Hormones and fetal pathophysiology

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Hormones and fetal pathophysiology

edited by Jorge R. Pasqualini, Robert Scholler

M. Dekker, c1992

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This reference offers current information on the pathological alterations that occur in the biosynthesis of hormones during foetal development.;Elucidating the methods of detecting diseases in the embryo using the techniques of molecular biology, this work provides exhaustive discussions of: sex differentiation abnormalities, including genetic control and the role of anti-Mullerian hormone; surfactant-associated proteins during foetal lung development; pathological problems of the placenta; the female reproductive tract immune system; alpha-foetoprotein and its implications in foetal pathology; the effects of prenatally administered sex steroids and anti-steroids on the hormonal responses of offspring; and oncogenes and growth factors during pregnancy.;This work is intended for: endocrinologists; gynaecologists and obstetricians; paediatricians; pathologists; molecular and cellular biologists and biochemists; physiologists; oncologists; histologists; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents

  • Inborn errors of steroidogenesis, Maria I. New et al
  • physiopathology of the foetal adrenal, Charlotte L. Branchaud and Beverley E. Pearson Murphy
  • hormonal and developmental regulation of the surfactant-associated proteins in foetal lung, Carole R. Mendelson and Vijayakumar Boggaram
  • abnormalities in the sexual differentiation of the human foetus, Dorothy B. Villee and Claude A. Villee
  • anti-mullerian hormone, Nathalie Josso et al
  • human disorders of sex differentiation and the genetic control of sex differentiation, Joe Leigh Simpson
  • pathology of the placenta, Liane Deligdisch
  • alterations in steroid production by the human placenta, M. Linette Cassey and Paul C. MacDonald
  • pathological aspects of the different proteins produced by the placenta during the evolution of pregnancy, Paul Bischof
  • endocrine regulation of the mucosal immune system in the female reproductive tract - control of IgA, IgG, and secretory component during the reproductive cycle, at implantation, and throughout pregnancy, Charles R. Wira and Judy E. Stern
  • alpha-foetoprotein in foetal pathology, Bent Norgaard-Pedersen et al
  • effect of prenatally administered sex steroids and their antagonists on the hormonal responses of offspring in humans and animals, Tiiu Ojasoo et al
  • proto-oncogenes in foetal life, George E. Swaneck
  • growth factors during foetal life - physicochemical properties, biological role, and receptors, Jorge R. Pasqualini.

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