Clinical and Biochemical Disorders of the Skeleton - Hardcover

Smith, Roger; Wordsworth, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192617400 ISBN 13: 9780192617408

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This book deals with those disorders of the skeleton associated with known biochemical abnormalities of its components. It comprehensively covers common polygenic and rare monogenic disorders and emphasizes the new advances which have been made in bone cell biology and in human skeletal disease particularly as a result of molecular medicine. This has been achieved within an easily readable and well-illustrated book. It is written for the postgraduate and clinician who finds disorders of the skeleton mysterious and for whom an understandable explanation is not always available. It will be of particular interest to those who look after patients with a wide variety of metabolic bone diseases, including rheumatologists, endocrinologists and orthopedic surgeons, and contains new information of interest to pediatricians and geneticists. This branch of medicine is currently not well taught and even the experienced clinician may not have encountered some of these disorders.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Smith is an Honorary Consultant Physician, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK. Paul Wordsworth is a Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.

Review:

"...very helpful in outlining the underlying metabolic changes that occur in the pathologic states of the skeleton. It is an excellent overview for the specialist and is a worthy edition to the field." --Doody's

"Clinical and Biochemical Disorders of the Skeleton is aimed at medical students and fellows, but it also will appeal to geneticists, endocrinologists, and rheumatologists. Although it has two authors, its style and organization are unified. The book also benefits from their lifetime accumulations of experience and scholarship. The style is clear, with a refreshing dose of the authors' opinions; this gives the impression that they are speaking to colleagues about a topic in which they are happily engrossed. Each chapter untangles complex topics and includes a foundation of material to help the reader understand the detailed data presented. There are many helpful tables and a useful appendix of terms."--New England Journal of Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0192617400
• ISBN 13: 9780192617408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 488