Fetology
Diagnosis and Management of the Fetal Patient, Second Edition
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The production supervisor was Phil Galea.
Project management was provided by Deepa Krishnan at Aptara, Inc.
The interior designer was Janice Bielawa; the cover designer was Mary McKeon.
Cover photograph: Human fetus at 5-1/2 months. Credit: Petit Format/Photo Researchers Inc.
The index was prepared by Ariel O. Tuplano.
China Translation & Printing, Ltd. was printer and binder.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fetology: diagnosis and management of the fetal patient / Diana W. Bianchi ... [et al.]. – 2nd ed. p.; cm.
Rev. ed. of: Fetology / Diana W. Bianchi, Timothy M. Crombleholme, Mary E. D'Alton. c2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “This book was written to provide a multidisciplinary approach to the full implications of a fetal sonographic or chromosomal diagnosis–from prenatal management to long-term outcome–for an affected child. This book's intended audience consists of practioners who care for fetuses or neonates with sonographically detected anomalies, and who seek prenatal and postnatal information regarding specific conditions”–Provided by publisher.
ISBN-13:978-0-07-144201-5 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN-10:0-07-144201-4 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Fetus–Diseases. 2. Fetus–Abnormalities. I. Bianchi, Diana W. II. Bianchi, Diana W. Fetology. [DNLM:1. Fetal Diseases–diagnosis. 2. Fetal Diseases–therapy. 3. Fetal Monitoring. 4. Perinatal Care. 5. Prenatal Diagnosis–methods. WQ 211 F4202 2010]
RG626.F465 2010
618.3–dc22
2009047871
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ISBN 978-0-07-144201-5
MHID 0-07-144201-4
This book was set in Minion by Aptara, Inc.
The editors were Alyssa Fried and Karen Davis.