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.
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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 Stillbirth; 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; Index.
