Rheumatology International

HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles and gene polymorphisms of selected cytokines in systemic lupus erythematosus

• Original Article

Antoni Hrycek, Urszula Siekiera, Paweł Cieślik, Witold Szkróbka

The relationship between arthritis and human parvovirus B19 infection

• Original Article

R. Caliskan, S. Masatlioglu, M. Aslan, S. Altun, S. Saribas, S. Ergin, E. Uckan, V. Koksal, V. Oz, K. Altas, I. Fresko, B. Kocazeybek

Prevalence of C1/C2 involvement in Czech rheumatoid arthritis patients, correlation of pain intensity, and distance of ventral subluxation

• Original Article

Martina Vesela, Ivana Stetkarova, Jiri Lisy

Systemic necrotizing vasculitides in Turkey: a comparative analysis of 40 consecutive patients

• Original Article

Sevil Kamali, Murat Inanc, Ahmet Gul, Lale Öcal, Nuray Gurel Polat, Isin Kilicaslan, Orhan Aral, Meral Konice

The treatment of osteoporosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving glucocorticoids: a comparison of alendronate and intranasal salmon calcitonin

• Original Article

Funda Tascioglu, Omer Colak, Onur Armagan, Ozkan Alatas, Cengiz Oner

Osteopenia in men with mild and severe ankylosing spondylitis

• Original Article

H. J. Baek, S. W. Kang, Y. J. Lee, K. C. Shin, E. B. Lee, C. D. Yoo, Y. W. Song

The prevalence of autoantibodies against cartilage intermediate layer protein, YKL-39, osteopontin, and cyclic citrullinated peptide in patients with early-stage knee osteoarthritis: evidence of a variety of autoimmune processes

• Original Article

Hui Du, Kayo Masuko-Hongo, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yang Xiang, Chun-De Bao, Xiao-Dong Wang, Shun-Le Chen, Kusuki Nishioka, Tomohiro Kato

Pedobarography and its relation to radiologic erosion scores in rheumatoid arthritis

• Original Article

Hakan Tuna, Murat Birtane, Nurettin Taştekin, Siranuş Kokino

The −590 IL-4 promoter polymorphism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

• Original Article

Andrzej Pawlik, Joanna Wrzesniewska, Marcin Florczak, Barbara Gawronska-Szklarz, Magdalena Herczynska

The effects of carboxymethylated chitosan on metalloproteinase-1, −3 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 gene expression in cartilage of experimental osteoarthritis

• Original Article

Shi-Qing Liu, Bo Qiu, Ling-yun Chen, Hao Peng, Yu-Min Du

Antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides in patients affected by rheumatoid arthritis before and after infliximab treatment

• Original Article

Paola Caramaschi, Domenico Biasi, Elisabetta Tonolli, Sara Pieropan, Nicola Martinelli, Antonio Carletto, Alessandro Volpe, Lisa Maria Bambara

Osteoprotegerin and the receptor activator of NF-kappa B ligand in the serum and synovial fluid. A comparison of patients with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

• Original Article

M. Skoumal, G. Kolarz, G. Haberhauer, W. Woloszczuk, G. Hawa, A. Klingler

First report of supraventricular tachycardia after intravenous pulse methylprednisolone therapy, with a brief review of the literature

• Case Report

Rakesh Kumari, S. S. Uppal

Treatment for HTLV-I associated arthropathy: a case study and synovial tissue culture analysis

• Case Report

Toshiaki Takahashi, Shigeki Takemoto, Katsuhito Kiyasu, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Toshikazu Tani, Isamu Miyoshi, Hirokuni Taguchi, Toshiaki Moriki, Emiko Miyazaki, Hideaki Enzan

Diabetes insipidus presentation before renal and pulmonary features in a patient with Wegener’s granulomatosis

• Case Report

Nurşen Düzgün, Yonca Morris, Sevim Güllü, Alptekin Gürsoy, Arzu Ensari, Özlem Özdemir Kumbasar, Murat Duman

Erythromelalgia as a presenting manifestation in a patient with essential thrombocythemia complicating renovascular hypertension due to unilateral renal artery stenosis

• Case Report

Jin-Wuk Hur, Young-Yiul Lee, Woong-Soo Lee, Jae-Bum Jun

A primary Sjögren’s syndrome patient with distal renal tubular acidosis, who presented with symptoms of hypokalemic periodic paralysis

• Case Report

Mehmet Soy, Ömer Nuri Pamuk, Murat Gerenli, Yahya Çelik

An unusual case of osteomalacia as the presenting feature of coeliac disease

• Case Report

Taoufik Harzy, Karima Benbouazza, Bouchra Amine, Rachid Rahmouni, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni

Acknowledgement to referees

• Acknowlegement