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The Osteoporotic Syndrome - Detection, Prevention, and Treatment (Paperback, 4th edition)
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The Osteoporotic Syndrome - Detection, Prevention, and Treatment (Paperback, 4th edition)
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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.
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.
Topics covered include
* 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
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