1. Evolution of understanding of genetics of Paget’s disease of bone and related diseases

   • Shinjiro Takata
   • Natsuo Yasui
   • Stuart H. Ralston

   Mini review Pages: 519 - 523

2. Osteocytic osteolysis observed in rats to which parathyroid hormone was continuously administered

   • Kohei Tazawa
   • Kazuto Hoshi
   • Hidehiro Ozawa

   Original articles Pages: 524 - 529

3. Human parathyroid hormone (1-34) increases mass and structure of the cortical shell, with resultant increase in lumbar bone strength, in ovariectomized rats

   • Shinobu Arita
   • Satoshi Ikeda
   • Toshitaka Nakamura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 530 - 540

4. Local injection of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ enhanced bone formation for tooth stabilization after experimental tooth movement in rats

   • Masayoshi Kawakami
   • Teruko Takano-Yamamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 546

5. Assessment of effectiveness of oral administration of collagen peptide on bone metabolism in growing and mature rats

   • Jian Wu
   • Maiko Fujioka
   • Yoshiko Ishimi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 553

6. Regulation of bone metabolism in immunosuppressant (FK506)-treated rats

   • Shiho Kirino
   • Jyoji Fukunaga
   • Toshio Sugahara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 554 - 560

7. Effect of dietary-induced metabolic acidosis and ovariectomy on bone mineral density and markers of bone turnover

   • Jennifer M. MacLeay
   • Jerry D. Olson
   • A. Simon Turner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 568

8. Effect and safety of intermittent weekly administration of human parathyroid hormone 1-34 in patients with primary osteoporosis evaluated by histomorphometry and microstructural analysis of iliac trabecular bone before and after 1 year of treatment

   • Takami Miki
   • Kiyoshi Nakatsuka
   • Yoshiki Nishizawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 576

9. Alendronate reduces serum TNFα and IL-1β, increases neutrophil counts, and improves bone mineral density and bone metabolism indices in patients with chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN)-associated osteopenia/osteoporosis

   • Helen A. Papadaki
   • Christos Tsatsanis
   • George D. Eliopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 577 - 587

10. Precision control and seasonal variations in quantitative ultrasound measurement of the calcaneus

    • Yukihiro Ikeda
    • Masayuki Iki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 588 - 593

11. The serum level of bone-specific alkaline phosphatase activity is associated with aortic calcification in osteoporosis patients

    • Kousuke Iba
    • Junichi Takada
    • Toshihiko Yamashita

    OriginalPaper Pages: 594 - 596

12. Bone density changes with enzyme therapy for Gaucher disease

    • Ehud Lebel
    • Altoon Dweck
    • Deborah Elstein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 597 - 601

13. Randomized controlled trial of exercise intervention for the prevention of falls in community-dwelling elderly Japanese women

    • Takao Suzuki
    • Hunkyung Kim
    • Tatsuro Ishizaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 602 - 611

14. Dietary habits and risk of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligaments of the spine (OPLL); findings from a case-control study in Japan*

    • Kazushi Okamoto
    • Gen Kobashi
    • the Japan Collaborative Epidemiological Study Group for Evaluation of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Spine (OPLL) Risk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 612 - 617

15. Changes in biochemical markers of bone in patients with insufficiency fractures

    • Kenji Takahara
    • Mikio Kamimura
    • Shigeharu Uchiyama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 618 - 625