Annals ofRheumatology

Volume: 5 - Number: 42 - March 15, 2005

Outstanding

Passing the baton

How to interpret radiological progression in randomized clinical trials?

The effect of treatment on radiological progression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Calculated glomerular filtration rate is a useful screening tool to identify scleroderma patients with renal impairment

Editorial

Passing the baton

How to interpret radiological progression in randomized clinical trials?

Original papers

The effect of treatment on radiological progression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Down-modulation of chemokine receptor cartilage expression in inflammatory arthritis

Fibrin generated in the synovial fluid activates intimal cells from their apical surface: a sequential morphological study in antigen-induced arthritis

Calculated glomerular filtration rate is a useful screening tool to identify scleroderma patients with renal impairment

Polymyositis as a manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease

Is thiopurine methyltransferase genetic polymorphism a major factor for withdrawal of azathioprine in rheumatoid arthritis patients?

Cost-effectiveness of low dose corticosteroids versus non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 specific inhibitors in the long-term treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Antibody-mediated stripping of CD4 from lymphocyte cell surface in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Decrease in serum nucleotide pyrophosphatase activity in ankylosing spondylitis

The development and evaluation of a drug information leaflet for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Mortality and prognostic factors in Spanish patients with systemic sclerosis

Infrared spectroscopy: shedding light on synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Serum MMP-3 and MMP-1 and progression of joint damage in early rheumatoid arthritis

The active metabolite of leflunomide, A77 1726, inhibits the production of prostaglandin E2, matrix metalloproteinase 1 and interleukin 6 in human fibroblast-like synoviocytes

A controlled pilot study of the utility of mirror visual feedback in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (type 1)

Superior effect of arthroscopic lavage compared with needle aspiration in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis of the knee

Medically unexplained symptoms in patients referred to a specialist rheumatology service: prevalence and associations

The inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter polymorphism does not confer susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

Elevated plasma concentrations of nitric oxide, soluble thrombomodulin and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Osteoprotegerin expression in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies and osteoarthritis and normal controls

Control perceptions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of the medical consultation