The Aging Skeleton - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0120986558 ISBN 13: 9780120986552

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 1999

Riassunto

The Aging Skeleton is a comprehensive and timely book on all aspects of the skeleton as it ages, including basic mechanisms and pathways as well as pathobiology. Chapters cover general aspects and models of aging, determinants and maintenance of peak bone mass, mechanisms of age-related bone loss, quantifiable manifestations of age-related bone loss, fractures, and therapeutics.

• Covers all aspects of the aging skeleton in one comprehensive volume
• Looks at the influence of genetics, nutrition, environment, hormones, and other factors on bone mass
• Provides a thorough discussion of fractures, one of the major consequences of the aging skeleton
• Reviews current therapeutic approaches and methods
• Written by internationally renowned authors and edited by leaders in the field
• Is the only book available on this subject

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dr. Rosen is Professor and Senior Scientists at The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, where his group studies the role of insulin-like growth factors on bone and the genetics of osteoporosis in inbred strains of mice. In 2007 he joined the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in Scarborough, Maine. He is also the former Director of the Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education, St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor.

Dr. Rosen is a Past President of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). He served five years as the First Editor in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Densitometry, the official journal for the International Society of Clinical Densitometry, and currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. His publications exceed 270 manuscripts published in a wide spectrum of clinical and basic science journals.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0120986558
• ISBN 13: 9780120986552
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 642
• Redattore: Rosen Clifford J., Glowacki Julie, Bilezikian John P.