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Extended report

• Incidence of clinically manifest ulcers and their complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (1 May, 2001)

  K S S Steen, W F Lems, J Aertsen, D Bezemer, B A C Dijkmans
• Outcome of cervical spine surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (1 May, 2001)

  K M van Asselt, W F Lems, E B Bongartz, H L Hamburger, K W Drossaers-Bakker, B A C Dijkmans, R M van Soesbergen
• Treatment strategy, disease activity, and outcome in four cohorts of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (1 May, 2001)

  J M C Albers, L Paimela, P Kurki, K B Eberhardt, P Emery, M A van ‘t Hof, F H J M Schreuder, M Leirisalo-Repo, P L C M van Riel
• Prevalence and clinical significance of antikeratin antibodies and other serological markers in Lithuanian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (1 May, 2001)

  L Vasiliauskiene, A Wiik, M Høier-Madsen
• A longitudinal cohort study of Finnish patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: clinical, immunological, and epidemiological aspects (1 May, 2001)

  M Pertovaara, E Pukkala, P Laippala, A Miettinen, A Pasternack
• Glandular and extraglandular expression of costimulatory molecules in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (1 May, 2001)

  R Matsumura, K Umemiya, T Goto, T Nakazawa, M Kagami, H Tomioka, E Tanabe, T Sugiyama, M Sueishi
• Polymorphisms of the mannose binding lectin gene in patients with Sjögren's syndrome (1 May, 2001)

  Z-Y Wang, A Morinobu, S Kanagawa, S Kumagai
• Nerve growth factor and neuropeptides circulating levels in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) (1 May, 2001)

  M Matucci-Cerinic, R Giacomelli, A Pignone, M L Cagnoni, S Generini, R Casale, P Cipriani, A Del Rosso, P Tirassa, Y T Konttinen, B M Kahaleh, P-S Fan, M Paoletti, C Marchesi, M Cagnoni, L Aloe
• Flow cytometric analysis of gut mucosal lymphocytes supports an impaired Th1 cytokine profile in spondyloarthropathy (1 May, 2001)

  N Van Damme, M De Vos, D Baeten, P Demetter, H Mielants, G Verbruggen, C Cuvelier, E M Veys, F De Keyser
• Cofactor dependence and isotype distribution of anticardiolipin antibodies in viral infections (1 May, 2001)

  H Guglielmone, S Vitozzi, O Elbarcha, E Fernandez
• Impaired catecholaminergic signalling of B lymphocytes in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases (1 May, 2001)

  M Wahle, S Kölker, A Krause, G R Burmester, C G O Baerwald