Nutritional and Metabolic Bone and Stone Disease: An Asian Perspective: 0 - Tapa dura

NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC BONE AND STONE DISEASE-This book provides a concise yet comprehensive description of the clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, diagnostic approaches and therapeutics of diseases that come under the rubric of bone, stone and related mineral disorders in an Asian perspective. The text, organised in 18 sections covering 116 chapters, and the appendices reflect the several basic sciences and clinical syndromes that contribute to the field of bone and stone diseases, and provide the current knowledge in the most useful and informative way in a single volume. This multiauthor book offers the core knowledge of bone biology, bone physiology and actions of hormones and growth factors on bone and mineral metabolism and the key risk factors for the formation of kidney stones. The chapters that follow address the diagnostic techniques available for investigation of bone and stone diseases. The other chapters review the current understanding of the various forms of nutritional and metabolic bone and stone diseases and their therapeutic modalities. Besides the text, numerous tables, descriptive figures and clinical illustrations make it an ideal publication providing a clear perspective to the readers. Most importantly, it is a landmark text-cum-reference sourcebook aimed at the clinicians, practitioners, students, trainees, research scientists and specialists in the disciplines of endocrinology, nutrition, Internal medicine, pediatrics, orthopaedics, nephrology, urology, rheumatology and gynecology. 1 normal bone: structure, biological organization and growth. 2 physiology of bone. 3 systemic and local regulators: clinical relevance for bone metabolism. 4 mineral homeostasis and disorders. 5 laboratory approach to the diagnosis of bone disease. 6 disorders of bone and mineral metabolism. 7 nutritional bone disease. 8 parametabolic bone disease. 9 metabolic bone disease. 10 inborn renal tubular transport defects. 11 inborn enzymetic defects. 12 osteosclerosis. 13 constitutional disorders of bone. 14 ectopic calcification and ossification. 15 paget's disease of bone. 16 acquired diseases of bone and cartilage. 17 bones and teeth. 18 renal tract stone disease. 18 appendices.

SURENDRA P S TEOTIA MBBS, MD (Med-Lucknow), PhD (Endo-London), FRIC, (London), DSc (LGUHon.), FAMS, FICP, FICN (India), DPH (Japan), SHMM (London), FRSM (England), FISFR (USA). Speciality Metabolic and Endocnne Diseases (UCH-London, Harvard-USA) Is currently the Consultant Endocrinologist at Sri Sathya Sal General Hospital and Visiting Consultant at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Emeritus Professor, National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Member, WHO advisory committee, trace elements research, Geneva, and Director (Hon.) National Foundation of Metabolic Bone and Stone Disease, India. Worked on 114 research projects, published 325 research papers, 22 monographs, 6 books, contributed 68 chapters to national and international books, eliciting more than 15,000 citations in the world literature. His most outstanding researches include the original works on fluorosis, nutritional and metabolic bone disease, hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis, bone histomorphometry, kidney stones and update epidemiological maps for fluorosis, bone and stone diseases, through landmark surveys of 340.68 million rural population. Dr. Teotia has been honoured with Padma Shri; and has received more than 60 national and international awards. BC Roy, Hari Om Ashram (MCI), Applied Research (ICMR) and a series of distinguished awards by the API including the recent Rabindranath Tagore Oration and other national academic bodies. He has been honoured as emeritus medical scientist by ICMR and consultant/advisor the Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence Government of India and was president of endocrine and urolithiasis societies of India. Dr. Teotia is Ex-founding Professor, Head and Chief Consultant Endocrinologist of the first independent postgraduate department of human metabolism and endocrinology in India (Asia), established at LLRM Medical Colleges Meerut. MOHINI TEOTIA MBBS, DCH, MD (Ped-Lucknow), DSc (Hon), FRSM, SHMM (London), FICN, Speciality Metabolic and Endocorine Diseases (UCH-London), Consultant Endocrinologist is Ex-Professor, Head, Chief Consultant Endocrinologist and Chairperson of the Division for Bone, Minerals and Stone Research, postgraduate department of human metabolism and endocrinology, LLRM Medical College, Meerut. She has worked on 115 peer reviewed projects of research councils of Government of India and IDRC, Canada, published 340 research papers, 22 monographs, 6 books and contributed 69 chapters to national/ international books, eliciting more than 15,000 citations in world literature. Her most outstanding researches include the original work on fluorosis, nutritional and metabolic bone disease, hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D metabolism, juvenile osteoporosis, bone dysplasias, bone histomorphometry and kidney stones, and update epidemiological maps for fluorosis, goitre, bone and stone diseases, through landmark surveys of 340.68 million rural population. She has been felicitated with WHO and Welcome Trust, London, visiting professor and scientist awards to visit Harvard Medical School and divisions of bone, stone and mineral metabolism at Henry Ford Hospital, Southwestern Medical School, Texas, USA, and at several European Countries. She established the first WHO referral centre for screening of inborn errors of metabolism in children in India. She has been honoured by Czechoslovakia Medical Association and European Society of osteoarthrology with medals, plaques and scrolls in recognition of her outstanding contributions. Dr. Teotia had the singular distinction of being the first scientist from Asia invited by Royal College of Physicians, London, to give an oration on pediatric implications of kidney and bladder stones for adult disorders in 1976.