The human placenta : a guide for clinicians and scientists /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific, c1993. |
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| Description: | x, 598 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1562425 |
Table of Contents:
- Growth, Development and Genetics of the Placenta: The origin and structure of the extraembryonic tissues
- The molecular biology of placental development
- The contribution of the paternal genome: hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma
- Genetic diagnosis, chorionic villous biopsy and placental mosaicism
- Ultrasound assessment of the placenta, and clinical assessment of placental growth
- The Biochemical Interaction between the Placenta and the Mother
- The placenta and maternal early adaptation to pregnancy
- Placental endocrinology
- The placenta and the control of parturition
- The placenta and haemostatic balance
- The Immunological Frontier Around the Fetus
- The placenta and infection
- The placenta as a graft
- The decidua and factors controlling placentation
- The placenta and recurrent early pregnancy loss
- The placenta, pre-eclampsia and chronic villitis
- The Placenta and the Fetus
- In vitro assessment of trophoblast receptors and placental transport mechanisms
- Trophoblast cell culture as a model for studying placental function
- Endocrine and metabolic interaction between placenta and fetus
- Pathways of maternal-fetal communication
- The placenta and intrauterine growth retardation
- The fetoplacental circulation: anatomy, physiology, pathology and assessment of function by ultrasound
