1. EDITORIAL

   • Fujio Suzuki

   EDITORIAL Pages: i - i

2. Computer-simulated bone architecture in a simple bone-remodeling model based on a reaction-diffusion system

   • Ken-ichi Tezuka
   • Yoshitaka Wada
   • Masanori Kikuchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 7

3. Osteoclast development in immobilized bone is suppressed by parathyroidectomy in mice

   • Akinori Sakai
   • Toshiharu Mori
   • Toshitaka Nakamura

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 8 - 14

4. Biomechanical impact of aluminum accumulation on the pre- and post-yield behavior of rat cortical bone

   • Gustavo Roberto Cointry
   • Ricardo Francisco Capozza
   • José Luis Ferretti

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 15 - 23

5. Texture analysis of X-ray radiographs is correlated with bone histomorphometry

   • Daniel Chappard
   • Pascal Guggenbuhl
   • Maurice Audran

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 24 - 29

6. Fracture-induced changes in bone turnover: a potential confounder in the use of biochemical markers in osteoporosis

   • Kristina Åkesson
   • Sanna-Maria Käkönen
   • Kim Pettersson

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 30 - 35

7. Multiple vertebral fractures are associated with refractory reflux esophagitis in postmenopausal women

   • Toru Yamaguchi
   • Toshitsugu Sugimoto
   • Kazuo Chihara

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 36 - 40

8. Vitamin K2 inhibits glucocorticoid-induced bone loss partly by preventing the reduction of osteoprotegerin (OPG)

   • Nobuhiro Sasaki
   • Eiji Kusano
   • Yasushi Asano

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 41 - 47

9. Biphasic anti-osteoclastic action of intravenous alendronate therapy in multiple myeloma bone disease

   • Masayasu Kitano
   • Atsushi Ogata
   • Hajime Sano

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 48 - 52

10. Bone mineral and soft-tissue changes in AIDS-associated lipoatrophy

    • Leonard Rosenthall
    • Julian Falutz

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 53 - 57

11. Osteopenia: a bone disorder associated with diabetes mellitus

    • Valéria M.G. Duarte
    • Ana M.O. Ramos
    • Adriana A. Rezende

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 58 - 68

12. Weight gain in childhood and bone mass in female college students

    • Toshiko Saito
    • Kazutoshi Nakamura
    • Masaharu Yamamoto

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 69 - 75

13. The relationships between pubertal development, IGF-1 axis, and bone formation in healthy adolescents

    • Nuray Öksüz Kanbur
    • Orhan Derman
    • Erol Kınık

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 76 - 83

14. Association of estrogen receptor-α gene polymorphisms with bone mineral density in postmenopausal Korean women

    • Hae-Sung Nam
    • Min-Ho Shin
    • Myung-Ho Son

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 84 - 89

15. Trochanteric hip fracture in an elderly patient with leprosy during osteoporosis treatment with risedronate and alfacalcidol

    • Arihiko Kanaji
    • Masaaki Higashi
    • Harumoto Yamada

    CASE REPORT Pages: 90 - 94

16. Erratum to: Alendronate reduced vertebral fracture risk in postmenopausal Japanese women with osteoporosis: a 3-year follow-up study

    • Kazuhiro Kushida
    • Masataka Shiraki
    • Hajime Orimo

    Erratum 22 December 2004 Pages: 95 - 95