Title | Atlas of Osteoporosis [electronic resource] / edited by Eric S. Orwoll |
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Imprint | London : Current Medicine Group : Imprint: Current Medicine Group, 2003 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4561-0 |
Descript | XI, 220 p. online resource |
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