Clinical Rheumatology

Efficacy of cyclophosphamide combined with prednisolone in patients with AA amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis

Tadashi Nakamura, Yuji Yamamura, Kunihiko Tomoda, Michishi Tsukano, Masahiro Shono, Satoshi Baba

Patterns of pain in Paget’s disease of bone and their outcomes on treatment with pamidronate

Sreekanth Vasireddy, Amruta Talwalkar, Hazel Miller, Rakesh Mehan, David R. Swinson

Joint symptoms and diseases associated with moisture damage in a health center

R. A. Luosujärvi, T. M. Husman, M. Seuri, M. A. Pietikäinen, P. Pollari, J. Pelkonen, H. T. Hujakka, O. A. Kaipiainen-Seppänen, K. Aho

Septic arthritis following intra-articular steroid injection of the knee – a survey of current practice regarding antiseptic technique used during intra-articular steroid injection of the knee

C. P. Charalambous, M. Tryfonidis, S. Sadiq, P. Hirst, A. Paul

Sonography detection threshold for knee effusion

Ingrid Delaunoy, Véronique Feipel, Thierry Appelboom, Jean-Philippe Hauzeur

Low-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide in systemic sclerosis: a preliminary safety study

Salvatore D’Angelo, Giovanna Cuomo, Carmen Paone, Emiliana Colutta, Giovanni La Montagna, Gabriele Valentini

Synovial fluid nitric oxide levels in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Ayşe Karan, Mehmet Akif Karan, Pervin Vural, Nilgün Erten, Cemil Taşçıoğlu, Cihan Aksoy, Mukaddes Canbaz, Ahmet Öncel

Validation of the Spanish version of a screening questionnaire for the detection of systemic lupus erythematosus

Francisco Javier Aceves-Avila, Martha Alicia Delgadillo-Ruano, César Ramos-Remus, Amparo Gómez-Vargas, Sergio Gutiérrez-Ureña

Cardiac valvular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Relationship with anticardiolipin antibodies

Piotr Leszczyński, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Izabela Korczowska, Jan K. Łącki, Stefan Mackiewicz

First carpometacarpal and interphalangeal osteoarthritis of the hand in patients with advanced hip or knee OA. Are there differences in the aetiology?

S. Kessler, J. Stöve, W. Puhl, T. Stürmer

A study on soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and selenium in patients with rheumatoid arthritis complicated by vasculitis

Anna Maria Witkowska, Anna Kuryliszyn-Moskal, Maria Halina Borawska, Katarzyna Hukałowicz, Renata Markiewicz

The effect of hand osteoarthritis on grip and pinch strength and hand function in postmenopausal women

Selda Bagis, Gunsah Sahin, Yasemin Yapici, Ozlem Bolgen Cimen, Canan Erdogan

Investigation of generalized osteoarthritis by combining X-ray grading of the knee, spine and hand using biochemical markers for arthritis in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Masashi Abe, Masaaki Takahashi, Kenichi Naitou, Kumiko Ohmura, Akira Nagano

Selenium combined with vitamin E and vitamin C restores structural alterations of bones in heparin-induced osteoporosis

Belma Turan, Belgin Can, Ertan Delilbasi

Alkaptonuric ochronosis: a case with multiple joint replacement arthroplasties

Serap Demir

The burden of amyloidosis on the gastrointestinal tract of an ankylosing spondylitis patient

Levent Özçakar, Seyfettin Köklü, Bayram Kaymak, Sedef Kuran, Zişan Sakaoğulları

Spondylodiscitis as the first manifestation of Whipple’s disease –a removal worker with chronic low back pain

U. Weber, M. H. Morf, J. G. H. Gubler, M. Altwegg, R. C. Maibach

Acute acalculous cholecystitis induced by mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease (MIVOD) in systemic lupus erythematosus

Hideaki Bando, Shigeto Kobayashi, Toshiharu Matsumoto, Naoto Tamura, Kenjiro Yamanaka, Chiharu Yamaji, Chiho Takasaki, Yoshinari Takasaki, Hiroshi Hashimoto

Diabetic muscular infarction: emphasis on pathogenesis

George S. Habib, Munir Nashashibi, Walid Saliba, Shehadeh Haj

Visceral leishmaniasis resembling systemic lupus erythematosus

Michalis Voulgarelis, Paraskevi V. Voulgari, John Serelis, Alexandros A. Drosos, Fotini N. Skopouli

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy in the evaluation of decreased spinal mobility and joint contractures

Kamil Goncu, Rengin Guzel, Fusun Guler-Uysal

Kawasaki disease in an infant following immunisation with hepatitis B vaccine

Dan Miron, Daniel Fink, Philip J. Hashkes

Aggressive and atypical manifestations of Erdheim-Chester disease

Eric M. Lyders, Shaifali Kaushik, Juan Perez-Berenguer, Daniel A. Henry

Clinical and histological coexistence of inflammatory pseudotumour of the lymph nodes and rheumatoid arthritis

Paolo Manganelli, Pieranna Fietta, Eugenia Marta Martella, Federico Quaini

Pseudotumour orbitae as the initial manifestation in Wegener’s granulomatosis in a 7-year-old girl

Kazimierz A. Wardyn, Katarzyna Życińska, Joanna Matuszkiewicz-Rowińska, Małgorzata Chipczyńska

Rheumatoid meningitis: an autopsy report and review of the literature

Takashi Kato, Ken-ichi Hoshi, Yoshiki Sekijima, Masayuki Matsuda, Takao Hashimoto, Masako Otani, Akio Suzuki, Shu-ichi Ikeda

An uncommon cause of fever in the elderly: late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Esin Beyan, Aysel Uzuner, Cengiz Beyan

Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis mimics multicentric Castleman’s disease

Shinya Osone, Akira Morimoto, Junna Tsutsui, Gen Kano, Shinjiro Todo, Tohru Sugimoto

Acute myocarditis associated with adenoviral infection in a patient with scleroderma

Magdalena Dziadzio, Andrea Giovagnoni, Giovanni Pomponio, Andrea Recanatini, Osmy Paci della Costanza, Aldo Manzin, Walter Casagrande, Armando Gabrielli

Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) in a patient receiving pranlukast

Shigeto Kobayashi, Shyugo Ishizuka, Naoto Tamura, Makiyo Takaya, Kazuhiko Kaneda, Hiroshi Hashimoto

Analysis of risk factors and comorbid diseases in the development of thrombosis in patients with anticardiolipin antibodies: comment on the article by Sairam et al.

Doruk Erkan, Yusuf Yazici

High prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis but not in the antiphospholipid syndrome

Regina M. Innocencio, João H. Romaldini, Laura S. Ward

Usefulness of technetium-99m tetrofosmin SPECT to detect abnormal myocardial perfusion in systemic lupus erythematosus or systemic sclerosis patients

H.-B. Hsu, C.-H. Kao

Neurofibromatosis and systemic lupus erythematosus. A matter of coincidence?

Hèctor Corominas, Josep M. Guardiola, Laia Matas, Guillermo Vázquez

Pulmonary aneurysms in microscopic polyangiitis

Vera Ortiz-Santamaria, Alejandro Olivé, Susana Holgado, Jordi Muchart

Ciprofloxacin and Achilles’ tendon rupture: a causal relationship

Resat Ozaras, Ali Mert, Veysel Tahan, Suleyman Uraz, Ismet Ozaydin, Mehmet Halit Yilmaz, Nihal Ozaras

An ankylosing spondylitis patient ‘with no joints’

Nafiz Bilsel, Önder Aydingöz, Hayrettin Kesmezacar, Tahir Öğüt, Huri Özdoğan

Coexisting seronegative rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

Hakan Genc, Barış Nacir, Meryem Saracoğlu, H. Rana Erdem

Elevated serum levels of manganese superoxide dismutase in patients with eosinophilic fasciitis

Masatoshi Jinnin, Hironobu Ihn, Norihito Yazawa, Yoshihide Asano, Kenichi Yamane, Kunihiko Tamaki

Symmetrical pitting edema resembling RS3PE in gout

C. Palazzi, I. Olivieri, E. D’Amico, V. Pace-Palitti, A. Petricca

Colour duplex ultrasonography in the management of giant cell arteritis

Giuseppe Nicoletti, Giovanni Ciancio, Salvatore Tardi, Ignazio Olivieri

Acknowledgement to Reviewers