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VOLUME 28: NO. 10 OCTOBER 2001

EDITORIALS

Gender Differences in Access and Use of Health Care Services

E.M. Badley .........2145

Bioethical Issues in Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Children and Adults with Arthritis

R.M. Laxer, C. Harrison .........2147

Novel Concepts of Severity Mechanisms in AS

A.T. Masi, J.R. King, R. Burgos-Vargas .........2151

An Enthesitis Based Model for the Pathogenesis of SpA. Additive Effects of Microbial Adjuvant and Biomechanical Factors at Disease Sites

D. McGonagle, L. Stockwin, J.D. Isaacs, P. Emery .........2155

Articles

A Phase I Study of the Ethyl Acetate Extract of the Chinese Antirheumatic Herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F in RA
 
X. Tao, J.J. Cush, M. Garret, P.E. Lipsky .........2160

Anti-Human Type II Collagen CD19+ B Cells Are Present in Patients with RA and Healthy Individuals
 
X. He, A.H. Kang, J.M. Stuart .........2168

Endorphin and Enkephalin Ameliorate Excessive Synovial Cell Functions in Patients with RA
 
Y. Takeba, N. Suzuki, A. Kaneko, T. Asai, T. Sakane .........2176

Removal of Hyaline Articular Cartilage Reduces Lymphocyte Infiltration and Activation in Rheumatoid Synovial Membrane
 
Y.T. Konttinen, T-F. Li, J. Lassus, V. Waris, S. Santavirta, I. Virtanen .........2184

Delayed Referral of Female Patients with RA
 
L.R. Lard, T.W.J. Huizinga, J.M.W. Hazes, T.P.M. Vliet Vlieland .........2190

MRI of the Wrist and Finger Joints in Patients with Inflammatory Joint Diseases
 
A. Savnik, H. Malmskov, H.S. Thomsen, et al .........2193

Practice Variation in the Treatment of RA Among German Rheumatologists
 
A. Zink, J. Listing, S. Ziemer, H. Zeidler and the German Collaborative Arthritis Centres .........2201

Nitritoid Reactions: Case Reports, Review, and Recommendations for Management
 
A.B. Arthur, A.V. Klinkhoff, A. Teufel .........2209

Iron Saturation of Serum Ferritin in Patients with Adult Onset Still's Disease
 
J. ten Kate, J.P.H. Drenth, M-F. Kahn, C. van Deursen .........2213

Elevated Bioactive Prolactin Levels in SLE — Association with Disease Activity
 
M. Pacilio, S. Migliaresi, R. Meli, L. Ambrosone, B. Bigliardo, R. Di Carlo .........2216

Prevalence of Cerebral Microemboli in SLE: Transcranial Doppler
 
J. Kron, U.M. Hamper, M.A. Petri .........2222

Outcomes of Symptomatic Osteonecrosis in 95 Patients with SLE
 
D.D. Gladman, V. Chaudhry-Ahluwalia, D. Ibañez, E.R. Bogoch, M.B. Urowitz .........2226

PM and DM: Short Term and Longterm Outcome, and Predictive Factors of Prognosis
 
I. Marie, E. Hachulla, P-Y. Hatron, M-F. Hellot, H. Levesque, B. Devulder, H. Courtois .........2230

Clinical and Laboratory Features of Anticentromere Antibody Positive Primary SS
 
K. Katano, M. Kawano, I. Koni, S. Sugai, Y. Muro .........2238

Prevalence and Characteristics of SS or Sicca Syndrome in Chronic HCV Infection: A Prospective Study
 
V. Loustaud-Ratti, A. Riche, E. Liozon, et al .........2245

Aerosolized Iloprost in CREST Syndrome Related Pulmonary Hypertension
 
D. Launay, E. Hachulla, P-Y. Hatron, et al .........2252

Intravenous N-Acetylcysteine for Treatment of RP Secondary to SSc: A Pilot Study
 
P. Sambo, D. Amico, R. Giacomelli, et al .........2257

Effect of Temperature and Modulators of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Activity on the Reactivity of Isolated Venules in Secondary RP
 
P.B. Furspan, M.D. Mayes, R.R. Freedman .........2263

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in HSP
 
R. Topaloglu, A. Sungur, E. Baskin, N. Besbas, U. Saatci, A. Bakkaloglu .........2269

A Comparison of Cyclosporine, Sulfasalazine, and Symptomatic Therapy in the Treatment of PsA
 
C. Salvarani, P. Macchioni, I. Olivieri, et al .........2274

Ankylosing Spondylitis: Interaction Between Genes, Joints, Age at Onset, and Disease Expression
 
S. Brophy, A. Calin .........2283

Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture in Clinical Practice. 669 Patients Diagnosed Over a 10 Year Period
 
J.M. Nolla, C. Gomez-Vaquero, M. Romera, et al .........2289

Effect of Fenofibrate on Plasma Concentration and Urinary Excretion of Purine Bases and Oxypurinol
 
T. Yamamoto, Y. Moriwaki, S. Takahashi, Z. Tsutsumi, T. Hada 2294

A Reduced Functionality of Gi Proteins as a Possible Cause of FM
 
N. Galeotti, C. Ghelardini, M. Zoppi, et al .........2298

Associations Between Adverse Events in Childhood and Chronic Widespread Pain in Adulthood: Are They Explained by Differential Recall?
 
J. McBeth, S. Morris, S. Benjamin, A.J. Silman, G.J. Macfarlane .........2305

Number of Births, Interpregnancy Interval, and Subsequent Pregnancy Rate After a Diagnosis of Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease in Norwegian Women
 
J.F. Skomsvoll, M. Østensen, V. Baste, L.M. Irgens .........2310

The Effect of Arthritis on Working Life Expectancy
 
D. Lacaille, R.S. Hogg .........2315

Pediatric Rheumatology

Polymorphism in the MHC-encoded LMP7 Gene: Association with JRA without Functional Significance for Immunoproteasome Assembly
 
S. Prahalad, D.J. Kingsbury, T.A. Griffin, et al .........2320

Juvenile Idiopathic Polyarticular Arthritis and IgA Deficiency in the 22q11 Deletion Syndrome
 
K. Davies, E.R. Stiehm, P. Woo, K.J. Murray .........2326

Case Report

Antibodies to ß2-Glycoprotein I and Cardiolipin with Symptoms Suggestive of SLE in Parvovirus B19 Infection
 
M. Kalt, E. Gertner .........2335

Workshop Report

Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases
 
K.S. Barron, C.A. Wallace, A. Woolfrey, et al .........2337

Correspondence

Do Elevated Levels of Serum CRP Predict RA in Men: Correlations with Pre-RA Status and Baseline Positive Rheumatoid Factors A.T. Masi, J.C. Aldag, J. Sipes .........2359

Reply K. Aho, T. Palosuo, P. Knekt, P. Alha, A. Aromaa, M. Heliövaara .........2360

Are Care Pathways the Answer? A.S. Russell .........2361

Reply I.G. Naglie, S.M.H. Alibhai .........2361

Reply K.A. Syed, E.R. Bogoch .........2361

Reply L. March, I. Cameron, R. Cumming, P. Sambrook .........2362

To Lump or to Split. The Importance of Tender Points K.P. White, M. Harth .........2362

Reply P. Croft .........2363

Epstein-Barr Virus and RA S. Sawada, M. Takei .........2363

Reply S. Blaschke .........2363

Risk Factors for Development of Lower Limb Pain in Adolescents P. Malleson 2364

Reply I. Shrier, D. Feldman .........2364

Insulin-like Growth Factor and RA T.J. Romano .........2364

Reply P.J. Maddison .........2365

Clinical Correlates of Avascular Necrosis in SLE D.J. Wallace .........2365

Reply D.D. Gladman, M.B. Urowitz .........2365

Letters

DM with Normal CK and Elevated Aldolase Levels J.D. Carter, K.S. Kanik, F.B. Vasey, J. Valeriano-Marcet .........2366

Natural Killer Cell Ig-like Receptor Alleles in Patients with RA D.P. Singal, J. Li, G. Zhang .........2367

Corrections

Anti-Apolipoprotein A-I Autoantibody: Characterization of Monoclonal Autoantibodies from Patients with SLE H. Abe, N. Tsuboi, S. Suzuki, et al .........2369

Etanercept in the Treatment of Macrophage Activation Syndrome S. Prahalad, K.E. Bove, D. Dickens, D.J. Lovell, A.A. Grom .........2370

Notices




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