Rev. ed. of: Medicine of the fetus and mother. 2nd ed. c1999.

Accompanied Questions and answers / [editors] E. Albert Reece, John C. Hobbins (xvi, 168 p. ; 28 cm.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early conceptus growth and immunobiologic adaptations of pregnancy / Kenneth H.H. Wong and Eli Y. Adashi -- Normal embryonic and fetal development / Trivedi Vidhya N. Persaud and Jean C. Hay -- Normal and abnormal placentation / Soheila Korourian and Luis De Las Casas -- Fetoplacental perfusion and transfer of nutrients / Henry L. Galan and Frederick C. Battaglia -- Endocrinology of pregnancy and the placenta / Alan DeCherney ... [et al.] -- Fetal lung development and amniotic fluid analysis / Ian Gross and Matthew J. Bizzarro -- Fetal cardiovascular physiology and response to stress conditions / Jean-Claude Fouron and Amanda Skoll -- Immunology of the fetus / Josiah F. Wedgwood and James G. McNamara -- Fetal endocrinology / Charles E. Wood and Maureen Keller-Wood -- Fetal hematology / Véronique Cayol and Fernand Daffos -- Sporadic and recurrent pregnancy loss / Robert M. Silver and D. Ware Branch -- Ectopic and heterotopic pregnancies / Arnon Wiznitzer and Eyal Sheiner -- Multifetal pregnancies: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management / Michelle Smith-Levitin, Daniel W. Skupski, and Frank A. Chervenak -- Biology of normal and deviant fetal growth / Andrée Gruslin and Carl A. Nimrod -- Developmental toxicology, drugs, and fetal teratogenesis / Robert L. Brent and Lynda B. Fawcett -- Drugs, alcohol abuse, and effects in pregnancy / Stephen R. Carr and Donald R. Coustan -- Teratogenic viruses / Antonio V. Sison -- Transplacentally acquired microbial infections in the fetus / Santosh Pandipati and Ronald S. Gibbs -- Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents in pregnancy and during lactation / Janet I. Andrews and Jennifer R. Niebyl -- Principles of human genetics: chromosomal and single-gene disorders / Joe Leigh Simpson and Maurice J. Mohoney -- Genetic counseling in prenatal and perinatal medicine / Jeff Milunsky and Aubrey Milunsky -- Basic principles of ultrasound / Mladen Predanic, Frank A. Chervenak, and E. Albert Reece -- Prenatal diagnosis of central nervous system malformations / Gianluigi Pilu and Sandro Gabrielli -- Prenatal diagnosis of central nervous system malformations / Gianluigi Pilu and Sandro Gabrielli -- Prenatal diagnosis of thoracic and cardiac abnormalities / Gianluigi Pilu, Philippe Jeanty, and Muliana M.B. Leite --

Gastrointestinal and genitourinary anomalies / Sandro Gabrielli, Nicola Rizzo, and E. Albert Reece -- Fetal skeletal anomalies / Luis F. Gonçalves ... [et al.] -- First- and second-trimester prenatal diagnosis / John C. Hobbins -- First- and second-trimester screening for open neural tube defects and Down syndrome / James E. Haddow, Glenn E. Palomaki, and Ronald J. Wapner -- Prenatal diaagnosis of deviant fetal growth / E. Albert Reece and Zion J. Hagay -- Three- and four-dimensional ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in pregnancy / Brian J. Trudinger -- Antepartum and intrapartum surveillance of the fetus and the amniotic fluid / Lami Yeo, Michael G. Ross, and Antony M. Vitzileos -- The fetus at surgery / Robert H. Ball and Michael R. Harrison -- Fetal medical treatment / Mark I. Evans ... [et al.] -- Maternal biological, biomechanical, and biochemical changes in pregnancy / Edward K.S. Chien and Helen Feltovich -- Maternal nutrition / Barbara Luke -- Trauma, shock, and critical care obstetrics / Erin A.S Clark, Gary A. Dildy, and Steven L. Clark -- Hypertension diseases in pregnancy / Frederick U. Eruo and Baha M. Sibai -- Cardiac diseases in pregnancy / Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery and Steven L. Clark -- Maternal pulmonary disorders complicating pregnancy / Steven L. Clark and Calla Holmgren -- Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy / Carol J. Homko, Jion J. Hagay and E. Albert Reece -- Endocrine disorders in pregnancy / Fred H. Fass -- Gastrointestinal diseases complicating pregnancy / Washington Clark Hill and and Alfred D. Fleming -- Liver disease in pregnancy / Vivek Raj -- Pregnancy complicated by renal disorders / Michelle W. Krause and Sudhir V. Shah -- Neurological disorders in pregnancy / R. Lee Archer, Stacy A. Rudnick, and Baskir S. Shibabuddin -- Thromboembolic disorders of pregnancy / Michael J. Paidas, Christian M. Pettker, and Charles J. Lockwood -- Coagulation and hematological disorders of pregnancy / Carl P. Weiner and Chien Ob -- Maternal alloimmunization and fetal hemolytic disease / Anita C. Manogura and Carl P. Weiner -- Maternal infections, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and sexually transmitted diseases in pregnancy / Richard L. Sweet and Howard Minkoff -- Rheumatologic and connective tissue disorders in pregnancy / Gustavo R. Leguizamon and El Albert Reece -- Dermatologic disorders during pregnancy / Thomas D. Horn and Jerri Hoskyn -- Cancer and other neoplasms in pregnancy / Peter E. Schwartz and Masoud Azodi -- Pregnancy before age 20 and after age 35 years / Helen H. Kay -- Essentials in biostatistics and perinatal epidemiology / Paula K. Roberson and Benjamin P. Sachs -- Sexuality in pregnancy and the postpartum period / Kirsten von Sydow -- Psychiatric problems during pregnancy and the puerperium / Linda L.M. Worley and Jennifer L. Melville -- Ethical and legal dimensions of the pregnant woman and fetus / Judith L. Chervenak , Frank A. Chervenak, and Lawrence B. McCulloush -- Bleeding in the third timester / Lawrence W. Oppenheimer and Carl A. Nimrod -- Normal and abnormal labor / Wayne R. Cohen -- Operative vaginal delivery / Edward R. Yeomans -- Preterm labor / Erol Amon and Thomas D. Muyles -- Prelab rupture of the membranes / Joaquin Santolaya-Forgas ... [et al.] -- Prolonged pregnancy / Curtis L. Lowery and Paul Wendel -- Anesthesia in the high-risk patient / Danny Wilkerson and Richard B. Clark -- Puerperium and lactation: physiology of the reproductive system / Judy M. Hopkinson, Pamela D. Berens, and E. Albert Reece -- Prematrue birth and neurological complications / Alan Hill -- Common problems of the newborn / Fernando R. Moya and Matthew Langhorn.