1. Some ABCs of skeletal pathophysiology I: Introduction to the series

   • H. M. Frost

   Editorials Pages: 1 - 3

2. Factors in bone formation

   • Stanley Wallach
   • Louis V. Avioli
   • John H. Carstens Jr.

   Editorials Pages: 4 - 6

3. The value of biomarkers in detecting alterations in bone metabolism

   • Moïse Azria

   Editorials Pages: 7 - 11

4. The effects of muscle-building exercise on bone mineral density of the radius, spine, and hip in young men

   • Laura A. Colletti
   • Jeanne Edwards
   • Norman H. Bell

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 12 - 14

5. The relationship between resorption depth and mean interstitial bone thickness: Age-related changes in man

   • Peter I. Croucher
   • Robert W. E. Mellish
   • Juliet E. Compston

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 15 - 19

6. Chemical changes in hydroxyapatite biomaterial underin vivo andin vitro biological conditions

   • I. Orly
   • M. Gregoire
   • B. Kerebel

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 20 - 26

7. Glucose transport system in UMR-106-01 osteoblastic osteosarcoma cells: Regulation by insulin

   • Eloy A. Ituarte
   • Linda R. Halstead
   • Theodore J. Hahn

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 27 - 33

8. Indomethacin modulation of load-related stimulation of new bone formationin vivo

   • M. J. Pead
   • L. E. Lanyon

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 34 - 40

9. Eicosanoic fatty acid reduction in the tibiotarsus of biotin-deficient chicks

   • B. A. Watkins
   • S. D. Bain
   • J. W. Newbrey

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 41 - 46

10. Microdamage in response to repetitive torsional loading in the rat tibia

    • Mark R. Forwood
    • Anthony W. Parker

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 47 - 53

11. A dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channel in rodent osteoblastic cells

    • E. Karpinski
    • L. Wu
    • Peter K. T. Pang

    Comment Pages: 54 - 57

12. Serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and bone mineral content in postmenopausal osteoporosis

    • C de la Piedra
    • R. Torres
    • N. Castro

    Rapid Communication Pages: 58 - 60

13. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 61 - 61

14. FT-IR microscopy of endochondral ossification at 20μ spatial resolution

    • R. Mendelsohn
    • A. Hassankhani
    • A. Boskey

    Erratum Pages: 62 - 62