Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 6 - Number: 54 - January 15, 2007

Outstanding

Implication of interleukin 18 in production of matrix metalloproteinases in articular chondrocytes in arthritis: direct effect on chondrocytes may not be pivotal

Relationship between serum trough infliximab levels, pretreatment C reactive protein levels, and clinical response to infliximab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Risk of lymphoma in patients with RA treated with anti-TNF agents

White matter hyperintensities on brain magnetic resonance in systemic sclerosis

Concise reports

Human parvovirus B19, varicella zoster virus, and human herpes virus 6 in temporal artery biopsy specimens of patients with giant cell arteritis: analysis with quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

ß2 Adrenoceptor gene single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with rheumatoid arthritis in northern Sweden

Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis

White matter hyperintensities on brain magnetic resonance in systemic sclerosis

Extended reports

Implication of interleukin 18 in production of matrix metalloproteinases in articular chondrocytes in arthritis: direct effect on chondrocytes may not be pivotal

Inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic description of the extent and frequency of acute spinal changes using magnetic resonance imaging

MMP protein and activity levels in synovial fluid from patients with joint injury, inflammatory arthritis, and osteoarthritis

Prevalence and pattern of radiographic hand osteoarthritis and association with pain and disability (the Rotterdam study)

Raised granzyme B levels are associated with erosions in patients with early rheumatoid factor positive rheumatoid arthritis

Raised levels of anti-glucose-6-phosphate isomerase IgG in serum and synovial fluid from patients with inflammatory arthritis

Relationship between serum trough infliximab levels, pretreatment C reactive protein levels, and clinical response to infliximab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Tumour necrosis factor blockers do not increase overall tumour risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but may be associated with an increased risk of lymphomas

Leaders

Risk of lymphoma in patients with RA treated with anti-TNF agents

Letters

Iron deficiency anaemia in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases: low mean cell haemoglobin is a better marker than low mean cell volume

Reactivation of a latent precore mutant hepatitis B virus related chronic hepatitis during infliximab treatment for severe spondyloarthropathy

Recurrent auricular chondritis and cartilage repair

Use of herbal remedies and potential drug interactions in rheumatology outpatients

Matters arising

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