UID:
almafu_9958076409402883
Format:
1 online resource (213 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-24428-3
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3-318-00765-X
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9786610244287
Series Statement:
Frontiers of hormone research, v. 30
Content:
Osteoporosis is one of the most clinically relevant disabling chronic disease encountered in clinical practice. A common cause of osteoporosis is glucocorticoid excess, as glucocorticoids may increase bone resorption, inhibit bone formation, have indirect actions on bone by decreasing intestinal calcium absorption and induce hypercalciuria. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the effects of glucocorticoids on bone metabolism and structure and on the diagnosis and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. It aims at providing updated information on the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this often dramatic complication of glucocorticoid excess. Being one of the few publications completely devoted to glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis it will heighten the awareness of specialists who prescribe glucocorticoids of the clinical relevance of this treatment complication. 'Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis' is addressed to clinical experts as well as to general practitioners who will both benefit from the comprehensive and integrative view of the management of patients exposed to glucocorticoids.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Pathogenesis and Diagnosis""; ""The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Glucocorticoid Actions in Bone""; ""DXA in the Diagnosis of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""The Use of Quantitative Ultrasonometry in Patients with Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Bone Histomorphometry in Untreated and Treated Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Biochemical Markers in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Part II. Clinical Aspects and Epidemiology""; ""Osteoporosis in Cushing�s Syndrome""
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""Adrenal Incidentalomas and Subclinical Cushing�s Syndrome: Is There Evidence for Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis?""""Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis in Asthma and Respiratory Diseases""; ""Organ Transplantation and Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Rheumatic Disorders and Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Epidemiology of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Part III. Treatment""; ""Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis with Calcium, Vitamin D and D-Metabolites""
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""Therapeutic Potentials of Androgens, Estrogen and SERMs in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""""Calcitonin in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Fluoride and Anabolic Steroids in the Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Growth Hormone in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""PTH in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-8055-7296-4
Language:
English
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