Textbook of Fetal and Perinatal Pathology

Part 1: Principles and major problems: Role of pathology in modern perinatal medicine; Fetal growth and nutrition: standards for body and organ development; Influence of perinatal management; Causes and classifications of fetal and perinatal death; The perinatal autopsy; Pathology of abortion, the embryo and the previable fetus; The pathology of the placenta; Pathology of multiple pregnancy; Foetal death and the macerated stillborn foetus; Pathology of intrapartum and early neonatal death in the normally formed, mature infant; The causes of malformations; Chromosomal abnormalities; Congenital anomalies - malformation syndromes; Hydrops foetalis and other forms of excess fluid collection in the fetus; Congenital tumours; Disorders of the lymphoid tissues and the immune system; Infections of foetuses and neonates; Inborn metabolic diseases of the perinatal infant; Part 2: Pathology of organ systems: Respiratory tract disorders in the foetus and neonate; The cardiovascular system; The central nervous system; The orofacial region; The eye; The alimentary tract; Liver disease in the perinatal infant; The pancreas; The adrenal gland; The pituitary, thyroid and parathyroids; The kidneys and urinary tract; The reproductive system; The skeletal system; Skeletal musculature; The skin; The haematopoietic system.