Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of invited and prize-winning papers presented at the XI European Congress of Perinatal Medicine in Rome is a comprehensive reference work on important recent advances in traditional areas of perinatology. It gives special attention to interdisciplinary aspects.;Subjects covered include congenital abnormalities, nutrition, infections, new technologies, endocrinology, neurological development, renal pathology, perinatal monitoring, respiration, pharmacology and pharmacodynamics, exercise, sport and travel, cardiovascular pathophysiology, management of the under 1kg baby, hypertension in pregnancy and initiation of labour.