1. Condolences

   • Fujio Suzuki

   Announcement Pages: ii - ii

2. Interaction of parathyroid hormone and of parathyroid hormone-related peptide with target cells in the skeleton

   • D. Goltzman

   Review Article Pages: 57 - 60

3. Isolated chick osteocytes stimulate formation and bone-resorbing activity of osteoclast-like cells

   • Kayo Tanaka
   • Yuji Yamaguchi
   • Yoshiyuki Hakeda

   Original Articles Pages: 61 - 70

4. The fluorescent simultaneous azo dye technique for demonstration of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activity in osteoclast-like multinucleate cells

   • Toshio Tsuchiya
   • Yoshiro Matsumoto
   • Saburo Kurihara

   Original Articles Pages: 71 - 76

5. Reorganization of isolated chondrocytes into growth plate-like tissues in pelleted cultures

   • Weiqun Yan
   • Minghua Tong
   • Yukio Kato

   Original Articles Pages: 77 - 80

6. Increased urinary excretion of pyridinium cross-links as markers of bone resorption in bone metastases of lung cancer

   • Katsuyuki Tomita
   • Hideki Kawamura
   • Takao Sasaki

   Original Articles Pages: 81 - 86

7. Sodium ferrous citrate does not cause aluminum retention in rats with experimentally induced renal failure

   • Kazuto Yamazaki
   • Takashi Kajima
   • Yoshindo Kawaguchi

   Original Articles Pages: 87 - 92

8. Effect of calcium supplementation as oyster shell heated in vacuo on metabolism and survival of rats

   • Takuo Fujita
   • Riko Kitazawa
   • Takeshi Nakai

   Original Articles Pages: 93 - 97

9. Direct evidence of altered bone metabolism caused by all-trans retinoic acid

   • Shoichiro Nagasaka
   • Arina Aoyagi
   • Toshikazu Saito

   Case Report Pages: 98 - 100

10. International symposium on cartilage metabolism

    • Fujio Suzuki
    • Barbara D. Boyan

    Abstracts Pages: 101 - 113