| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (VIII, 224 p. 20 illus., 14 illus. in color.)
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| Disciplina |
616.716
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| Collana |
Trends in andrology and sexual medicine
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| Soggetto topico |
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis - Pathophysiology
Osteoporosis - Treatment
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| ISBN |
3-319-96376-7
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Preface -- Introduction -- Introductory remarks: Gender differences in osteoporosis: from research to treatment -- Anatomy and histology of male skeletal tissue: gender differences - Physiology of bone mass acquisition and pathophysiology of bone mass loss: gender differences Epidemiology of male osteoporosis and fractures -- Economic and social impact of male osteoporosis and fractures -- Diagnosis of osteoporosis and fracture risk assessment: gender differences (anamnesis, algorithms, blood tests, DXA) -- Male osteoporosis and imaging (QUS, CT, RM, xray) -- Causes and pathophysiology of osteoporosis in men: Introduction: causes and risk factors for male osteoporosis -- Genetics of osteoporosis: gender differences -- Aging and bone loss -- Androgens and bone -- Estrogens and male osteoporosis -- Vitamin D and male osteoporosis -- Testicular function and skeletal alterations -- Endocrinological causes of male osteoporosis -- Osteoporosis in Klinefelter syndrome -- Nutritional disturbances and osteoporosis during puberty (anorexia, bulimia) -- Lifestyle and osteoporosis risk in men (physical activity, diet, alcohol abuse) -- Drug induced male osteoporosis -- Obesity and male osteoporosis: protective factor? -- HIV and osteoporosis -- Cardiovascular risk and osteoporosis: is there a link? -- Osteoporosis and hormonal therapy in prostate cancer -- Doping and skeletal alterations -- Sarcopenia-osteoporosis: the fragile man -- Prevention, screening and treatment: Prevention of male osteoporosis in the different ages -- Screening foroporosis in men: critical summary of international guidelines -- Androgen therapy -- Vitamin D supplementation -- Pharmacological therapy -- Femur fragility fracture in men and surgical therapy risks -- Rehabilitation therapy after surgery in osteoporotic patients -- Future research and clinical issues.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910420950203321 |
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Bone regulators and osteoporosis therapy / / Paula H. Stern, editor
