Sex Steroids and Bone

Bone is a sex hormone-dependent organ, which has importantimplications for current therapeutic strategies in theprevention and possible treatment of bone loss in theelderly. This book contains the proceedings of the ScheringWorkshop on "Sex Steroids and Bone." The various chapters byleading experts give and overall view of current knowledgeon the control of bone hemostasis by sex steroids and newideas on how this controlcould be exerted. It was also ofparticular concern to integrate a general survey of in vivoexperimentation and histomorphometric evaluation of bonetissue. The organizers of the workshop and editors of thisvolume hope that it will contribute to a betterunderstanding of the role of sex steroids in bone and thuspave the way for a better experimental approach instudyingdrug effects on bone with the ultimate goal of improvingtherapy in bone diseases.