(xxv, 762 pages 116 illustrations, 31 illustrations in color.)
SERIES
Series Title
Handbook of experimental pharmacology, 107.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Calcium Homeostasis --; Bone Remodeling and Bone Structure --; Biology of Osteoblast --; Cytokines of Bone --; Hormonal Factors which Regulate Bone Resorption --; Factors which Regulate Bone Formation --; Mineralization --; The Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis --; Vitamin D Metabolism --; Bisphosphonates --; Paget's Disease --; Hyperparathyroid and Hypoparathyroid Bone Disease --; Skeletal Responses to Physical Loading --; Parathyroid Hormone --; Calcitonin Gene Products --; Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein --; Pathophysiology of Skeletal Complications of Cancer --; The Proteins of Bone --; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book is a comprehensive review of the current status of research in calcium and bone metabolism and related disorders. The authors are all accomplished and world-renowned experts in the topic areas assigned to them. They have provided controversial and up-to-date accounts of the current state of the art by reviewing major areas of basic science which have an impact on the understanding of the diseases of bone and mineral.