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Written by internationally recognized experts in the field, The Placenta: From Development to Disease is a clinical guide to identifying and managing problems in pregnancy associated with the placenta. Not only does this useful text detail the normal development of the placenta and fetus, a major component of the book focuses on abnormal placenta development and the resulting threats to the fetus and mother. Enhanced information is available throughout in helpful feature boxes highlighting "Clinical Pearls" and "Research Spotlights." The Placen... MOREta: From Development to Disease is the only clinical guide to this key organ.

The Placenta friend not foe The placenta is central to the survival of the fetus. Placental dysfunction, whether from disease or maldevelopment, therefore threatens the fetus and its mother. Disruption to normal placental function can disrupt fetal development in ways that are not apparent until long after birth. The crucial role of the placenta for fetal well being, the developmental origins of human adult disease and cardiovascular health and maternal placental syndromes is now being unravelled. The Placenta: From Development to Disease examines research into placental function and its clinical implications to provide a springboard for improving clinical practice and enhancing medical research. Influential information is extracted from the compelling narrative by the use of 'take home' features including: Clinical Pearls point to important issues in clinical practice Research Spotlights highlight key insights into placental understanding Teaching Points explain basic concepts for novice readers The Placenta: From Development to Disease is ideal for both experienced clinicians and researchers and those new to the field. Anyone who needs to understand the central importance of the placenta in the well being of their maternal and fetal patients should read this book.

The Placenta: From Development to Disease examines research into placental function and its clinical implications to provide a springboard for improving clinical practice and enhancing medical research. Influential information is extracted from the compelling narrative by the use of 'take home' features including:

Clinical Pearls � point to important issues in clinical practice
Research Spotlights - highlight key insights into placental understanding
Teaching Points � explain basic concepts for novice readers

The Placenta: From Development to Disease is ideal for both experienced clinicians and researchers and those new to the field. Anyone who needs to understand the central importance of the placenta in the well being of their maternal and fetal patients should read this book.

List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Fetal origins of adult disease/programming
Maternal Undernutrition and Fetal Programming: Role of the Placenta
Cardiovascular Health and Maternal Placental Syndromes
Placental development, physiology and immunology
Development and Anatomy of the Human Placenta
Immunologic Aspects of Pregn... MOREancy
Vascular Development in the Placenta
Hypoxia and the Placenta
Placental Metabolism
Placental Hormones: Physiology, Disease and Prenatal Diagnosis
Placental Transfer in Health and Disease
Placental Fat Trafficking
Maternal��Fetal Cell Trafficking and Microchimerism
Imprinting in the Human Placenta
Placental membranes and amniotic fluid retention
Examination of the placenta, membranes, cord
Examination of the Placenta, Membranes and Cord
The Umbilical Cord
Ultrasound Imaging and Doppler Studies of the Placenta
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography of the Placenta
Chorionic Villous Sampling and Amniocentesis
Cordocentesis and Fetoscopy
Research techniques to study the placenta
Trophoblast Isolation and Culture
Isolation and Culture of Human Umbilical Cord Vein Endothelial Cells
Perfusion Technique for Studying the Placenta Cotyledon
Three��Dimensional Culture Modeling of the Placenta
The Use of Ultrasound Contrast Agents in Placental Imaging
Microscopy and the Placenta
Proteomics & the Placenta
Stable Isotope Methodologies for the Study of Transport and Metabolism In Vivo
Medical diseases and complications
The Role of the Placenta in Autoimmune Disease and Early Pregnancy Loss
The Placenta in Preterm Prelabor Rupture of Membranes and Preterm Labor
Diabetes and the Placenta
Placental Origins of Intrauterine Growth Restriction
The Placenta in Preeclampsia
Thrombophilia and the Placenta
Infections in the Placenta
Aneuploidy and Polyploidy
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease and Placental Tumors
Multiple Gestation and Twin��Twin Transfusion syndrome
Previa and Abruption
The Placenta as a Functional Barrier to Fetal Drug Exposure
Placental Drug Transport
Future clinical applications
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking
Stem Cells from the Placenta
Fetal DNA, RNA and prenatal diagnosis
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Helen Kay, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

D. Michael Nelson, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

Yuping Wang, MD, PhD, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center � Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, USA

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