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Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Osteoporosis |
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Chapter 2 The Social and Financial Costs of Osteoporosis |
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Chapter 3 Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis in Asian and Caucasian Women |
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Chapter 4 Nutrition and Osteoporosis |
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Chapter 5 Bone Adaptation to Mechanical Loading: How Does Bone Sense the Need for Change to Loading from Exercise? |
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K Shawn Davison, CJR Blimkie, RA Faulkner, and L Giangregorio |
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Chapter 6 The Diagnosis of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women |
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M Janet Barger-Lux and Robert R Recker |
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Chapter 7 Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover: Assay Methods and Clinical Application |
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Chapter 8 Bone Marrow Adipogenesis in Osteoporosis |
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Chapter 9 Statistical Methods in Osteoporosis Research |
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Chapter 10 Prevention and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis |
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Lu Amy Sun and Arkadi Chines |
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Chapter 11 Novel Potential Drug Targets for the Anti-Resorptive Treatment of Osteoporosis |
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Jia Ke Xu, Shek Man Chim and Ming Hao Zheng |
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Chapter 12 Male Osteoporosis |
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Lu Amy Sun and Arkadi Chines |
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Chapter 13 Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis |
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Chapter 14 Osteoporosis in Pediatrics |
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Horacio Plotkin and Richard Lutz |
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Chapter 15 Genetics of Osteoporosis |
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Volodymyr Dvornyk, Yao-Zhong Liu, Hui Shen, Yong-Jun Liu and Hong-Wen Deng |
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Chapter 16 Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics of Osteoporosis |
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Donghai Xiong, Ji-Rong Long, Sun Xiao, Hong-Wen Deng |
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Chapter 17 Studying Osteoporosis at the Whole-Genome Level: Problems and Prospects |
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Volodymyr Dvornyk, Peng Xiao, Yong-Jun Liu, Hui Shen and Hong-Wen Deng |
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Chapter 18 Animal Models and Study Design for Osteoporosis Research |
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Hua Zhu Ke and Xiao Jian Li |
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Chapter 19 Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis with Traditional Herbal Medicine |
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Ling Qin, Ge Zhang, Yenyu Shi, Kwongman Lee, Pingcheung Leung |
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Appendix An Introduction to Hologic Technology |
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Subject Index |
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