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Extended reports

• Activation of the STAT1 pathway in rheumatoid arthritis (12 February, 2004)

  P V Kasperkovitz, N L Verbeet, T J Smeets, J G I van Rietschoten, M C Kraan, T C T M van der Pouw Kraan, P P Tak, C L Verweij
• Tenascin and aggrecan expression by articular chondrocytes is influenced by interleukin 1β: a possible explanation for the changes in matrix synthesis during osteoarthritis (12 February, 2004)

  D Pfander, N Heinz, P Rothe, H-D Carl, B Swoboda
• Increased DNA fragmentation and ultrastructural changes in fibromyalgic muscle fibres (12 February, 2004)

  H Sprott, S Salemi, R E Gay, L A Bradley, G S Alarcón, S J Oh, B A Michel, S Gay
• Characterisation of cartilage intermediate layer protein (CILP)-induced arthropathy in mice (12 February, 2004)

  Z Yao, H Nakamura, K Masuko-Hongo, M Suzuki-Kurokawa, K Nishioka, T Kato
• Influence of radiographic phenotype on risk of hip osteoarthritis within families (12 February, 2004)

  P Lanyon, K Muir, S Doherty, M Doherty
• How does tibial cartilage volume relate to symptoms in subjects with knee osteoarthritis? (12 February, 2004)

  A E Wluka, R Wolfe, S Stuckey, F M Cicuttini
• High prevalence of osteoarthritis 14 years after an anterior cruciate ligament tear in male soccer players: a study of radiographic and patient relevant outcomes (12 February, 2004)

  A von Porat, E M Roos, H Roos
• Radiological outcome after four years of early versus delayed treatment strategy in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis (12 February, 2004)

  J van Aken, L R Lard, S le Cessie, J M W Hazes, F C Breedveld, T W J Huizinga
• Polymorphisms in the tumour necrosis factor gene are not associated with severity of inflammatory polyarthritis (12 February, 2004)

  A Barton, H Platt, F Salway, D Symmons, E Barrett, M Bukhari, M Lunt, E Zeggini, S Eyre, A Hinks, D Tellam, B Brintnell, W Ollier, J Worthington, A Silman
• Reproducibility of bone mineral density measurement in daily practice (12 February, 2004)

  M C Lodder, W F Lems, H J Ader, A E Marthinsen, S C C M van Coeverden, P Lips, J C Netelenbos, B A C Dijkmans, J C Roos
• Fibromyalgia: a randomised, controlled trial of a treatment programme based on self management (12 February, 2004)

  C Cedraschi, J Desmeules, E Rapiti, E Baumgartner, P Cohen, A Finckh, A F Allaz, T L Vischer
• Interstitial lung disease, a common manifestation of newly diagnosed polymyositis and dermatomyositis (12 February, 2004)

  M Fathi, M Dastmalchi, E Rasmussen, I E Lundberg, G Tornling
• Arthrographic joint distension with saline and steroid improves function and reduces pain in patients with painful stiff shoulder: results of a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial (12 February, 2004)

  R Buchbinder, S Green, A Forbes, S Hall, G Lawler
• The dinucleotide repeat polymorphism in the 3′UTR of the CD154 gene has a functional role on protein expression and is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (12 February, 2004)

  M J Citores, I Rua-Figueroa, C Rodriguez-Gallego, A Durántez, M I García-Laorden, C Rodríguez-Lozano, J C Rodríguez-Pérez, J A Vargas, P Pérez-Aciego