Gynaecology and obstetrics

The suggestion of Max Knoll that an electron fascinated by the numerous SEM photographs, the wealth of information and the enthusiasm of the microscope could be developed using a fine scanning researchers covering a variety of disciplines.

In Vitro Fertilization, Embryo Transfer and Early Pregnancy is undoubtably the most exciting and onwardly progressing field in reproductive medicine today.

The no-man's-land between reproductive physiology and immunology is becoming crowded.

The image of obstetrics as a largely manipulative art has changed radically in recent years.

The Eighth Brook Lodge Conference on Problems of Reproductive Physiology is the latest in a series of small meetings held over 18 years.

This is the fourth in a series of books on Advances in Prostaglandin Research published by MTP Press.

The peri-menopause is emerging more and more as a subject for study by the doctor, the psychologist, the social worker, the gerontologist, the clinical chemist, the public health specialist, the sociologist, the psychiatrist and the experimental pathologist.

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Despite the increasing number of andrological pub- opment of basic and clinical research in andrology, lications, the diagnostic aspects of andrology have to analyze modern techniques for the evaluation of received relatively little attention.

Honourable Chairman, distinguished speakers, ladies and gentlemen, May & Baker, Singapore is proud to play a part in organizing and hosting this symposium.

The need to improve maternal and child health care may be the most important global health need of the remaining years of the twentieth century.

Three International Congresses on the Menopause have been held during the last five years, evidence of the explosive increase in the scient- ific study of this subject.

Advances in research, knowledge and clinical practice in all branches of medicine have been rapid over the past decades and the speed is accelerating.

The treatment of menopausal and postmenopausal symptoms is a focus of considerable debate, on account of both the medical and social factors involved.

This book contains a consensus on menopause research, a consensus reached during the First International Congress on the Menopause in June, 1976.

Years of involvement, firsthand experience and research at the Menopause Clinic of the Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, exist as the background to this book.

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The commonest cause of blindness in young and middle-aged people in the Western world is diabetes mellitus.

Despite the fact that the average woman spends one third of her life after the menopause, medical research has been devoted almost entirely to the repro- ductive period of her life span.

Despite its universality in human female aging, the menopause and its biology are not completely understood.

Despite a plethora of theories, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has remained an enigma.

Reproductive Immunology is a compilation of research articles presented during the VII International Congress of Reproductive Immunology which was held in New Delhi, India on 27-30 October 1998.

Endometriosis provides a unique clinical and scientific challenge.

The most comprehensive review available today, Marshall's Physiology of Reproduction is the classic reference source for teachers and researchers of animal reproduction.

Breast cancer is not only a burning public issue, but very soon we shall see genetic testing for a woman's predisposition to breast cancer.

This series of volumes dealing with reproductive health care has as its primary objective the improvement of the quality of human reproduction.

The subject matter in this volume was derived from papers presented at the Pediatric Andrology session of the 1st Pan American Congress of Andrology held in Caracas, Venezuela in February 1979, as well as from selected additional manuscripts of interest in this field.

The concept of the foeto-placental unit as an integrated endocrine organ has been defined recently by many in vivo studies at the 17th- 20th week of gestation.

Parents of children born with mental or physical handicaps, tend to face the physician with questions about the origin of the abnormality concerned and the chance of having another child with the same condition.

The course of history is never one of smooth progression.

In writing this book I have attempted to follow the gen- eral pattern of the lectures which I have given to pupil midwives at Worcester Royal Infirmary for the past 21 years.

Thanks to enormous scientific efforts of the last decades, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro production (IVP) have now been introduced successfully in the practice of human infertility treatment and cattle breeding programs.

Many of the studies discussed in this book were addition to discussions of a variety of hormonal, presented at the First Pan American Congress of biochemical, immunological, physical, and me- Andrology, which was held in Caracas, Venezuela, chanical approaches.

Extensive basic research and clinical trials have in some aspect of reproductive physiology, gyne- been conducted on inert and medicated intrauterine cology, or family planning.

Extensive reviews have been published on the mor- aspects, anatomy, ultrastructure, physiology, bio- phology, anatomy, and physiology of the mam- chemistry, endocrinology, pharmacology, and physiopathology of the mammalian ovary.

Andrology, a counterpart to gynecology, deals with the study of the male reproductive organs.

It seems only yesterday that the fetus in utero accurately parameters of uterine activity, and they and the uterine environment were almost complete- taught a systematic approach to the clinician's understanding of uterine physiology.

Irvin M.

The study of prenatal development provides many clues for understanding the physiology as well as the pathogeny of malformations and many diseases.

Various scientific evaluations taken from these chapters were presented during the international symposium, 'Carcinoma of the Cervix,' which was held from September 4-7, 1980 in Kiawah Island, Charleston, South Carolina, U.