Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects

Zeroing in on all the crucial clinical and scientific knowledge of embryology and teratology that you need to master. The new edition of Before We Are Born explores how organs and systems develop week by week, stage by stage, and why and when abnormalities occur, and what the vital roles of the placenta and foetal membranes are in development, in an easy to use format.

Completely revised and updated, the new 6th edition of Before We Were Born emphasises the clinical aspects throughout by use of clinical correlations as well as hundreds of superb illustrations.

Incorporates the molecular aspects of embryonic development, including information on stem cells

homeobox genes

gamete formation

regulation control and the molecules/receptors involved

gene activity and expression and more.

Includes illustrations of new diagnostic procedures, including sonographs, MRIs, electron micrographs, 3D images, and clinical photographs.

Presents completely revised and updated Clinically Oriented Questions and Answers.

Offers reader-friendly features including brief explanations of clinical terms

clinical applications boxes

timetables for critical periods in prenatal development

and end-of-chapter summaries-enabling readers to quickly zero in on essential information.

Keith L. Moore, BA, MSc, PhD, FIAC, FRSM, Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Visiting Professor of Clinical Anatomy, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and T.V.N Persaud, MD, PhD, DSc, FRC Path (Lond.), Professor and Former Head, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine; Consultant in Pathology and Clinical Genetics, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada