. Grimberg, et al.........2139

An Index of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO-Index) Discriminates Effectively Between Active and Control Treatment in 4 Clinical Trials of Adalimumab in RA
   
T. Pincus, C. Chung, O.G. Segurado, I. Amara, G.G. Koch.........2146

Comparison of Tacrolimus and Mizoribine in a Randomized, Double-blind Controlled Study in Patients with RA
   
S. Kawai, H. Hashimoto, H. Kondo, T. Murayama, T. Kiuchi, T. Abe.........2153

Reduction of Inflammatory Biomarker Response by Abatacept in Treatment of RA
   
M.H. Weisman, P. Durez, D. Hallegua, et al .........2162

CVD and Risk Factors in Patients with RA, PsA, and AS
   
C. Han, D.W. Robinson Jr, M.V. Hackett, L.C. Paramore, K.H. Fraeman, M.V. Bala.........2167

Echocardiographically Guided Pericardiocentesis for Treatment of Clinically Significant Pericardial Effusion in RA
   
S.A. Cauduro, K.G. Moder, H.S. Luthra, J.B. Seward .........2173

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome — An Underrecognized Manifestation of SLE
   
J.K. Kur, J.M. Esdaile.........2178

Migraine During SLE: Findings from Brain SPECT
   
F. Nobili, A. Mignone, E. Rossi, et al .........2184

The Effect of Menopause on Disease Activity in SLE
   
M.B. Urowitz, D. Ibañez, D. Jerome, D.D. Gladman.........2192

Ibuprofen Fails to Prevent Brain Pathology in a Model of Neuropsychiatric Lupus
   
D.A. Ballok, X. Ma, J.A. Denburg, L. Arsenault, B. Sakic.........2199

Association Between aPL and Recurrent Fetal Loss in Women Without Autoimmune Disease: A Metaanalysis
   
L. Opatrny, M. David, S.R. Kahn, I. Shrier, E. Rey.........2214

Postpartum Management of Women at Increased Risk of Thrombosis — Results of a Canadian Pilot Survey
   
K.A. Spitzer, K. Murphy, M. Crowther, C.A. Clark, C.A. Laskin.........2222

Autoimmune Disease Aggregation in Families with Primary SS
   
J-M. Anaya, G.J. Tobon, P. Vega, J. Castiblanco.........2227

Lower Adrenocortical and Adrenomedullary Responses to Hypoglycemia in Premenopausal Women with SSc
   
R. Imrich, J. Lukac, J. Rovensky, et al.........2235

Development and Validation of a Simple Tape-based Measurement Tool for Recording Cervical Rotation in Patients with AS: Comparison with a Goniometer-based Approach
   
W.P. Maksymowych, C. Mallon, R. Richardson, et al .........2242

Membrane Glucocorticoid Receptor Expression on PBMC in Patients with AS
   
A.B. Tryc, C.M. Spies, U. Schneider, et al.........2249

Effect of Infliximab Therapy on Employment, Time Lost from Work, and Productivity in Patients with PsA
   
A. Kavanaugh, C. Antoni, P. Mease, et al .........2254

FK506 Inhibits Murine AA Amyloidosis: Possible Involvement of T Cells in Amyloidogenesis
   
M. Ueda, Y. Ando, M. Nakamura, et al .........2260

Prevalence of Knee OA in the USA: Arthritis Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1991-94
   
C.F. Dillon, E.K. Rasch, Q. Gu, R. Hirsch .........2271

Musculoskeletal Findings and Disability in Alkaptonuria
   
M.B. Perry, P. Suwannarat, G.P. Furst, W.A. Gahl, L.H. Gerber.........2280

Is Chronic Pain in Adulthood Related to Childhood Factors? A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Young Adults
   
C.D. Mallen, G. Peat, E. Thomas, P.R. Croft.........2286

The Symptom Intensity Scale, Fibromyalgia, and the Meaning of Fibromyalgia-like Symptoms
   
F. Wolfe, J.J. Rasker.........2291

Higher Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Patients Infected with HTLV-I
   
B.A. Cruz, B. Catalan-Soares, F. Proietti, and The Interdisciplinary HTLV-I/II Research Group.........2300

Method Guidelines for Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Systematic Reviews
   
L. Maxwell, N. Santesso, P.S. Tugwell, G.A. Wells, M. Judd, R. Buchbinder, and the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group.........2304

Knowledge Transfer to Clinicians and Consumers by the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group
   
N. Santesso, L. Maxwell, P.S. Tugwell, G.A. Wells, A.M. O'Connor, M. Judd, R. Buchbinder, and the Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group.........2312

Meeting Report Position Development Conference of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Vancouver, BC, July 15-17, 2005
   
E.S. Leib, N. Binkley, J.P. Bilezikian, D.L. Kendler, E.M. Lewiecki, S.M. Petak.........2319

Pediatric Rheumatology

Candidate Early Predictors for Progression to Joint Damage in Systemic JIA
   
C. Sandborg, T.H. Holmes, T. Lee, et al .........2322

Benefit of Intraarticular Corticosteroid Injection Under Fluoroscopic Guidance for Subtalar Arthritis in JIA
   
T. Beukelman, B. Arabshahi, A.M. Cahill, R.D. Kaye, R.Q. Cron.........2330

MRI Identifies Features in Clinically Unaffected Knees Predicting Extension of Arthritis in Children with Monoarthritis
   
J.M. Gardner-Medwin, O.G. Killeen, C.A.J. Ryder, K. Bradshaw, K. Johnson.........2337

Case Reports

Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis in RA After Adalimumab Administration
   
M. Ahmed, M. Luggen, J.H. Herman, et al.........2344

Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease and SSc Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
   
S.R. Johnson, D. Patsios, D.M. Hwang, J.T. Granton.........2347

Microscopic Polyangiitis Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: a Causal or Casual Association?
   
L.M. Amezcua-Guerra, P. Prieto, R. Bojalil, C. Pineda, M-C. Amigo.........2351

Bone Involvement in Generalized Crystal-Storing Histiocytosis
   
V. de Lastours, T. Papo, D. Cazals-Hatem, et al .........2354

 

Correspondence

Should Physicians Manipulate Their Assessment Tools? No, They Shouldn't!

B.F. Leeb.........2359

Reply

Y. El Miedany, M. El Gaafary .........2360

TNF-a as a Potential Target in the Treatment of SLE: A Role for the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Simvastatin

P.J. Kotyla, B. Sliwinska-Kotyla, E.J. Kucharz.........2361

Reply

Y. Shoenfeld.........2363

The Value of Temporal Artery Biopsy Specimen Length in the Diagnosis of GCA

K. Arashvand .........2363

Reply

R.M. Taylor-Gjevre.........2364

Can Pain Be Quantified Numerically?

V.W. Berger.........2364

Reply

P. Ritter.........2365

RS3PE Syndrome: Followup for Neoplasia

P. Fietta, P. Manganelli.........2365

Reply

E. Russell.........2366

Letter

Inclusion of Patients in RCT

O. Hubscher.........2366

 

Book Reviews

Osteoarthritis Handbook.........2366

Canadian Residents' Rheumatology Handbook.........2366

Corrections

Seasonal Variations in Onset of Wegener's Granulomatosis: Increased in Summer?
Aouba, C. Pagnoux, and L. Guillevin, for the French Vasculitis Study Group.........2367

Assessing a Whiplash Management Model: A Population-Based Non-Randomized Intervention Study
S. Suissa, M. Giroux, M. Gervais, et al .........2367

Meetings in Rheumatology.........



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