The Embryo

A state-of-the-art book with really new topics that have revolutionized the study of the human embryo. The new techniques have far-reaching implications for the diagnosis of diseases and defects at the beginning of pregnancy.

Inhalt
1 Mechanisms of Early Embryonic Loss In Vivo and In Vitro.- 2 Aetiology of Pregnancy Failure.- 3 Anembryonic Pregnancy.- 4 Embryonic Loss: Clinical Perspectives.- 5 Embryo Biopsy.- 6 Preimplantation Diagnosis by DNA Amplification.- 7 Transabdominal Chorion Villus Biopsy Versus Amniocentesis for Diagnosis of Aneuploidy: Safety Is Not Enough.- 8 The Role of Echography in the Diagnosis of Fetal Chromosomal Defects.- 9 Embryoscopy: An Evolving Technology for Early Prenatal Diagnosis.- 10 Sexing the Pre-embryo.- 11 Embryonic Development: The Origin of Neural Tube Defects.- 12 Ultrasound and Biochemical Assessment of First Trimester Pregnancy.- 13 Endocrinology and Metabolism in Early Pregnancy.- 14 The Endocrinology of the Fetoplacental Unit in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy.- 15 Endometrial Proteins.- 16 Maternal Serum AFP Screening for Fetal Malformations and Down's Syndrome.- 17 Biochemical Screening for Down's Syndrome.