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Size at Birth.
Title:
Size at Birth.
Author:
Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
ISBN:
9780470717776
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (420 pages)
Series:
Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents:
Size at Birth -- Contents -- Introduction -- Pathology of the deprived fetus and its supply line -- Discussion -- The assessment and control of human fetal growth -- Discussion -- The infant of inappropriate size -- Discussion -- Immediate and long-term consequences of being large or small at birth: a comparative approach -- Discussion -- Differential organ growth in littermate rabbits -- Discussion -- Experimental growth retardation in rhesus monkeys -- Discussion -- Chromosomal and other genetic influences on birth weight variation -- Discussion -- The influence of the fetal hypothalamus and pituitary on growth -- The role of the thyroid gland and kidneys in fetal growth -- Discussion of the two preceding papers -- Birth weight of lambs: influences and consequences -- Discussion -- Assessment of metabolic control in diabetic pregnancy -- Discussion -- Physical methods of assessing size at birth -- Discussion -- Fetal malnutrition and brain development -- Discussion -- Total parenteral nutrition in infants of very low birth weight -- Discussion -- Maternal nutrition, birth weight and infant mortality -- Discussion -- Risk factors in human intrauterine growth retardation -- General Discussion -- The causes of small-for-dates births -- Normal variation -- Chromosomal and other congenital anomalies -- Infections -- Poor uterus -- Placenta and cord -- Vascular disease in the mother -- Drugs, medicaments and smoking -- Other causes -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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