1. Increasing incidence and mortality rates of soft tissue sarcoma in Western countries?

   • B. Schuurman
   • S. Meyer

   Editorial Pages: 339 - 340

2. Foreword

   • C. Hasslacher
   • C. G. Brilla

   EditorialNotes Pages: S1 - S1

3. Twenty-five years of renal transplantation from: a single center a risk factor analysis for short- and long-term outcomes

   • Transplantationsgruppe Mittelfranken

   Review Pages: 341 - 350

4. Renin-angiotensin system components and endothelial proteins as markers of diabetic microvascular disease

   • M. A. D. H. Schalekamp

   Original Articles Pages: S3 - S6

5. Inclusion body myositis : clinical and histopathological features of 36 patients

   • S. Beyenburg
   • S. Zierz
   • F. Jerusalem

   Original Article Pages: 351 - 361

6. The renin-angiotensin system and extracellular matrix

   • A. W. A. Hahn
   • F. Kern
   • T. J. Resink

   Original Articles Pages: S7 - S12

7. Clinical features of type III hyperlipoproteinemia: analysis of 64 patients

   • G. Feussner
   • A. Wagner
   • R. Ziegler

   Original Article Pages: 362 - 366

8. Alterations of glomerular matrix proteins in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy

   • B. Olgemöller
   • E. Schleicher

   Original Articles Pages: S13 - S19

9. Subclinical hypothyroidism: neurobehavioral features and beneficial effect of l-thyroxine treatment

   • F. Monzanil
   • P. Del Guerra
   • L. Baschieri

   Original Article Pages: 367 - 371

10. ACE inhibitors and diabetic nephropathy: clinical and experimental findings

    • C. Hasslacher
    • H. P. Kempe
    • A. Bostedt-Kiesel

    Original Articles Pages: S20 - S24

11. Bromocriptine treatment over 12 years in acromegaly: effect on glucose tolerance and insulin secretion

    • H. Rau
    • P.-H. Althoff
    • K.H. Usadel

    Original Article Pages: 372 - 378

12. The cardiac renin-angiotensin system: physiological relevance and pharmacological modulation

    • J. Holtz

    Original Articles Pages: S25 - S34

13. Insulin enhances angiotensin II induced DNA synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells of the rat

    • Y. Ko
    • A. Sachinidis
    • H. Vetter

    Original Article Pages: 379 - 382

14. Renin-angiotensin system and myocardial collagen matrix remodeling in hypertensive heart disease: in vivo and in vitro studies on collagen matrix regulation

    • C. G. Brilla
    • B. Maisch
    • K. T. Weber

    Original Articles Pages: S35 - S41

15. Effects of garlic coated tablets in peripheral arterial occlusive disease

    • H. Kiesewetter
    • F. Jung
    • E. Wenzel

    Original Article Pages: 383 - 386

16. Coronary microcirculation in hypertensive heart disease: functional significance and therapeutic implications

    • W. Motz
    • M. Vogt
    • B. E. Strauer

    Original Articles Pages: S42 - S45

17. Gottron's acrogeria and sarcoidosis

    • A. Meurer
    • G. Lohmöller
    • C. Keller

    Case Report Pages: 387 - 391

18. Functional changes in left ventricular hypertrophy: diagnosis of impaired diastolic function in patients with hypertension

    • R. Blasini
    • V. Tiessen
    • A. Schömig

    Original Articles Pages: S46 - S50

19. Clinical pharmacology of zidovudine and other 2′,3′-dideoxynucleoside analogues

    • F. Kamali

    Clinical Pharmacology Pages: 392 - 405

20. Ovarian sex steroids and atherosclerosis

    • M. Riedel
    • W. Rafflenbeul
    • P. Lichtlen

    Clinical Pharmacology Pages: 406 - 412

21. Immune thrombocytopenia associated with hemorrhagic diathesis due to ibuprofen administration

    • T. Meyer
    • C. Herrmann
    • C. Mueller-Eckhardt

    Clinical Pharmacology Pages: 413 - 415

22. Study of serum procollagen type III peptide in patients with hepatic cirrhosis from a clinical point of view

    • F. Díaz
    • J. Collazos
    • J. Genollá

    Molecular Medicine Pages: 416 - 418

23. News from around the world

    News Pages: 419 - 420