1. The revitalization of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

   • Fujio Suzuki

   EDITORIAL Pages: i - i

2. Vitamin D insufficiency in Japanese populations: from the viewpoint of the prevention of osteoporosis

   • Kazutoshi Nakamura

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 6

3. Clinical approach to clarifying the mechanism of abnormal bone metabolism in McCune–Albright syndrome

   • Takehisa Yamamoto

   MINI REVIEW Pages: 7 - 10

4. Randomized trial comparing low-dose hormone replacement therapy and HRT plus 1α-OH-vitamin D₃ (alfacalcidol) for treatment of postmenopausal bone loss

   • Hideki Mizunuma
   • Masataka Shiraki
   • Kunihiko Hayashi

   SPECIAL REPORT Pages: 11 - 15

5. Effects of anti-parathyroid hormone-related protein monoclonal antibody and osteoprotegerin on PTHrP-producing tumor-induced cachexia in nude mice

   • Haruo Iguchi
   • Yuko Aramaki
   • Soichi Takiguchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 16 - 19

6. Experimental model of tooth movement by orthodontic force in mice and its application to tumor necrosis factor receptor-deficient mice

   • Masako Yoshimatsu
   • Yasuaki Shibata
   • Akira Yamaguchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 20 - 27

7. CD38 is associated with premenopausal and postmenopausal bone mineral density and postmenopausal bone loss

   • Frances J. Drummond
   • John J. Mackrill
   • Michael G. Molloy

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 28 - 35

8. Tests of linkage and association of PTH/PTHrP receptor type 1 gene with bone mineral density and height in Caucasians

   • Yuan-Yuan Zhang
   • Peng-Yuan Liu
   • Hong-Wen Deng

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 36 - 41

9. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and functional recovery after hip fracture in elderly patients

   • Marco Di Monaco
   • Fulvia Vallero
   • Alberto Cavanna

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 42 - 47

10. Genetic and enzymatic analysis for two Japanese patients with idiopathic infantile arterial calcification

    • Chikahiko Numakura
    • Makoto Yamada
    • Yukihiro Hasegawa

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 48 - 52

11. Relations between interleukin-1, its receptor antagonist gene polymorphism, and bone mineral density in postmenopausal Korean women

    • Jung Gu Kim
    • Kyung Sil Lim
    • Shin Yong Moon

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 53 - 57

12. Causes of secondary hyperparathyroidism in a healthy population: the Tromsø study

    • Farahnaz Saleh
    • Rolf Jorde
    • Yngve Figenschau

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 58 - 64

13. Endogenous sex steroids and bone mineral density in healthy Greek postmenopausal women

    • Irene Lambrinoudaki
    • George Christodoulakos
    • George Creatsas

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 65 - 71

14. Bone mineral density and turnover in patients with acromegaly in relation to sex, disease activity, and gonadal function

    • Marek Bolanowski
    • Jacek Daroszewski
    • Beata Zadrożna-Śliwka

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 72 - 78

15. Bone mineral density and its correlation with clinical and laboratory factors in chronic peritoneal dialysis patients

    • Fettah Fevzi Ersoy
    • Stauros Ploumis Passadakis
    • Dimitrios George Oreopoulos

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 79 - 86

16. Rapid pain relief and remission of sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis after intravenous ibandronate therapy

    • Johann D. Ringe
    • Herbert Faber
    • Parvis Farahmand

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 87 - 93