Annals ofRheumatology

Volume: 2 - Number: 15 - September 15, 2002

Outstanding

Nuclear medicine in vasculitis

The prevalence of antibodies to anionic phospholipids in patients with the primary antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and their relatives and spouses

Quantitation of microcirculatory abnormalities in patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis by video capillaroscopy

Peaks and troughs in linkage mapping for the rheumatic diseases

Articles

The prevalence of antibodies to anionic phospholipids in patients with the primary antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and their relatives and spouses

Tumour necrosis factor alpha and its soluble receptors in juvenile chronic arthritis

Fas-associated death domain protein is a Fas-mediated apoptosis modulator in synoviocytes

Prospective evaluation of the frequency and clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic and anticardiolipin antibodies in community cases of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Factors associated with functional impairment in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Do patients with ankylosing spondylitis have poorer balance than normal subjects?

An observer-blinded comparison of supervised and unsupervised aerobic exercise regimens in fibromyalgia

Quantitation of microcirculatory abnormalities in patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon and systemic sclerosis by video capillaroscopy

Acute effects of etidronate on glucocorticoid-induced bone degradation

Polymorphic CAG repeats of the androgen receptor gene in Japanese male patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Methotrexate as a preferential cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor in whole blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Case

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in hypophosphataemic osteomalacia with femoral neck fracture: a case report

Perspectives and Editorial

Peaks and troughs in linkage mapping for the rheumatic diseases

Shared care the way forward for patient-orientated follow-up care in rheumatoid arthritis

Tracking T cells in arthritis

Reports

Changes in the Th1 or Th2 cytokine dominance in the synovium of rheumatoid arthritis (RA): a kinetic study of the Th subsets in one unusual RA patient

Reviews and Trials

Nuclear medicine in vasculitis

Summary

Matrilin-3 in human articular cartilage: increased expression in osteoarthritis

Susceptibility to physiological concentrations of IL-1[beta] varies in cartilage at different anatomical locations on human osteoarthritic knee joints

Evidence of oncotic cell death and DNA fragmentation in human hypertrophic chondrocytes in chondro-osteophyte

Characterization of infiltrating T cells and Th1/Th2-type cytokines in the synovium of patients with osteoarthritis

Steady progression of osteoarthritic features in the canine groove model

Efficacy and safety of the COX-2 specific inhibitor valdecoxib in the management of osteoarthritis of the hip: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison with naproxen

The influence of the pericellular microenvironment on the chondrocyte response to osmotic challenge

Fibroblast growth factor-18 is a trophic factor for mature chondrocytes and their progenitors

Severity of medial meniscus damage in the canine knee after anterior cruciate ligament transection

Effects of TNF[alpha]-antagonists on nitric oxide production in human cartilage