1. Modulation of bone calcium-binding sites regulates plasma calcium: An hypothesis

   • Felix Bronner
   • W. D. Stein

   Review Pages: 483 - 489

2. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in the lumbar spine, forearm, and mandible of nephrotic patients: A double-blind study on the high-dose, long-term effects of prednisone versus deflazacort

   • K. Olgaard
   • T. Storm
   • L. Brandi

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 490 - 497

3. Predictors of osteopenia in premenopausal women with anorexia nervosa

   • Phillipa J. Hay
   • John W. Delahunt
   • Clare Salmond

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 498 - 501

4. Compact and trabecular components of the spine using quantitative computed tomography

   • Tamas Sandor
   • Dieter Felsenberg
   • Edward Brown

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 502 - 506

5. The effect of overlying calcification on lumbar bone densitometry

   • Paul J. Drinka
   • Arthur A. DeSmet
   • Alice Rogot

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 507 - 510

6. Inhibition of calcium phosphate precipitation by human salivary statherin: Structure-activity relationships

   • Steven S. Schwartz
   • Donald I. Hay
   • Susan K. Schluckebier

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 511 - 517

7. Endogenous production of specific antibodies does not decrease hypocalcemic response to calcitonin in young rabbits

   • Jean Yves Reginster
   • M. Azria
   • P. Franchimont

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 518 - 520

8. The effect of a new vitamin D analog, 22-oxa-1α,25(OH)₂D₃, on bone mineral metabolism in normal male rats

   • Makoto Takizawa
   • Michael Fallon
   • Sol Epstein

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 521 - 523

9. Verapamil induces increased bone volume and osteopenia in female rats but has the opposite effect in male rats

   • Eva Samnegård
   • Göran Sjödén

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 524 - 526

10. Mineralization and bone formation on microcarrier beads with isolated rat calvaria cell population

    • Jean-Michel Sautier
    • Jean-Raphaël Nefussi
    • Nadine Forest

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 527 - 532

11. A phorbol ester induces secretion of alkaline phosphatase activity in human osteosarcoma cells

    • Tove Ringbom-Anderson
    • Karl E. O. Åkerman

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 533 - 540

12. Expression of growth hormone receptor by immunocytochemistry in rat molar root formation and alveolar bone remodeling

    • Chayvis Z. Zhang
    • W. G. Young
    • M. J. Waters

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 541 - 546

13. The effect of mechanical deformation on the distribution of potassium ions across the cell membrane of sutural cells

    • F. McDonald
    • W. J. B. Houston

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 547 - 552

14. Induction of normal and dystrophic mineralization by glycerophosphates in long-term bone organ culture

    • Helmtrud I. Roach

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 553 - 563

15. Ocular-chondrodysplasia in Labrador Retriever dogs: A morphometric and electron microscopical analysis

    • Cornelia E. Farnum
    • Kathy Jones
    • Norman J. Wilsman

    Orthopedic Surgical Forum Pages: 564 - 572

16. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 573 - 573