Fetal Growth and Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052164237X ISBN 13: 9780521642378

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The fetus occupies a critical phase during human development. It is at this stage when the body systems that will support us throughout our lives begin to face up to the challenge of life outside the womb. While the fetus can demonstrate a remarkably robust response to challenges in the uterus, it is also an exquisitely sensitive phase of development. It is now well recognized that disturbances to the materno-fetal environment can influence and even undermine our state of health well into adulthood. This exciting new publication provides a valuable insight into fetal growth and development across all the main body systems, and examines the influence of the materno-fetal environment on adult-onset diseases. This text contains additional chapters on the embryo, placenta, and parturition, to insure that this is a fully self-contained introduction. This book is written by world-renowned experts from leading centers of excellence and will be an invaluable introduction for students of medicine, reproductive biology, and human biology.

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Book Description

This exciting new publication provides a valuable insight into fetal growth and development across all the main body systems, and examines the influence of the materno-fetal environment on adult-onset diseases. Additional chapters on the embryo, the placenta and parturition will insure that this is a fully self-contained introduction. Written by world-renowned experts from leading centres of excellence, this account will be an invaluable introduction for students of medicine, reproductive biology and human biology.

Review

"This book is a brief, easy to read, multi-authored textbook of developmental and obstetrical physiology suited to an advanced undergraduate or graduate course The authors are well recognized in their fields...Fetal Growth and Development provided me with new facts and ideas..." Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

"This is a useful text which pulls together established evidence and adds to it the more recent evidence of our understanding of fetal growth and development.... This book would be ideal for postgraduate students studying for the Part 1 MRCOG examination and would provide a useful introduction for those embarking on subspecialist training in fetal medicine. It would also sit usefully on the bookshelf of any obstetrician who is interested in fetal development." The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

"This is a well-written scientific treatment... of substantial reference value..." Elizabeth V. Coryllos, Journal of Human Lactation

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052164237X
• ISBN 13: 9780521642378
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Harding Richard, Bocking Alan D.