2003 Vol.21, N°3 - Table of contents

May-June 2003

Editorial

CER1985
2003,21,3
Pg. 0283-0285

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What is this disease we call spondyloarthropathy ?
B.M. Rothschild

Evidence-based Rheumatology

CER1986
2003,21,3
Pg. 0287-0288

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Combination therapy with pulses of Cyc and methylprednisolone improves long-term renal outcome without increasing toxicity in patients with lupus nephritis
D. D'Cruz

CER1987
2003,21,3
Pg. 0288-0290

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In patients with severe lupus nephritis treated with pulse immunosuppressive therapy, renal flares are common but do not necessarily lead to loss of renal function
D. D'Cruz

Full Papers

CER1988
2003,21,3
Pg. 0291-0300

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The effects of anti-idiotypic antibody on antibody production and apoptosis of anti-dsDNA antibody producing cells
C.H. Lee, C.H. Suh, J. Lee, Y.T. Kim1, S.K. Lee

CER1989
2003,21,3
Pg. 0301-0306

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Autoantibodies to RNA-polymerases in Italian patients with systemic sclerosis
A. Bardoni, P. Rossi, R. Salvini, F. Bobbio-Pallavicini, R. Caporali, C. Montecucco

CER1990
2003,21,3
Pg. 0307-0311

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Long-term efficacy and safety of intra-articular sodium hyaluronate (Hyalgan®) in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
D.H. Neustadt

CER1991
2003,21,3
Pg. 0313-0320

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Five-year follow-up of 665 Hungarian patients with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD)
E. Bodolay, Z. Csiki, Z. Szekanecz, T. Ben, E. Kiss, M. Zeher, G. Szücs, K. Dankó, G. Szegedi

CER1992
2003,21,3
Pg. 0321-0326

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Comparison between patella cartilage volume and radiological assessment of the patellofemoral joint
F.M Cicuttini, Y.Y. Wang, A. Forbes, A.E. Wluka, M. Glisson

CER1993
2003,21,3
Pg. 0327-0332

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Treatment of early RA in clinical practice: A comparative study of two different DMARD/corticosteroid options
B. Svensson, M. Ahlmén and K. Forslind, for the BARFOT study group

CER1994
2003,21,3
Pg. 0333-0339

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Vitamin D receptor genotypes are not associated with rheumatoid arthritis or biochemical parameters of bone turnover in German RA patients
B. Goertz, W.J. Fassbender, J.C. Williams, A.M. Marzeion, R.G. Bretzel, H. Stracke, M.N. Berliner

Brief Papers

CER1995
2003,21,3
Pg. 0340-0342

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A biologically important single nucleotide polymorphism within the toll-like receptor-4 gene is not associated with rheumatoid arthritis
R. Kilding, M. Akil, S. Till, R. Amos, J. Winfield, M.M. Iles, A.G. Wilson

CER1996
2003,21,3
Pg. 0343-0346

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Clinical outcome and survival of secondary (AA) amyloidosis
F. Tanaka, K. Migita, S. Honda, T. Fukuda, M. Mine, T. Nakamura, S. Yamasaki, H. Ida, A. Kawakami, T. Origuchi, K. Eguchi

CER1997
2003,21,3
Pg. 0347-0350

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Premature ovarian failure in women with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
J.C. Packham, M.A. Hall

CER1998
2003,21,3
Pg. 0351-0354

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Biological relevance of the polymorphism in the CCR5 gene in refractory and non-refractory rheumatoid arthritis in Mexicans
J.A. Zúñiga, C. Villarreal-Garza, E. Flores, R. Barquera, N. Pérez-Hernández, J.V. Montes de Oca, M.H. Cardiel, G. Vargas-Alarcón, J. Granados

CER1999
2003,21,3
Pg. 0355-0358

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Sonographic study of painful shoulder
A. Iagnocco, G. Coari, A. Leone, G. Valesini

CER2000
2003,21,3
Pg. 0359-0362

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No therapeutic effect of plasmin antagonist tranexamic acid in rheumatoid arthritis. A double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study
W.H. van der Laan, H.K. Ronday, J.M. TeKoppele, F.C. Breedveld, T.W.J. Huizinga, J.H. Verheijen

Case Reports

CER2001
2003,21,3
Pg. 0363-0365

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Seropositive rheumatoid arthritis associated with Crohn`s disease
A.N. Georgiadis, N. Tzambouras, E. Ioachim, E.V. Tsianos, N. Agnantis, A.A. Drosos

CER2002
2003,21,3
Pg. 0366-0368

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Severe thrombophilia with antiphospholipid syndrome and hyper-homocysteinemia in a patient with Schnitzler`s syndrome
G. Famularo, A. Barracchini, G. Minisola

Review

CER2003
2003,21,3
Pg. 0369-0375

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Potential roles of CCL2/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in the pathogenesis of cutaneous sclerosis
T. Yamamoto

Paediatric Rheumatology

CER2004
2003,21,3
Pg. 0377-0385

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Specificity of antinuclear and antiphospholipid antibodies in sera of patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative disease (ALD)
V. Pittoni, M. Sorice, A. Circella, R. Cangemi, L. Conti, U. Ramenghi, G.M. Gandolfo, U. Dianzani, G. Valesini

CER2005
2003,21,3
Pg. 0387-0393

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Cross cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire for measuring functional status in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Y.M. El Miedany, S.S. Youssef, M. El Gaafary

CER2006
2003,21,3
Pg. 0395-0398

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Severe childhood uveitis without overt arthritis
K. Kotaniemi, A. Savolainen, K. Aho

CER2007
2003,21,3
Pg. 0399-0402

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Role of human leukocyte antigen DRB1*0307 and DRB1*0308 in susceptibility to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
K.M. Alsaeid, M.Z. Haider, A.M. Al-Awadhi, B.S. Srivastva, E.M. Ayoub

Letter

CER2008
2003,21,3
Pg. 0403

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Endothelial-dependent vasodilation is impaired in patients with systemic sclerosis, as assessed by low dose iontophoresis
M.E. Anderson, T.L. Moore, S. Hollis, S. Clark, M.I.V. Jayson, A.L. Herrick

CER2009
2003,21,3
Pg. 0404

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Blood TNF-α and combination therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
G. Famularo

CER2010
2003,21,3
Pg. 0404-0405

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The successful use of i.v. gammaglobulin for Guillain-Barré syndrome following gold therapy in an RA patient
M.G. Tektonidou, F.N. Skopouli

CER2011
2003,21,3
Pg. 0405-0406

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Cutaneous vasculitis associated with mixed cryoglobulinemia in adult Still`s disease
A.V. Elezoglou, E. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, N. Katsilambros, P.P. Sfikakis

CER2012
2003,21,3
Pg. 0406

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Dactylitis involving most of the fingers
I. Olivieri, E. Scarano, A. Padula, V. Giasi

CER2013
2003,21,3
Pg. 0407-0408

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Transient cryofibrinogenaemia with acral digital necrosis, secondary Raynaud`s phenomenon and polyarthritis
T.L. Th.A. Jansen, M. Janssen, P.M.W. Janssens

CER2014
2003,21,3
Pg. 0408

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Nimesulide: Is it only an anti-inflammatory, analgesic drug ?
D. Melchiorre, S. Maddali Bongi, M. Maresca

CER2015
2003,21,3
Pg. 0409-0410

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Erosive arthropathy in amyopathic dermatomyositis
C.C. Mok, E.Y.K. Tsui, S.Y. Chau

CER2016
2003,21,3
Pg. 0410

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Pulmonary and renal involvement in ankylosing spondylitis
I. Nadir, S. Topcu, E. Kaptanoglu, S. Icagasioglu

CER2017
2003,21,3
Pg. 0411

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Lusorian artery simulating rheumatic diseases
M.G. Alpigiani, O. Burlando, S. Compagnone, F. Boccardo, C. Campisi, R. Lorini

CER2019
2003,21,3
Pg. 0412-0413

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Bleeding tendency and relapsing small vessel thromboses in a patient with secondary antiphospholipid syndrome
A. Sipek-Dolnicar, M. Hojnik, B. Rozman

CER2018
2003,21,3
Pg. 0412

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Infliximab therapy in patients with secondary Sjögren`s syndrome: Functional evaluation
L.S. Martin Martin, A. Migliore, V. Todino, A. Pagano, M. Chianelli

CER2020
2003,21,3
Pg. 0413-0414

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A case of Takayasu`s arteritis with parenchymal pulmonary involvement associated with spondylarthropathy
M. Dziadzio, L. Ghattas, M. Scarpelli, G. Pomponio, A. Gabrielli

CER2021
2003,21,3
Pg. 0414-0415

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Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of variant TNF-α transcripts do not indicate a significant role of gene polymorphism in collagen-induced arthritis
M.F. Seidel, M.-P. Junier, H. Vetter

CER2022
2003,21,3
Pg. 0415-0416

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Pancytopenia in ANCA associated vasculitis: Response to immunosuppressive therapy
E. Letellier, J. Cunningham, R.M. Feakins, G.R.V.Hughes, D.P. D'Cruz

CER2023
2003,21,3
Pg. 0416-0417

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Successful treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome with midodrine: A pilot study
J.E. Naschitz, I. Rosner, M. Rozenbaum, R. Musafia-Priselac, E. Sabo, L. Gaitini, S. Eldar, E. Zukerman, D. Yeshurun

Book review

CER2025
2003,21,3
Pg. 0418-0419

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All About Osteoarthritis: The Definitive Resource for Arthritis Patients and Their Families
Nancy E. Lane and Daniel J. Wallace

CER2024
2003,21,3
Pg. 0418

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Classic Papers in Rheumatology
P. Dieppe, F.A. Wollheim, H.R. Schumacher, Jr. (Eds.)