Roger Smith is an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.Paul Wordsworth is a Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. Professor Wordsworth qualified in medicine from Westminster Hospital, University of London in 1975 and has worked in Oxford since 1980, initially as Senior Registrar in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and subsequently as a Research Fellow in the Nuffield Departments of Pathology and Medicine. He was appointed Clinical Reader in Rheumatology in 1992 and was awarded a personal chair in 1998. He won the Michael Mason prize from the British Society of Rheumatology.

Review from previous edition This book about the disorders of the skeletal system is an excellent guide to this translational research. [It] benefits from [the authors'] lifetime accumulation of experience and scholarship.

• 1. Introduction to clinical and biochemical disorders of the skeleton ; 2. The physiology and pathology of bone ; 3. Diagnosis and investigation ; 4. Osteoporosis ; 5. Osteomalacia and rickets ; 6. Parathyroids and the skeleton ; 7. Paget disease ; 8. Neoplastic disease and other non-parathyroid causes of hypercalcaemia ; 9. Osteogenesis imperfecta and other disorders of low bone density ; 10. Skeletal dysplasias and related conditions ; 11. Osteopetrosis and osteosclerosis ; 12. Marfan syndrome and related disorders ; 13. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and related disorders ; 14. Enzyme defects and the skeleton ; 15. Fibrous dysplasia ; 16. Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium and other disorders of mineralization ; 17. Ectopic mineralization ; 18. Recent advances

Roger Smith is an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.Paul Wordsworth is a Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. Professor Wordsworth qualified in medicine from Westminster Hospital, University of London in 1975 and has worked in Oxford since 1980, initially as Senior Registrar in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and subsequently as a Research Fellow in the Nuffield Departments of Pathology and Medicine. He was appointed Clinical Reader in Rheumatology in 1992 and was awarded a personal chair in 1998. He won the Michael Mason prize from the British Society of Rheumatology.

Review from previous edition This book about the disorders of the skeletal system is an excellent guide to this translational research. [It] benefits from [the authors'] lifetime accumulation of experience and scholarship.

• 1. Introduction to clinical and biochemical disorders of the skeleton ; 2. The physiology and pathology of bone ; 3. Diagnosis and investigation ; 4. Osteoporosis ; 5. Osteomalacia and rickets ; 6. Parathyroids and the skeleton ; 7. Paget disease ; 8. Neoplastic disease and other non-parathyroid causes of hypercalcaemia ; 9. Osteogenesis imperfecta and other disorders of low bone density ; 10. Skeletal dysplasias and related conditions ; 11. Osteopetrosis and osteosclerosis ; 12. Marfan syndrome and related disorders ; 13. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and related disorders ; 14. Enzyme defects and the skeleton ; 15. Fibrous dysplasia ; 16. Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium and other disorders of mineralization ; 17. Ectopic mineralization ; 18. Recent advances

Roger Smith is an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford.Paul Wordsworth is a Professor of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford and an Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. Professor Wordsworth qualified in medicine from Westminster Hospital, University of London in 1975 and has worked in Oxford since 1980, initially as Senior Registrar in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and subsequently as a Research Fellow in the Nuffield Departments of Pathology and Medicine. He was appointed Clinical Reader in Rheumatology in 1992 and was awarded a personal chair in 1998. He won the Michael Mason prize from the British Society of Rheumatology.

Review from previous edition This book about the disorders of the skeletal system is an excellent guide to this translational research. [It] benefits from [the authors'] lifetime accumulation of experience and scholarship.

• 1. Introduction to clinical and biochemical disorders of the skeleton ; 2. The physiology and pathology of bone ; 3. Diagnosis and investigation ; 4. Osteoporosis ; 5. Osteomalacia and rickets ; 6. Parathyroids and the skeleton ; 7. Paget disease ; 8. Neoplastic disease and other non-parathyroid causes of hypercalcaemia ; 9. Osteogenesis imperfecta and other disorders of low bone density ; 10. Skeletal dysplasias and related conditions ; 11. Osteopetrosis and osteosclerosis ; 12. Marfan syndrome and related disorders ; 13. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and related disorders ; 14. Enzyme defects and the skeleton ; 15. Fibrous dysplasia ; 16. Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium and other disorders of mineralization ; 17. Ectopic mineralization ; 18. Recent advances