Annals ofRheumatology

Volume: 2 - Number: 7 - January 15, 2002

Outstanding

Treatment and investigation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Hepatic fibrosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with methotrexate: application of a new semi-quantitative scoring system

Resistant rheumatoid arthritis clinics, a necessary development?

Topical tacrolimus for recalcitrant leg ulcer in rheumatoid arthritis

Articles

Economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review

Quantification of the cell infiltrate in synovial tissue by digital image analysis

Hepatic fibrosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with methotrexate: application of a new semi-quantitative scoring system

Comparison of sonography and magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of partial tears of finger extensor tendons in rheumatoid arthritis

A single nucleotide polymorphism in exon 1 of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated-4 (CTLA-4) is not associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Genotype–phenotype correlation in a large group of Turkish patients with familial Mediterranean fever: evidence for mutation-independent amyloidosis

Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 and O:5 lipopolysaccharide arthritogenicity in hamsters

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee: acase–control study in Japan

The prevalence of vertebral fractures in mild ankylosing spondylitis and their relationship to bone mineral density

Discriminating ability of composite indices for measuring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of the Chronic Arthritis Systemic Index, Disease Activity Score and Thompson's articular index

The place of magnetic resonance and ultrasonographic examinations of the parotid gland in the diagnosis and follow-up of primary Sjögren's syndrome

Perspectives

Potential bias in Kaplan–Meier survival analysis applied to rheumatology drug studies

Resistant rheumatoid arthritis clinics, a necessary development?

Rheumatology Online: note from the Editor

Topical tacrolimus for recalcitrant leg ulcer in rheumatoid arthritis

Successful treatment of hepatitis B-associated polyarteritis nodosa with a combination of lamivudine and conventional immunosuppressive therapy: a case report

Antiphospholipid syndrome with proliferative vasculopathy and bowel infarction

A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and Salmonella enteritidis bacteraemia complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute cholecystitis

Reviews and Trials

Treatment and investigation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Systemic lupus erythematosus messages from experimental models