Contents:

Bone and the Skeleton: Development, Structure and Function.- Regulation, Maintenance and Repair.- Diagnostic Methods and Strategies.- Therapeutic Possibilities and Strategies. Reactions of Bone under Various Clinical Conditions: Nutritional Disorders and Effects on Bone.- Gastro-Intestinal Effects on Absorption and Motility.- Hepatic & Biliary Metabolic Effects on Bone.- Musculo-Skeletal & Connective Tissue Disorders.- Pulmonary Disorders and Drugs with Skeletal Effects.- Critical Care Medicine and Skeletal Involvement.- Cardiovascular Involvement in Skeletal Metabolism.- The Skeleton in Disorders of Ears, Nose, Mouth and Teeth.- Ophthalmology and Connections with Bone Disorders.- Dermatology and Bone Disorders.- Hematology: What Marrow does to Bone.- Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders with Involvement of the Skeleton.- Immunology, Transplantations and the Skeleton.- Infectious Diseases and the Skeleton.- Psychiatric Disorders involving the Bones.- Neurological Dysfunctions involving the Bones.- Genitourinary Disorders and the Skeleton.- Gynaecology & Obstetrics and the Skeleton.- Pediatrics and their Osseous Problems.- Clinical Pharmacology and Influence of Bone Metabolism.- Injuries involving the Bones.- Special Subjects involving the Skeleton. Summary and Perspectives.