1999 Vol.17, N°3 - Table of contents

May-June 1999

Editorials

CER1795
1999,17,3
Pg. 0271-0275

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Mechanisms of lupus: The role of estrogens
R.L. Yung

CER1796
1999,17,3
Pg. 0276-0278

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Diagnostic approach in a patient presenting with polymyalgia
M.A. Gonzalez-Gay, C. Garcia-Porrua, C. Salvarani, G.G. Hunder

Evidence-based Rheumatology

CER1797
1999,17,3
Pg. 0279

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Radiological deterioration worsens despite clinical improvement in rheumatoid arthritis
T. Pincus

CER1798
1999,17,3
Pg. 0280

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Radiological damage occurs early in rheumatoid arthritis and is predicted by some radiological, clinical and humoral features
G.F. Ferraccioli

Full Papers

CER1799
1999,17,3
Pg. 0281-0288

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Tissue distribution and persistence of arthritogenic and non-arthritogenic Eubacterium cell walls
E. Simelyte, M. Rimpiläinen, K. Rantakokko, L. Lehtonen, X. Zhang, H. Aho, P. Isomäki, P. Toivanen

CER1800
1999,17,3
Pg. 0289-0296

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases. A case series
B. Hernández-Cruz, J. Sifuentes-Osornio, S. Ponce-de-León Rosales, A. Ponce-de-León Garduño, E. Díaz-Jouanen

CER1801
1999,17,3
Pg. 0297-0303

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Evidence of disordered symptom appraisal in fibromyalgia: Increased rates of reported comorbidity and comorbidity severity
F. Wolfe, D.J. Hawley

CER1802
1999,17,3
Pg. 0305-0312

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Relation of plasma dexamethasone to clinical response
M.J.G. Wenting-Van Wijk, M.A. Blankenstein, F.P.J.G. Lafeber, J.W.J. Bijlsma

CER1803
1999,17,3
Pg. 0313-0320

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Methotrexate polyglutamate levels in circulating erythrocytes and polymorphs correlate with clinical efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis
P. Angelis-Stoforidis, F.J.E. Vajda, N. Christophidis

CER1804
1999,17,3
Pg. 0321-0326

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The best approach to the problem of whiplash ? One ticket to Lithuania, please
R. Ferrari, O. Kwan, A.S. Russell, J.M.S. Pearce, H. Schrader

CER1805
1999,17,3
Pg. 0327-0333

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Osteoblast behaviour in the presence of bisphosphonates: Ultrastructural and biochemical in vitro studies
M.G. Gandolfi, A. Pugnaloni, M. Mattioli-Belmonte, R. Muzzarelli, A. De Benedittis, P. Mengucci, C. Zucchini, M. Tesei, R. Caudarella, G. Biagini

Brief Papers

CER1806
1999,17,3
Pg. 0335-0338

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Decrease of respiratory burst in neutrophils of patients with ankylosing spondylitis by combined radon-hyperthermia treatment
N. Reinisch, E. Mur, M. Herold, S. Dunzendorfer, C.M. Kähler, A. Falkenbach, C.J. Wiedermann

CER1807
1999,17,3
Pg. 0339-0342

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Lack of Fas and Fas-L mutations in patients with lymphoproliferative disorders associated with Sjögren’s syndrome and type II mixed cryoglobulinemia
F. Bertolo, S. De Vita, R. Dolcetti, A. Carbone, G.F. Ferraccioli, E. Bartoli, M. Boiocchi

CER1808
1999,17,3
Pg. 0343-0346

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Nitrite production in mouse 3T3 fibroblasts by bleomycin-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cell factors
T. Yamamoto, I. Katayama, K. Nishioka

CER1809
1999,17,3
Pg. 0347-0350

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Disease patterns of patients with Behçet’s disease demonstrated by factor analysis
I. Krause, L. Leibovici, D. Guedj, Y. Molad, Y. Uziel, A. Weinberger

Clinico-pathological conference

CER1810
1999,17,3
Pg. 0351-0352

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A 47-year-old woman with persistent watery diarrhea, proteinuria, proximal weakness and monoclonal gammopathy
M. Voulgarelis, N. Goutas, F.N. Skopouli

Case Report

CER1811
1999,17,3
Pg. 0355-0358

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Rheumatoid arthritis associated with methotrexate-induced pneumonitis: Improvement with i.v. cyclophosphamide therapy
A. Suwa, M. Hirakata, S. Satoh, T. Mimori, K. Utsumi, S. Inada

CER1812
1999,17,3
Pg. 0359-0362

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Hepatotoxicity of parenteral gold therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: A case report and review of the literature
P.A.W. te Boekhorst, P. Barrera, R.F.J.M. Laan, L.B.A. van de Putte

CER1813
1999,17,3
Pg. 0363-0365

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Takayasu’s arteritis overlapping with systemic sclerosis
G. Passiu, A. Vacca, G. Sanna, A. Cauli, M. Laudadio, P. Garau, P. Nurchis, F. Atzeni, A. Mathieu

Paediatric Rheumatology

CER1814
1999,17,3
Pg. 0367-0374

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Juvenile arthritis - Who gets it, where and when ? A review of current data on incidence and prevalence
B. Andersson Gäre

CER1815
1999,17,3
Pg. 0375-0380

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Clinical significance of anticardiolipin antibodies in juvenile idiopathic arthritis
C.R.B. Serra, S.H. Rodrigues, N.P. Silva, F.R. Sztajnbok, L.E.C. Andrade

CER1816
1999,17,3
Pg. 0381-0386

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Primary Sjögren’s syndrome in children and adolescents: Proposal for diagnostic criteria
J. Bartunková, A. Sedivá, J. Vencovsky, V. Tesar

Letters to the Editor

CER1818
1999,17,3
Pg. 0387-0388

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Familial Mediterranean fever with HLA B-27 positive ankylosing spondylitis in a young Armenian man
P. Kaushik, N.I. El-Sobkie, D. Shehab, A.N. Malaviya

CER1817
1999,17,3
Pg. 0387

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Outcome of Keller resection arthroplasty in the rheumatoid foot. A radiographic follow-up study of 4 to 11 years
E.A. Belt, K. Kaarela, M.J. Kauppi, M.U.K. Lehto

CER1819
1999,17,3
Pg. 0389-0390

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Soluble CD30 in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
R. Gerli, F. Caligaris-Cappio, O. Bistoni, M.T. Bertero, R. Giacomelli, B. Falini

CER1821
1999,17,3
Pg. 0390-0391

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Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema syndrome associated with cryptogenic hepatocellular carcinoma
H. Nakashima, Y. Tanaka, H. Shigematsu, S. Kanaya, T. Otsuka, K. Hayashida, T. Horiuchi, Y. Niho

CER1820
1999,17,3
Pg. 0390

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Reply
Y. Ichikawa, M. Yoshida, C. Yamada, T. Horiki, Y. Hoshina, M. Uchiyama

CER1822
1999,17,3
Pg. 0391-0392

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Treatment of thrombophlebitis of Behcet’s disease with low dose cyclosporin A
F. Cantini, C. Salvarani, L. Niccoli, A. Padula, A.I. Arena, F. Bellandi, P. Macchioni, I. Olivieri

CER1823
1999,17,3
Pg. 0392

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Hormones, sex ratios and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
W.H. James

CER1824
1999,17,3
Pg. 0393

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Reply
T.L. Moore, M.J.C. Hendrix, Z. Khalkhali-Ellis

CER1825
1999,17,3
Pg. 0393

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Treatment of recurrent oro-genital ulceration with low doses of thalidomide
B. de Wazières, H. Gil, D.A. Vuitton, J.L. Dupond