1. Evolution of hard-tissue mineralization: comparison of the inner skeletal system and the outer shell system

   • Aizo Matsushiro
   • Tomoyuki Miyashita

   Review article Pages: 163 - 169

2. Epidemiology and diagnostic approaches to vertebral fractures in Asia

   • Annie W.C. Kung

   Review article Pages: 170 - 175

3. Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) is highly expressed in osteocytes in human bone

   • Akihide Nampei
   • Jun Hashimoto
   • Hideki Yoshikawa

   Original articles Pages: 176 - 184

4. Osteoclastogenesis during mouse tooth germ development is mediated by receptor activator of NFΚ-B ligand (RANKL)

   • Tomotaka Suzuki
   • Naoto Suda
   • Kimie Ohyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 191

5. Biochemical bone turnover markers are useful tools to assess changes in bone metabolism in marmosets

   • Anna Angeliewa
   • Michael Budde
   • Frieder Bauss

   OriginalPaper Pages: 192 - 197

6. Involvement of phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis by phospholipase C in prostaglandin F2Α-induced 1,2-diacylglycerol formation in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells

   • Takayuki Sakai
   • Takatoshi Sugiyama
   • Yoshinori Nozawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 198 - 206

7. Consistency of low bone density across bone sites in SAMP6 laboratory mice

   • Soichiro Kasai
   • Motoyuki Shimizu
   • Masanori Hosokawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 214

8. Microcracks: an alternative index for evaluating bone biomechanical quality

   • Ru-Chun Dai
   • Er-Yuan Liao
   • Yebin Jiang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 223

9. Identification of estrogen-regulated genes during fracture healing, using DNA microarray

   • Hiroshi Hatano
   • Herrick J. Siegel
   • Gobinda Sarkar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 224 - 235

10. Impaired gamma carboxylation of osteocalcin in elderly women with type II diabetes mellitus: relationship between increase in undercarboxylated osteocalcin levels and low bone mineral density

    • Toshiyuki Horiuchi
    • Hirohito Kazama
    • Hajime Orimo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 236 - 240

11. Association of vitamin D and estrogen receptor gene polymorphism with the effects of longterm hormone replacement therapy on bone mineral density

    • Takumi Kurabayashi
    • Hiroshi Matsushita
    • Kenichi Tanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 247

12. Ultrasound bone densitometry of the calcaneus, determined with Sahara, in healthy Japanese adolescents: Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study

    • Yukihiro Ikeda
    • Masayuki Iki
    • Fumiaki Marumo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 248 - 253

13. Effect of hemodialysis and renal failure on serum biochemical markers of bone turnover

    • Luisa Alvarez
    • Jose-Vicente Torregrosa
    • Antonio-Manuel Ballesta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 254 - 259

14. Bone mineral density and urolithiasis interaction in rheumatoid arthritis

    • NurgÜl Arinci Incel
    • Nazmi Incel
    • BariŞ Nacir

    OriginalPaper Pages: 260 - 263

15. Lack of association between the HindIII RFLP of the osteocalcin (BGP) gene and bone mineral density (BMD) in healthy pre- and postmenopausal Chinese women

    • Xiao-Yang Mo
    • Chi-Ke Cao
    • Hong-Wen Deng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 264 - 269

16. Effects of skeletal size of the lumbar spine on areal bone density, volumetric bone density, and the diagnosis of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in China

    • Er-Yuan Liao
    • Xian-Ping Wu
    • Jian Peng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 270 - 277

17. Bone mass increase specific to the female in a line of transgenic mice overexpressing human osteoblast stimulating factor-1

    • Tamotsu Hashimoto-Gotoh
    • Hideo Ohnishi
    • Toshitaka Nakamura

    Short communication Pages: 278 - 282

18. Bacterial osteomyelitis after varicella infection in children

    • Stefan Bittmann

    Case report Pages: 283 - 285