Table of Contents:
  • Structure, biosynthesis and gene regulation of collagens in cartilage and bone / Klaus von der Mark
  • Fibrillogenesis and maturation of collagens / Simon P. Robins
  • Vitamin K dependent proteins of bone and cartilage / Caren M. Gundberg and Satoru K. Nishimoto
  • Noncollagenous proteins: glycoproteins and related proteins / Dick Heinegård, Pilar Lorenzo, and Tore Saxne
  • Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans / Tim Hardingham
  • Growth factors / Philippa Hulley, Graham Russell, and Peter Croucher
  • Prostaglandins and proinflammatory cytokines / Lawrence G. Raisz and Joseph A. Lorenzo
  • Integrins and other adhesion molecules / M.H. Helfrich and M.A. Horton
  • Alkaline phosphatases / José Luis Millán
  • Acid phosphatases / Helena Kaija ... [et al.]
  • Matrix proteinases / Ian M. Clark and Gillian Murphy
  • Mineralization, structure and function of bone / Adele L. Boskey
  • Bone structure and strength / Ego Seeman
  • The cells of bone / Jane B. Lian and Gary S. Stein
  • Signaling in bone / T. John Martin and Natalie A. Sims
  • Parathyroid hormone: structure, function and dynamic actions / Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick and John P. Bilezikian
  • Interaction of parathyroid hormone-related peptide with the skeleton / David Goltzman
  • The vitamin D hormone and its nuclear receptor: mechanisms involved in bone biology / Geert Carmeliet ... [et al.]
  • Sex steroid effects on bone metabolism / David G. Monroe, Thomas C. Spelsberg, and S. Khosla
  • Physiology of calcium and phosphate homeostasis / René Rizzoli and Jean-Philippe Bonjour
  • The central control of bone remodelling / Paul A. Baldock ... [et al.]
  • New concepts in bone remodeling / David W. Dempster and Hua Zhou
  • Products of bone collagen metabolism / Juha Risteli and Leila Risteli
  • Supramolecular structure of cartilage matrix / Peter Bruckner
  • Products of cartilage metabolism / Daniel-Henri Manicourt, Jean-Pierre Devogelaer, and Eugene J.-M.A. Thonar
  • Fluid dynamics of the joint space and trafficking of matrix products / Peter A. Simkin
  • Transgenic models of bone disease / Barbara E. Kream and John R. Harrison
  • The role of genetic variation in osteoporosis / André G. Uitterlinden ... [et al.]
  • Measurement of calcium, phosphate and magnesium / Heinrich Schmidt-Gayk
  • Measurement of parathyroid hormone / Harald Jüppner and Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan
  • New horizons for assessment of vitamin D status in man / Gary L. Lensmeyer, Neil Binkley, and Marc K. Drezner
  • Measurement of biochemical markers of bone formation / Kim E. Naylor and Richard Eastell
  • Measurement of biochemical markers of bone resorption / Marius E. Kraenzlin and Markus J. Seibel
  • Variability in the measurement of biochemical markers of bone turnover / Tuan V. Nguyen, Christian Meier, and Markus J. Seibel
  • Validation of biochemical markers of bone turnover / Kim Brixen and Erik Fink Eriksen
  • Genetic markers of joint disease / Michel Neidhart, Renate E. Gay, and Steffen Gay
  • Laboratory assessment of postmenopausal osteoporosis / Patrick Garnero and Pierre D. Delmas
  • Monitoring anabolic treatment / John P. Bilezikian and Mishaela R. Rubin
  • Monitoring of antiresorptive therapy / Christian Meier, Tuan V. Ngyen, and Markus J. Seibel
  • Age-related osteoporosis and skeletal markers of bone turnover / Clifford J. Rosen
  • Steroid-induced osteoporosis / Ian R. Reid
  • Transplantation osteoporosis: biochemical correlates of pathogenesis and treatment / Carolina A. Moreira Kulak and Elizabeth Shane
  • Secondary osteoporosis / Jean E. Mulder, Carolina A. Moreira Kulak, and Elizabeth Shane
  • Osteomalacia and rickets / Marc K. Drezner
  • Assessment of bone and joint diseases: renal osteodystrophy / Esther A. González, Ziyad Al Aly, and Kevin J. Martin
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism / Shonni J. Silverberg, and John P. Bilezikian
  • Paget's disease of bone / Andreas Grauer, Ethel Siris, and Stuart Ralston
  • Metastatic bone disease / Jean-Jacques Body
  • Rare bone diseases / Michael P. Whyte
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta / Francis H. Glorieux and Frank Rauch
  • Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory joint pathologies / Steven R. Goldring and Mary B. Goldring
  • Osteoarthritis and degenerative spine pathologies / Kristina Åkesson.