Osteoporosis in Older Persons

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Duque, Gustavo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kiel, Douglas P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Endocrinology.; Geriatrics.; Rheumatology.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

Osteoporosis in Older Persons - Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approach has the most up-to-date information about the pathophysiology and new therapeutic alternatives. Until recently most effort concerning osteoporosis research was directed mainly at the mechanisms of a type of osteoporosis known a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Biology of Bone
• Aging and Bone
• Calciotropic Hormones
• Sex Steroids and Aging Bone
• Animal Models for Senile Osteoporosis
• Senile Osteoporosis as a Geriatric Syndrome
• Genetics of Osteoporosis in Older Age
• Fracture Epidemiology Among Individuals 75+
• Falls as a Geriatric Syndrome: How to Prevent Them? How to Treat Them?
• Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Falls and Fractures
• Medical Treatment of Age-Related Osteoporosis: Present and Future
• Treatment of Osteoporosis in Long-Term Care
• Fracture Care in the Elderly.