Annals ofRheumatology

Volume: 5 - Number: 43 - April 15, 2005

Outstanding

Natural killer cell dysfunction is a distinguishing feature of systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and macrophage activation syndrome

Quantitative ultrasonic assessment for detecting microscopic cartilage damage in osteoarthritis

Elevated matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with systemic sclerosis

Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: maximizing patient safety

Heberden historical series

The first descriptions of therapeutic arthrocentesis: a historical note

Two cases of atopic dermatitis associated with autoimmune abnormalities

Adverse effects of intravenous lignocaine therapy in fibromyalgia syndrome

A rare but important cause for a raised serum creatine kinase concentration: two case reports and a literature review

Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: maximizing patient safety

Use of patient age and anti-Ro/La antibody status to determine the probability of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and sicca symptoms fulfilling criteria for secondary Sjögren's syndrome

Successful treatment of systemic sclerosis digital ulcers and pulmonary arterial hypertension with endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan

Life-threatening reversible bone marrow toxicity in a rheumatoid arthritis patient switched from leflunomide to infliximab

A comparison of patient information sheets for methotrexate

Original papers

A randomized double-blind pilot study comparing Doloteffin® and Vioxx® in the treatment of low back pain

Rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility and interleukin 10: a study of two ethnically diverse populations

Autoantibodies to dsDNA cross-react with the arginine–glycine-rich domain of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 (hnRNP A2) and promote methylation of hnRNP A3

Embryonic stem cells injected into the mouse knee joint form teratomas and subsequently destroy the joint

Younger age of onset of gout in Taiwan

Non-inherited maternal HLA alleles are associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Report

Changes in rheumatology out-patient workload over 12 years in the South West of England

Research article

Identification of a SmD3 epitope with a single symmetrical dimethylation of an arginine residue as a specific target of a subpopulation of anti-Sm antibodies

Natural killer cell dysfunction is a distinguishing feature of systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and macrophage activation syndrome

Quantitative ultrasonic assessment for detecting microscopic cartilage damage in osteoarthritis

The critical role of arginine residues in the binding of human monoclonal antibodies to cardiolipin

A model of inflammatory arthritis highlights a role for oncostatin M in pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced bone destruction via RANK/RANKL

Serum cathepsin K levels of patients with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with radiological destruction

Elevated matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with systemic sclerosis