The Embryo: Normal and Abnormal Development and Growth

ISBN 10: 1447118049 / ISBN 13: 9781447118046

Editore: Springer, 2011

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• Titolo: The Embryo: Normal and Abnormal Development and Growth
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1447118049
• ISBN 13: 9781447118046
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Like New
• Tipo di libro: book

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Riassunto

A state-of-the-art book with really new topics that have revolutionized the study of the human embryo. The new techniques have far-reaching implications for the diagnosis of diseases and defects at the beginning of pregnancy.

Contenuti

1 Mechanisms of Early Embryonic Loss In Vivo and In Vitro.- 2 Aetiology of Pregnancy Failure.- 3 Anembryonic Pregnancy.- 4 Embryonic Loss: Clinical Perspectives.- 5 Embryo Biopsy.- 6 Preimplantation Diagnosis by DNA Amplification.- 7 Transabdominal Chorion Villus Biopsy Versus Amniocentesis for Diagnosis of Aneuploidy: Safety Is Not Enough.- 8 The Role of Echography in the Diagnosis of Fetal Chromosomal Defects.- 9 Embryoscopy: An Evolving Technology for Early Prenatal Diagnosis.- 10 Sexing the Pre-embryo.- 11 Embryonic Development: The Origin of Neural Tube Defects.- 12 Ultrasound and Biochemical Assessment of First Trimester Pregnancy.- 13 Endocrinology and Metabolism in Early Pregnancy.- 14 The Endocrinology of the Fetoplacental Unit in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy.- 15 Endometrial Proteins.- 16 Maternal Serum AFP Screening for Fetal Malformations and Down’s Syndrome.- 17 Biochemical Screening for Down’s Syndrome.