Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Disorders

Morphologic and Cytogenetic Methods in the Diagnosis of Fetal Conditions.- Deprivation of the Human Fetus: Forms, Causes and Significance.- The Future of Antepartum Morphologic Studies.- Placental Biopsy: Results, Limitations and Topographical Differences.- Prenatal Sex-Chromatin and Chromosome Analysis.- Metabolic Performance of the Placenta and Fetus.- Cellular Growth of the Placenta as an Indicator of Abnormal Growth.- The Role of the Placenta in the Synthesis and Metabolism of Proteins.- Estimation of Rates of Production and Transfer of Hormones in Pregnancy.- Amniotic Fluid and Fetal Blood as Indicators of Fetal Circumstance.- Constituents of Amniotic Fluid: Reflections of Normal and Abnormal Fetal Maturation.- Amnioscopy and Fetal Blood Sampling.- Maternal-Fetal Acid-Base Relationships.- Use of Fetal Blood Sampling and Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring.- The Validity of Capillary Blood in the Assessment of the Acid-Base State of the Fetus.- Predictability and Complications of Fetal Blood Sampling.- Physical Methods in the Assessment of the Fetus.- Biophysical Studies of the Human Fetus.- Correlation of Intrapartum Changes in Fetal Heart Rate with Fetal Oxygen and Acid-Base State.- The Clinical and Pathological Effects of Asphyxiation in the Fetal Rhesus Monkey.- Gastrointestinal Activity and Water Absorptive Capacity of the Fetus.- Prenatal Treatment.- Indications and Results of Fetal Transfusions.- Surgical Treatment of Erythroblastosis Fetalis.- Intraperitoneal Blood Transfusion in the Fetal Lamb.- Prevention of Rh Disease with Passive Rh Immunoglobin.- Hepatic Microsomal Drug Metabolism in the Perinatal Period.