January 2008 Volume 4 Number 1
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EDITORIAL
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Epidemiology and rheumatology: how can epidemiologists affect treatment
strategies?
Deborah PM Symmons
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VIEWPOINTS
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Emerging viral infections and arthritis: the role of the rheumatologist
Leonard H Calabrese
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How important is MRI for detecting early osteoarthritis?
Changhai Ding, Flavia Cicuttini and Graeme Jones
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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Laser Doppler flowmetry as an assessment technique for localized
scleroderma in children
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Validating MRI and the OMERACT RAMRIS for assessing joint damage in RA
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Increased fibrosis and number of myofibroblasts in the gastric wall of
patients with SSc
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Class A scavenger receptors mediate apoptotic cell clearance by marginal
zone macrophages
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Elevated APRIL serum levels are associated with pulmonary fibrosis in
patients with SSc
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Thioredoxin might protect against oxidative-stress-induced damage in
Sjogren's syndrome
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Does long-term bisphosphonate treatment for osteoporosis cause increased
bone microdamage?
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Raloxifene might be a beneficial therapy for prevention and treatment
of RA
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HRT does not increase the risk of vascular events in postmenopausal
women with SLE
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Identification of two potential biomarkers indicating radiographic
progression of hip OA
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Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: prevalence and risk factors
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Serum CCL18 levels are positively correlated with disease activity score
in RA
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Variation in STAT4 linked with RA and SLE
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A tyrosine kinase inhibitor successfully treats RA in rats
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PRACTICE POINTS
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Does the dose of methotrexate influence the rate of relapse in patients
with Wegener's granulomatosis?
Eamonn S Molloy and Carol A Langford
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Should aspirin be used as a preventive therapy for thrombosis in patients
with antiphospholipid antibodies?
Kathleen M O'Neil
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Is the risk of serious infections increased in patients with RA who
receive treatment with antirheumatic drugs?
Thomas M File Jr and Elizabeth A File
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Should patients with RA be aggressively monitored for hypertension?
Patrick H Dessein and Gavin R Norton
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REVIEWS
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Nonpharmacologic management of osteoporosis to minimize fracture risk
Julie T Lin and Joseph M Lane
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Primer: history and examination in the assessment of musculoskeletal
problems
Anthony D Woolf and Kristina Akesson
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Primer: inflammasomes and interleukin 1[beta] in inflammatory disorders
Leigh D Church, Graham P Cook and Michael F McDermott
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Primer: making sense of T-cell memory
Peter CL Beverley
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CASE STUDY
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A case of Erdheim-Chester disease initially mistaken for Ormond's disease
Konstanze Loddenkemper, Bimba Hoyer, Christoph Loddenkemper, Kay-Geert
Hermann, Patrick Rogalla, Gregor Forster, Frank Buttgereit, Falk Hiepe
and Gerd-Rudiger Burmester
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