HYPERTENSION AND BONE LOSS -- HYPERTENSION AND BONE LOSS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM AND OSTEOPOROSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM -- OSTEOPOROSIS AND BONE REMODELING -- RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM AND BONE REMODELING -- RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM AND BONE REMODELING -- HYPERTENSION AND OSTEOPOROSIS -- OSTEOPOROSIS AND DRUGS THAT ACT ON THE RAS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN MEN AND WOMEN WITH ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SUBJECTS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD PRESSURE AND BONE MINERAL CONTENT IN OVERWEIGHT HISPANIC WOMEN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: BONE MASS AND BONE REMODELLING MARKERS IN HYPERTENSIVE POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN ON THIAZIDE DIURETICS. THE CAMARGO COHORT STUDY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SUBJECTS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: UNEXPECTED LINK BETWEEN HYPERTENSION AND OSTEOPOROSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN BONE CELL BIOLOGY -- EVIDENCE FOR ASSOCIATION OF HYPERTENSION AND BONE LOSS -- MECHANISMS AND CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.