This reference manual for GPs presents recent scientific advances in the understanding and treatment of osteoporosis. Its aim is to enable the GP to diagnose and treat the disease from a platform of informed scientific opinion. Diagnostic hints are highlighted in the margins of the book, and it provides background knowledge of the treatments carried out at specialist centres. One chapter focuses on HRT and the management of the menopause.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
58 illustrations, 10 halftones
Maße
Höhe: 244 mm
Breite: 172 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-632-03811-4 (9780632038114)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Osteoporosis and its consequences; pathogenesis of osteoporosis and fracture; the endocrinology and biochemistry of osteoporosis; causes of osteoporosis; assessment of bone mass and osteoporosis; prevention of osteoporosis from menarche to menopause; treatment of generalized osteoporosis with inhibitors of bone resorption; other agents for generalized osteoporosis; treatment of secondary and focal osteoporosis.
