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Placental Bed Disorders: Basic Science and its Translation to Obstetrics
I (Ed)Et Al Brosens
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Description for Placental Bed Disorders: Basic Science and its Translation to Obstetrics
hardcover. This book focuses on placental bed disorders and the role they play in normal and complicated pregnancies. Editor(s): Pijnenborg, Robert; Brosens, Ivo; Romero, Roberto. Num Pages: 320 pages, 71 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: MJD; MJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 870.
It is now recognized that defective placentation in the human is a cause of many pregnancy complications, such as spontaneous abortion, preterm labor and delivery, pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, fetal death and abruptio placenta. These clinical disorders can often have long-term consequences into adulthood, causing cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes for the newborn as well as an increased risk of premature death in the mother. This is the first book to be entirely focused on the placental bed, bringing together the results of basic and clinical research in cell biology, immunology, endocrinology, pathology, genetics and imaging to consolidate in a ... Read more
It is now recognized that defective placentation in the human is a cause of many pregnancy complications, such as spontaneous abortion, preterm labor and delivery, pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, fetal death and abruptio placenta. These clinical disorders can often have long-term consequences into adulthood, causing cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes for the newborn as well as an increased risk of premature death in the mother. This is the first book to be entirely focused on the placental bed, bringing together the results of basic and clinical research in cell biology, immunology, endocrinology, pathology, genetics and imaging to consolidate in a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521517850
SKU
V9780521517850
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Ref
99-12
About I (Ed)Et Al Brosens
Robert Pijnenborg is Professor, Department of Woman and Child, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Ivo Brosens is Emeritus Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Roberto Romero is Chief, Perinatology Research Branch, Program Director for Obstetrics and Perinatology and Professor of Molecular Obstetrics and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, USA.
Reviews for Placental Bed Disorders: Basic Science and its Translation to Obstetrics
'… a really excellent and timely volume (especially given Robert's retirement), scholarly, comprehensive, well presented, critical, stimulating in the presentation of new ideas and with an authoritative panel of contributors.' Professor John Aplin, Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester 'The distinctly individual writing style of the contributors keeps the reader engaged and their interpretation of published literature ... Read more