Early Pregnancy

by Edited by Roy G. Farquharson , Mary D. Stephenson

• ISBN13: 9780521517089
• ISBN10: 0521517087
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Second author, Mary D. Stephenson, is with the Univ. of Chicago, IL. Offers recommendations for improving patient care in early pregnancy. Topics include risk factors for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, uterine natural killer cells and reproduction, and inherited thrombophilia and early pregnancy. For clinicians. DNLM: Pregnancy Complications--diagnosis.

Table of Contents

Preface

Early pregnancy models of care

Risk factors for miscarriage

Ectopic pregnancy

Ultrasound detection of uterine anomaly

Ultrasound and early pregnancy

Management of pregnancy loss

Investigation of recurring pregnancy loss

Molar pregnancy

Uterine natural killer cells and reproduction

Cytogenetic aspects of pregnancy loss

Chromosomal aspects of parental testing

Embryoscopy

Acquired thrombophilia and early pregnancy

Inherited thrombophilia and early pregnancy

Thrombosis, air travel and early pregnancy

Immunotherapy and early pregnancy

Endometrial receptivity

Clinical assessment of the endometrium

Implantation events

Recurrent implantation failure

Trophoblast biology and early pregnancy

Implantation failure: an embryologist's view

Embryo reduction after ART

Miscarriage after IVF

Maternal age and health risks with ART

Vanishing twin and long term outcome

Late pregnancy loss

Index

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