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nnals of the heumatic ISCaSeS The EULAR Journal VOLUME 60 * 2001 Editor: Leo van de Putte (Nijmegen) Associate Editors: Thomas Bardin (Paris), Gerd Burmester (Berlin Tony Woolf (Truro Methodological Adviser: Anke Van Gestel (Nijmegen) Technical Editor: Valerie Crean London Editorial Assistant: Christine Janss¢ n-Seijkens (Nijmegen EDITORIAL BOARD Paul Bacon (Birmingham Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont Frank Luyten (Leuven Alan Tyndall (Basle Wim van den Berg (Nijmegen Madrid Blaz Rozman (Ljubljana 4 Tzioufas (Athens Barry Bresnihan (Dublin Marc Hochberg (Baltimore Hendrik Schulze-Koops Jiri Vencovsky (Prague Maurizio Cutolo (Genova Christian Jorgensen Erlangen Michael Weisman Maxime Dougados (Paris Montpellier Josef Smolen (Vienna Los Angeles Gary Firestein (San Diego Tore Kvien (Oslo Alex So (Lausann« Patricia Woo (London Wolfgang Gross (Lubeck Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo Deborah Symmons Manche Michael Yaron (Tel Avis Mieke Hazes (Leiden Helsinki Auli Toivanen (Turku Hasan Yazici (Istanbul Editor, BMF ADVISORY COMMITTEE Bernard Amor (Paris Paul Emery (Leec is Roman Lorenc (Warsaw Walther van Venrooij Stefano Bombardieri (Pisa) Oystein Foérre Oslo RN Maini (London Nijmegen Ferdinand Breedveld (Leiden Daniel Furst (Seattle) Emilio Martin-Mola Madrid Eric Veys (Gent Leslie Crofford (Ann Arbor) Steffen Gay (Zurich) Haralampos Moutsopoulos Thomas Vischer Jean-Michel Dayer (Geneva Joachim Kalden (Erlangen (Athens) Geneva Marie Christine de Vernejoul Edward Keystone (Toronto) James O’Dell Omaha Allan Wiik (Copenhagen (Paris) Lars Klareskog (Stockholm) Karel Pavelka (Prague Frank Wollheim (Lund Michael Doherty (Nottingham) Peter Lipsky (Dallas) Josef Rovensky (Piestany John Edmonds (Sydney) Stefan Lohmander (Lund) Yehuda Shoenfeld Tel-Hashomert eular qwev7w. annrheumdis.com VOLUME 60 - CONTENTS the month N ° Extended reports Concise ret Case report H Q ( orresponde nce I eader Review Pictorial essay [ Notes/news For Book review G Extended reports Ss eoncise reports orrespondence MARCH 2001 if Hypothesis H Notes/news }I Book review Mi Extended reports il management zyi s strongly of RA DH ’r an increased microchi »K Tsubota, Y Kawakan tor 1 blocks collagen release ression in bovine nasal cz HuiA, D RowaTn C,a f allele of the type II collagen gene alte i makes cartilage softer M M Hyuztinen, F 7 ta,J S Furvelin,H F Helminen ertum cell wall: peptidog can , P Totvaner Concise reports Correspondenc ( Review . Masterclass * Unusual and memorable { ‘\ S Notes/news I Book reviews losing spondylit Heide, H van di vith joint diseas g, H F Berne trend over an 18 year period OXI1C ic me olites in neuropsychiatric lupus ind ,Rvan Vi n, M Khademi, A Tarkowsh * Klareskog, -ase in the activity of calcineurin in the peripheral blood mononuclear us erythematosus S Sipka,K Szucs, S SzantI6K o,va cs, G Lakos, E Kiss, ana ] Cc linical ffooll] low up ¢ 1f hepatitis C virus associated cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis Vl A Gau , K Herlyn,E ( rnok, H Hansen, W L Gross n of interleukin 1} production in human os I Shirazi, I Yaron, Y Wollman, M Blum, )f rat anterior cruciate ligament in collas mizaki, H Hagino, Y Morio, R Tesi phate crystals activate human oste: 13 (collagenase-3) in adult porcine phersonH, S CheungP, G Mit TM CPPD) crysta mp 1 W Ha it Notes/news Book reviews Free 1 als and inflammation Princip f molecular rheumatology Extended reports Inciden f clinically manifest ulcers and their complications in p , J AertsenD, BezemeBr ,A C Dijkkmar vical spine surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis K M va , H L Hamburger, K W Drossaers-BakkerB, A C Dykmans, R M van S trategy, disease activity, and outcome in four cohorts patients with early Paimela, P Kurki, K B Eberhardt, P Emery, M A var Hof, F H 7 M Schr ,.P LCM van Rie id clinical significance of antikeratin antibodies and « h rheumatoid arthritis L Vasiliauskiene,A Wik, M He A longitudinal cohort study of Finnish patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome: clinical, immunological, logical aspects M Pertovaara, E Pukkala, P Laippala, ttinen, A Pasternach and extraglandular expression of costimulatory molecules in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome ira, K Umemiya, T Goto, T Nakazawa, M Kagami, H Ton 1, E Tanabe, T Sugiyama, M Sueis/ ymorphisms of the mannose binding lectin gene in patients with Sjégren’s syndrome nobu, S Kanagawa, S Kumagai growth factor and neuropeptides circulating levels in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma , R Giacomelli, A Pignone, M L Cagnoni, S Generini, R Casale, P Cipriani, « Konttinen, B M Kahaleh, P-S Fan, M Paoletti, C M¢ M Cagnoni, L Al Flow cytometric analysis of gut mucosal lymphocytes supports an impaired Th] cytokine spondyloarthropathy N Van Damme, M De Vos, D Baeten, P Demetter, H Mielants, G Verbri E M Veys, F De Keyser Cofactor dependence and isotype distribution of anticardiolipin antibodies in viral infections H Gugltelmone, S Vitozz1, O Elbarcha, E Fernandez Impaired catecholaminergic signalling of B lymphocytes in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases M Wahle, S Kélker, A Krause, G R Burmester,C G O Baerwald Concise reports Reversibility of histological and immunohistological abnormalities in sublabial salivary gland biopsy specimens following treatment with corticosteroids in Sjégren’s syndrome M M Zandbelt, F H F van den Hoogen, P C de Wilde, P ¥ S van den Berg, H G F Schneider, L B A van de Putt Treatment with cyclosporin switching to hydroxychloroquine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis U Kim, Y-I Seo, S-H Park, W-K Lee, S-K Lee, S-I Paek, C-S Cho, H-H Song, H-Y Kim Acute arthritis after intra-articular hyaluronate injection: onset of effusions without crystal C Bernardeau, B Bucki, F Liote Leaders AR Cr Case studies in diagnostic imaging (st Hypothesis ld Unusual and memorable Case ) 1 s Notes/new I Extended reports irom a singie ontraction if done, tile 1d synovial tiss joint damage P Ga» atic diseases Concise reports Review Lesson of the month 3) Hypothesis I Notes/news EULAR news ( Extended reports } HW nsitivity N Sofat, 7 Houghton, 7 McHa ve treatment for vasculitis associa t i M Ligtenberg, 7 E Tulleke osteoporosis of the knee antibody levels in patients with systemic lupu , | Karad 1unoglobulin for treatment of gastrointestinal haemorrhage in de ix,H Courtots, CG uédon yme: an unusual cause of Bell’s palsy M Hadithi, F Stam, A J M Donk phenotypic variability is not associated with ANCA in southern Chinese sKHK Leader BS Lesson of the month Str Notes/news I Extended reports Concise reports (y Review k Chronic recurrent multifocal osteor is a differential 10sis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis LPR EULAR new Standing Commit Notes/news Acknowledgment: EULAR 2001 Volvo awards for low back pain research 2002 WOMAC osteoarthritis 2s unde} rgoing a compr \ Rheumatology in art 5 re 1? ( -orrespondence S r No 10 OC POBER 2001 Leader Prevention of post-discharge venous thr mbolism in patie kn wr hip arthroplasty: a continuing matter of debate M 7A Lesson of the month Autologous skin transpI lantation for widespread cutaneous 1 Breitbart, G Germanr Notes/news Forthcoming events Extended reports Treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis with leflunomide: two year follow up of a double blind, placebo ontrolled trial versus sulfasalazine D L Scot¥t S, Smol}e nR, Kalden, L B a PuttAe L,ar sen, TKK ,M Schattenkiracndh nP eNars,h, C Oed,I Loew-Friedrich for the Eur in Leflunomide Study Crrou Predictors of radiographic joint damage in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis I E van der Horst-Bruinsma, D van Schaardenburg, P D Bezemer, B A C Dykman Values for function in rheumatoid arthritis: patients, professionals, and public S Hewlett, A P Smith, 7 R Kirwar Comorbidity and lifestyle, reproductive factors, and environmental exposures associated with rheumatoid arthritis A Reckner Olsson, T Skogh, G WiIngren Loncise reports Correspondence M in Editorial G Leader > Review Behce Lesson of the month JTt oint Hypothesis Lymphon natho(o Notes/news Noti e | Eular news Extended reports Impaired redox status and cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in patient P Chariot, X Chevalier, M YerrouI mD,ro gou, F-F} Authier, R Gherard Presentin eatures of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and rheumatoid arthritis with PMR-like onset prospective study aporali, C Montecucco, O Epis, F Bobbio-Pallavicini, T Maio, M A ¢ LLL 1025 Work fact behavioural coping in relation to withdrawal from the labour force in patients with rheumatoid arthritis A M 7 Chorus, H S Miedema, C W ¥ Wevers, S an der Linden 1033 Withdrawal from labour force due to work disability in patients with ankylosing spondylitis A Boone A Chorus, H Miedema, D van der Heide, R Landewé, H Schouten, H van der Tempel, S van der Linde 1040 The burden of musculoskeletal diseases in the general population of Spain: results from a national survey L Carmona, J Ballina, R Gabriel, A Laffon, on behalf of the EPISER Study Group