Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases articles from December 2000

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases archives from December 2000

Analysis of synovial biopsy samples: opportunities and challenges.
December 1, 2000... It has become clear in recent years that the synovium is the primary site of inflammation and a major effector organ in a variety of joint diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As a result, there has been increased interest in...

Inflamed retrocalcaneal bursa and Achilles tendonitis in psoriatic arthritis demonstrated by ultrasonography.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objective--To demonstrate the use of high resolution ultrasound measurements and power Doppler mode in the diagnosis and follow up of a patient with psoriatic arthritic with retrocalcaneal bursitis and Achilles tendonitis. ...

Colour atlas of bone, joint and soft tissue pathology.(Review)
December 1, 2000... Colour atlas of bone, joint and soft tissue pathology. Nicholas A Athanasou. (140. [pounds sterling]) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 9-780192-627926. Here is a wonderful introduction to the often underappreciated world of...

EULAR recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis: report of a task force of the Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutic Trials (ESCISIT).
December 1, 2000... Abstract Background--Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease encountered throughout Europe. A task force for the EULAR Standing Committee for Clinical Trials met in 1998 to determine the methodological and logistical...

Comparative study of the synovial histology in rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, and osteoarthritis: influence of disease duration and activity.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objectives--To compare the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthropathy (SPA), and osteoarthritis (OA) after exclusion of possible biases induced by disease...

No increased mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: up to 10 years of follow up from disease onset.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objective--To investigate mortality, functional capacity, and prognostic factors for mortality in an inception cohort of patients with recently diagnosed RA followed up for up to 10 years. Methods--The observed mortality of...

Apoptosis in normal and osteoarthritic human articular cartilage.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objectives--To investigate whether apoptosis occurs in osteoarthritis (OA), and if this phenomenon is modulated by human recombinant interleukin 1 [Beta] (hrIL1 [Beta]). Methods--Human articular cartilage samples were...

Responsiveness of the core set, response criteria, and utilities in early rheumatoid arthritis.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objective--Validation of responsiveness and discriminative power of the World Health Organisation/International League of Associations for Rheumatology (WHO/ ILAR) core set, the American College of Rheumatology (AGR), and...

Anti-ribosomal P protein antibodies detected by immunoblotting in patients with connective tissue diseases: their specificity for SLE and association with IgG anticardiolipin antibodies.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objective--To assess the prevalence and clinical and serological associations of anti-ribosomal P protein antibodies (anti-P antibodies) in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) and investigate the immunobiological...

Procollagen IIC-peptide as a marker for assessing mechanical risk factors of knee osteoarthritis: effect of obesity and varus alignment.
December 1, 2000... Abstract Objective--To ascertain by cross sectional examination whether the concentration of procollagen IIC-peptide in joint fluid significantly correlates with mechanical risk factors of knee osteoarthritis (OA), such as obesity (body...

Enthesitis and ankylosis in spondyloarthropathy: what is the target of the immune response?
December 1, 2000... A report from a symposium held at Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Free University, Berlin, Germany, 25-26 February 2000 This symposium was organised by J Braun and J Sieper (Free University, Berlin) to review the current knowledge of the...

Anatomy and biochemistry of entheses.
December 1, 2000... Anatomy and biochemistry of entheses MICHAEL BENJAMIN Anatomy Unit, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK There are two different types of entheses. Fibrous entheses are characterised by pure dense fibrous connective...

Enthesophytes develop by endochondral ossification in enthesis fibrocartilage and their formation can be an extension of normal enthesis development: detailed MRI assessments of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthropathy.
December 1, 2000... Enthesophytes develop by endochondral ossification in enthesis fibrocartilage and their formation can be an extension of normal enthesis development: detailed MRI assessments of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthropathy MATTHIAS BOLLOW,...

Successful anti-TNF[Alpha] treatment in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
December 1, 2000... Successful anti-TNF[Alpha] treatment in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) JAN BRANDT, JURGEN BRAUN Department of Medicine, Rheumatology, Benjamin Franklin FU and German Rheumatology Research Centre, Berlin, Germany ...

Enthesitis and ankylosis in spondyloarthropathy (SpA).
December 1, 2000... Enthesitis and ankylosis in spondyloarthropathy (SpA) JURGEN BRAUN, JOACHIM SIEPER Rheumatology Benjamin Franklin Hospital, FU, Berlin and German Rheumatology Research Centre, Berlin The sacroiliac joint is centrally involved in...

Role of enthesitis in juvenile SpA.
December 1, 2000... Role of enthesitis in juvenile SpA RUBEN BURGOS-VARGAS Hospital General, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Enthesopathy is one of the most important signs of disease in children with juvenile onset spondyloarthropathies...

Pathology of enthesitis in the spondyloarthropathies (SpA).
December 1, 2000... Pathology of enthesitis in the spondyloarthropathies (SpA) PASCAL CLAUDEPIERRE Department of Rheumatology, Hopital H Mondor, Creteil-Paris, France Enthesitis is a cardinal feature of the SpA. Its pathological process seems to...

Zygapophyseal joint involvement in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
December 1, 2000... Zygapophyseal joint involvement in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) KURT DE VLAM, ERIC VEYS Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium In AS, inflammatory changes and ankylosis of the zygapophyseal (ZA) joint are...

Histopathology of ankylosing enthesopathy (ANKENT).
December 1, 2000... Histopathology of ankylosing enthesopathy (ANKENT) FRITS EULDERINK Delft, Netherlands ANKENT is a naturally occurring, progressive stiffening of the ankle and/or tarsal joints in mice. It occurs in up to 30% of adult male mice...

Is inflammation the trigger for new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis?
December 1, 2000... Is inflammation the trigger for new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis? HANS-GEORG FASSBENDER Centre for Pathology of Rheumatic Diseases (WHO Colloborating Centre), Mainz, Germany Objective--To test the hypothesis that new...

Pathology of peripheral joints in spondyloarthropathy.
December 1, 2000... Pathology of peripheral joints in spondyloarthropathy O FITZGERALD Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin Peripheral joint involvement occurs in approximately 30% of patients with ankylosing...

Axial pathology in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
December 1, 2000... Axial pathology in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) ROBERT FRANCOIS Brussels, Military Hospital, Belgium This presentation is based on a systematic screening of sacroiliac (SI) joints (5 biopsies and 7 necropsies) of patients with AS...

Possible role of TGF[Beta] and BMPs in bone and entheses pathology.
December 1, 2000... Possible role of TGF[Beta] and BMPs in bone and entheses pathology THOMAS HAUPL, MICHAEL SITTINGER Department of Rheumatology, Charite, HU Berlin, Germany. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the transforming growth...

Cartilage matrix molecular constituents and function.
December 1, 2000... Cartilage matrix molecular constituents and function DICK HEINEGARD Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Sweden Articular cartilage is a composite tissue with mechanical function. The composition and...

Enthesitis: a broader definition.
December 1, 2000... Enthesitis: a broader definition MUHAMMAD ASIM KHAN Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Enthesitis is the characteristic primary lesion of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and related spondyloarthropathies (SpA),...

Fusion of vertebral bodies and sacroiliac joints by cartilaginous tissue in B27 transgenic rats.
December 1, 2000... Fusion of vertebral bodies and sacroiliac joints by cartilaginous tissue in B27 transgenic rats JORG KRIEGSMANN(*), STEFFEN GAY([dagger]) (*)Institute of Pathology, University of Mainz, Germany;([dagger])Centre for Experimental...

Enthesitis and reactive arthritis.
December 1, 2000... Enthesitis and reactive arthritis MARJATTA LEIRISALO-REPO Division of Rheumatology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland Enthesitis is a key feature of the spondyloarthropathies, and it has been suggested that it is...

Enthesitis in spondyloarthropathy.
December 1, 2000... Enthesitis in spondyloarthropathy DENNIS MCGONAGLE Department of Rheumatology, The University of Leeds, UK Entheseal insertions are ubiquitous throughout the skeleton, and the importance of enthesitis in the pathology of...

Imaging of enthesitis.
December 1, 2000... Imaging of enthesitis IGNAZIO OLIVIERI Rheumatic Disease Unit, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy Enthesitis, the inflammation at sites of a tendon, fascia, ligament, or joint capsule attachment to bone, is a distinctive...

Is there a unifying concept for the spondyloarthropathies?
December 1, 2000... Is there a unifying concept for the spondyloarthropathies? JOACHIM SIEPER, JURGEN BRAUN Benjamin Franklin Hospital, FU Berlin, Germany and Germany Rheumatology Research Centre, Berlin Clinical, epidemiological, genetic, and...

Proteoglycan aggrecan in enthesitis: facts and concept.
December 1, 2000... Proteoglycan aggrecan in enthesitis: facts and concept YIPING ZHANG, A ROBIN POOLE Joint Diseases Laboratory, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The inflammation of...

Magnitude of the genetic component in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
December 1, 2000... Genetic factors undoubtedly play a part at least in some forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Yet it is commonly believed that the risk to a sibling of a patient with JIA is not particularly strong as shown by the rarity of reported...

A case of rheumatoid meningitis positive for perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.
December 1, 2000... Rheumatoid meningitis (RM) is a pachymeningitis rarely occurring in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The pathophysiology of RM is not clear, though a diffuse vasculitis in the dura mater has been shown in some patients.[1] Here we present a patient...

Increased frequency of HLA-DRB1 *0401 in patients with RA and bronchiectasis.(rheumatoid arthritis )
December 1, 2000... Lung disease is one of the extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and includes pleuritis, parenchymal nodules, interstitial fibrosis, and obstructive airway disease.[1] Increased risk of pulmonary infection and...

CORRECTION.(to the supplement "Advances in targeted therapies II", in the November 2000 issue)(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2000... ARD supplement The supplement "Advances in targeted therapies II", published at the same time as the November 2000 issue of the Annals, was mistakenly called supplement I. It should have been called supplement II. The EULAR supplement...