Book[edited by] Pranav P. Pandya, Dick Oepkes, Neil J. Sebire, Ronald J. Wapner.
Contents:
Early concepts and terminology
Cellular mechanisms and embryonic tissues
Staging embryos in development and the embryonic body plan
Teratology
Early pregnancy failure
The immunology of implantation
Development of the placenta and its circulation
Placental function in maternofetal exchange
Placental pathology and implications for fetal medicine
Development of the heart and cardiovascular system in relation to cardiac abnormalities
Lung growth and maturation
Development of the kidneys and urinary tract in relation to renal anomalies
The perinatal postmortem examination
Epidemiologic and research methods in fetal medicine
Ethical issues in maternal-fetal medicine
Principles of screening
Conveying information about screening and diagnosis
Ultrasound and biochemical screening for fetal aneuploidy
Ultrasound screening for fetal abnormalities in the first trimester
Evidence for routine ultrasound screening for fetal abnormalities in the second and third trimesters
Noninvasive screening for cytogenetic disorders (fetal aneuploidy including microdeletions)
Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis for single-gene disorders
Invasive diagnostic procedures
Prenatal diagnosis of chromosome abnormalities
Advances in molecular genetics including fetal sequencing
Expanded carrier screening
Prenatal screening for thalassemias
Sonography of the fetal central nervous system
The heart
Fetal lung lesions
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Abdomen
Kidney and urinary tract disorders
Diagnosis and management of fetal skeletal abnormalities
Diagnosis and management of abnormalities of the face
Fetal hydrops
Fetal tumours
Open fetal surgery
Fetal growth and growth restriction
Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
Fetal platelet disorders
Fetal infections
Disorders of amniotic fluid
Multiple pregnancy
In utero stem cell transplantation
Fetal gene therapy
The developmental origins of health and disease
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Neonatal management and outcome in extreme prematurity
Self-assessment.