Osteoporosis in clinical practice : a practical guide for diagnosis and treatment /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Springer,
[2004]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Normal skeletal structure and function
- Physiology of calcium homeostasis and bone remodeling
- Biomechanics of bone and fracture
- Pathophysiology of fractures
- Epidemiology of osteoporotic fractures
- Socioeconomic impact
- Bone densitometry, radiography, and quantitative ultrasound for the diagnostic assessment of osteoporosis
- Biochemical indices of bone turnover
- Dual-energy X-ray-based absorptiometry in daily clinical practice
- Differential diagnosis : back pain and osteoporosis
- Different diagnosis : bone pain and fractures
- Falls in older people
- Genes and osteoporosis
- Prevention early after menopause
- Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies to prevent hip fracture in old age
- Selective estrogen receptor modulators
- Bisphosphonate therapy for postmenopausal osteoporosis
- Anabolic drug therapy in osteoporosis
- Surgical therapy of fractures
- Osteoporosis in men
- Corticosteroid osteoporosis
- Tumor bone diseases
- Immobilization, exercise, and osteoporosis
- Nutrition and Osteoporosis
- The menopause : a woman's view
- Future devlopements : risk assessment
- Future therapies
- How to interpret new data