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• B cells, rheumatoid factor-producing, in RA synovial fluid, 2211
• B1a cells, expanded splenic, in NZM2410 lupus-prone mice, 1652
• Babesia microti coinfection in Lyme disease, 195
• Bacteria. See also names of specific bacteria
  • PCR for identification of, in inflamed joints, 535, 845, 2276, 2278
• Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index (BASRI), 2263
• Bcl-2, in SLE, 596, 823
• Behcet's disease, and HLA-B51, 68
• β2-glycoprotein I (β2-GPI)
  • -dependent antiphospholipid autoantibodies, endothelial cells and, 1738
  • human anticardiolipin IgG autoantibodies and, 1026
  • in SLE, 215
• Biglycan
  • in cultured human chondrocytes, 274
  • identification in synoviocytes in RA, 1356
• Bisphosphonate treatment of Paget's disease, 354
• Bone, burst fractures of, in RA and osteoporosis, 747
• Bone densitometry in osteoporosis, 577
• Bone marrow mononuclear cells, 2032
• Bone marrow transplantation (BMT), allogeneic, autoimmune disease after, 453
• Book review: Rheumatoid Arthritis (Harris), 190
• Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme disease, 195
• Brain, in SLE, 41