Family history of osteoporosis
By: editor, Afrooz Afghani.
Contributors: Afghani, Afrooz.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608761906
Subjects: Osteoporosis -- Genetic aspects; Bones -- Size; Phenotype; Heredity; Osteoporosis -- genetics; Bone Density; Heredity; Osteoporosis -- physiopathology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Family resemblance of bone mass and its significance for the pathophysiology of osteoporosis / Zeljka Crncevic-Orlic ... [et al.]; title: The relation of maternal and paternal family history to bone health in older men and women / Donna Kritz-Silverstein, and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor; title: Familial similarities in bone mass are expressed prior to puberty / Graeme Jones; title: Family history of osteoporosis does not adversely influence BMC or BMD of Chinese adolescents / Afrooz Afghani, and C. Anderson Johnson; title: Short communication : stress fracture / Keith J. Loud.