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OP24 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF INTRA-ARTICULAR TRIAMCINOLONE
AND/OR PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SHOULDER CAPSULITIS.
I Ryans 1 , A Montgomery 2 , R Galway 2 , WG Kernohan 3 , R McKane 1 . 1
Rhematology Department, The Ulster
Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; 2 Physiotherapy Department, The Ulster
Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; 3 Faculty of Life and Health Sciences,
University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
BSR Plenary Oral Session
Wednesday 21 April 2004, 14:00 – 16:00
BSR PLENARY SESSION (OP25 - OP30) Pentland/Sidlaw
OP25 TARGETING B CELLS WITH RITUXIMAB: AN EFFECTIVE AND WELL TOLERATED
TREATMENT FOR ACTIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA).
JD Isaacs 1 , P Emery 2 . 1
Department of Rheumatology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom; 2 Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease, Department of
Rheumatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom
OP26 HEBERDEN’S NODES: WHAT HEBERDEN DIDN’T SEE- A HIGH RESOLUTION MRI STUDY OF THE
MICRO-ARCHITECTURAL ABNORMALITIES IN EARLY AND ESTABLISHED HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS.
AL Tan 1 , A Grainger 2 , SF Tanner 3 , P Emery 1 , D McGonagle 1 . 1
Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease,
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Radiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds,
United Kingdom; 3 Academic Unit of Medical Physics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
OP27 PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS SYNOVITIS: A CRITICAL ROLE FOR IL-15 AND IL-18?
DJ Kane 1 , A Gracie 2 , S Karanaman 2 , M Gogarty 3 , B Bresnihan 3 , O FitzGerald 3 , IB McInnes 2 .
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Rheumatology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom; 2 Centre for Rheumatic Diseases,
Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom; 3 Rheumatology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital,
Dublin, United Kingdom
Young Investigator Award Winner
OP28 VERY EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IS CHARACTERISED BY A UNIQUE AND TRANSIENT
T CELL AND STROMAL CYTOKINE PROFILE.
K Raza 1 , SJ Curnow 1 , EJ Taylor 1 , KY Lee 2 , AN Akbar 3 , J Lord 1 , GD Kitas 4 , CD Buckley 1 , C Gordon 1 ,
M Salmon 1 . 1
Division of Immunity and Infection, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Radiology, City Hospital, Dudley
Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, United Kingdom; 3 Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology,
Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom; 4 Department of
Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Dudley, DY1 4SE, United Kingdom
OP29 MODERATE ALCOHOL IS GOOD FOR WOMEN’S BONES.
FMK Williams, LF Cherkas, TD Spector, AJ MacGregor. Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit,
St Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
Michael Mason Prize Winner
OP30 autoantibodies, lupus, and the science of sabotage
A Rahman. Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London,
United Kingdom.
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