1. Multiple functions of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs): a new aspect involving osteoclastic bone resorption

   • Taro Hayakawa

   Review article Pages: 1 - 13

2. Osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor/osteoprotegerin ameliorates the decrease in both bone mineral density and bone strength in immobilized rats

   • Shin-ichi Mochizuki
   • Nobuaki Fujise
   • Eisuke Tsuda

   Original articles Pages: 14 - 20

3. Altered bone turnover in chlorpromazine-challenged rats and its effect on 1α-hydroxyvitamin D₃ administration in vivo

   • Koutaro Oh-ie
   • Takashi Miyazaki
   • Tsugikazu Komoda

   Pages: 21 - 27

4. Importance of deletion of T at nucleotide 1559 in the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase gene in Japanese patients with hypophosphatasia

   • Hideo Orimo
   • Masae Goseki-Sone
   • Takashi Shimada

   Pages: 28 - 33

5. Bone ultrasonometry, bone density, and turnover markers in type 1 Gaucher disease

   • Carmelo Erio Fiore
   • Rita Barone
   • Stefania Riccobene

   Pages: 34 - 38

6. The role of trace minerals in the pathogenesis of postmenopausal osteoporosis and a new effect of calcitonin

   • Ali Gür
   • Leyla Çolpan
   • M. Zahir Düz

   Pages: 39 - 43

7. Comparison of the effects of transdermal estrogen, oral estrogen, and oral estrogen-progestogen therapy on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

   • Mehmet B. Çetinkaya
   • Arif Kökçü
   • Tayfun Alper

   Pages: 44 - 48

8. Serum osteocalcin in relation to calcaneal bone mineral density in elderly men and women: a 5-year follow-up

   • Sulin Cheng
   • Harri Suominen
   • Eino Heikkinen

   Pages: 49 - 56