Evolution of hard-tissue mineralization: comparison of the inner skeletal system and the outer shell system Aizo MatsushiroTomoyuki Miyashita Review article Pages: 163 - 169
Epidemiology and diagnostic approaches to vertebral fractures in Asia Annie W.C. Kung Review article Pages: 170 - 175
Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) is highly expressed in osteocytes in human bone Akihide NampeiJun HashimotoHideki Yoshikawa Original articles Pages: 176 - 184
Osteoclastogenesis during mouse tooth germ development is mediated by receptor activator of NFΚ-B ligand (RANKL) Tomotaka SuzukiNaoto SudaKimie Ohyama OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 191
Biochemical bone turnover markers are useful tools to assess changes in bone metabolism in marmosets Anna AngeliewaMichael BuddeFrieder Bauss OriginalPaper Pages: 192 - 197
Involvement of phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis by phospholipase C in prostaglandin F2Α-induced 1,2-diacylglycerol formation in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells Takayuki SakaiTakatoshi SugiyamaYoshinori Nozawa OriginalPaper Pages: 198 - 206
Consistency of low bone density across bone sites in SAMP6 laboratory mice Soichiro KasaiMotoyuki ShimizuMasanori Hosokawa OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 214
Microcracks: an alternative index for evaluating bone biomechanical quality Ru-Chun DaiEr-Yuan LiaoYebin Jiang OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 223
Identification of estrogen-regulated genes during fracture healing, using DNA microarray Hiroshi HatanoHerrick J. SiegelGobinda Sarkar OriginalPaper Pages: 224 - 235
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 HoriuchiHirohito KazamaHajime Orimo OriginalPaper Pages: 236 - 240
Association of vitamin D and estrogen receptor gene polymorphism with the effects of longterm hormone replacement therapy on bone mineral density Takumi KurabayashiHiroshi MatsushitaKenichi Tanaka OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 247
Ultrasound bone densitometry of the calcaneus, determined with Sahara, in healthy Japanese adolescents: Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study Yukihiro IkedaMasayuki IkiFumiaki Marumo OriginalPaper Pages: 248 - 253
Effect of hemodialysis and renal failure on serum biochemical markers of bone turnover Luisa AlvarezJose-Vicente TorregrosaAntonio-Manuel Ballesta OriginalPaper Pages: 254 - 259
Bone mineral density and urolithiasis interaction in rheumatoid arthritis NurgÜl Arinci IncelNazmi IncelBariŞ Nacir OriginalPaper Pages: 260 - 263
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 MoChi-Ke CaoHong-Wen Deng OriginalPaper Pages: 264 - 269
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 LiaoXian-Ping WuJian Peng OriginalPaper Pages: 270 - 277
Bone mass increase specific to the female in a line of transgenic mice overexpressing human osteoblast stimulating factor-1 Tamotsu Hashimoto-GotohHideo OhnishiToshitaka Nakamura Short communication Pages: 278 - 282
Bacterial osteomyelitis after varicella infection in children Stefan Bittmann Case report Pages: 283 - 285
