Human Growth
A Comprehensive Treatise Volume 1 Developmental Biology Prenatal Growth
2nd Edition
Published on 28. February 1986
Book
Hardback
518 pages
978-0-306-41951-5 (ISBN)
Description
It is a source of great satisfaction to us that a Second Edition of this handbook should be called for, especially because it has given us the opportunity to produce, we believe, a better book. Eighteen chapters, amounting to one-third of the whole, are new, and of these, 13 deal with subjects not covered at all in the First Edition. We have paid more attention to embryonic and fetal growth, with chapters on cell differentiation. (Lehtonen and Saxen), embryonic growth (O'Rahilly and Muller), control offetal size (Snow), regulation offetal growth (D'Ercole and Underwood), and ultrasonic studies offetal growth (Meire). At last the data are available for a chapter on the evolution of the human growth curve, by Eliz abeth Watts. Large parts of the endocrine section have been rewritten (by Michael Preece, and by William Crowley and Margaret Wierman), and the genetics section has been largely recast, with new contributions by William Mueller and Ronald Wilson. Reynaldo Marto rell has contributed a new chapter on growth in developing countries, and Tanner discusses growth surveys and standards as well as catch-up growth. Finally, there are two new chap ters dealing with growth as a monitor of the health of populations-one by Tadeusz Bie licki, considering the contemporary scene, and the other by Robert Fogel, on the contri bution that such studies are making to the economic history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Edition
2nd ed. 1986
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
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41 s/w Abbildungen
41 Illustrations, black and white; 518 p. 41 illus.
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978-0-306-41951-5 (9780306419515)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4613-2101-9
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Content
I Developmental Biology.- 1 Modes of Growth and Regeneration: Mechanisms, Regulation, Distribution.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Mechanisms of Organ and Tissue Growth.- 3. Regulation of Organ and Tissue Growth.- 4. Regeneration and Wound Healing.- 5. Discussion.- 6. Summary.- 7. References.- 2 Control of Differentiation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Control Mechanisms in Preimplantation Development.- 3. Interactive Events during Blastogenesis.- 4. Control of Organogenesis...- 5. Concluding Remarks.- 6. References.- 3 Cellular Growth: Brain, Heart, Lung, Liver, and Skeletal Muscle.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Brain.- 3. Heart.- 4. Lung.- 5. Liver.- 6. Skeletal Muscle.- 7. Summary and Conclusions.- 8. References.- 4 Control of Embryonic Growth Rate and Fetal Size in Mammals.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Fetal Growth Profiles.- 3. Embryonic Growth Profiles.- 4. Manipulation of Size.- 5. Growth Factors.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.- 7. References.- 5 Human Biochemical Development.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Development of Carbohydrate Metabolism and Energy Transformation..- 3. Development of Lipid Metabolism.- 4. Development of Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism.- 5. References.- 6 Developmental Pharmacology.- 5. Introduction.- 5. Teratology.- 5. Pharmacology.- 5. Drug Survey.- 5. Conclusions.- 5. References..- 7 Glimpses of Comparative Growth and Development.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Growth, Rates of Growth, and Age.- 3. The Chemistry of Growth.- 4. Organs and Tissues.- 5. Placentation and Production of Immunity.- 6. Conclusions.- 7. References.- 8 Evolution of the Human Growth Curve.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Evolution of Delayed Development.- 3. The Adolescent Growth Spurt in Higher Primates.- 4. Growth and Sexual Dimorphism.- 5. Growth and Skeletal Development.- 6. References.- 9 Growth as a Target-Seeking Function: Catch-up and Catch-down Growth in Man.- 1. The Regularity of Normal Growth.- 2. Catch-up Growth.- 3. Catch-up Growth as a Normal Phenomenon in Infancy.- 4. Catch-down Growth.- 5. A Model for Growth Regulation.- 6. References.- 10 Critical Periods in Organizational Processes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Physical Growth and Behavioral Development: A Comparison.- 3. Theory of Organizational Change.- 4. Critical Periods.- 5. General Theory of Critical Periods.- 6. Optimal Periods and Critical Periods.- 7. Vulnerable Periods.- 8. Conclusion..- 9. References.- II Prenatal Growth.- 11 Anatomy of the Placenta.- 1. The Normal Discoid Singleton Placenta.- 2. "Normal" Variations in Form.- 3. Common Findings Properly Treated as Lesions.- 4. Summary.- 5. References.- 12 Physiology of the Placenta.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Placental Transport.- 3. Endocrinology.- 4. Immunology of Pregnancy.- 5. Conclusion.- 6. References.- 13 Human Growth during the Embryonic Period Proper.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Extraembryonic Measurements.- 3. Embryonic Measurements.- 4. Growth of Individual Organs.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. References.- 14 Anthropometric Measures of Fetal Growth.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Anthropometric and Radiographic Indices.- 3. Sexual Dimorphism.- 4. Application of Fetal Measurements.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. References.- 15 Ultrasound Measurement of Fetal Growth.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Ultrasound Measurements....- 3. Normal Growth Patterns.- 4. Abnormal Growth Patterns.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. References.- 16 Carbohydrate, Fat, and Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pregnant Woman and Fetus.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Metabolism of Nutrients in the Nongravid State.- 3. Metabolism of Nutrients during Pregnancy.- 4. Fuels and the Placenta...- 5. Fuels and the Fetus.- 6. Maternal Fuels and Fetal Development.- 7. References.- 17 Regulation of Fetal Growth by Hormones and Growth Factors.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Hormones Produced by the Fetus.- 3. Placental Hormones.- 4. Growth Factors and Fetal Growth.- 5. Interaction among Classic Hormones and Growth Factors in Fetal Growthand Development.- 6. Summary.- 7. References.- 18 Pre-and Perinatal Endocrinology.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Hypothalamus and Posterior Hypophysis.- 3. Anterior Pituitary.- 4. Thyroid Gland.- 5. Adrenal Cortex.- 6. The Gonads.- 7. Calcium, Parathyroid Glands, and Calcitonin.- 8. Pancreas.- 9. Hormonal Control of Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism.- 10. Adrenal Medulla.- 11. Growth Factors.- 12. General Conclusions.- 13. References.- 19 Immunity Development.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Mechanisms of Specific Immunity.- 3. Lymphocyte Development.- 4. Immunoglobulin Development.- 5. Development of Nonspecific Immunity Mechanisms.- 6. Immunity Development: Clinical Correlates.- 7. Maternofetal Relationships.- 8. Tolerance.- 9. Immunity after Birth: Infections and Immunizations.- 10. Conclusions.- 11. References.- 20 The Low-Birth-Weight Infant.- 1. Definitions.- 2. Fetal Evaluation.- 3. Postnatal Evaluation of the Low-Birth-Weight Infant.- 4. The Low-Birth-Weight Infant's Initial Problems and Long-Term Outcome..- 5. References.- 21 Growth Dynamics of Low-Birth-Weight Infants with Emphasis on the Perinatal Period.- 1. Introduction.- 2. General Growth Patterns of AGA Preterm Infants: Distance and Velocity...- 3. Growth Patterns of SGA Preterm Infants: Catch-up.- 4. Conclusions.- 5. References.- Inde.