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Research highlight: Specialized fibromyalgia care of no benefit    Open Access
Treating fibromyalgia in specialized care offers no clear advantages over its routine management in primary care settings, finds a meta-analysis of 33 trials assessing 120 treatment interventions on 7789 patients.
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R81

Review   
High avidity autoreactive T cells with a low signalling capacity through the T-cell receptor: central to rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis?
Ranjeny Thomas, Malcolm Turner, Andrew P Cope
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:210 (24 July 2008)
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Research article    
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor in the human and sand rat intervertebral disc
Helen E Gruber, Jane A Ingram, Gretchen L Hoelscher, Natalia Zinchenko, H. JAMES Norton, Edward N. Hanley Jr.
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R82 (17 July 2008)
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Research article    
Efficacy of fibromyalgia treatment according to level of care: a meta-analysis
Javier Garcia-Campayo, Jesus Magdalena, Rosa Magallon, Esther Fernandez-Garcia, Montserrat Salas, Eva Andres
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R81 (15 July 2008)
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Research article    
No evidence of association or interactions between the IL-4, IL-4R alpha and IL-13 genes and rheumatoid arthritis
Ioanna Marinou, Simon H Till, David J Moore, Anthony G Wilson
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R80 (14 July 2008)
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Research article    
Fragmentation of decorin, biglycan, lumican and keratocan is elevated in degenerate human meniscus, knee and hip articular cartilages compared to age-matched macroscopically normal and control tissues
James Melrose, Emily F Fuller, Peter J Roughley, Margaret M Smith, Briedgeen Kerr, Clare E Hughes, Bruce Caterson, Christopher B Little
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R79 (14 July 2008)
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Research article    
Ultrasound properties of articular cartilage in the tibio-femoral joint in knee osteoarthritis: relation to clinical assessment (ICRS grade)
Hiroshi Kuroki, Yasuaki Nakagawa, Koji Mori, Masahiko Kobayashi, Ko Yasura, Yukihiro Okamoto, Takashi Suzuki, Kohei Nishitani, Takashi Nakamura
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R78 (13 July 2008)
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Cells of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis. Macrophages
Raimund W Kinne, Bruno Stuhlmüller, Gerd-R Burmester
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007, 9:224 (21 December 2007)
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Cells of the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis. Synovial fibroblasts
Ulf Müller-Ladner, Caroline Ospelt, Steffen Gay, Oliver Distler, Thomas Pap
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007, 9:223 (30 December 2007)
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