Fetal medicine : basic science and clinical practice /: basic science and clinical practice. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charles H. Rodeck and Martin J. Whittle ; foreword by John Queenan.
• Other Names: Rodeck, C. H; Whittle, Martin J
• Contents: Early fetal development -- Early concepts and terminology -- Cellular mechanisms and embryonic tissues -- Staging embryos in development and the embryonic body plan -- Development of the head -- Development of the heart -- Placenta -- Immunology of implantation -- Development of the placenta and its circulation -- Placental function in maternofetal exchange -- Maternofetal trafficking -- Fetal physiology and pathology -- Development of the cardiovascular system -- Lung growth and maturation -- Development of the kidneys and urinary tract -- Maternal medicines and the fetus -- Perinatal postmortem -- Epidemiology -- Epidemiological techniques in fetal medicine -- Ethics -- Ethical issues in maternal-fetal medicine -- Prenatal screening and diagnosis -- Conveying information about screening -- Parental reaction to prenatal diagnosis and subsequent bereavement -- Prenatal screening for open neural tube defects and Down's syndrome -- Ultrasound screening for fetal abnormalities and aneuploidies in the first and second trimesters -- Non-invasive screening and diagnosis from maternal blood -- Invasive diagnostic procedures -- Cytogenetics -- Mendelian genetics: the old and the new -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis -- Hemoglobinopathies -- Prenatal screening for thalassemias -- Cystic fibrosis -- Inborn errors of metabolism -- Diagnosis and management of fetal malformations -- Sonography of the fetal central nervous system -- Heart -- Fetal lung lesions -- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Abdomen -- Kidney and urinary tract disorders -- Fetal skeletal abnormalities -- Fetal hydrops -- Fetal tumors -- Diagnosis and management of other fetal conditions -- Fetal growth and growth restriction -- Red cell alloimmunization -- Fetal platelet disorders -- Treatable fetal endocrine and metabolic disorders -- Early pregnancy failure -- Fetal infections -- Amniotic fluid -- Multiple pregnancy -- In utero stem cell transplantation -- Fetal gene therapy -- Neonate -- Interface of fetal and neonatal medicine -- Self-assessment scenarios -- Charts of fetal measurement.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: London New York : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 780 pages), illustrations (some color), plans
• Subjects: 618.3/2; Fetus -- Diseases; Fetus -- Physiology; Fetus -- Abnormalities; Fetal monitoring; Prenatal diagnosis; Fetal Diseases -- diagnosis; Fetal Diseases -- therapy; Fetal Monitoring; Fetus -- physiology; Prenatal Diagnosis; Maladies foetales -- Thérapie; Foetus -- Physiologie; Diagnostic prénatal; Périnatologie; Fetal monitoring; Fetus -- Abnormalities; Fetus -- Diseases; Fetus -- Physiology; Prenatal diagnosis; Obstétrique; Médecine anténatale; Foetus -- Maladies -- Thérapeutique; Diagnostic prénatal; Monitorage foetal; Foetus -- Physiologie; Einführung; Pränatale Medizin; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702033520; 0702033529
• Related ISBNs: 9780443104084; 0443104085
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.