APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

One year on: how have we done so far?
pp. 1-1(1)

Symposium on Arthritis in Developing Countries: Problems and Prospects – ACR Conference, San Diego, US, November 17, 2005
pp. 2-4(3)
Author: PISPATI, Prakash

Rheumatic diseases in the APLAR region
pp. 5-10(6)
Author: DAVATCHI, Fereydoun

Clinical approach to patients with joint disease: importance of distinguishing inflammatory from non-inflammatory conditions
pp. 11-17(7)
Author: MALAVIYA, Anand N.

Therapeutic advances in systemic lupus erythematosus
pp. 18-23(6)
Author: MOK, C. C.

Guidelines for diagnosing, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in Asia
pp. 24-36(13)
Authors: LAU, E. M. C.; SAMBROOK, P.; SEEMAN, E.; LEONG, K. H.; LEUNG, P. C.; DELMAS, P.

Use of corticosteroids and bone-active medications in clinical practice
pp. 37-42(6)
Authors: ZOCHLING, Jane; NASH, Peter; RIORDAN, John; SAMBROOK, Philip N.

Differences in SLE disease activity between patients of Caucasian and South-East Asian/Chinese background in an Australian hospital
pp. 43-48(6)
Authors: BOERS, Anthony; LI, Qiang; WONG, Melinda; MILLER, Marian; LITTLEJOHN, Geoff

Treatment and follow-up of 18 severe systemic lupus erythematosus patients with stem cell transplantation
pp. 49-55(7)
Authors: LENG, XiaoMei; ZHAO, Yan; ZHOU, DaoBing; TIAN, XinPing; LI, TaiSheng; SHEN, Ti; ZHAO, YongQiang; ZENG, XiaoFeng; ZHANG, FengChun; DONG, Yi; TANG, FuLin

Sex preference of ankylosis in collagen-induced arthritis in B10.RIII mice
pp. 56-59(4)
Authors: ITO, Jun; SAITO, Tomoyuki

DMARD combination therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: 5-year follow-up results in a daily practice setting
pp. 60-63(4)
Authors: DAVATCHI, Fereydoun; AKBARIAN, Mahmood; SHAHRAM, Farhad; NADJI, Abdolhadi; GHARIBDOOST, Farhad; JAMSHIDI, Ahmad-Reza

Efficacy and safety of diacerein in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, multicenter, double-dummy, diclofenac-controlled trial in China
pp. 64-69(6)
Authors: ZHENG, Wen-Jie; TANG, Fu-Lin; LI, Jun; ZHANG, Feng-Chun; LI, Zhan-Guo; SU, Yin; WU, Dong-Hai; MA, Li; ZHOU, Hui-Qiong; HUANG, Feng; ZHANG, Jiang-Lin; LIANG, Dong-Feng; ZHOU, Yi-Xiong; XU, Hui

Quality of life in young fibromyalgia patients and effect of depression
pp. 70-78(9)
Authors: GUR, Ali; CEVIK, Remzi; NAS, Kemal; SARAC, Aysegul Jale; OZEN, Sakir

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome: a clinicoradiologic study
pp. 79-82(4)
Authors: HANDA, Rohini; SHANKAR, S.; BAL, C. S.

Spontaneous regression of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc
pp. 83-86(4)
Authors: YILMAZ, Nebi; KAYA, Arzu; OZGOCMEN, Salih; KIRIS, Adem; KOCAKOC, Ercan

A special report on the Annual National Conference of Indian Rheumatology Association (IRACON 2005) held in Hyderabad, India, 1–4 December 2005
pp. 87-88(2)
Authors: RAO, U. R. K.; PAL, Sarvajeet; FATIMA, Firdaus

Infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
pp. 89-97(9)
Author: NG, Woon-Leung

Avascular necrosis of femoral head: a short review
pp. 98-101(4)
Authors: TANG, Wai Man; CHIU, Kwong Yuen