Fetal and neonatal pathology

The perinatal necropsy; placenta and umbilical cord; spontaneous abortion and the pathology of early pregnancy; congenital abnormalities and examination of the fetus following prenatal suspicion of congenital abnormality; genetic metabolic disease; epidemiology of fetal and neonatal death; macerated still-birth; prematurity; pathology of twinning; intrapartum asphyxia and birth trauma; fetal hydrops; congenital tumours; infection in pregnancy and the neonatal period; iatrogenic disease; the gastrointestinal tract and exocrine pancreas; liver and gall bladder; the respiratory system; the cardiovascular system; the urogenital system; the reproductive system; the endocrine system; the reticuloendothelial system; hydrocephalus and malformations of the central nervous system; acquired disorders of the central nervous system; skeletal muscle and peripheral nerves; the skeletal system; the skin; special senses.

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This revised and up-dated edition has a practical approach to the examination of both foetuses and perinatal deaths. It provides essential clinical and pathophysiological information and discusses the pathogenesis of abnormalities as a basis for appropriate methods of investigation. Part 1 deals with termination of pregnancy for foetal anomalies. Part 2 is organized by system, describing and illustrating those pathological problems which are likely to be encountered in the foetus and neonate.