1. Introduction

   • H. Fleisch

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis: An introduction

   • H. Fleisch

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 5

3. Preclinical pharmacology of alendronate

   • G. A. Rodan
   • J. G. Seedor
   • R. Balena

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 12

4. Clinical pharmacology of alendronate sodium

   • B. J. Gertz
   • S. D. Holland
   • A. G. Porras

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 16

5. Short-term effect of alendronate on bone mass and bone remodeling in postmenopausal women

   • C. H. Chesnut III
   • S. T. Harris

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 19

6. Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis with continuous daily oral alendronate in comparison with either placebo or intranasal salmon calcitonin

   • S. Adami
   • M. C. Baroni
   • A. J. Yates

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 27

7. Design of the Fracture Intervention Trial

   • D. M. Black
   • T. R Reiss
   • the Fracture Intervention Trial Research Group

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 39

8. Alendronate: Some remaining paradoxes

   • D. C. Anderson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 42