| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Frontiers of hormone research ; vol. 27 |
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Frontiers of hormone research ; v. 27.
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| Contents |
Socioeconomic impact of preterm delivery / A. Gill -- Comparative physiology of parturition in mammals / I.R. Young -- Prostaglandins and uterine activity / F.A. Patel, J.R.G. Challis -- Oxytocin and uterine activity / H.H. Zingg -- Control of intracellular signalling by corticotropin-releasing hormone in human myometrium / E.W. Hillhouse, D.K. Grammatopoulos -- Role of the human fetal adrenal gland in the initation of parturition / R.B. Jaffe -- Role of estrogen and progesteron in human parturition / S. Mesiano -- Relaxin and the cervix / G. Weiss, L.T. Goldsmith -- Cytokines and the initiation of parturition / G.E. Rice -- Prostaglandins, the fetal membrane and the cervix / P. Bennett [and others] -- Role of the mechanical signals in the onset of term and preterm labor / S.J. Lye [and others] -- Excitability in uterine smooth muscle / H.C. Parkington, H.A. Coleman -- Coordination of myometrial contracility / R. Young -- Placenta as a neuroendocrine organ / F.M. Reis, F. Petraglia -- Timing the onset of parturition / M. McLean -- Regulation of CRH gene expression in the placenta / R.C. Nicholoson, B.R. King -- Biochemical predictors of prematurity / C.J. Lockwood -- Metalloproteinases and cervical maturation / W. Giles, M. Agrez -- Pharmacotherapy for preterm labour / S. Cole, R. Smith, A. Bisits |
| Summary |
Understanding the processes by which we ourselves are born is arguably one of the greatest current challenges in clinical medicine. The prevention of preterm delivery, the cause of 70-80% of neonatal morbidity, has become a key area of research. 'The Endocrinology of Parturition' provides an encyclopedia of human parturition which charts the progress of this goal.· In nineteen chapters of authoritative writing this volume covers a wide range of topics from the comparative endocrinology of mammalian parturition and the socio-economic impact of preterm delivery to the relative merits of current tocolytics. Hormonal actions involved in the process of parturition and the role of different hormones are discussed in detail. Several new approaches like the concept of parturition as a variant of inflammatory response or the role of the wide spectrum of known cytokines are introduced. This timely book in a highly dynamic research area is of special interest to birth-clinical obstetricians, endocrinologists and reproductive biologists as well as general practitioners involved in obstetrics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Parturition.
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Obstetrical endocrinology.
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Endocrinology.
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Female
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Labor, Obstetric -- physiology
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Parturition
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Endocrinology
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Fetus -- physiology
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Endocrinology
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Obstetrical endocrinology
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Parturition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Roger, Prof.
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| ISBN |
9783318006766 |
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3318006769 |
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