Osteoporosis update
Osteoporosis is likely to become one of the major health burdens of the coming decades. This book discusses aspects of osteoporosis research, as well as emerging topics like the relation between osteoporosis and depression, or the therapy with anti-epileptic drugs and the loss of bone density
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers ,
c2011
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| Series: | Public health in the 21st century
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Epidemiology of osteoporosis in the new millennium
- 2. Aetiopathology of osteoporosis
- 3. Biochemical markers of bone turnover and bone mineral density in the management of osteoporosis
- 4. Problems in the prevention of osteoporosis and the assessment of bone density
- 5. Trace elements in osteoporosis/osteopenia
- 6. Endocrine disorders and osteoporosis
- 7. The role of diabetes as a risk factor for osteoporosis
- 8. Antiepileptic drug-induced osteopathy
- 9. Bone mineral density in anorexia nervosa
- 10. Osteoporosis and depression
- 11. Osteoporosis and nutrition
- 12. The effect of exercise on bone mineral density and falls : a series of studies
- 13. Recent advances and new perspectives in osteoporosis treatment
- 14. New approaches in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral factures by mini invasive surgery: place of the vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty