Osteoporosis
By: edited by John C. Stevenson and Robert Lindsay.
Contributors: Stevenson, John C.; Lindsay, Robert, Ph.D.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chapman & Hall Medical
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Osteoporosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Bone structure and cellular activity; title: Ch. 2. Pathogenesis of osteoporosis; title: Ch. 3. Pathogenesis of postmenopausal osteoporotic fractures; title: Ch. 4. Epidemiology; title: Ch. 5. Bone histomorphometry; title: Ch. 6. Biological markers of bone turnover in osteoporosis; title: Ch. 7. Bone mass measurements; title: Ch. 8. Estrogen and osteoporosis; title: Ch. 9. The use of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis; title: Ch. 10. Calcitonin therapy in osteoporotic syndromes; title: Ch. 11. Requirements for calcium and its use in the management of osteoporosis; title: Ch. 12. Vitamin D treatment in osteoporosis and osteomalacia; title: Ch. 13. Anabolic steroids; title: Ch. 14. Fluoride therapy for postmenopausal osteoporosis; title: Ch. 15. Parathyroid hormone as an anabolic treatment; title: Ch. 16. Physical activity and osteoporosis; title: Ch. 17. Physical medicine and rehabilitation; title: Ch. 18. Orthopaedic management; title: Ch. 19. Future strategies for osteoporosis.