1. Secondary osteoporosis: thyrotoxicosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes mellitus

   • Masaaki Inaba

   Review article Pages: 287 - 292

2. Expression of connective tissue growth factor/hypertrophic chondrocyte-specific gene product 24 (CTGF/Hcs24/CCN2) during distraction osteogenesis

   • Hiroaki Kadota
   • Tohru Nakanishi
   • Masaharu Takigawa

   Original articles Pages: 293 - 302

3. Effects of FGF-2 on metaphyseal fracture repair in rabbit tibiae

   • Wei-Jia Chen
   • Seiya Jingushi
   • Yukihide Iwamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 309

4. Poorly crystalline apatites: evolution and maturation in vitro and in vivo

   • Sophie Cazalbou
   • Christèle Combes
   • Melvin J. Glimcher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 310 - 317

5. The active metabolite of leflunomide, A771726, inhibits both the generation of and the bone-resorbing activity of osteoclasts by acting directly on cells of the osteoclast lineage

   • Yukinao Kobayashi
   • Seiichi Ueyama
   • Yoshiyuki Hakeda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 318 - 328

6. Enhancement of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2)-induced new bone formation by concurrent treatment with parathyroid hormone and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, pentoxifylline

   • Hiroshi Horiuchi
   • Naoto Saito
   • Kunio Takaoka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 334

7. Effect of etidronate on three-dimensional trabecular structure in ovariectomized or sciatic neurectomized rats

   • Akifumi Nishida
   • Masako Ito
   • Tomoyuki Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 340

8. Association of a single-nucleotide polymorphism in low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 gene with bone mineral density

   • Tomohiko Urano
   • Masataka Shiraki
   • Satoshi Inoue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 345

9. Localization of RANKL in osteolytic tissue around a loosened joint prosthesis

   • Mitsuru Horiki
   • Takanobu Nakase
   • Hideki Yoshikawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 346 - 351

10. Alfacalcidol reduces accelerated bone turnover in elderly women with osteoporosis

    • Masataka Shiraki
    • Masayuki Fukuchi
    • Tsuneji Nagai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 352 - 359

11. Hypergonadotropic amenorrhea and bone density: new approach to an old problem

    • Balić Devleta
    • Balić Adem
    • SarihodŽić Senada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 360 - 364

12. The effect of simvastatin on serum cytokine levels and bone metabolism in postmenopausal subjects: negative correlation between TNF-α and anabolic bone parameters

    • Canan Tikiz
    • Zeliha Ünlü
    • ÇiĞdem Tüzün

    OriginalPaper Pages: 365 - 371

13. Bone mineral density in old age: the influence of age at menarche and menopause

    • Paul Gerdhem
    • Karl J. Obrant

    OriginalPaper Pages: 372 - 375

14. Obese Japanese children have low bone mineral density after puberty

    • Keisuke Nagasaki
    • Toru Kikuchi
    • Makoto Uchiyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 376 - 381

15. Determination of age-specific bone mineral density and comparison of diagnosis and prevalence of primary osteoporosis in Chinese women based on both Chinese and World Health Organization criteria

    • Xian-Ping Wu
    • Er-Yuan Liao
    • Yebin Jiang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 382 - 391

16. Age, body mass index, current smoking history, and serum insulin-like growth factor-I levels associated with bone mineral density in middle-aged Korean men

    • Eun-Jung Rhee
    • Ki-Won Oh
    • Sung-Woo Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 392 - 398