The Osteoporotic Syndrome

Detection, Prevention, and Treatment

Buch | Softcover

205 Seiten

2000 | 4th edition
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-068705-3 (ISBN)

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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. This book provides information on the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis, and on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.

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.

Dr. Louis V. Avioli, M.D. is widely regarded as the leading authority on osteoporosis and calcium metabolism. His distinguished career as a clinician, academician, and practicing endocrinologist covers more than 30 years of service. He is the founder and past president of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, and the founder and current president of the Association of Osteobiology. He is currently the Shoenberg Professor of Medicine, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and director of the Division on Bones and Mineral Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine.

1. The Necessity of a Managed Care Approach for Osteoporosis 2. Effects of Aging on Bone Structure and Metabolism 3. The Genetics of Osteoporosis 4. Bone Mass Measurement Techniques in Clinical Practice 5. Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover 6. Calcium, Vitamin D, and Bone Metabolism 7. Estrogens and Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators for Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis 8. Bisphosphonate Treatment for Osteoporosis 9. Calcitonin Treatment in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis 10. Therapy with Vitamin D Metabolites, Sodium Fluoride, Thiazides, and Isoflavones 11. Orthopedics and the Osteoporotic Syndrome 12. Glucocorticoid-Related Osteoporosis 13. Osteoporosis and the Bone Biopsy

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.4.2000
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	310 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
ISBN-10	0-12-068705-4 / 0120687054
ISBN-13	978-0-12-068705-3 / 9780120687053
Zustand	Neuware