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This updated edition is a comprehensive treatise that spans the complete range of basic biochemistry of bone and cartilage components to the clinical evaluation of disease markers in bone and joint disorders. With contributions from over 75 international experts, Dynamics of Bone and Cartilage Metabolism, Second Edition, is indispensable reading for those involved in skeletal research as well as for rheumatologists, endocrinologists, clinical biochemists, and other clinical disciplines participating in the management of patients with bone and cartilage diseases. - Part I provides an up-to-date account of current knowledge of the structure, biosynthesis and molecular biology of the major tissue components - Part II covers the organizational structure and cellular metabolism of bone and cartilage - Part III deals with the utility of components specific to bone and cartilage as biomarkers of health and disease

Excerpt from A Treatise on Diseases of the Bones Bone possesses in its healthy state but little sensibility. But under circumstances of disease, its sensibility often becomes wonderfully ex alted. Thus I have witnessed the manifestation of pain as acute from the penetration of an inflamed bone by a saw or trephine as from the incisions of inflamed soft parts. We Observe, moreover, the granula: tions from diseased bone participating in' the morbid sensibility of' its tissue. Such being the vital properties of bone, it IS very liable to disease and its diseases are many, when compared with the diseases of muscle, tendon, or nerve, or indeed of any other organ or tissue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Fully updated new edition covering all aspects of bone and joint diseases in one easily readable volume. Color illustrations throughout.