Textbook of Periconceptional Medicine (Reproductive Medicine & Assisted Reproductive Techniques) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415458927 ISBN 13: 9780415458924

Publisher: CRC Press, 2008

Synopsis

A new subspecialty is growing at the interface of reproductive medicine and perinatology: infertility. Textbook of Periconceptional Medicine provides an authoritative and comprehensive reference resource for those providing medical care to women trying to conceive a healthy pregnancy.

A revolutionary first edition, this text brings together a number of difficult and usually separate topics and provides the busy clinician with one authoritative and methodical reference.

Reflecting the breadth of modern clinical practice in this emerging therapy area, this integrated text incorporates aspects of all the relevant existing expertise, including:

• Preconceptual counseling
• Fertility investigation
• Therapy and management of preconception through the first trimester of pregnancy

About this title

Synopsis

Although the field of Assisted Reproduction has enjoyed great successes over the years, there remain a number of cases where conception is difficult to achieve or to maintain once achieved. This area of periconceptional medicine is now growing in interest for all those working with or advising patients planning a pregnancy. This textbook from respected international experts is the first major and definitive collection of work in this area.

About the Author

Professor of Infertility & Periconceptional Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Glasgow, UK Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0415458927
• ISBN 13: 9780415458924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Macklon Nicholas, Greer Ian, Steegers Eric