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Best Practice & Research Compendium
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By
Cyrus Cooper, MA, DM, FRCP, FMedSci, Director and Professor of Rheumatology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Anthony Woolf, BSc, MBBS, FRCP, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK
Description
This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the identification and management of osteoporosis. Derived from the highly
acclaimed journals Best Practice and Research - Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Best Practice and Research - Rheumatology this
fully updated volume provides a logical progression through definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, as well as the latest advice on disease
prevention, treatment and screening. Fully illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the world's leading
experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of osteoporosis.
Contents
Epidemiology of osteoporosis
Fractures in the elderly: epidemiology and demography
Pathogenesis of osteoporosis
Prenatal
and childhood influences on osteoporosis
Corticosteroid osteoporosis
Lower peak bone mass and its decline
The role
of bone turnover markers and risk factors
in the assessment of osteoporosis and fracture risk
The use of bone densitometry
in clinical practice
Role of biochemical markers in the management of osteoporosis
Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
in men
Osteoporosis in childhood diseases: prevention and therapy
Post-menopausal osteoporosis
How to prevent fractures
in the individual with osteoporosis
Non-pharmacological interventions
Phyto-oestrogens
Oestrogen and selective receptor
modulators
(SERMS): current roles in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Role of bisphosphonates and calcitonin in
the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Biologic therapies in osteoporosis
Anabolic bone binding treatment [PTH] analogues
and strontium
Cost utility of treatment of osteoporosis
Risk assessment in osteoporosis
Future methods in the assessment
of bone mass and structure
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Paperback, 200 pages, publication date: SEP-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-044685-1
ISBN-10: 0-08-044685-X
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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