I. Osteoporosis.- Clinical Aspects of Osteoporosis.- Radiological Detection of Osteoporosis.- Remarks on the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis employing Iliac Crest Biopsies. Quantitative-morphometric Studies with the Aid of an Automatic Image Analysis System.- Idiopathic Juvenile Osteoporosis - Light- and Electronmicroscopic Findings in the Iliac Crest.- Clinical Aspects of Measurements of Dual Photon Absorption in Healthy Persons and Patients suffering from Bone Mass Reduction.- Magnetic Resonance Iamging of Bone Marrow: Effect of Osteoporosis and Age on Signal Intensity.- Investigations on Age-dependent Bone Loss and on Bone Loss in Morbus Cushing - A Comparison.- Combined Use of Vitamin D3, Vitamin D3 Metabolites and Vitamin C in Bone Metabolism.- Is the Castrated Female Rat a Model of Osteoporosis?.- Inhibition of Protein Synthesis and Amino Acid Transport by Dihydrotestosterone and 17ß-Estradiol in Chick Osteoblasts.- II. Osteomalacia.- Clinical and Pathophysiological Aspects of Osteomalacia.- Dialysis-Osteomalacia and Renal Osteodystrophy: Pathogenesis, Diagnostic and Clinical Problems.- Relation between Internal Calcium Turnover, Serum Calcium Concentration and Mineralization of Bone: A Comparative Discussion.- Assessment of Stable Isotopes of Calcium for the Measurement of Intestinal Calcium Absorption.- Osteomalacia in Turkish Immigrants.- Synergistic Effects of l,25(OH)2D3 and l,24,25(OH)3D3 in Rachitic Chicken and Rats.- Intestinal Absorption of Aluminium in Rats: Kinetics, Influence of the Uremic State and Simultaneous Administration of Fluoride.- Concentration Profiles of Zinc and Lead Along the Epiphyseal Growth Plate of Normal and Rachitic Piglets as Related to Activities of Esterases.- III. Ostitis Fibrosa.- Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Surgical Aspectsof Hyperparathyroidism.- Multicentric Giant Cell Tumor of Bone. Histogenesis and Diagnostic Differentiation.- Hyperparathyroidism and Acute Pancreatitis - Rare Complications in Pregnancy.- Distribution of the Parathormone Receptor in Human Kidney and Rat Bone: A Histomorphological Study.- Parathyroid Hormone, Carbonic Anhydrase and Calcium Homeostasis.- IV. New Trends in Osteology.- Serum Concentration of Vitamin D Metabolites in Children with Phenylketonuria.- Regulation of Amino Acid Transport and Protein Synthesis by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Dexamethasone in Chick Osteoblasts.- Effects of Phosphate Infusion on Calcium Metabolism in Early Renal Failure.- The Influence of Magnesium and Calcium Antagonists on the Epiphyseal Growth Plate - A Comparison.- Formation of Bone by the Way of Enchondral Ossification not Impaired by Mechanical Influences.- Results of Selective Arterial Digital Substraction Angiography in Femoral Head Necrosis.- Effects of Mechanical Factors on Structure and Function of the Growth Plate of Long Bones.- Weight Bearing System of Bone in Cementless Hip Prostheses.- V. Case Reports.- Severe Cystic Bone Lesions: Skeletal Manifestation of Mastocytosis or Special Kind of Primary Osteoporosis?.- Absorptive Hypercalcemia.- Alcohol Induced Osteopenia.- Systemic Mastocytosis and Bone Disease.- Metabolic Osteopathy of Uncertain Origin.- Acne Conglobata, Spondylarthritis and Osteoporosis.- Author Index.
