Clinical Rheumatology

Editorial update
pp. 1399-1399(1)
Author: Davis, Paul

The development of systemic sclerosis classification criteria
pp. 1401-1409(9)
Authors: Walker, Jennifer; Pope, Janet; Baron, Murray; LeClercq, Sharon; Hudson, Marie; Taillefer, Suzanne; Edworthy, Steven; Nadashkevich, Oleg; Fritzler, Marvin

Translating evidence into practice for people with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee
pp. 1411-1420(10)
Author: Brand, Caroline

Evaluation of pulmonary function and bicycle ergometry tests in patients with Behçet's disease
pp. 1421-1425(5)
Authors: Gökoğlu, Figen; Yorgancioğlu, Z.; Üstün, Nilgün; Ardiç, Figen

Body composition, insulin, and leptin levels in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
pp. 1427-1432(6)
Authors: Sari, Ismail; Demir, Tevfik; Kozaci, Leyla; Akar, Servet; Kavak, Tulay; Birlik, Merih; Onen, Fatos; Akkoc, Nurullah

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a retrospective epidemiological study of 168 patients
pp. 1433-1437(5)
Authors: Duman, Iltekin; Dincer, Umit; Taskaynatan, Mehmet; Cakar, Engin; Tugcu, Ilknur; Dincer, Kemal

A national survey to assess investigation and management protocols followed in dealing with steroid-induced osteoporosis
pp. 1439-1443(5)
Authors: Peshin, R.; Phelan, M.

Eosinophilic fasciitis: report of two cases and a systematic review of the literature dealing with clinical variables that predict outcome
pp. 1445-1451(7)
Authors: Endo, Yukie; Tamura, Atsushi; Matsushima, Youichiro; Iwasaki, Tomoko; Hasegawa, Michiko; Nagai, Yayoi; Ishikawa, Osamu

Manifestations of metabolic syndrome associated with male gout in different age strata
pp. 1453-1457(5)
Authors: Chen, Shih-Yang; Chen, Ching-Lang; Shen, Ming-Lai

Biochemical effectiveness of allopurinol and allopurinol-probenecid in previously benzbromarone-treated gout patients
pp. 1459-1465(7)
Authors: Reinders, Mattheus; Roon, Eric; Houtman, Pieternella; Brouwers, Jacobus; Jansen, Tim

Early ultrasonographic markers of atherosclerosis in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
pp. 1467-1473(7)
Authors: Sari, Ismail; Karaoglu, Oguzhan; Can, Gercek; Akar, Servet; Gulcu, Aytac; Birlik, Merih; Akkoc, Nurullah; Tunca, Mehmet; Goktay, Yigit; Onen, Fatos

Surgical outcomes and risk factors for postoperative complications in patients with Behcet's disease
pp. 1475-1480(6)
Authors: Park, Min-Chan; Hong, Bum-Kee; Kwon, Hyuck; Hong, You-Sun

Decreased expressions of the TNF-alpha signaling adapters in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are correlated with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
pp. 1481-1489(9)
Authors: Zhu, Langjing; Yang, Xiao; Chen, Weiying; Li, Xiaoyan; Ji, Yulian; Mao, Haiping; Nie, Jing; Yu, Xueqing

Characteristics of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)
pp. 1491-1494(4)
Authors: King, Jennifer; Costenbader, Karen

Impact of TNF inhibition on insulin resistance and lipids levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
pp. 1495-1498(4)
Authors: Tam, Lai-Shan; Tomlinson, Brian; Chu, Tanya; Li, Tena; Li, Edmund

No effects of adalimumab therapy on the activation of NF-κB in lymphocytes from patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis
pp. 1499-1504(6)
Authors: Semmler, Marco; Seeck, Ulrike; Neustadt, Beate; Schulz, Martin; Dotzlaw, Helmut; Neeck, Gunther; Eggert, Martin

Prevalence and clinical significance of antibodies to citrullinated fibrinogen (ACF) in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
pp. 1505-1512(8)
Authors: Zhao, Yi; Tian, Xin; Li, Zhanguo

Safety of etanercept therapy in rheumatoid patients undergoing surgery: preliminary report
pp. 1513-1515(3)
Authors: Corrao, Salvatore; Pistone, Giovanni; Arnone, Sabrina; Calvo, Luigi; Scaglione, Rosario; Licata, Giuseppe

Antioxidant status after iloprost treatment in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to systemic sclerosis
pp. 1517-1521(5)
Authors: Balbir-Gurman, Alexandra; Braun-Moscovici, Yolanda; Livshitz, Vladimir; Schapira, Daniel; Markovits, Doron; Rozin, Alexander; Boikaner, Tatiana; Nahir, A.

Patients' perspective: lupus in patients' drawings: Assessing drawing as a diagnostic and therapeutic method
pp. 1523-1525(3)
Author: Nowicka-Sauer, Katarzyna

Antitumor necrosis factor-induced neutropenia: a case report with double positive rechallenges
pp. 1527-1529(3)
Authors: Montané, E.; Sallés, M.; Barriocanal, A.; Riera, E.; Costa, J.; Tena, X.

Vascular occlusions in a patient with low positive antiphospholipid antibodies and subsequent development of breast carcinoma: a diagnostic dilemma
pp. 1531-1533(3)
Authors: Asherson, Ronald; Cruz, David

Dramatic etanercept-induced remission of relapsing febrile sciatic neuralgia related to p46l mutation of the tnfrsf1a gene
pp. 1535-1536(2)
Authors: Serratrice, Jacques; Roux-Serratrice, Christine; Disdier, Patrick; Dodé, Catherine; Weiller, Pierre-Jean

Pulmonary aneurysms and intracardiac thrombi due to Behçet's disease in an African-American adolescent with oculocutaneous albinism
pp. 1537-1539(3)
Authors: Endo, Lois; Rowe, Steven; Romp, Robb; Buckmaster, Mark; Atkinson, T.

Influence of corticosteroid treatment on MRI findings in giant cell arteritis
pp. 1541-1543(3)
Authors: Bley, T.; Ness, T.; Warnatz, K.; Frydrychowicz, A.; Uhl, M.; Hennig, J.; Langer, M.; Markl, M.

Mixed connective tissue disease: a case with scleroderma renal crisis following abortion
pp. 1545-1547(3)
Authors: Celikbilek, Mehmet; Elsurer, Rengin; Afsar, Baris; Ozdemir, Handan; Sezer, Siren; Ozdemir, Nurhan

Unusual cause of painful shoulder in an elderly woman with rheumatoid arthritis
pp. 1549-1551(3)
Authors: Saha, Esha; Dziadzio, Magdalena; Irving, Katherine; Chambers, Anthony; Higgens, Clare

Excellent response to the clinical treatment of tophaceous gout
pp. 1553-1555(3)
Authors: Caldas, Cezar; Fuller, Ricardo

The expanded clinical spectrum of familial Mediterranean fever
pp. 1557-1560(4)
Authors: Özçakar, Z.; Yalçınkaya, Fatoş; Yüksel, Selçuk; Ekim, Mesiha

Atypical carcinoid tumor of the thymus with ectopic ACTH production developed during the course of etanercept treatment—case report
pp. 1561-1562(2)
Authors: Simsek, Ismail; Pay, Salih; Dinc, Ayhan; Erdem, Hakan; Kurt, Bulent

Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with mycobacterial and salmonella infection
pp. 1563-1564(2)
Authors: Al-Mayouf, Sulaiman; Bahabri, Sultan; Majeed, Mahmuod

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis in relapsing polychondritis
pp. 1565-1567(3)
Authors: Kwok, Seung-Ki; Seo, Soo-Hong; Kim, Hyun-Sook; Ju, Ji; Yoon, Chong-Hyeon; Park, Sung-Hwan; Kim, Ho-Youn

A case of polymyositis complicated with myasthenic crisis
pp. 1569-1570(2)
Authors: Yoshidome, Yoshito; Morimoto, Shinji; Tamura, Naoto; Kobayashi, Shigeto; Tsuda, Hiroshi; Hashimoto, Hiroshi; Takasaki, Yoshinari

A case of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis developing anti-mitochondria antibody positive primary biliary cirrhosis after acute myocardial infarction
pp. 1571-1574(4)
Authors: Miyachi, Kiyomitsu; Hankins, Raleigh; Ihara, Minoru; Miyamoto, Akira; Okano, Tetsuroh; Iwai, Miwako; Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko; Fritzler, Marvin

Tumor-induced osteomalacia
pp. 1575-1579(5)
Authors: Kaul, Mala; Silverberg, Miriam; DiCarlo, Edward; Schneider, Robert; Bass, Anne; Erkan, Doruk

Spontaneous unilateral accessory nerve palsy: a case report and review of the literature
pp. 1581-1583(3)
Authors: Özdemir, Oya; Kurne, Aslı; Temuçin, Çağrı; Varlı, Kubilay

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis and diffuse alveolar damage associated with methotrexate therapy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
pp. 1585-1589(5)
Authors: Kameda, Hideto; Okuyama, Ayumi; Tamaru, Jun-ichi; Itoyama, Shinji; Iizuka, Atsushi; Takeuchi, Tsutomu

Hypernatremic myopathy caused by a hypothalamic mixed germ cell tumor mimicking polymyositis
pp. 1591-1594(4)
Authors: Huang, Min-Nung; Chen, Jien-Jiun; Lee, Kuang-Lun; Tseng, Fen-Yu; Yu, Chia-Li; Hsieh, Song-Chou

Treatment with infliximab may contribute to the development of peripheral neuropathy among the patients with rheumatoid arthritis
pp. 1595-1596(2)
Authors: Kotyla, Przemyslaw; Sliwinska-Kotyla, Bogna; Kucharz, Eugene

The first case of a patient with neutropenia and giant-cell arteritis treated with rituximab
pp. 1597-1598(2)
Authors: Mayrbaeurl, B.; Hinterreiter, M.; Burgstaller, S.; Windpessl, M.; Thaler, J.

Nancy E. Lane, Philip N. Sambrook: Osteoporosis and the osteoporosis of the rheumatic diseases. A companion to rheumatology: Mosby-Elsevier, July 2006. 290 pages, ISBN 030323034373, £81.99 (€123)
pp. 1599-1599(1)
Author: Lories, Rik