Annals ofRheumatoid Arthritis

Volume: 3 - Number: 19 - January 15, 2005

Outstanding

Beauty and the Beast. The nitric oxide paradox in systemic sclerosis

Total costs and predictors of costs in individuals with early inflammatory polyarthritis: a community-based prospective study

The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the United Kingdom: new estimates for a new century

Surgical treatment of the rheumatoid cervical spine in patients aged 70 years or older

Editorial

Beauty and the Beast. The nitric oxide paradox in systemic sclerosis

Heberden historical series

Professor Sir John Charnley (1911–1982)

Bernard Connor (1666–1698)

Original papers

Dynamics of mycobacterial HSP65-induced T-cell cytokine expression during oral tolerance induction in adjuvant arthritis

Total costs and predictors of costs in individuals with early inflammatory polyarthritis: a community-based prospective study

Risk of myelotoxicity with intravenous cyclophosphamide in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Role of cholecystokinin-8 in nerve growth factor and nerve growth factor mRNA expression in carrageenan-induced joint inflammation in adult rats

The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the United Kingdom: new estimates for a new century

Elevated expression of the genes encoding TNF- and thromboxane synthase in leucocytes from patients with systemic sclerosis

Mycophenolate mofetil for systemic lupus erythematosus refractory to other immunosuppressive agents

Tumour necrosis factor stimulates nitric oxide production more potently than interleukin-1ß in porcine articular chondrocytes

Analysis of improvements, full responses, remission and toxicity in rheumatoid patients treated with step-up combination therapy (methotrexate, cyclosporin A, sulphasalazine) or monotherapy for three years

The effects of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on the Health Assessment Questionnaire score. Lessons from the leflunomide clinical trials database

Surgical treatment of the rheumatoid cervical spine in patients aged 70 years or older

Meniscal and articular cartilage changes in knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional double-contrast macroradiographic study

A cross-sectional study of clinical thrombotic risk factors and preventive treatments in antiphospholipid syndrome

Paediatric Rheumatology

Neuroendocrine gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Immunization in rheumatic diseases of childhood: an audit of the clinical practice of British Paediatric Rheumatology Group members and a review of the evidence

Review

Transgenic mouse models for studying the role of cartilage macromolecules in osteoarthritis

HLA B27 in health and disease: a double-edged sword?