| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
vii, 215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm. + CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The nature of osteoporosis / Eric S. Orwoll and Chaim Vanek -- Understanding bone histomorphometry : sampling, evaluation, and interpretation / Robert S. Weinstein -- Bone acquisition and peak bone mass / Connie M. Weaver and Laura K. Bachrach -- Genetics of osteoporosis / Robert F. Klein -- Biomechanics of bone / Karl J. Jepsen -- Epidemiology of osteoporosis and associated fractures / Elsa S. Strotmeyer and Jane A. Cauley -- Factors that influence adult bone mass / Susan M. Ott -- Glucocorticoids and bone / Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa and Cyrus Cooper -- Transplantation and bone disease / Dina E. Green and Sol Epstein -- Estrogen-dependency-associated bone loss and osteoporosis / Diana Antoniucci and Deborah E. Sellmeyer -- Osteoporosis in men / Eric S. Orwoll and Chaim Vanek -- Renal bone disease / Paul D. Miller -- Radiology of osteoporotic fracture / Jan E. Vandevenne, Carl S. Winalski, and Philipp K. Lang -- Laboratory assessment of skeletal status / Richard Eastell -- Bone densitometry in osteoporosis care / Neil Binkley -- Bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis / Jeffrey Curtis -- Bone anabolic agents / David Kendler -- New therapeutic agents / Michael R. McClung. |
| Subject |
Osteoporosis -- Atlases
|
| Added Author |
Orwoll, Eric S.
|
| ISBN |
9781573402965 (alk. paper) |
|
1573402966 (alk. paper) |
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