Osteoporosis Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Li En
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book includes five parts with 34 chapters. Part 1 Introduction introduces bone structure and function, the basic concepts of osteoporosis, and provides foundational knowledge for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Part 2 Osteoporosis Diagnosis Methods covers imaging, morphometry, biochemical and molecular biology tests, statistical methodologies, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) differentiation and classification, offering comprehensive examination methods and analyzing their respective characteristics. Part 3 Treatment of Primary Osteoporosis discusses the use and evaluation of commonly used drugs, while also highlighting TCM therapy, exercise, and physical therapy, emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive approach. Part 4 Diagnosis and Treatment of Secondary Osteoporosis and Related Diseases builds on the introduction of primary osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment, focusing on clinically relevant differential diagnoses as the main content. Part 5 Research Methods and Applications of Osteoporosis introduces osteoporosis research methods from nine aspects, including in vitro culture and differentiation markers of osteoblasts and osteoclasts, immunohistochemistry, laser scanning confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, molecular biology techniques, basic principles and testing methods of bone biomechanics, the creation of osteoporosis animal models, and the application of integrated TCM and Western medicine approaches and methods in osteoporosis.