The spectrum of mineral and bone disorders in chronic kidney disease

This new edition is fully updated to reflect the most current thinking and understanding in the field, as presented by a team of international clinical experts. INDICE: 1: Definition and classification of renal osteodystrophy and chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD); 2: New aspects of normalbone biology; 3: Osteocytes and mineral metabolism; 4: Calcium-sensing receptors (CaSRs) in kidney, bone and vessels; 5: Regulation of parathyroid hormone biosynthesis and gene expression; 6: Abnormal parathyroid gland function in CKD; 7: PTHrP physiology and pathophysiology, and the PTH/PTHrP receptor; 8: Vitamin D metabolism and action in CKD; 9: Growth factors and cytokines in renal bone disease; 10: Bone histomorphometry in renal osteodystrophy; 11: The spectrum of renal osteodystrophy and vascular calcifications in uremia; 12: Imagingof the skeleton and the joints in CKD; 13: Non-invasive assessment of vascular calcification and arterial stiffness; 14: Osteopenia in uremia; 15: Acidosisand renal bone disease; 16: Dialysis-associated amyloidosis; 17: Pathogenesisof vascular calcification: experimental studies; 18: Clinical consequences ofarterial calcifications and soft-tissue calcifications in Chronic Kidney Disease; 19: Clinical management of vascular and soft tissue calcifications in Chronic Kidney Disease patients; 20: The role of the skeleton in the pathogenesisof vascular calcification in the Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral Bone Disorder; 21: Klotho: bone, kidney, vascular calcifications, and the ageing process; 22: Physiology and pathology of calcium and magnesium transport; 23: Phosphatonins in health and disease; 24: FGF-23 in renal failure; 25: New vitamin D analogs for chronic kidney disease patients; 26: Calcimimetics and calcilytics in the treatment of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder; 27: Medicaltherapy in chronic kidney disease; 28: Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) in children; 29: Bone disease in renal transplant recipients; 30: Imaging and intervention of parathyroid hyperplasia; 31: Surgical management of secondary hyperparathyroidism; 32: Morbidity and mortality related to disturbances in mineral metabolism in CKD

• ISBN: 978-0-19-955917-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 616
• Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés