Human reproduction, growth and development

This book provides a comprehensive guide for nurses practicing in any area of endocrinology and at any level of expertise.

Fully revised new edition highlighting the scientific and clinical advances in the field of developmental origins of health and disease.

Since the first successful transfer of an in vitro fertilised human egg in 1976, modern endocrinology, genetics, and assisted reproductive technologies have opened new frontiers of research with the aim to treat infertile women.

Cases that will challenge reproductive medicine practitioners at all stages in their careers, reinforcing diagnostic skill and guiding treatment.

Even though research on testosterone is increasing, there is still much controversy regarding its physiology and clinical use.

China witnessed an unprecedented economic boom in the past four decades but will soon see the end of "e;demographic dividend"e;.

Fertility and Pregnancy: An Epidemiologic Perspective, is a lively overview of human reproduction: how it works, and what causes it to go wrong.

Written by international authorities, this book is aimed at clinicians dealing with male patients rendered infertile by cancer therapy.

Mammalian Endocrinology and Male Reproductive Biology provides comprehensive and current coverage of the area of endocrinology and male reproductive biology, covering not just humans, but mammals in general.

This new edition covers the development, biology and pathology of the oocyte, and technologies to manipulate, enhance and control fertility.

This book evaluates some of the most common ethical issues confronted by reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists, and their teams.

Addresses the challenges of managing critically ill obstetric patients, with chapters authored by intensivists/anesthesiologists and obstetricians/maternal-fetal medicine specialists.

A practical and clinical guide that will enable clinicians to diagnose the cause and effectively manage treatment of male infertility.

Embryology Explained is an essential guide for medical students and residents, enriched with original illustrations by Dr Thomas Newman that navigate the complexities of embryonic development.

This book provides an overview of the role and function of regulatory RNAs that lack protein-coding potential in key reproductive tissues.

Written and edited by leading, internationally recognized clinicians and scientists in reproductive medicine and related fields, this unique text is a practical and comprehensive review of the clinical and scientific significance of unexplained male and female infertility and its management.

A practical review of factors affecting male fertility and the treatments and strategies that can optimize IVF outcomes.

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Fully-updated new edition of the essential guide to managing hematological conditions, affecting mother and baby during pregnancy and post-partum.

This book is a practical guide to the performance of ultrasonography in women of reproductive age for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

Even though research on testosterone is increasing, there is still much controversy regarding its physiology and clinical use.

This edited volumeaims to describe physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie human maternal-fetal interactions.

One of the most challenging issues of the 21st century is the impending separation of sex (in bed) and reproduction (under the microscope) as a result of recent advances in contraception and assisted reproduction.

Reproductive medicine is a growing field with new technology emerging faster than we can assess consumer's perceptions of -the number of cancer survivors are growing and there is a great need to attend to their quality of life-this book addresses the needs of males and females, identifies effective communication strategies and proactive measures for health care professionals and researchers to use as well as identifying gaps in the literature where more research is needed.

This comprehensive overview of the known literature concerning the physical and psychosocial health of children conceived by ART brings together an international panel of experts in fertility medicine, epidemiology, medical genetics, obstetrics, twin research, psychosocial development and pediatrics.

Intimate and medicalized, natural and technological, reproduction poses some of the most challenging ethical dilemmas of our time.

Grossesse, ménopause, malformations du fœtus, etc… : dans la vie d’une femme, nombreuses sont les annonces d’événements attendus ou non, parfois douloureux.

The book elucidates a practical method for prenatal screening and detecting Down syndrome in a simple and easy-to-understand language.

In this fascinating book, Jacques Balthazart presents a simple description of the biological mechanisms that are involved in the determination of sexual orientation in animals and also presumably in humans.

A comprehensive book that provides evidence-based information needed to address the complex issues of cancer in pregnancy.

With reproductive medical technologies becoming more accessible, assisted donor conception is raising new and important questions about family life.

Packed with a wealth of practical and scientific detail, this popular guide is indispensable to all IVF students and practitioners.

Intended for readers with a background in fertility medicine as well as those less familiar with IVF, this comprehensive work presents an update on preimplantation genetic testing to enable single embryo transfer (SET).

Extensively illustrated handbook covering the procedures that are undertaken in andrology and ART laboratories to analyse and assess male-factor infertility.

The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction.

This authoritative text for those training in Sexual Medicine now returns in a new edition that builds on what clinicians found most useful in the previous editions - physical and psychological background knowledge and all relevant treatments, combined with psychological therapies, principles, and case examples applied to common problems.

Research suggests that only 10-30% of our lifespan is determined by our genetics.

This book provides a detailed overview of the possible risks associated with ART pregnancies and their clinical management.

Many psychiatrists, obstetricians, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals have not been trained to adequately identify psychiatric disorders that present in postpartum women, and yet are often faced with patients expressing mental health symptoms that may lead to serious problems.

Understanding immunology is increasingly important in obstetrics and gynecology.

Stillbirth remains a sufficiently frequent outcome of pregnancy to pose great problems for clinicians, who have to treat extremely distressed patients.

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This book is the first to bring together an interdisciplinary collection of essays on surrogacy and egg donation from three socially, legally and culturally distinct countries - India, Israel and Germany.

Cases that will challenge reproductive medicine practitioners at all stages in their careers, reinforcing diagnostic skill and guiding treatment.

The definitive week-by-week diet and lifestyle plan to support IVF treatment and help you become pregnant from the one of the UK's foremost experts on fertility and conception, Zita West.