Title | Osteoporosis: Genetics, Prevention and Treatment [electronic resource] / edited by John S. Adams, Barbara P. Lukert |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5115-7 |
Descript | XII, 308 p. online resource |
1 Osteoporosis: Understanding and Managing A Growing Health Care Problem -- I. Genetics -- 2. Molecular Genetics of Skeletal Morphogenesis -- 3. Genetics of Osteoporosis -- 4. Genetic Strategies in Preclinical Osteoporosis Research -- 5. Interdependence of Genetic and Epigenetic Factors in Determining Bone Strength -- II. Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment -- 6. Quantitation of Bone Mineral Density in the Growing Skeleton: Methods and Meaning -- 7. Prevention of Osteoporosis: Strategies for Optimizing Peak Bone Mass -- 8. Skeletal Consequences of Physical Activity -- 9. Postmenopausal Osteoporosis -- 10. Individualizing Osteoporosis Therapy -- III. Osteoporotic Syndromes of Emerging Impact -- 11. Fall Prevention and Physical Therapy -- 12. Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Osteoporosis -- 13. Diagnosis and Treatment of Renal Osteodystrophy -- 14. Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis Associated With Immunosuppressive Therapy -- 15. Cancer and Bone Disease -- 16. Common Diseases Which May Complicate the Osteoporosis Phenotype -- IV. The Future -- 17. Understanding and Manipulating Genes, Hormones and Bone Cells