Preterm birth : mechanisms, mediators, prediction, prevention and interventions /: mechanisms, mediators, prediction, prevention and interventions. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Felice Petraglia [and others].
• Other Names: Petraglia, F; Society for Gynecologic Investigation.
• Contents: Front cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; SECTION I: MECHANISMS; Chapter 1. Myometrial programming: a new concept underlying the regulation of myometrial function during pregnancy; Chapter 2. Cervical function during pregnancy and parturition; Chapter 3. Endocrine and paracrine mechanisms in human placenta and fetal membranes in preterm birth; Chapter 4. Stress and the pathophysiology of human birth; SECTION II: MEDIATORS; Chapter 5. Undernutrition, preterm birth, and the prostaglandin pathway; Chapter 6. Gene redundancy in parturition: lessons for tocolysis?
• Publisher Details: London Boca Raton, FL : Informa Healthcare Distributed in North and South America by Taylor and Francis
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 204 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 618.397; Premature labor; Premature Birth; MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics; Premature labor; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203931646; 0203931645; 1281091340; 9781281091345
• Related ISBNs: 9780415392273; 0415392276
• 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.