Osteoporosis
By: Ronald C. Hamdy, E. Michael Lewiecki
Contributors: Lewiecki, E. Michael
Series: Oxford American rheumatology library; Oxford American rheumatology library
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199927708
Subjects: Osteoporosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Definition & epidemiology; title: Basic bone pathophysiology; title: Bone densitometry; title: Diagnosis; title: Identifying patients at risk of fractures; title: Non-pharmacologic management of osteopenia and osteoporosis; title: Pharmacologic management of osteoporosis, part 1; title: Pharmacologic management of osteoporosis, part 2; title: Monitoring patients on treatment; title: Vertebral augmentation procedures; title: Corticosteroid-induced bone loss; title: Primary hyperparathyroidism; title: Premenopausal women; title: Men; title: Atypical femoral shaft fractures; title: Osteonecrosis of the jaw; title: Osteoporosis in children and adolescents.