1. Sixth International Milano Meeting on Diabetes Scientific Institute H. San Raffaele, University of Milan Medical School, Milan, 21–23 March, 1996

   • G. Pozza
   • A. E. Pontiroli

   Editorial Pages: 171 - 171

2. The First National Congress of the Italian Society for the Study of Obesity, San Raffaele International Biomedical Science Park, Milan, Italy, 17–20 April, 1996

   • F. Caviezel

   Editorial Pages: 172 - 172

3. Regulation, perturbation, and correction of metabolic events in pancreatic islets

   • W. J. Malaisse

   Review Pages: 173 - 179

4. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in individuals with diabetes

   • Barbara V. Howard
   • Strong Heart Study Investigators

   Review Pages: 180 - 184

5. Insulin receptor/IRS-1/PI 3-kinase signaling system in corticosteroid-induced insulin resistance

   • F. Folli
   • M. J. A. Saad
   • C. R. Kahn

   Review Pages: 185 - 192

6. Genetic contribution of polymorphism of the GLUT1 and GLUT4 genes to the susceptibility to type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in different populations

   • A. E. Pontiroli
   • F. Capra
   • M. Viswanathan

   Original Pages: 193 - 197

7. Relationship between anthropometric indices of body fat distribution and basal energy metabolism in healthy Maltese women

   • E. Pullicino
   • C. Copperstone
   • M. Elia

   Original Pages: 198 - 204

8. Elevated triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in diabetes

   • A. Curtin
   • P. Deegan
   • G. H. Tomkin

   Original Pages: 205 - 210

9. Impaired glucose tolerance and mild hyperglycemia in sucrose-fed rats does not impair insulin secretion

   • M. Wilson
   • S. J. Hughes

   Original Pages: 211 - 215

10. Frequency of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Turkish adult-onset diabetic population

    • A. Gürlek
    • T. Erba§
    • O. Gedik

    Original Pages: 216 - 219

11. Soluble CD8 antigen, stimulated C-peptide and islet cell antibodies are predictors of insulin requirement in newly diagnosed patients with unclassifiable diabetes

    • P. Di Bonito
    • A. De Bellis
    • A. Bizzarro

    Original Pages: 220 - 224

12. Murine monoclonal glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)65 antibodies recognize autoimmune-associated GAD epitope regions targeted in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and Stiff-man syndrome

    • B. Ziegler
    • M. Schlosser
    • M. Ziegler

    Original Pages: 225 - 231

13. Comparison between a rapid glycohaemoglobin (Hb_A1c) immunoassay and other indices of glycaemic control

    • E. Le Marois
    • F. Bruzzo
    • J. L. Selam

    Original Pages: 232 - 235

14. A diet enriched in protein accelerates diabetes manifestation in NOD mice

    • K. Schneider
    • H. Laube
    • T. Linn

    Original Pages: 236 - 240

15. Physiological inhibitors of blood coagulation and prothrombin fragment F 1+2 in type 2 diabetic patients with normoalbuminuria and incipient nephropathy

    • A. Mormile
    • M. Veglio
    • P. Cavallo-Perin

    Original Pages: 241 - 245

16. Circulating endothelin-1 levels in type 2 diabetic patients with ischaemic heart disease

    • M. Donatelli
    • E. Hoffmann
    • M. L. Morici

    Original Pages: 246 - 248