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THE BONE AND MINERAL MANUAL
The Bone and Mineral Manual
A Practical Guide
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Second Edition

Edited By
Michael Kleerekoper, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Ethel Siris, Professor, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Michael McClung, Director, Oregon Osteoporosis Center, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

Description
This new edition includes material that can easily be downloaded to a PDA. Quick and easy to use for clinicians at the touch of a key, this title further incorporates the most up-to-date laboratory methods, techniques, and approaches for designing strategies and investigating the pathophysiology of bone and mineral metabolism. It presents current information in a succinct format that allows practitioners to find answers without delay or difficulty.

Audience
Bone biologists, osteologists, and cell biologists.

Contents
1. Indications for Bone Mass Measurement 2. A Practical Guide to Bone Densitometry 3. Laboratory Analyses Useful in the Diagnosis of Bone and Calcium Metabolic Disorders 4. Biochemical Markers of Bone Remodeling 5. Skeletal Imaging: Radiographs, CT, MRI 6. Scintigraphy 7. Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia in Neonates 8. Preterm Infants with Fractures 9. Rickets 10. Osteogenesis Imperfecta 11. Juvenile Osteoporosis 12. Fibrous Dysplasia 13. Optimizing Peak Bone Mass 14. Bone Disorders Associated with Primary or Secondary Amenorrhea 15. Nephrolithiasis 16. Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Tramatic Brain Injury 17. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy 18. Evaluation of the Patient with Low Bone Density 19. Calcium and Vitamin D 20. Pharmacologic Therapy 21. Nonpharmacalgic Prevention and Management of Falls and Fractures 22. Osteoporosis in Men 23. Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis 24. Organ Transplantation 25. Paget?s Disease 26. Renal Bone Diseases 27. Metastatic Bone Disease 28. Osteomalacia 29. High Bone Mass 30. Hypercalcemia 31. Primary Hyperparathyroidism 32. Hypocalcemia 33. Phosporous and Magnesium 34. Principles of Patient and Family Education and Support 35. Resources for Education and Support

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 208 pages, publication date: AUG-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-088569-5
ISBN-10: 0-12-088569-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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