Overview

The Third edition of this successful Atlas of Osteoporosis is designed to provide a wide range of physicians with a pictorial guide to this important disease. The illustrations are an excellent teaching resource and the text provides a concise overview to osteoporosis. For the first time, text and illustrations are fully integrated. The book contains details of skeletal biology and the pathophysiology of osteoporosis, with a series of diagrammatic and SEM illustrations. There is greater emphasis on clinical factors in this edition, particularly in areas such as nutrition, exercise, and growth. There are also important sections on diagnosis using bone densitometry and the laboratory evaluation of bone disorders.

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John C Stevenson FRCP FESC MFSEM is Consultant Physician and Reader, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK Michael S Marsh MD MRCOG is Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital, and Senior Lecturer, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, London, UK

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