Product Description: This landmark publication provides the first definitive account of how and why subtle influences on the fetus and during early life can have such profound consequences for adult health and diseases. Although the epidemiological evidence for this link has long proved compelling, it is only much more recently that the scientific and physiological basis has begun to be studied in depth and fully understood...read more

Product Description: This, the fourth volume in its series, focuses on fluid balance and its regulation in the fetus and neonate. With a high water content and rapid fluid movements, the fetus and neonate are more susceptible to fluid imbalances than the adult...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume looks in depth at the growth of the fetus and neonate. It begins with an overview of the physiology and endocrinology of normal growth before looking at the pathophysiology and clinical applications. Several chapters focus on fetal growth retardation and the challenges this condition poses for the clinician...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume provides a thorough examination of breathing in the fetus and newborn, analyzing physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical applications. The authors review recent research into fetal breathing, transitional processes at birth, and control of post-natal breathing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume provides a thorough examination of breathing in the fetus and newborn, analyzing physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical applications. The authors review recent research into fetal breathing, transitional processes at birth, and control of post-natal breathing...read more

Product Description: The circulatory system is the focus of the first volume in the series. This volume reviews essential topics concerned with fetal and neonatal cardiovascular function. The early chapters provide an overview of the physiological mechanisms that control the circulation in both the fetus and the neonate and the transitional processes that take place at birth...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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