The Placenta and Neurodisability

Martin Bax author Ian Crocker author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Mac Keith Press

Published:12th Jan '16

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The Placenta and Neurodisability cover

This comprehensive and authoritative book discusses the critical role of the utero-placenta in neurodisability, both at term and preterm. It examines aspects of fetal compromise and possible cerebro-protective interventions, recent evidence on fetal growth and mental illness, as well as cerebro-therapeutics. Throughout the book, information from the basic sciences placed within the clinical context. 

  • Written by leading obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians and pathologists.
  • Discusses the role of  placenta in the  pathophysiology of  CNS
  • Examines recent evidence of endocrine, haematological and inflammatory origins of utero-placental dysfunction
  • Reviews latest advances in antepartum and perinatal imaging
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ISBN: 9781909962538

Dimensions: 249mm x 178mm x 15mm

Weight: 504g

176 pages

2nd edition