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Elsevier The Human Placenta in Health and Disease An Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics 1st Edition by Nelson, Michael
Together with Consulting Editor Dr. William Rayburn, Drs. D. Michael Nelson and Leslie Myatt have put together a unique issue that discusses The Human Placenta in Health and Disease. Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Why obstetricians know the future health of the babies they deliver; How obstetricians can predict the future health of mothers after a complicated pregnancy; What obstetricians need to know about placental pathology; Immunology of the placenta; Diabetes mellitus, obesity, and the placenta; Intrauterine growth restriction and placental dysfunction; The placenta as the root cause for preeclampsia; Placental anatomy and function in twin gestations; Placental implantation disorders: accreta, previa, and abruptio placentae; Key infections in the placenta; Chorioamnion function in normal and abnormal pregnancy; The future for imaging modalities of the human placenta; Artificial reproductive technologies and the decidual and placental development interface; and When the fetus goes still and the birth is tragic: The role of the placenta in stillbirths. Readers will come away with the clinical information they need to improve outcomes in the women, mothers, and infants. Section I Clinical Decision MakingSection II Basics of Urologic SurgerySection III Infections and ImflammationSection IV Molecular and Cellular BiologySection V Reproductive and Sexual FunctionSection VI Male GenitaliaSection VII Renal Physiology and PathophysiologySection VIII Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction and TraumaSection IX Urinary Lithiasis and EndourologySection X Neoplasms of the Upper Urinary TractSection XI The AdrenalsSection XII Urine Transport, Storage, and EmptyingSection XIII Benign and Malignant Bladder DisordersSection XIV ProstateSection XV Pediatric UrologyIndex