Editors
Stuart H Ralston, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE
Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine
Institute of Genetics and Cancer
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh EH4 2XU
UK
Phone: +44-131-651-8741
Email: calcified.tissue@ed.ac.uk
René Rizzoli, MD
Division of Bone Diseases
Geneva University Hospitals
1211 Geneva 14
Switzerland
Phone: +41-223-729-960
Email: rene.rizzoli@unige.ch
Musculoskeletal Research Section Editor:
Roger A. Fielding, PhD
Tufts University
Massachusetts, USA
Email: Roger.Fielding@tufts.edu
Editorial Board:
Yousef Abou-Amer, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Matthew R. Allen, Ph. D., Indiana University, USA
Matthew J. Allen, VetMB, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
Jane Aubin, Ph.D., University of Toronto, CANADA
Ivan Bautmans, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), BELGIUM
Charlotte Beaudart, MD, Universite de Liege, BELGIUM
Sanjay Bhadada, DM Endocrinology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, INDIA
Emmanuel Biver, MD, Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, SWITZERLAND
Jean-Jacques Body, MD, UVC Brugmann - Site Victor Horta, BELGIUM
Maria-Luisa Brandi, M.D., Ph.D, FIRMO Foundation, ITALY
Tara Brennan-Speranza, PhD, The University of Sydney School of Medical Sciences, AUSTRALIA
Olivier Bruyere, MD, University of Liège, BELGIUM
David Burr, PhD, Indiana University, USA
Etienne Cavalier, PhD, PharmD, EuSpLM, Universite de Liege, BELGIUM
Catherine Chaussain, MD, Universite Paris Descartes, FRANCE
Thierry Chevalley, MD, Service of Bone Diseases HUG, Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Cyrille Confavreux, M.D., Ph.D., University of Lyon - INSERM UMR1033 - Hospices Civils de Lyon, FRANCE
Mark Cooper, MD PhD, ANZAC institute, AUSTRALIA
Cyrus Cooper, MA DM FRCP FMedSci, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, UK
Tim Cundy, MD, University of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, USA
Elaine Dennison, Ph. D., University of Southampton, UK
Colin Farquharson, MD, University of Edinburgh, UK
William D. Fraser, MD, University of East Anglia, UK
Peter Fratzl, MD, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, GERMANY
Nicholas Fuggle, MD, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, UK
James Gallagher, MD, University of Liverpool, UK
Juerg Gasser, PhD, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, SWITZERLAND
Luigi Gennari, MD, PhD, University of Siena, ITALY
Piet Geusens, MD, Maastricht University Medical Center, NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE
Struan Grant, PhD, Centre for Applied Genomics, USA
Marc Grynpas, Ph.D., Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, CANADA
Charles Hildebolt, PhD, DDS, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
Aymen Idris, MSc PhD, University of Sheffield, UK
Kassim Javaid, MD, University of Oxford, UK
John Kanis, MD, University of Sheffield, UK
J Kaufman, MD, Ghent University, BELGIUM
Bente Langdahl, MD, PhD, DMSc, Aarhus University Hospital, DENMARK
Willem Lems, MD, VU University Medical Center, NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE
Philippe Lesclous, MD, Universite de Nantes, FRANCE
Gang Li, MD, The Chinese University Hong Kong, CHINA
Vincenzo Malafarina, M.D., MSc, Universidad de Navarra, SPAIN
Michelle McDonald, PhD, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, AUSTRALIA
Carolina Medina-Gomez, Ph. D., Erasmus MC, NETHERLANDS, KINGDOM OF THE
Salvatore Minisola, MD, II Medical Clinics, ITALY
Subburaman Mohan, MD, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, USA
Tuan Nguyen, MD, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, AUSTRALIA
Masaki Noda, MD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, JAPAN
Eleftherios Paschalis, PhD, Ludwig Boltzman Institute of Osteology, AUSTRIA
John Pettifor, MBBCh; PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, SOUTH AFRICA
Lilian Plotkin, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Frank Rauch, MD, McGill University, CANADA
Jean-Yves Reginster, MD, PhD, Universite de Liege, BELGIUM
Ian R. Reid, MD, University of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Kieran Reid, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
Mara Riminucci, M. D., Ph. D., Sapienza University of Rome, ITALY
Chan Soo Shin, MD, PhD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Matthew Silva, Ph. D., Washington University, USA
Larry Suva, PhD, Texas Veterinary Medical Center, USA
Pawel Szulc, MD, PhD, INSERM 1033 Unit, FRANCE
Anna Teti, PhD, Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Applicate e Biotecnologiche, ITALY
Cyril Thouverey, PhD, Hopitaux Universitaires de Geneve, SWITZERLAND
Russel Turner, MD, Oregon State University, USA
Wim van Hul, MD, University of Antwerp, BELGIUM
Rob van't Hof, PhD, University of Liverpool, UK
Nicola Veronese, MD, University of Palermo: Universita degli Studi di Palermo, ITALY
Laurence Vico-Pouget, Ph.D, INSERM, FRANCE
Leo Westbury, MD, University of Southampton MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, UK
Marian Young, PhD, National Institutes of Health, USA