1. Physiological role of bone morphogenetic proteins in osteogenesis

   • Fumitaka Kugimiya
   • Shinsuke Ohba
   • Ung-il Chung

   MINI REVIEW Pages: 95 - 99

2. Factors associated with mortality following hip fracture in Japan

   • Shigeyuki Muraki
   • Seizo Yamamoto
   • Kozo Nakamura

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 100 - 104

3. Clinical significance of risedronate for osteoporosis in the initial treatment of male patients with Graves' disease

   • Takafumi Majima
   • Yasato Komatsu
   • Kazuwa Nakao

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 105 - 113

4. Secondary hyperparathyroidism as a palpable intrathyroid parathyroid gland in a patient with hypophosphatemic osteomalacia

   • Deng-Huang Su
   • Kuo-Meng Liao
   • Keh-Sung Tsai

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 114 - 117

5. Risk factors for vertebral fracture in menopausal or postmenopausal Japanese women with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

   • Katsumitsu Arai
   • Tadamasa Hanyu
   • Naoto Endo

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 118 - 124

6. Increased prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in osteoporotic postmenopausal women

   • Roberto Antonio Mangiafico
   • Enzo Russo
   • Carmelo Erio Fiore

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 125 - 131

7. CA repeat polymorphism of the TNFR2 gene is not associated with bone mineral density in two independent Caucasian populations

   • Qing-Yang Huang
   • Hui Shen
   • Hong-Wen Deng

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 132 - 137

8. Hypoparathyroidism in transfusion-dependent patients with β-thalassemia

   • Nicholas G. Angelopoulos
   • Anastasia Goula
   • George Tolis

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 138 - 145

9. Association between bone mineral density and erythropoiesis in Thai children and adolescents with thalassemia syndromes

   • Pat Mahachoklertwattana
   • Pensri Pootrakul
   • Rajata Rajatanavin

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 146 - 152

10. Use of the SST–REX method for the identification of genes expressed at the condensation stage of chondrogenic cell line ATDC5

    • Atsushi Noguchi
    • Naoko Watanabe
    • Nobumichi Hozumi

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 153 - 157

11. Calcium abnormalities of dialysis patients

    • Masafumi Fukagawa
    • Tadao Akizawa

    MINI REVIEW Pages: 160 - 160

12. Renal osteodystrophy for nonnephrologists

    • William G. Goodman

    REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 161 - 163

13. Regulation of parathyroid function in chronic renal failure

    • Mariano Rodriguez
    • Sagrario Cañadillas
    • Yolanda Almaden

    REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 164 - 168

14. New discoveries in the pathogenesis of renal osteodystrophy

    • Richard J. Lund
    • Matthew R. Davies
    • Keith A. Hruska

    REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 169 - 171

15. Uremic toxin and bone metabolism

    • Yoshiko Iwasaki
    • Hideyuki Yamato
    • Masafumi Fukagawa

    REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 172 - 175

16. Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease

    • Shuichi Jono
    • Atsushi Shioi
    • Yoshiki Nishizawa

    REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 176 - 181

17. Aβ-2M-amyloidosis and related bone diseases

    • Junichiro James Kazama
    • Suguru Yamamoto
    • Fumitake Gejyo

    REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 182 - 184