The Embryo as a Patient

Exceptionally authoritative, color illustrated, advanced clinical text on the sonographic evaluation of the embryo and on the ethical as well as medical implications of the embryo as a patient. This is an exceptionally authoritative, color illustrated, advanced clinical text on the sonographic evaluation of the embryo and on the ethical as well as medical implications of the embryo as a patient.;It contains 26 chapters by world-class specialists on the management of early abortion, pathological evaluation in the first trimester, preimplantation diagnosis, hiccuping movements in embryo and fetus, ultrasound features in predicting early pregnancy loss, spontaneous and iatrogenic multiple pregnancy, implantation of the embryo using uterine Doppler velocimetry, embryoscopy for fetal diagnosis and therapy, sonographic volumetry of small structures, karyotype of abortus diagnosed by ultrasound as early embryo demise and anembryonic pregnancy, non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia using fetal cells from maternal circulation, outcome of pregnancies complicated by intrauterine hematoma in early stages, chromosomal abnormalities of the embryo, Doppler velocimetry of the ductus venosus, ultrasonographic detection of aneuploidies, Doppler and volumetric studies of the yolk sac, uterine receptivity studied by transvaginal color Doppler and three-dimensional ultrasound, the study of early embryonic vasculogenesis by Doppler and three-dimensional sonography, early pregnancy loss, the embryo in wanted and unwanted pregnancy, ethical implications of the embryo as a patient, t;Includes bibliographic references and index.