Issues in Fetal Medicine

Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Symposium of the Galton Institute, London 1992

AvS.L. Barron,D.F. Roberts

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Del i serien Studies in Biology, Economy and Society

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Beskrivning

This book explores the emerging speciality of fetal medicine. The new technology for examining DNA is described as a background to later chapters concerned with gene therapy and the examination of the conceptus.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-02-12
Mått:140 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Biology, Economy and Society
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349238149

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Innehållsförteckning

List of Plates - Preface - The Galton Lecture for 1992. The Changing Status of the Fetus; S.L.Barron - PART 1: FETAL DIAGNOSIS - Applications of Recent Advances in DNA Techniques in the Fetus; A.Curtis - Normal Fetal Development and the Time of Origin of Some Structural Abnormalities; M.J.Seller - Preimplantation Diagnosis of Genetic Disease; P.R.Braude - Clinical Methods of Prenatal Diagnosis; S.A.Walkinshaw - PART 2: MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT - Management in a Fetal Medicine Clinic; T.Lind - Fetal Surgery; D.K.Nakayama - Fetal Therapy; M.J.Whittle - Gene Therapy and Fetal Medicine; M.Pembrey - PART 3: ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES - 'Calming or Harming?': The Ethics of Screening for Fetal Defects; G.R.Dunstan - The Legal Status of the Embryo and the Fetus; D.Morgan - Fetal Medicine: LegaL and Ethical Implications; A.McCall Smith - Index