Contents: 1. Skeletal and Mineral Homeostasis/Sudhaker D. Rao. 2. Vitamin D: Skeletal and Nonskeletal Effects/Elena Barengolts. 3. Nutritional Aspects of Calcium and Vitamin D:Global Prospective/Mohammad S Kuchay and Ambrish Mithal. 4. Disorders of Phosphorus Metabolism/Rekha Singh and Sushil K. Gupta. 5. Rickets and Osteomalacia/Soham Mukherjee and Sanjay K. Bhadada.6. Parathyroid Hormone Independent Hypercalcemia/Sanjay K Bhadada, Shabna Sulaiman and Subhash C Kukreja. 7. Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Indian Context/Sanjay K Bhadada, Priyanka Singh and Sudhaker D. Rao. 8. Hypocalcemic Disorders/Yuval Eisenberg and Subhash C. Kukreja.9. Diagnosis of Osteoporosis/Subhash C. Kukreja. 10. Management of Osteoporosis/Subhash C Kukreja. 11. Osteoporosis: Antiresorptive Drug Therapy/Chaitanya Mamillapalli. 12. Anabolic Agents for Treatment of Osteoporosis/Leonid Vydro and Subhash C. Kukreja. Appendices. Index.

This is the latest in the well accepted and appreciated “Clincial Focus Series”. The book will provide a strong basis for basic understanding of bone and mineral physiology and treatment for disease states. It presents the current state of knowledge in the field.

Key Features:

• Latest in the well accepted and appreciated ""Clinical Focus Series on Endocrinology'. This title provides an update on our current understanding of the diagnosis and management of bone and mineral disorders. 

• Concise, balanced coverage of both basic insights and clinical data to aid clinical decision making. 

• Focuses on the skeletal and mineral homeostasis and the role and place of nutritional supplementation with calcium and vitamin Din skeletal health. 

• Provides established and novel approaches to management of disorders of bone and mineral metabolism including calcium, phosphorus disorders, rickets, osteomalacia and osteoporosis. 

• Delivers up-to-date information in a well-illustrated, easy-to-understand format. 
• Written by leading researchers and clinicians in the field to provide concise coverage of the widest possible spectrum of metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism.