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Articles

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  Multiple Courses of Rituximab Produce Sustained Clinical and Radiographic Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to 1 or More Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors: 5-Year Data from the REFLEX Study

  EDWARD C. KEYSTONE, STANLEY B. COHEN, PAUL EMERY, JOEL M. KREMER, MAXIME DOUGADOS, JAMES E. LOVELESS, CAROL CHUNG, PAMELA WONG, PATRICIA B. LEHANE and HELEN TYRRELL

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2238-2246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120573
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  Effect of Rheumatologist Education on Systematic Measurements and Treatment Decisions in Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Metrix Study

  JANET POPE, CARTER THORNE, ALFRED CIVIDINO and KURT LUCAS

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2247-2252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120597
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  Pregnancy and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Highly Predisposed North American Native Population

  CHRISTINE A. PESCHKEN, DAVID B. ROBINSON, CAROL A. HITCHON, IRENE SMOLIK, DONNA HART, CHARLES N. BERNSTEIN and HANI S. EL-GABALAWY

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2253-2260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120269
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  Different Type of Carotid Arterial Wall Remodeling in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared with Healthy Subjects: A Case-Control Study

  ALPER M. VAN SIJL, KATJA VAN DEN HURK, MIKE J.L. PETERS, VOKKO P. VAN HALM, GIEL NIJPELS, COEN D.A. STEHOUWER, YVO M. SMULDERS, ALEXANDRE E. VOSKUYL, JACQUELINE M. DEKKER and MICHAEL T. NURMOHAMED

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2261-2266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120617
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  Infliximab is Associated with Improvement in Arterial Stiffness in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis — A Randomized Trial

  LAI-SHAN TAM, QING SHANG, EDMUND K. LI, SHANG WANG, RUI-JIE LI, KA-LAI LEE, YING-YING LEUNG, KING-YEE YING, CHEUK-WAN YIM, EMILY W. KUN, MOON-HO LEUNG, MARTIN LI, TENA K. LI, TRACY Y. ZHU, RICKY K. CHUI, LORRAINE TSEUNG, SHUI-LIAN YU, WOON-PANG KUAN and CHEUK-MAN YU

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2267-2275; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120541
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  ZAP-70+ B Cell Subset Influences Response to B Cell Depletion Therapy and Early Repopulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis

  ELISA GREMESE, BARBARA TOLUSSO, ANNA LAURA FEDELE, SILVIA CANESTRI, STEFANO ALIVERNINI and GIANFRANCO FERRACCIOLI

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2276-2285; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120153
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  Semiquantified Noncalcified Coronary Plaque in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

  ADNAN N. KIANI, JENS VOGEL-CLAUSSEN, ARMIN ARBAB-ZADEH, LAURENCE S. MAGDER, JOAO LIMA and MICHELLE PETRI

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2286-2293; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120197
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  Influence of the IL6 Gene in Susceptibility to Systemic Sclerosis

  MARIA CARMEN CÉNIT, CARMEN P. SIMEÓN, MADELON C. VONK, JOSE L. CALLEJAS-RUBIO, GERARD ESPINOSA, PATRICIA CARREIRA, FRANCISCO J. BLANCO, JAVIER NARVAEZ, CARLOS TOLOSA, JOSÉ A. ROMÁN-IVORRA, INMACULADA GÓMEZ-GARCÍA, FRANCISCO J. GARCÍA-HERNÁNDEZ, MARÍA GALLEGO, ROSA GARCÍA-PORTALES, MARÍA VICTORIA EGURBIDE, VICENTE FONOLLOSA, PALOMA GARCÍA de la PEÑA, FRANCISCO J. LÓPEZ-LONGO, MIGUEL A. GONZÁLEZ-GAY, The Spanish Scleroderma Group, ROGER HESSELSTRAND, GABRIELA RIEMEKASTEN, TORSTEN WITTE, ALEXANDRE E. VOSKUYL, ANNEMIE J. SCHUERWEGH, RAJAN MADHOK, CARMEN FONSECA, CHRISTOPHER DENTON, ANNIKA NORDIN, ØYVIND PALM, JACOB M. van LAAR, NICOLAS HUNZELMANN, JÖRG H.W. DISTLER, ALEXANDER KREUTER, ARIANE HERRICK, JANE WORTHINGTON, BOBBY P. KOELEMAN, TIMOTHY R.D.J. RADSTAKE and JAVIER MARTÍN

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2294-2302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120506
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  Annual Medical Costs and Healthcare Resource Use in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis in an Insured Population

  DANIEL E. FURST, ANCILLA W. FERNANDES, SERBAN R. IORGA, WARREN GRETH and TIM BANCROFT

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2303-2309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120600
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  Increased Body Mass Index in Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Associated with Greater Burden of Symptoms and Poor Perceptions of the Benefits of Exercise

  LAURA DURCAN, FIONA WILSON, RICHARD CONWAY, GAYE CUNNANE and FINBAR D. O’SHEA

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2310-2314; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120595
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  Comparison of the Clinical Expression of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis from Europe and Latin America

  MARIANA BENEGAS, ELISA MUÑOZ-GOMARIZ, PILAR FONT, RUBEN BURGOS-VARGAS, JOSÉ CHAVES, DANIEL PALLEIRO, JOSÉ MALDONADO COCCO, MIGUEL GUTIÉRREZ, RICARDO SÁENZ, IVAN STECKMEN, OSCAR RILLO, JUAN MULERO, PERCIVAL SAMPAIO-BARROS, ANABELA BARCELOS, BERT VANDER CRUYSSEN, JANITZIA VAZQUEZ-MELLADO and EDUARDO COLLANTES ESTEVEZ

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2315-2320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.110687
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  Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anterior Atlantoaxial Subluxation in Ankylosing Spondylitis

  JI-SEON LEE, SEUNGHUN LEE, SO-YOUNG BANG, KYUNG SOO CHOI, KYUNG BIN JOO, YONG-BUM KIM, IL-HOON SUNG and TAE-HWAN KIM

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2321-2326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120260
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  Rituximab Treatment for Spondyloarthritis. A Nationwide Series: Data from the AIR Registry of the French Society of Rheumatology

  DANIEL WENDLING, MAXIME DOUGADOS, FRANCIS BERENBAUM, OLIVIER BROCQ, THIERRY SCHAEVERBEKE, BERNARD MAZIERES, CHRISTIAN MARCELLI, JEAN-MARIE LePARC, PHILIPPE BERTIN, MICHÈLE ROBIN, JEAN SIBILIA, PIERRE LAFFORGUE, CLÉMENT PRATI, BERNARD COMBE and JACQUES-ERIC GOTTENBERG on behalf of the French Society of Rheumatology and the Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2327-2331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120201
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  Discovertebral Erosions in Patients with Enteropathic Spondyloarthritis

  ROSARIO PELUSO, MATTEO NICOLA DARIO DI MINNO, VINCENZO BRUNER, ERNESTO SOSCIA, FABIANA CASTIGLIONE, FRANCESCO MANGUSO, SALVATORE IERVOLINO and RAFFAELE SCARPA

  The Journal of Rheumatology December 1 2012, 39 (12) 2332-2340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.120415