| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 208 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
The neuroendocrinology of pregnancy / Silvia Vannuccini, Irene Paternò, John R.G.Challis and Felice Petraglia -- The Placenta as an Endocrine Organ/Placental Endocrinology / Roger Smith -- The role of Oxytocin in Pregnancy / Kiichiro Furuya and Richard Ivell -- Role of human chorionic gonadotropin in pregnancy / Keiichi Kumasawa and Yutaka Osuga -- The role of estrogens in pregnancy / Nadia Berkane, Yveline Ansaldi, Nicola Pluchino. -- The Role of Progesterone in Pregnancy / Sam Mesiano -- Hormones and cardiovascular system in pregnancy / Daniele Farsetti and Herbert Valensise -- Prolactin, prolactinoma and pregnancy / Dominique Maiter and Philippe Chanson -- Growth hormone disorders in pregnancy / Marie Helene Schernthaner- Reiter, Greisa Vila, Peter Wolf, Anton Luger -- Gestational Diabetes / Serena Ottanelli, Federico Mecacci & Moshe Hod -- Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Pregnancy / Kent Thornburg, Amy M. Valent, Nicole E. Marshall, Jonathan Q. Purnell -- Hormones and preterm birth / Emily Frier, Sarah Stock, Stephen Lye & Oksana Shynlova -- Thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy and postpartum / Luigi Bartalena, Eliana Piantanida, Adriana Lai, Maria Laura Tanda, -- The Role of Hormones in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy / Leslie Myatt and James M. Roberts -- Adrenal Disease in Pregnancy / Jack Lockett, Warrick Inder, H David McIntyre, Helen L Barrett, Sailesh Kumar, Vicki Lee Clifton -- Hormones and multiple pregnancy / Viola Seravalli, Noemi Strambi, Mariarosaria Di Tommaso -- Hormones in Pregnancy and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease / John Challis, Felice Petraglia, Deborah M Sloboda, Victor KM Han, Judith G Hall |
| Summary |
"The neuroendocrine mechanisms involved in pregnancy are highly complex and include both maternal, placental and fetal systems, which are critical for implantation, maintenance of pregnancy and timing of parturition (1), for regulation of fetal-placental blood flow and fetal growth"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2022) |
| Subject |
Pregnancy -- Complications.
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Pregnancy -- physiology
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Hormones -- physiology
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Hormones -- metabolism
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Pregnancy Complications
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Endocrine System Diseases -- complications
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Pregnancy -- Complications.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Petraglia, F., editor.
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Di Tommaso, Mariarosaria, editor.
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Mecacci, Federico, editor.
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| LC no. |
2022011783 |
| ISBN |
9781009030830 |
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1009030833 |
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