853-857
Invited Review
Recommendations from the Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Disease for data collection for the measurement and monitoring of health in developing countries
John Darmawan
858-864
Review Article
Ankylosing spondylitis is linked to Klebsiella—the evidence
Taha Rashid and Alan Ebringer
865-867
Original Article
Poor relationship between joint swelling detected on physical examination and effusion diagnosed by ultrasonography in glenohumeral joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
R. Luukkainen, M. T. Sanila and P. Luukkainen
868-871
Original Article
NOD2 allele variants in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Andrzej Pawlik, Mateusz Kurzawski, Barbara Gawronska-Szklarz, Marek Drozdzik and Magdalena Herczynska
872-878
Original Article
Anxiety and depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Ahmet Isik, Suleyman Serdar Koca, Abdullah Ozturk and Osman Mermi
879-884
Original Article
Multislice CT pulmonary findings in Behçet’s disease (Report of 16 cases)
Y. Emad, N. Abdel-Razek, T. Gheita, M. El-Wakd and T. El Gohary, et al.
885-889
Original Article
Increased seropositivity of
Helicobacter pylori
cytotoxin-associated gene-A in Behçet’s disease
Teoman Zafer Apan, Ragıp Gürsel and Alp Dolgun
890-894
Original Article
The effect of the thermal mineral water of Nagybaracska on patients with knee joint osteoarthritis—a double blind study
Géza P. Bálint, W. Watson Buchanan, András Ádám, István Ratkó and László Poór, et al.
895-901
Original Article
Clinical features, prognostic and risk factors of central nervous system infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Cheng-De Yang, Xiao-Dong Wang, Shuang Ye, Yue-Ying Gu and Chun-De Bao, et al.
902-907
Original Article
Correlation between homocysteine plasma levels and nailfold videocapillaroscopic patterns in systemic sclerosis
Paola Caramaschi, Alessandro Volpe, Sabrina Canestrini, Lisa M. Bambara and Giovanni Faccini, et al.
908-910
Original Article
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter polymorphism in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
Arzu Celebi Kobak, Senol Kobak, Yasemin Kabasakal and Ulus Salih Akarca
911-914
Original Article
Is three selected parameters adequate to monitor rheumatoid arthritis?
S. Chandrashekara, M. Syed and R. Swapna
915-919
Original Article
The lack of genetic association of the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) Arg753Gln and Arg677Trp polymorphisms with rheumatic heart disease
Nurşen Düzgün, Türker Duman, Filiz Ekşi Haydardedeoğlu and Hüseyin Tutkak
920-926
Original Article
Response to one infusion predicts subsequent improvement as well as the rate of relapse of ankylosing spondylitis infused with three pulses of infliximab
Feng Huang, Jian Zhu, Liyun Zhang, Jianglin Zhang and Fengchun Zhang, et al.
927-929
Original Article
SAA1
α/α alleles in Behçet’s disease related amyloidosis
Umut Utku, Melda Dilek, Ilkser Akpolat, Abdülkerim Bedir and Tekin Akpolat
930-934
Original Article
The effect of gallium arsenide aluminum laser therapy in the management of cervical myofascial pain syndrome: a double blind, placebo-controlled study
U. Dundar, D. Evcik, F. Samli, H. Pusak and V. Kavuncu
935-940
Brief Report
Deflazacort induced stronger immunosuppression than expected
Rocio E. Gonzalez-Castañeda, Estela Adriana Castellanos-Alvarado, Maria Rosa Flores-Marquez, Oscar Gonzalez-Perez and Sonia Luquin, et al.
941-946
Brief Report
Rapid improvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients on combination of methotrexate and infliximab: clinical and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation
Lai-Shan Tam, James F. Griffith, Alfred B. Yu, Tena K. Li and Edmund K. Li
947-949
Brief Report
Mutations of activin-receptor-like kinase 1 (
ALK-1
) are not found in patients with pulmonary hypertension and underlying connective tissue disease
Albert Selva-O’Callaghan, Eva Balada, Silvia Serrano-Acedo, Carmen Pilar Simeon Aznar and Josep Ordi-Ros
950-952
Brief Report
Long-term anti-TNFα therapy for ankylosing spondylitis in two patients with chronic HBV infection
Grigorios T. Sakellariou and Ioannis Chatzigiannis
953-957
Brief Report
Association of acute anterior uveitis with disease activity, functional ability and physical mobility in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study of Chinese patients in Taiwan
Chun-Hsiung Chen, Kuan-Chia Lin, Horng-An Chen, Hsien-Tzung Liao and Toong-Hua Liang, et al.
958-961
Brief Report
Bone mineral density evolution in young premenopausal women with idiopathic osteoporosis
Pilar Peris, Ana Monegal, M. Angeles Martínez, Concepción Moll and Françesca Pons, et al.
962-964
Case Report
Pachydermodactyly: four additional cases
Clarisa Sandobal, Ariel Kuznietz, A. Varizat, Susana Roverano and Sergio Paira
965-968
Case Report
Acute myocardial infarction in systemic sclerosis patients: a case series
Chris T. Derk and Sergio A. Jimenez
969-970
Case Report
A toddler with recurrent oral and genital ulcers
Zehre Yüksel, Joachim J. Schweizer, Petronella E. C. Mourad-Baars, Ram N. Sukhai and Luisa M. Mearin
971-972
Case Report
Severe acute hepatitis related to hydroxychloroquine in a woman with mixed connective tissue disease
Vicente Giner Galvañ, María Rosa Oltra, Diego Rueda, María José Esteban and Josep Redón
973-975
Case Report
Safety and efficacy of infliximab in a patient with active WHO class IV lupus nephritis
Sawsan J. Hayat, Sukhbir S. Uppal, M. R. Narayanan Nampoory, Kaivilayil V. Johny and Ramkumar Gupta, et al.
976-978
Case Report
Regional transient osteoporosis of the foot and vitamin C deficiency
Sandra Rodriguez, Oscar Paniagua, Kenneth M. Nugent and Michael P. Phy
979-980
Case Report
A still image of a transient rash captured by a mobile phone
Magdalena Dziadzio, Shahir Hamdulay, Venkat Reddy, Sara Boyce and Andrew Keat, et al.
981-983
Case Report
Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of resistant subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a possible alternative
Christos E. Lampropoulos, Graham R. V. Hughes and David P. D’ Cruz
984-987
Case Report
Infliximab in Takayasu arteritis: a safe alternative?
Zaharenia Th. Karageorgaki, Clio P. Mavragani, Matthilde A. Papathanasiou and Fotini N. Skopouli
988-990
Case Report
A case report of tumor necrosis factor-alpha antibody-induced thrombocytopenia associated with emerging IgM anticardiolipin antibody in patients with scleroderma overlap/rheumatoid arthritis
Masahide Hamaguchi, Yutaka Kawahito, Hidetaka Ishino, Makie Yoshida and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
991-993
Case Report
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome related to severe ovarian hyperstimulation
V. Giner, M. R. Oltra, M. J. Esteban, M. J. García-Fuster and A Salvador, et al.
994-995
Case Report
Aneurysm of the internal carotid artery in a female patient of Behcet’s disease: a rare presentation
Sumeet Agrawal, R. Jagadeesh, Amita Aggarwal, R. V. Phadke and Ramnath Misra
996-998
Case Report
Takayasu’s arteritis with skin manifestations in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease: coincidence or concurrence?
Misbah Baqir, Mohammed Haris Umer Usman, Humaira N. Adenwalla, Saqib Aziz and Fazle Noor, et al.
999-1001
Case Report
Necrotizing fasciitis resulting from
Streptococcus pneumoniae
in recently diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus case: a case report
A. Isik and S. S. Koca
1002-1004
Case Report
Weber–Christian disease presenting with intractable fever and periorbital swelling mimicking angioedema
H. P. Wang, C. C. Huang, C. H. Chen and H. Y. Lin
1005-1007
Case Report
The occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus in an asymptomatic carrier of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I
Toshiro Sugimoto, Mihoko Okamoto, Tetsuro Koyama, Hiroyuki Takashima and Mitsuo Saeki, et al.
1008-1010
Case Report
Recurrent autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) and polyarteritis nodosa in a patient with large cell lung carcinoma
Hsien-Tzung Liao, Chih-Hung Chien, Chung-Hsiung Chen, Hon-Pin Wang and De-Feng Huang
1011-1013
Case Report
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in a 7-year-old girl
Jee Min Park, Jae Il Shin, Youn Ho Shin, Dong Soo Kim and Jae Seung Lee, et al.
1014-1016
Case Report
Leukocytapheresis for the treatment of refractory systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Hiroshi Tanaka, Koji Tsugawa, Tohru Nakahata, Koichi Suzuki and Etsuro Ito
1017-1019
Case Report
Camptocormia as a clinical manifestation of mitochondrial myopathy
José A. Gómez-Puerta, Pilar Peris, Josep M. Grau, M. Angeles Martinez and Núria Guañabens
1020-1022
Case Report
Nocardia brain abscesses in a male patient with SLE: successful outcome despite delay in diagnosis
Maria Justiniano, Sarah Glorioso, Sylvia Dold and Luis R. Espinoza
1023-1024
Case Report
Subcutaneous infection with
Pseudallescheria boydii
in an immunocompromised patient
Mitja Lainščak, Alojzija Hočevar, Dušan Logar, Bojana Beovič and Tadeja Matos, et al.
1025-1026
Case Report
Severe gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis
Sotiris C. Plastiras, Michael Tzivras and Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos
1027-1028
Case report
Ascending aortic aneurysm in a man with scleroderma
Robert R. Attaran and David Guarraia
1029-1031
Case Report
Rheumatic-like syndrome as a symptom of underlying gastric cancer
C. Papagoras, J. Kountouras, S. Brilakis, D. Chatzopoulos and C. Zavos, et al.
1032
Erratum
Levels of soluble E-selectin in patients with active Behçet’s disease
Refik Ali Sari, Ahmet Kiziltunç, Seyithan Taysi, Serpil Akdemir and Mehmet Gündoğdu