The second edition of the Atlas of Osteoporosis is designed to be useful to a broad readership united in their interest in the disorder. The expert authors have encapsulated not only the well-established basics of osteoporosis but also new developments in the field in a format that makes extensive use of graphical displays of important data. Issues that are well known to be important to skeletal biology and osteoporosis (eg, nutrition, exercise, and growth) have been updated. That there is substantive new information in these areas is a testament to the vigor of the field and the pace of its advancement. Some chapters included in the First Edition have been more extensively revised to reflect major developments. Several chapters have been added to highlight the emergence of new fields (genetics) or the expansion of others (bone densitometry and the laboratory evaluation of bone disorders)
CONTENT
I The Nature of Osteoporosis -- 2 Bone Acquisition and Peak Bone Mass -- 3 Genetics of Osteoporosis -- 4 Factors That Influence Adult Bone Mass -- 5 Epidemiology of Osteoporosis and Associated Fractures -- 6 Radiology of Osteoporotic Fracture -- 7 Laboratory Assessment of Skeletal Status -- 8 Bone Densitometry in Osteoporosis Care -- 9 Estrogen-dependent Bone Loss and Osteoporosis -- 10 Osteoporosis in Men -- 11 Osteoporosis Associated with Systemic Illness and Medications -- 12 Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis -- 13 Immobilization Osteoporosis -- 14 Etiology and Biomechanics of Hip and Vertebral Fractures -- 15 Role of Nonpharmacologic Approach to Fracture and Osteoporosis -- 16 Bisphosphonate Therapy for Osteoporosis -- 17 Bone Anabolic Agents -- Color Plates
