Annals ofRheumatology

Volume: 2 - Number: 9 - March 15, 2002

Outstanding

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

Economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review

The role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of idiopathic plantar fasciitis

Resistant rheumatoid arthritis clinics a necessary development?

Articles

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

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

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

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

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

Economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review

Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug use according to the `sawtooth

The utilization of synovial fluid analysis in the UK

A randomized controlled trial of homeopathy in rheumatoid arthritis

High circulating levels of soluble scavenger receptors (sCD5 and sCD6) in patients with primary Sjögren

Treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine

One-year outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of an educational behavioural joint protection programme for people with rheumatoid arthritis

IgG subclass distribution of antibodies against ß2-GP1 and cardiolipin in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and primary antiphospholipid syndrome, and their clinical associations

Increased expression of the blood group-related Lewis Y antigen on synovial fluid granulocytes of patients with arthritic joint diseases

Mannose binding lectin and Fc RIIa (CD32) polymorphism in Spanish systemic lupus erythematosus patients

The k opioid agonist, asimadoline, alters cytokine gene expression in adjuvant arthritis

Interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

Suppression of chronic streptococcal cell wall-induced arthritis in Lewis rats by liposomal clodronate

Expression of chemokines and matrix metalloproteinases in early rheumatoid arthritis

Interleukin-1-induced subacromial synovitis and shoulder pain in rotator cuff diseases

The role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of idiopathic plantar fasciitis

Successful treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a reduction in synovial membrane cytokines and cell adhesion molecule expression

Perspectives

Rheumatology Online: note from the Editor

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

Resistant rheumatoid arthritis clinics a necessary development?

Medical therapy for rheumatoid arthritis value for money?

Reviews and Trials

Treatment and investigation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Systemic lupus erythematosus messages from experimental models

Summary

A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the slow-acting symptom modifying effects of a regimen containing colchicine in a subset of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

Local overexpression of adeno-viral IL-4 protects cartilage from metallo proteinase-induced destruction during immune complex-mediated arthritis by preventing activation of pro-MMPs

The prevalence of nitric oxide in apoptotic chondrocytes of osteoarthritis

Human autologous culture expanded bone marrow mesenchymal cell transplantation for repair of cartilage defects in osteoarthritic knees

The effect of bone remodeling inhibition by zoledronic acid in an animal model of cartilage matrix damage

Integrative articular cartilage repair: dependence on developmental stage and collagen metabolism

Development and regulation of osteophyte formation during experimental osteoarthritis

Control of extracellular matrix homeostasis of normal cartilage by a TGF[beta] autocrine pathway. Validation of flow cytometry as a tool to study chondrocyte metabolism in vitro