Neurologie

1998 · 202775 — Boca Raton - New York - London - Tokyo: CRC Press 1998. First Printing . Printed Coated Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9 1/2" Tall. In these chapters we tell the exciting story of the emerging anabolic strategies for treating osteoporosis. We start with a fresh look at the intricacies of bone biology osteopenia and osteoporosis. We then turn to the anabolic agents and their intracellular mediators that hopefully will soon be the star players in the treatment of osteoporosis." Preface The chapter headings and authors are: Osteoporoses: Their Nature and Terapeutic Targets Frost; Osteoporosis - Mechanisms and Models Mosekilde; PTH: Skeletal Effects in the Ovariectomized Rat Model for Postmenopausal Bone Loss Wronski & Li; Parathyroid Hormone: The Clinical Experience and Prospects Hodsman Fraher & Watson; Bone Formation May Be Uncoupled from Resrption as Demonstrated by a new class of hPTHrP-I-34 Analogues in Both Rapid and Slow Turnover Models of Osteopenia Vickery Avnur et al.; Commercial Exploitation of Parathyroid Hormone Therapy for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporoses Marchand; The Insulin-Like Growth Factors: Potential Anabolic Agents for the Skeleton Johansson & Rosen; and Osteogenic Actions of Fluoride: Its Therapeutic Use for Established Osteoporosis Lau Akesson et al. 266 pages with tables figures and Index; plus about 10 unnumbered pages prefatory matter including Contributors and Table of Contents; References at the end of each chapter. Boards have small push at front lower lagging corner otherwise clean and sound; text is strong and clean excepting a blemish on title page. <br/> <br/> CRC Press hardcover