Table of contents

Extended reports

• Molecular composition and pathology of entheses on the medial and lateral epicondyles of the humerus: a structural basis for epicondylitis (12 August, 2004)

  S Milz, T Tischer, A Buettner, M Schieker, M Maier, S Redman, P Emery, D McGonagle, M Benjamin
• Genetic risk of knee osteoarthritis: a sibling study (12 August, 2004)

  R L Neame, K Muir, S Doherty, M Doherty
• The IPSO study: ibuprofen, paracetamol study in osteoarthritis. A randomised comparative clinical study comparing the efficacy and safety of ibuprofen and paracetamol analgesic treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee or hip (12 August, 2004)

  F Boureau, H Schneid, N Zeghari, R Wall, P Bourgeois
• Suprascapular nerve block in chronic shoulder pain: are the radiologists better? (12 August, 2004)

  E M Shanahan, M D Smith, M Wetherall, C W Lott, J Slavotinek, O FitzGerald, M J Ahern
• Efficacy of anakinra in active ankylosing spondylitis: a clinical and magnetic resonance imaging study (5 April, 2004)

  A L Tan, H Marzo-Ortega, P O’Connor, A Fraser, P Emery, D McGonagle
• Analysing chronic spinal changes in ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic comparison of conventional x rays with magnetic resonance imaging using established and new scoring systems

  (5 April, 2004)

  J Braun, X Baraliakos, W Golder, K-G Hermann, J Listing, J Brandt, M Rudwaleit, S Zuehlsdorf, M Bollow, J Sieper, D van der Heijde
• Differential effects of leflunomide and methotrexate on cytokine production in rheumatoid arthritis (28 April, 2004)

  M C Kraan, T J M Smeets, M J van Loon, F C Breedveld, B A C Dijkmans, P P Tak
• A multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial of anakinra (Kineret), a recombinant interleukin 1 receptor antagonist, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with background methotrexate (13 April, 2004)

  S B Cohen, L W Moreland, J J Cush, M W Greenwald, S Block, W J Shergy, P S Hanrahan, M M Kraishi, A Patel, G Sun, M B Bear
• A randomised comparative study of the short term clinical and biological effects of intravenous pulse methylprednisolone and infliximab in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis despite methotrexate treatment (12 August, 2004)

  P Durez, A Nzeusseu Toukap, B R Lauwerys, D H Manicourt, P Verschueren, R Westhovens, J-P Devogelaer, F A Houssiau
• Treatment with tumour necrosis factor α antagonists in patients with rheumatoid arthritis induces anticardiolipin antibodies (5 April, 2004)

  T Jonsdottir, J Forslid, A van Vollenhoven, A Harju, S Brannemark, L Klareskog, R F van Vollenhoven
• Diagnostic and clinical value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies compared with rheumatoid factor isotypes in rheumatoid arthritis (12 August, 2004)

  I Vallbracht, J Rieber, M Oppermann, F Förger, U Siebert, K Helmke
• Anti-CCP antibody test predicts the disease course during 3 years in early rheumatoid arthritis (the Swedish TIRA project) (12 August, 2004)

  A Kastbom, G Strandberg, A Lindroos, T Skogh
• Prediction of radiological outcome in early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice: role of antibodies to citrullinated peptides (anti-CCP) (12 August, 2004)

  K Forslind, M Ahlmén, K Eberhardt, I Hafström, B Svensson
• Inverse association between circulating APRIL levels and serological and clinical disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (12 August, 2004)

  W Stohl, S Metyas, S-M Tan, G S Cheema, B Oamar, V Roschke, Y Wu, K P Baker, D M Hilbert
• First clinical trials of a new heteropolymer technology agent in normal healthy volunteers and patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: safety and proof of principle of the antigen-heteropolymer ETI-104 (12 August, 2004)

  C Iking-Konert, S Stocks, F Weinsberg, R Engelbrecht, E Bleck, A Perniok, R Fischer-Betz, S Pincus, L Nardone, M Schneider
• Three month treatment of reactive arthritis with azithromycin: a EULAR double blind, placebo controlled study (12 August, 2004)

  T K Kvien, J S H Gaston, T Bardin, I Butrimiene, B A C Dijkmans, M Leirisalo-Repo, P Solakov, M Altwegg, P Mowinckel, P-A Plan, T Vischer
• Efficacy of etanercept in the treatment of acute, severe sciatica: a pilot study (28 April, 2004)

  S Genevay, S Stingelin, C Gabay
• Rate of cartilage loss at two years predicts subsequent total knee arthroplasty: a prospective study (28 April, 2004)

  F M Cicuttini, G Jones, A Forbes, A E Wluka
• Hepatitis B vaccination in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (12 August, 2004)

  Ö Kasapçopur, F Çullu, A Kamburoðlu-Goksel, H Çam, E Akdenizli, S Çalýkan, L Sever, N Arýsoy
• Radiological sacroiliitis, a hallmark of spondylitis, is linked with CARD15 gene polymorphisms in patients with Crohn’s disease (12 August, 2004)

  H Peeters, B Vander Cruyssen, D Laukens, P Coucke, D Marichal, M Van Den Berghe, C Cuvelier, E Remaut, H Mielants, F De Keyser, M D Vos
• Extranuclear detection of histones and nucleosomes in activated human lymphoblasts as an early event in apoptosis (12 August, 2004)

  C Gabler, N Blank, T Hieronymus, M Schiller, J H M Berden, J R Kalden, H-M Lorenz
• The normal hip joint space: variations in width, shape, and architecture on 223 pelvic radiographs (12 August, 2004)

  M Lequesne, J Malghem, E Dion