Fetal Medicine E-Book: Basic Science and Clinical Practice

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Elsevier Health Sciences, Feb 9, 2019 - Medical - 700 pages
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Covering pertinent basic science and offering today’s most authoritative guidance on clinical management, Fetal Medicine, 3rd Edition, is a must-have resource for obstetricians and other healthcare professionals involved in care of the fetus. An international team of expert contributors delivers the knowledge and background you need to effectively diagnose and treat fetal disorders – everything from prenatal screening and diagnostic tests to common and rare prenatal conditions, early pregnancy loss, ethical issues, and much more.

  • Focuses on fetal medicine throughout, bringing you today’s most reliable information in both basic science and clinical topics.

  • Offers updated information from cover to cover, including new coverage of genetics, embryology, and clinical management.

  • Features new self-assessment questions and new images throughout – for a total of nearly 1,000 photographs and line drawings, as well as more than 150 quick-reference tables.

  • Details fast-changing developments in fetal medicine, including advances in ultrasound imaging, cytogenetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry.
  • Helps you learn and retrieve complex information quickly thanks to succinct, highly structured text; key points at the beginning of each chapter; and concise chapter summaries.
 

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Contents

2 The Placenta
47
3 Fetal Physiology and Pathology
87
4 Epidemiology
131
5 Ethics
138
6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis
148
7 Diagnosis and Managementof Fetal Malformations
274
8 Diagnosis and Management of Other Fetal Conditions
468
9 Interface of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
592
SelfAssessment
1
Index
597
IBC
625
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Fetal Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Practice
Pranav P. Pandya,Ronald Wapner,Dick Oepkes,Neil Sebire
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TitleFetal Medicine E-Book: Basic Science and Clinical Practice
AuthorsPranav P Pandya, Ronald Wapner, Dick Oepkes, Neil Sebire
Edition3
PublisherElsevier Health Sciences, 2019
ISBN0702072877, 9780702072871
Length700 pages
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Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics
Medical / Perinatology & Neonatology
  
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