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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis

Best Practice & Research Compendium

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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 worlds leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of osteoporosis.

Key features include::
. Full reference to the latest clinical research;
. New chapters on risk assessment and the cost-effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis;
. Cochrane Reviews, when relevant;
. The provision of boxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice Points;
. Reference to national and international guidelines.

Also suitable for biochemists and other research scientists, Best Practice and Research Compendium:: Osteoporosis comprises a comprehensive review of the leading practice and research to date, helping ensure that the specialist has all the most essential information about osteoporosis readily to hand.
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Publication date
2006
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
200
Dimensions (mm)
216 x 279
Weight (g)
580
  • 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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