
The Fetus and Birth
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Julie Knight is the editor of The Fetus and Birth, published by Wiley.
Maeve O'Connor is the editor of The Fetus and Birth, published by Wiley.
Content
1.1 - Contents [Seite 7]
1.1.1 - Introduction: a historical perspective [Seite 11]
1.1.2 - Parturition in the sheep [Seite 15]
1.1.2.1 - Discussion [Seite 35]
1.1.3 - Dilatation of the uterine cervix [Seite 41]
1.1.3.1 - Discussion [Seite 49]
1.1.4 - The fetal role in timing the initlation of parturition in the goat [Seite 59]
1.1.4.1 - Discussion [Seite 76]
1.1.5 - The role and regulation of corticotropin in the fetal sheep [Seite 83]
1.1.5.1 - Discussion [Seite 101]
1.1.6 - General discussion Ultrastructure of the sheep placenta [Seite 109]
1.1.7 - Endocrine relationships during late gestation and parturition in the cow [Seite 117]
1.1.7.1 - Discussion [Seite 129]
1.1.8 - Progesterone and oestrogen in pregnancy and parturition : comparative aspects and hierarchical control [Seite 137]
1.1.8.1 - Discussion [Seite 160]
1.1.9 - The 'see-saw' theory of parturition [Seite 169]
1.1.9.1 - Discussion [Seite 206]
1.1.10 - Fetal and maternal endo- crine changes during pregnancy and parturition in the rhesus monkey [Seite 221]
1.1.10.1 - Discussion [Seite 238]
1.1.11 - Endocrine regulation of fetal development and its relation to parturition in the rhesus monkey [Seite 245]
1.1.11.1 - Discussion [Seite 259]
1.1.12 - Endocrine and pharmacological factors which influence the onset of labour in rhesus monkeys [Seite 269]
1.1.12.1 - Discussion [Seite 298]
1.1.13 - The role of prostaglandins in parturition, with special reference to the rat [Seite 307]
1.1.13.1 - Discussion [Seite 322]
1.1.14 - Control of uterine contractility via cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase [Seite 329]
1.1.14.1 - Discussion [Seite 348]
1.1.15 - Human decidua and uterine contractility [Seite 353]
1.1.15.1 - Discussion [Seite 363]
1.1.16 - The fetal hypothalamus and pituitary in the initiation of labour [Seite 369]
1.1.16.1 - Discussion [Seite 380]
1.1.17 - The influence of the fetal hypo- thalamus and pituitary on the onset and course of parturition [Seite 389]
1.1.17.1 - Discussion [Seite 403]
1.1.18 - Fetal cortisol and the initiation of labour in the human [Seite 411]
1.1.18.1 - Discussion [Seite 430]
1.1.19 - Human parturition [Seite 437]
1.1.19.1 - Discussion [Seite 462]
1.1.20 - Final discussion [Seite 471]
1.1.21 - Index of contributors [Seite 483]
1.1.22 - Subject index [Seite 485]
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