Placental function & fetal nutrition
By: editor, Frederick C. Battaglia.
Contributors: Battaglia, Frederick C., 1932-; Nestlé Nutrition Services.; Nestlé Nutrition Workshop (39th : 1996 : East Sussex, England)
Series: Nestlé Nutrition workshop series ;; v. 39
Publisher: Nestlé Nutrition Services; Lippincott-Raven
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Vevey, Switzerland]; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Fetus -- Nutrition -- Congresses.; Placenta -- Physiology -- Congresses.; Maternal-fetal exchange -- Congresses.; Placenta -- physiology -- congresses.; Fetus -- embryology -- congresses.; Nutrition -- in pregnancy -- congresses.; Fetal Growth Retardation -- metabolism -- congresses.; Biological Transport -- physiology -- congresses.
Other titles: Placental function and fetal nutrition
Description: This volume is based on an international forum of experts in placental function and fetal nutrition. The availability of new imaging and research techniques now permits broader studies in human pregnancy and basic research, better illustrating the association between clinical pathology, placental dysfunction and fetal malnutrition. The five sessions of the conference include a mixture of basic and clinical research topics; and follow the progress made understanding placental transport and metabolism and its impact on human pregnancy. The illuminating presentations captured in this volume offer a far more precise description of normal fetal growth and metabolism, along with the possibility of exploring how specific maternal diseases affect fetal and placental nutrition. Suggestions for potential therapeutic application to human pregnancies are discussed with sensitivity and insight.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"39th Nestlé Nutrition Workshop which was held at Ashdown Park Hotel in East Sussex, England in the spring of 1996"--Pref.