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Extended report

• Immunogenetic differencies between patients with familial and non-familial rheumatoid arthritis (1 March, 2000)

  Susanna Laivoranta-Nyman, Timo Möttönen, Reijo Luukkainen, Markku Hakala, Urpo Yli-Kerttula, Pekka Hannonen, Juha Tuokko, Auli Toivanen, Jorma Ilonen
• Sonography for hip joint effusion in adults with hip pain (1 March, 2000)

  S M A Bierma-Zeinstra, A M Bohnen, J A N Verhaar, A Prins, A Z Ginai-Karamat, J S Laméris
• Mast cells, extracellular matrix components, TGFβ isoforms and TGFβ receptor expression in labial salivary glands in systemic sclerosis (1 March, 2000)

  Gillian I Mason, John Hamburger, John B Matthews
• Increased expression of CD40 ligand (CD154) on CD4+ T cells as a marker of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (1 March, 2000)

  Beate Berner, Gabriele Wolf, Klaus M Hummel, Gerhard A Müller, Monika A Reuss-Borst
• Blockade of endogenous interleukin 12 results in suppression of murine streptococcal cell wall arthritis by enhancement of interleukin 10 and interleukin 1Ra (1 March, 2000)

  Leo A B Joosten, Monique M A Helsen, Wim B van den Berg
• Prevalence of Raynaud's phenomenon in a healthy Greek population (1 March, 2000)

  Paraskevi V Voulgari, Yannis Alamanos, Damiani Papazisi, Konstantinos Christou, Christina Papanikolaou, Alexandros A Drosos
• Subclinical gut inflammation in spondyloarthropathy patients is associated with upregulation of the E-cadherin/catenin complex (1 March, 2000)

  P Demetter, D Baeten, F De Keyser, M De Vos, N Van Damme, G Verbruggen, S Vermeulen, M Mareel, D Elewaut, H Mielants, E M Veys, C A Cuvelier
• Anaemia in systemic lupus erythematosus: aetiological profile and the role of erythropoietin (1 March, 2000)

  Michalis Voulgarelis, Styliani I G Kokori, John P A Ioannidis, Athanasios G Tzioufas, Despina Kyriaki, Haralampos M Moutsopoulos
• Predictors of functional status in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (1 March, 2000)

  L M A Jansen, D van Schaardenburg, I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, P D Bezemer, B A C Dijkmans