The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment

Metabolic bone degeneration (osteoporosis) affects millions of people--primarily postmenopausal women--and is directly responsible for debilitating hip, vertebral, and limb fractures in the elderly. Incorporating advances made within just the past five years, The Osteoporotic Syndrome: Detection, Prevention, and Treatment serves as an up-to-date, practical guide to the major clinical aspects of osteoporosis. The text is liberally illustrated with detailed figures. As a resource for the clinician dealing with metabolic bone degeneration, this book represents an excellent source of information on the diagnosis and day-to-day management of osteoporosis.Topics covered include: Therapy with Vitamin D metabolites, sodium fluoride, thiazides, and isoflavonesBiochemical markers of bone turnoverCalcium, Vitamin D, and bone metabolismEstrogens and tissue selective estrogens for prevention and treatment of osteoporosisThe effects of osteoporosis on orthopaedic surgeryThe therapy of glucocorticoid bone diseaseEffects of aging on bone structure and metabolismManagement of osteoporotic patients in our health care delivery systemThe genetics of osteoporosisBisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosisCalcitoninBone mass measurement techniques in clinical practiceOsteoporosis and the bone biopsy