Bone Disease in Rheumatology covers bone disorders in rheumatic diseases.
Geared toward rheumatologists, Bone Disease in Rheumatology examines the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of bone loss in patients with inflammatory diseases.
Used as a source of reference or studied in its entirety, the no-nonsense layout of essential information in Bone Disease in Rheumatology will surely enhance your mastery of understanding and treating bone disease.
You'll find coverage of...
- Cutting-edge information on the pathophysiology of systemic and focal bone loss (erosions) in inflammatory disorders, and the tools to assess and measure them
- Bone loss associated with rheumatic diseases and the medications utilized in their management
- Common and uncommon metabolic bone disorders, emphasizing state-of-the-art management techniques
The inaugural edition of Bone Disease in Rheumatology will prove its worth on the first read.
Contents:
- Anatomy and Physiology of Bone
- Bone Structure and Function
- Pathophysiology of Systemic Bone Loss in Rheumatic Disorders: The Role of Inflammatory Cytokines
- Pathogenesis of Focal Bone Loss in Inflammatory Arthritis
- Measurement Tools in Osteoporosis and Arthritis
- Biochemical Markers of Bone and Cartilage Turnover
- Measurement of Bone Mineral Density
- Radiological Measurements of Periarticular Bone Loss, Erosions, and Joint Space
- Quality of Life and Its Measurement in Osteoporosis
- Bone Loss and Fragility Fractures in the Rheumatic Diseases
- Bone Loss and Fractures in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Bone Loss and Fractures in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Bone Disease in Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Bone Loss Due to Medications
- Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
- Drug-Induced Bone Loss
- Management of Bone Loss in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Biological Therapy in Prevention of Bone Erosions
- Exercise and Rehabilitation in Patients with Osteoporosis and Arthritis
- Estrogens and Rheumatic Diseases
- Calcitonin in the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases
- The Use of Bisphosphonates in Rheumatic Disease and Osteoporosis
- Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators in the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis
- The Use of Androgens and Dehydroepiandrosterone in Rheumatic Bone Disease
- The Use of Parathyroid Hormone in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases
- Potential New Biological Therapies for Bone Loss
- Other Bone Disorders
- Paget's Disease of Bone
- Osteomalacia
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Rheumatologic Manifesations and Bone Disease
- Osteonecrosis
- Calcinosis and Heterotopic Ossification
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