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The osteoporotic syndrome : detection, prevention, and treatment /
Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Pr...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�2000.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The necessity of a managed care approach for osteoporosis
- Ch. 2. Effects of aging on bone structure and metabolism
- Ch. 3. The genetics of osteoporosis
- Ch. 4. Bone mass measurement techniques in clinical practice
- Ch. 5. Biochemical markers of bone turnover
- Ch. 6. Calcium, vitamin D, and bone metabolism
- Ch. 7. Estrogens and selective estrogen receptor modulators for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
- Ch. 8. Bisphosphonate treatment for osteoporosis
- Ch. 9. Calcitonin treatment in postmenopausal osteoporosis
- Ch. 10. Therapy with vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavones
- Ch. 11. Orthopedics and the osteoporotic syndrome
- Ch. 12. Glucocorticoid-related osteoporosis
- Ch. 13. Osteoporosis and the bone biopsy.