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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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