1. Transcription factor abnormalities as a cause of beta cell dysfunction in diabetes: a hypothesis

   • G. C. Weir
   • A. Sharma
   • S. Bonner-Weir

   REVIEW Pages: 177 - 184

2. Islet autoantibodies and their use in predicting insulin-dependent diabetes

   • E. Bonifacio
   • P. J. Bingley

   REVIEW Pages: 185 - 193

3. Accelerated gastric emptying during hypoglycaemia is not associated with changes in plasma motilin levels

   • E. Schvarcz
   • M. Palmér
   • C. Berne

   ORIGINAL Pages: 194 - 198

4. Prevalence and 4-year incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the province of Oristano (Sardinia, Italy)

   • O. Frongia
   • F. Mastinu
   • G. M. Sechi

   ORIGINAL Pages: 199 - 205

5. Acute effects of pioglitazone on glucose metabolism in perfused rat liver

   • Y. Nishimura
   • Y. Inoue
   • Y. Oka

   ORIGINAL Pages: 206 - 210

6. Relative weight of glucose, insulin and parathyroid hormone in the urinary loss of phosphate by chronically diabetic rats

   • M. E. Locatto
   • V. Di Loreto
   • R. C. Puche

   ORIGINAL Pages: 211 - 216

7. Glycosylated hemoglobin as predictor of adverse fetal outcome in type 1 diabetic pregnancies

   • G. L. Nielsen
   • H. T. Sørensen
   • J. Olsen

   ORIGINAL Pages: 217 - 222

8. Erythrocyte Na⁺/H⁺ exchange and preclinical abnormalities of the left ventricular diastolic function in normotensive type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients

   • O. Giampietro
   • V. Di Bello
   • C. Giusti

   ORIGINAL Pages: 223 - 229

9. A liquid mixed meal or exogenous glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) do not alter plasma leptin concentrations in healthy volunteers

   • C. Drewes
   • M. A. Nauck
   • G. Brabant

   ORIGINAL Pages: 230 - 234

10. Free plasma magnesium following glucose loading in healthy humans

    • V. Jacomella
    • A. Sauser
    • M. G. Bianchetti

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 235 - 237