1. Requisite roles of Runx2 and Cbfb in skeletal development

   • Toshihisa Komori

   Review article Pages: 193 - 197

2. Calcitonin for the treatment of osteoporosis: dosage and dosing interval in Japan

   • Hirose Yamauchi
   • Hiroaki Suzuki
   • Hajime Orimo

   Review article Pages: 198 - 204

3. Interaction of AP-1 and the ctgf gene: a possible driver of chondrocyte hypertrophy in growth cartilage

   • Norifumi H. Moritani
   • Satoshi Kubota
   • Masaharu Takigawa

   Short communication Pages: 205 - 210

4. Comparative effects of orchidectomy and sciatic neurectomy on cortical and cancellous bone in young growing rats

   • Jun Iwamoto
   • Tsuyoshi Takeda
   • James K. Yeh

   Original articles Pages: 211 - 216

5. Clinical usefulness of measurements of urinary deoxypyridinoline (DPD) in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis receiving intermittent cyclical etidronate: advantage of free form of DPD over total DPD in predicting treatment efficacy

   • Kayoko Kitatani
   • Kiyoshi Nakatsuka
   • Yoshiki Nishizawa

   Pages: 217 - 224

6. Association between bone loss and promoter polymorphism in the IL-6 gene in elderly Japanese women with hip fracture

   • Dongyun Feng
   • Hideaki Ishibashi
   • Yasuko Koshihara

   Pages: 225 - 228

7. Sequential changes in periprosthetic bone mineral density following total hip arthroplasty: a 3-year follow-up

   • Hiroshi Ohta
   • Seneki Kobayashi
   • Kunio Takaoka

   Pages: 229 - 233

8. Influence of number of pregnancies on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women of different age groups

   • Ali Gur
   • Kemal Nas
   • Mehmet Karakoc

   Pages: 234 - 241

9. Should COPD patients be routinely evaluated for bone mineral density?

   • Fisun Karadag
   • Orhan Cildag
   • Ozgur Gurgey

   Pages: 242 - 246

10. Low serum levels of intact osteocalcin in patients with congestive heart failure

    • Stefanie Schulze Schleithoff
    • Armin Zittermann
    • Peter Stehle

    Pages: 247 - 252