Overview
- Covers six common diseases originating in the embryo or fetal stage
- Provides readers with information on how to improve the quality of the newborn population, effectively preventing and curing major diseases at an early stage
- Written by experts in molecular biology and clinical medicine and introduces the application of up-to-date research results and techniques?
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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About this book
The book Gamete and Embryo-fetal Origins of Adult Diseases introduces various diseases resulting from the abnormal gametogenesis and embryo development, which manifests as growth retardation, birth defects, or increased susceptibility to chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer in childhood and adult life, even fertility disorders and the risk of transgenerational transmission. Six common kinds of these diseases are discussed in separate chapters. The authors explore the connections between these diseases and epigenetic reprogramming, rapid cell differentiation and organ formation and environmental influences, including assisted reproductive technology and adverse intrauterine environments. With a summary of findings on the causes and progression of adult diseases at the phase of gametogenesis and embryo development, this book provides insights into the pathogenesis of disease and aids in the treatment and prevention of disease, meeting the requirement for improving the quality of the newborn population, and effectively preventing and curing major diseases at an early stage. This book offers new perspectives and will be an enlightening resource for obstetricians, paediatricians, epidemiologists, endocrinologists and sanitarians.
Editor He-Feng Huang, M.D., is Professor and President of Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China. Editor Jian-Zhong Sheng, Ph.D., is Professor at the Department of Pathology & Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, China.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gamete and Embryo-fetal Origins of Adult Diseases
Editors: He-Feng Huang, Jian-Zhong Sheng
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7772-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7771-2Published: 04 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0046-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7772-9Published: 19 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 222
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Pediatrics, Human Genetics