1. The epidemiology of osteoporotic fractures in a Mediterranean country

   • Y. Muscat Baron
   • M. Brincat
   • A. Muscat Baron

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 365 - 369

2. Effects of 1α-hydroxyvitamin D₃ on lumbar bone mineral density and vertebral fractures in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis

   • H. Orimo
   • M. Shiraki
   • N. Ogawa

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 370 - 376

3. Effects of 1-year treatment with ipriflavone on bone in postmenopausal women with low bone mass

   • M. Valente
   • L. Bufalino
   • L. Zichella

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 377 - 380

4. The diagnostic validity of urinary free pyridinolines to identify women at risk of osteoporosis

   • C. Fledelius
   • B. J. Riis
   • C. Christiansen

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 381 - 384

5. Influence of weight and seasonal changes on radiogrammetry and bone densitometry

   • H. Rico
   • M. Revilla
   • I. Arribas

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 385 - 388

6. β₂-microglobulin in Paget's bone disease

   • H. Rico
   • E. Ripoll
   • M. de Buergo Alvarez

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 389 - 391

7. Comparison of bone formation rates measured by radiocalcium kinetics and double-tetracycline labeling in maintenance dialysis patients

   • M. Cochran
   • A. Neville
   • E. A. Marshall

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 392 - 398

8. Matrix vesicles produced by osteoblast-like cells in culture become significantly enriched in proteoglycan-degrading metalloproteinases after addition of β-Glycerophosphate and ascorbic acid

   • D. D. Dean
   • Z. Schwartz
   • B. D. Boyan

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 399 - 408

9. Effects of genistein, tyrphostin, and pertussis toxin on EGF-induced mitogenesis in primary culture and clonal osteoblastic cells

   • E. B. Stephan
   • R. Dziak

   Laboratory Investigations Pages: 409 - 413

10. Fourier transform raman spectroscopy of synthetic and biological calcium phosphates

    • G. R. Sauer
    • W. B. Zunic
    • R. E. Wuthier

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 414 - 420

11. Effects of plasma fluoride and dietary calcium concentrations on GI absorption and secretion of fluoride in the rat

    • G. M. Whitford

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 421 - 425

12. The proto-oncogene C-raf-1 is highly expressed only in the hypertrophic zone of the growth plate

    • Y. Kaneko
    • H. Tanzawa
    • K. Sato

    Molecular and Cellular Biology Pages: 426 - 430

13. Lower extremity stress fractures during intermittent cyclical etidronate treatment for osteoporosis

    • N. Guañabens
    • P. Peris
    • J. Muñoz-Gómez

    Comment Pages: 431 - 434

14. Abstracts of the Spanish Society for Bone and Mineral Research

    Abstract Pages: 435 - 459

15. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 460 - 460