Description: The understanding of skeletal physiology has advanced rapidly in the last 15 years, and this comprehensive work discusses this progress. Complex interactions have been found to control bone growth, modeling and remodeling particularly in the growing organism. Many heritable congenital and acquired abnormalities interfere with these processes and are the causes of structural and metabolic bone diseases. This book provides careful and detailed descriptions of pediatric bone diseases. It is essential for physicians and surgeons who deal with such abnormalities.
