Fast Facts: Osteoporosis

Juliet E. Dr Compston, Clifford J. Rosen (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2006 | 5th Revised edition
Health Press Limited (Verlag)
978-1-903734-90-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides information on the advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Osteoporosis. This book highlights the identification of at-risk individuals, techniques for measuring bone mass, factors influencing the choice of intervention and developments in the therapeutic and diagnostic arenas. It offers a clinically relevant guide to its management.

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Since 1997, "Fast Facts: Osteoporosis" has kept clinicians abreast of important advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this debilitating disease. As well as background chapters that clarify the pathophysiology of the condition and the homeostatic determinants of peak bone acquisition and maintenance, this book highlights the identification of at-risk individuals, the latest techniques for measuring bone mass, factors influencing the choice of intervention and recent developments in both the therapeutic and diagnostic arenas. Now in its fifth edition, "Fast Facts: Osteoporosis" provides a fully updated, clinically relevant guide to the successful management of osteoporosis.

Inhalt

Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Clinical manifestations; Diagnostic techniques; Risk Assessment; Management: general considerations; Antiresorptive therapy; Anabolic and dual-action therapy; Other forms of osteoporosis; Future trends.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Fast Facts
• Zusatzinfo: ill
• Verlagsort: Abingdon
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie
• ISBN-10: 1-903734-90-8 / 1903734908
• ISBN-13: 978-1-903734-90-2 / 9781903734902
• Zustand: Neuware