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1 online resource (420 pages) |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; 27 (new ser.) |
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Novartis Foundation Symposia |
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Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 27.
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Novartis Foundation Symposia
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| 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 |
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The role of the thyroid gland and kidneys in fetal growthDiscussion 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 |
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Normal variationChromosomal 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 |
| Notes |
Proceedings of the Symposium on Size at Birth, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 12th-14th March 1974 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Birth size -- Congresses
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Fetus -- Growth -- Congresses
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MEDICAL -- Embryology.
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Birth size
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Fetus -- Growth
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470717776 |
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0470717777 |
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