Osteoporosis
Subtitle: pathophysiology and clinical management
By: edited by Eric S. Orwoll and Michael Bliziotes.
Contributors: Orwoll, Eric S.; Bliziotes, Michael.
Series: Contemporary endocrinology; Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 614
Subjects: Osteoporosis.; Osteoporosis -- physiopathology.; Osteoporosis -- therapy.; Ostéoporose.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human and animal studies of the genetics of osteoporosis / Robert F. Klein and Tatiana Foroud; title: The genetics of osteoporosis : progress in mice, not man / Ego Seeman; title: Peak bone mass acquisition / Jean-Philippe Bonjour and René Rizzoli; title: Peripheral bone mineral assessment of the axial skeleton : technical aspects / Thomas F. Lang and Jeffrey Duryea; title: Use of bone densitometry in the clinical management of osteoporosis / John Shepherd, Chris Njeh, and Harry K. Genant; title: Technical aspects of skeletal assessment using quantitative ultrasound / Mary L. Bouxsein; title: Clinical aspects of skeletal assessment with ultrasound / Daniel T. Baran; title: Molecular markers of bone turnover : basic and analytical aspects / Berthold Fohr, Henning W. Woitge, and Markus J. Seibel; title: Bone turnover markers : their place in the investigation of osteoporosis / Richard Eastell and Penny R. Bainbridge; title: ^Mechanical influences on bone mass and morphology : investigating how exercise may regulate adaptation in the skeleton / Stefan Judex and Clinton Rubin; title: Exercise in the prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures / Christine M. Snow and Belinda R. Beck; title: The physiology and cell biology of calcium transport in relation to the development of osteoporosis / Richard L. Prince and Paul Glendenning; title: Calcium, bone, and life / Robert P. Heaney; title: Clinical aspects of the use of vitamin D and its metabolites in osteoporosis / Ian R. Reid; title: The basic biology of estrogen and bone / Russell T. Turner, et al.; title: Clinical trials of estrogen and SERMs on bone markers, bone mineral density, and fractures / Lorraine A. Fitzpatrick; title: Androgen action in bone : basic cellular and molecular aspects / Kristine M. Wiren; title: Androgens and skeletal homeostasis : potential clinical implications of animal data / Dirk Vanderschueren, et al.; title: ^Gonadal steroids and the skeleton in men : clinical aspects / Benjamin Z. Leder and Joel S. Finkelstein; title: Basic aspects of calcitonin in skeletal health / Carlo Gennari; title: Clinical utilization of salmon calcitonin in the treatment of osteoporosis : rationale, supportive data, and considerations for the future / Charles H. Chesnut, III, and Moïse Azria; title: The mechanism of action of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates / Alfred A. Reszka and Gideon A. Rodan; title: Bisphosphonate treatment of osteoporosis / Nelson B. Watts; title: Basic aspects of PTH in skeletal health / Janet M. Hock; title: Parathyroid hormone as a therapy for osteoporosis / Mishaela R. Rubin and John P. Bilezikian; title: The cellular and molecular aspects of immunosuppressant osteoporosis / Mone Zaidi, et al.; title: Transplantation osteoporosis / Elizabeth Shane; title: The molecular pharmacology of osteoporosis / Jameel Iqbal, et al.