Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 5 - Number: 44 - March 15, 2006

Outstanding

Does long term treatment with azathioprine predispose to malignancy and death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus?

Antiphospholipid antibodies, systemic lupus erythematosus, and non-traumatic metatarsal fractures

EULAR randomised controlled trial of pulse cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone versus continuous cyclophosphamide and prednisolone followed by azathioprine and prednisolone in lupus nephritis

Specific antinuclear antibodies are associated with clinical features in systemic lupus erythematosus

Concise reports

Specific antinuclear antibodies are associated with clinical features in systemic lupus erythematosus

Fc receptor IIa, IIIa, and IIIb polymorphisms of systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwan

Combined intravenous methotrexate and cyclophosphamide for refractory childhood lupus nephritis

Systemic lupus erythematosus and genetic variation in the interleukin 1 gene cluster: a population based study in the southeastern United States

Echo

Genetic susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Finnish families

Extended reports

Antiphospholipid antibodies, systemic lupus erythematosus, and non-traumatic metatarsal fractures

First clinical trials of a new heteropolymer technology agent in normal healthy volunteers and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: safety and proof of principle of the antigen-heteropolymer ETI-105

Inverse association between circulating APRIL levels and serological and clinical disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Renal clearance and daily excretion of cortisol and adrenal androgens in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus

Serum amyloid P component levels are not decreased in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and do not rise during an acute phase reaction

Possible role of leptin in hypoandrogenicity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

EULAR randomised controlled trial of pulse cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone versus continuous cyclophosphamide and prednisolone followed by azathioprine and prednisolone in lupus nephritis

Urinary tract infections and lupus erythematosus

The dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in the 3'UTR of the CD154 gene has a functional role on protein expression and is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

LESSON OF THE MONTH

Proptosis can be the presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus

Letters

Progression of lupus nephritis during treatment with mycophenolate mofetil

Lupus myocarditis in children

Shrinking central nervous system in systemic lupus erythematosus

Does long term treatment with azathioprine predispose to malignancy and death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus?

Spontaneous pregnancy in a woman with lupus and thyroiditis despite imminent premature ovarian failure