Calcium and bone disorders in children and adolescents.

9783805591614

Calcium and bone disorders in children and adolescents.

Ed. by Jeremy Allgrove and Nick Shaw.

S. Karger, AG

2009

300 pages

$196.00

Hardcover

Endocrine development; v.16

RJ482

Editors Allgrove (pediatric endocrinology, Royal London Hospital, UK) and Shaw (clinical lead for endocrinology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK) gather the latest cutting-edge research on calcium and bone disorders in children and adolescents for pediatric endocrinologists and clinicians who are interested in the rapidly expanding field of bone disease studies. Leading experts discuss such topics as the physiology of calcium, magnesium and phosphate metabolism, the pitfalls of bone density mapping and a thorough review of the latest knowledge on disorders such as hypocalcemia, rickets and osteoporosis. A final chapter is devoted to comprehensive case studies of these disorders, making this publication unique in its field.

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