Annals ofRheumatology

Volume: 6 - Number: 60 - October 15, 2006

Outstanding

Tolerance and short term efficacy of rituximab in 43 patients with systemic autoimmune diseases

Tumour necrosis factor blockers do not increase overall tumour risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but may be associated with an increased risk of lymphomas

Uveitis in young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a clinical evaluation of 123 patients

Benefit of pregnancy in inflammatory arthritis

Concise reports

Toll-like receptor 4 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Value of C reactive protein in the assessment of erosive osteoarthritis of the hand

White matter hyperintensities on brain magnetic resonance in systemic sclerosis

Autoantibodies in biological agent naive patients with psoriatic arthritis

Changes in salivary gland immunohistology and function after rituximab monotherapy in a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome and associated MALT lymphoma

Disseminated intravascular coagulation in catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: clinical and haematological characteristics of 23 patients

Extended reports

The regulation of human MMP-13 by licofelone, an inhibitor of cyclo-oxygenases and 5-lipoxygenase, in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes is mediated by the inhibition of the p38 MAP kinase signalling pathway

Tolerance and short term efficacy of rituximab in 43 patients with systemic autoimmune diseases

Tumour necrosis factor blockers do not increase overall tumour risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but may be associated with an increased risk of lymphomas

Ultrasound guided synovial biopsy using portal and forceps

Uveitis in young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a clinical evaluation of 123 patients

A naturalistic study of the determinants of health related quality of life improvement in osteoarthritic patients treated with non-specific non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Accelerated atherosclerosis in patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis

Analysis of the CD8+ T cell response to the G1 domain of aggrecan in ankylosing spondylitis

CARD15 gene polymorphisms in patients with spondyloarthropathies identify a specific phenotype previously related to Crohn’s disease

Doppler ultrasound findings in healthy wrists and finger joints before and after use of two different contrast agents

Leaders

The needle and the damage done

Benefit of pregnancy in inflammatory arthritis