Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 8 - Number: 79 - February 14, 2009

Outstanding

Vasodilator iontophoresis—a possible new therapy for digital ischaemia in systemic sclerosis?

Cytokines in arthritis—the ‘big numbers’ move centre stage

Aggressive CNS lupus vasculitis in the absence of systemic disease activity

Methotrexate pneumonitis precipitated by switching from oral to parenteral administration

Basic Sciences

CXCL10 () and CCL2 (?) chemokines in systemic sclerosis—a longitudinal study

Lower density of synovial nerve fibres positive for calcitonin gene-related peptide relative to substance P in rheumatoid arthritis but not in osteoarthritis

Case report

Aggressive CNS lupus vasculitis in the absence of systemic disease activity

Methotrexate pneumonitis precipitated by switching from oral to parenteral administration

Clinic

Cold stimulus fingertip lacticemy test—an effective method to monitor acute therapeutic intervention on primary Raynaud\'s phenomenon and systemic sclerosis

Daily practice effectiveness of a step-down treatment in comparison with a tight step-up for early rheumatoid arthritis

Functional MRI in NPSLE patients reveals increased parietal and frontal brain activation during a working memory task compared with controls

High-frequency ultrasound of skin involvement in systemic sclerosis reflects oedema, extension and severity in early disease

Inter-observer agreement of standard joint counts in early rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with grey scale ultrasonography—a preliminary study

Long-term exposure to medium-dose glucocorticoid therapy associates with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

MRI changes in psoriatic dactylitis—extent of pathology, relationship to tenderness and correlation with clinical indices

The direct healthcare costs associated with ankylosing spondylitis patients attending a UK secondary care rheumatology unit

Ultrasound of proximal upper extremity arteries to increase the diagnostic yield in large-vessel giant cell arteritis

Vasodilator iontophoresis—a possible new therapy for digital ischaemia in systemic sclerosis?

Investigational Article

Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in primary Sjögren syndrome may be associated with non-erosive synovitis

Molecular discrimination of responders and nonresponders to anti-TNFalpha therapy in rheumatoid arthritis by etanercept

Reviews

Cytokines in arthritis—the ‘big numbers’ move centre stage