1. Age-Specific Values and Cutoff Levels for the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis in Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements at the Calcaneus with SAHARA in Healthy Japanese Women: Japanese Population-Based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study

   • Y. Ikeda
   • M. Iki
   • F. Marumo

   OriginalPaper 20 June 2002 Pages: 1 - 9

2. The Effect of Multiple Pregnancies on Lumbar Bone Mineral Density in Japanese Women

   • H. Matsushita
   • T. Kurabayashi
   • K. Tanaka

   OriginalPaper 05 June 2002 Pages: 10 - 13

3. Uncoupling of Bone Turnover Following Hip Replacement

   • H. Whitson
   • D. DeMarco
   • S.L. Greenspan

   OriginalPaper 05 June 2002 Pages: 14 - 19

4. Serum Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase 5b, but not 5a, Correlates with Other Markers of Bone Turnover and Bone Mineral Density

   • J.M. Halleen
   • H. Ylipahkala
   • H.K. Väänänen

   OriginalPaper 20 June 2002 Pages: 20 - 25

5. Investigation of the Genetic Influence of the OPG, VDR (Fok1), and COLIA1 Sp1 Polymorphisms on BMD in the Irish Population

   • F. Wynne
   • F. Drummond
   • K.A. Quane

   OriginalPaper 20 June 2002 Pages: 26 - 35

6. Maintenance of Osteoblastic and Adipocytic Differentiation Potential with Age and Osteoporosis in Human Marrow Stromal Cell Cultures

   • J. Justesen
   • K. Stenderup
   • M. Kassem

   OriginalPaper 24 June 2002 Pages: 36 - 44

7. Immunohistochemical Localization of Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor KappaB (RANK) and its Ligand (RANKL) in Human Deciduous Teeth

   • S. Lossdörfer
   • W. Götz
   • A. Jäger

   OriginalPaper 04 June 2002 Pages: 45 - 52

8. Interferon-gamma Production Changes in Parallel with Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Induced Bone Resorption in Mice: An Immunohistometrical Study

   • H. Moriyama
   • T. Ukai
   • Y. Hara

   OriginalPaper 04 June 2002 Pages: 53 - 58

9. Comparison of Inhibitory Activity on Calcium Phosphate Precipitation by Acidic Proline-Rich Proteins, Statherin, and Histatin-1

   • N. Tamaki
   • T. Tada
   • T. Watanabe

   OriginalPaper 13 June 2002 Pages: 59 - 62

10. Bone Mineral Content and Density in the Humerus of Adult Myostatin-Deficient Mice

    • M.W. Hamrick
    • A.C. McPherron
    • C.O. Lovejoy

    OriginalPaper 13 June 2002 Pages: 63 - 68

11. A Comparison of Alfacalcidol and Menatetrenone for the Treatment of Bone Loss in an Ovariectomized Rat Model of Osteoporosis

    • A. Shiraishi
    • S. Higashi
    • T. Nakamura

    OriginalPaper 20 June 2002 Pages: 69 - 79

12. Effects of Human Recombinant Calcitonin on a Rat Osteopenia Model Induced by TPTX and Arotinoid

    • C. Fukuda
    • K. Oizumi
    • M. Miyamoto

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2002 Pages: 80 - 87

13. Bone-Protecting Effect of Safflower Seeds in Ovariectomized Rats

    • H.J. Kim
    • Y.C. Bae
    • W.J. Lee

    OriginalPaper 20 June 2002 Pages: 88 - 94

14. Announcements

    • C. Fukuda
    • K. Oizumi
    • M. Miyamoto

    Announcement 05 June 2002 Pages: 95 - 95