Atlas of osteoporosis
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Atlas of osteoporosis
Current Medicine, c2003
2nd ed.
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Osteoporosis
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The second edition of the Atlas of Osteoporosis is designed to be useful to a broad readership united in their interest in the disorder. The expert authors have encapsulated not only the well-established basics of osteoporosis but also new developments in the field in a format that makes extensive use of graphical displays of important data. Issues that are well known to be important to skeletal biology and osteoporosis (eg, nutrition, exercise, and growth) have been updated.
Table of Contents
I The Nature of Osteoporosis.- 2 Bone Acquisition and Peak Bone Mass.- 3 Genetics of Osteoporosis.- 4 Factors That Influence Adult Bone Mass.- 5 Epidemiology of Osteoporosis and Associated Fractures.- 6 Radiology of Osteoporotic Fracture.- 7 Laboratory Assessment of Skeletal Status.- 8 Bone Densitometry in Osteoporosis Care.- 9 Estrogen-dependent Bone Loss and Osteoporosis.- 10 Osteoporosis in Men.- 11 Osteoporosis Associated with Systemic Illness and Medications.- 12 Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis.- 13 Immobilization Osteoporosis.- 14 Etiology and Biomechanics of Hip and Vertebral Fractures.- 15 Role of Nonpharmacologic Approach to Fracture and Osteoporosis.- 16 Bisphosphonate Therapy for Osteoporosis.- 17 Bone Anabolic Agents.- Color Plates.
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