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VOLUME 31: NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 2004

Editorials

The No Man's Land of Undifferentiated Inflammatory Polyarthritis
 
S.A. Paget .........1673

Window of Opportunity
 
D.E. Furst .........1677

Issues in Investigating the Genetic Epidemiology of Disease Expression
 
P. Rahman .........1680

The Quest for Explanations for Race/Ethnic Disparity in Rates of Use of Total Joint Arthroplasty
 
G.A. Hawker .........1683

Articles

Dating the "Window of Therapeutic Opportunity" in Early RA: Accuracy of Patient Recall of Arthritis Symptom Onset
   
S. Amjadi-Begvand, D. Khanna, G.S. Park, K.J. Bulpitt, W.K. Wong, H.E. Paulus .........1686

Effect of MTX Therapy on BMD and Body Composition in Rat Adjuvant Arthritis
   
S.L. Morgan, D-T. Chen, J. Carlee, J.E. Baggott .........1693

Connective Tissue Metabolism in Patients with Unclassified Polyarthritis and Early RA. Relationship to Disease Activity, BMD, and Radiographic Outcome
   
T. Jensen, M. Klarlund, M. Hansen, K.E. Jensen, H. Skjødt, L. Hyldstrup .........1698

Indirect and Total Costs of Early RA: a Randomized Comparison of Combined Step-down Prednisolone, MTX, and Sulfasalazine with Sulfasalazine Alone
   
I.B.C. Korthals-de Bos, M.W. van Tulder, M. Boers, et al .........1709

Quality of Life and Economic Burden of Illness in Very Early Arthritis. A Population Based Study in Southern Sweden
   
M.K. Söderlin, H. Kautiainen, T. Skogh, M. Leirisalo-Repo .........1717

Morning Stiffness in Patients with Early RA Is Associated More Strongly with Functional Disability than with Joint Swelling and ESR
   
Y. Yazici, T. Pincus, H. Kautiainen, T. Sokka .........1723

Risk Factors for MTX-Induced Abnormal Laboratory Monitoring Results in Patients with RA
   
P.D. Kent, H.S. Luthra, C.J. Michet Jr .........1727

Short Term Whole Body Retention in Relation to Rate of Bone Resorption and Cartilage Degradation after Intravenous Bisphosphonate (Pamidronate) in RA
   
S.C.L.M. Cremers, M.C. Lodder, J. den Hartigh, et al .........1732

Partner Participation in Cognitive-Behavioral Self-Management Group Treatment for Patients with RA
   
W. van Lankveld, T. van Helmond, G. Näring, D.J. de Rooij, F. van den Hoogen .........1738

Dyslipoproteinemia in Patients with Active RA: Effects of Disease Activity, Sex, and Menopausal Status on Lipid Profiles
   
W-H. Yoo .........1746

Utility of Red Amsler Grid Screening in a Rheumatology Clinic
   
A.C. Pluenneke, P.H. Blomquist .........1754

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (Insertion/Deletion) and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Polymorphisms in Patients with SLE
   
G. Douglas, C. Reilly, M.A. Dooley, G. Page, G. Cooper, G. Gilkeson .........1756

Increased Incidence of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Women with SLE Treated with Intravenous Cyclophosphamide
   
V.M. Ognenovski, W. Marder, E.C. Somers, C.M. Johnston, J.G. Farrehi, S.M. Selvaggi, W.J. McCune .........1763

Immunogenetic Features in 120 Japanese Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
   
T. Furuya, M. Hakoda, N. Tsuchiya, et al .........1768

Concordance of Disease Severity among Family Members with AS?
   
S. Brophy, S. Hickey, A. Menon, et al .........1775

Measurement of Spinal Mobility in AS: Comparison of Occiput-to-Wall and Tragus-to-Wall Distance
   
L. Heuft-Dorenbosch, D. Vosse, R. Landewé, et al .........1779

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Polymorphisms in Behçet's Disease
   
C. Salvarani, L. Boiardi, B. Casali, et al .........1785

Surgical Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty: Direct Lateral or Posterior?
   
B.M. Jolles, E.R. Bogoch .........1790

Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for OA of the Knee in Taiwan
   
Z-S. Yen, M-S. Lai, C-T. Wang, et al .........1797

Gastroduodenal Safety and Tolerability of Lumiracoxib Compared with Ibuprofen and Celecoxib in Patients with OA
   
C.C. Hawkey, P. Svoboda, I.F. Fiedorowicz-Fabrycy, et al .........1804

Ethnic Differences in Health Preferences: Analysis Using Willingness-to-Pay
   
M.M. Byrne, K.J. O'Malley, M.E. Suarez-Almazor .........1811

Assessment of Disease Severity (in Terms of Function) Using the Internet
   
S. Brophy, T. Hunniford, G. Taylor, A. Menon, T. Roussou, A. Calin .........1819

Deaths from Arthritis and Other Rheumatic Conditions, US, 1979-1998
   
J.J. Sacks, C.G. Helmick, G. Langmaid .........1823

Pediatric Rheumatology

Determination of Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies in the Sera of Patients with JIA
   
J.M. Low, A.K. Chauhan, D.A. Kietz, U. Daud, P.H. Pepmueller, T.L. Moore .........1829

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in JIA
   
G. Metin, L. Öztürk, Ö. Kasapçopur, M. Apelyan, N. Arisoy .........1834

JIA: Parent-Child Discrepancy on Reports of Pain and Disability
   
T.M. Palermo, K. Zebracki, S. Cox, A.J. Newman, N.G. Singer .........1840

HLA-DRB1*15021 Is the Predominant Allele in Japanese Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis
   
N. Tomono, M. Mori, S. Nakajima, et al .........1847

Case Reports

SLE and Calciphylaxis
   
S.H. Sakr, E.B. Russell, H.E. Jasin .........1851

Paraneoplastic Polyarthritis in an Ovarian Teratoma
   
W. Wiese, H. Alansari, P. Tranchida, F. Fernández Madrid .........1854

Multiple Spontaneous Visceral Hematomas Revealing Polyarteritis Nodosa
   
Y. Allanore, C. Rosenberg, O. Vignaux, et al .........1858

Disseminated Prototheca wickerhamii Infection with Arthritis and Tenosynovitis
   
J.S. Pascual, L.L. Balos, A.N. Baer .........1861

Images in Rheumatology

Tophaceous Pseudotumors in Polynesian Patients with Gout
 
L. McLean .........1866

Maxillary Actinomycosis in an Immunocompromised Patient with Longstanding Vasculitis Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil
 
I.H. Tarner, A. Schneidewind, H.J. Linde, et al .........1869

Correspondence

Erosions Rare Without Clinically Detectable Inflammation B.M. Rothschild .........1872

Reply T. Sokka, P. Hannonen .........1873

Pollen Allergies in Patients with SLE J. Jiménez-Alonso, J. Jiménez-Jáimez, M.V. Almazán .........1873

Reply J. Pope .........1873

Letters

Synovial Density of Frizzled 5-Positive Cells Does Not Differ Between Patients with RA and OA and Is Independent of Inflammation C. Weidler, J. Schaumburger, L.E. Miller, J. Schölmerich .........1874

Septicemia with S. aureus, ß-Hemolytic Streptococci Group B and G, and E. coli in a Patient with RA Treated with a Recombinant Human IL-1 Receptor Antagonist (Anakinra) C. Turesson, K. Riesbeck .........1876

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