The Osteoporotic Syndrome
Detection, Prevention, and Treatment
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Geriatrics, Reference, Public Health
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780080542577 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | Publication: | April 18, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Academic Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780080542577 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Publication: | April 18, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Academic Press |
| Language: | English |
Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures. As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.
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Topics covered include:
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Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavones
Biochemical markers of bone turnover
Calcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolism
Estrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
The effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgery
The therapy of glucocorticoid bone disease
Effects of aging on bone structure and metabolism
Management of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery system
The genetics of osteoporosis
Bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis
Calcitonin
Bone mass measurement techniques in clinical practice
Osteoporosis and the bone biopsy
Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures. As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.
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Topics covered include:
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Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavones
Biochemical markers of bone turnover
Calcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolism
Estrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
The effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgery
The therapy of glucocorticoid bone disease
Effects of aging on bone structure and metabolism
Management of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery system
The genetics of osteoporosis
Bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis
Calcitonin
Bone mass measurement techniques in clinical practice
Osteoporosis and the bone biopsy
