| Preterm Birth: Mechanisms, Mediators, Prediction, Prevention & Interventions Contributor(s): Petraglia, Felice (Editor), Strauss, Jerome F. (Editor), Weiss, Gerson (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415392276 ISBN-13: 9780415392273 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2007 Annotation: Preterm delivery is a major public health concern. Recent developments, such as the preventive use of progesterone, and new data on possible mechanisms of initiation of parturition, have placed the topic at the forefront of the interests and preoccupation of many in maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrics. This balanced, authoritative, and well-referenced work offers a rigorous underpinning of basic science, highlighted translational science sections, and evidence-based clinical guidelines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Perinatology & Neonatology - Medical | Gynecology & Obstetrics |
| Dewey: 618.397 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.67" W x 10" (1.69 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stillbirth remains a sufficiently frequent outcome of pregnancy to pose great problems for clinicians, who have to treat extremely distressed patients. This concise but comprehensive book from an international team of contributors sets out clear guidelines for clinical procedures and patient management for the obstetrician, as well as the gynecologist and the gynecologic pathologist. |