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Obstetrics. --- Obstetric Surgical Procedures --- Obstetrics --- Maternal-fetal medicine --- Medicine

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Although treatment is the major goal in the control of genetic disease, this is not yet a reality for most of inherited conditions. Even with the dramatic advancement in field of gene therapy, there are unfortunately not enough success stories to allow us to predict its impact in the near future. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers the answer to the control of these inherited conditions by predicting reproductive outcome. It is no longer an experimental procedure, having become an integral part of genetic practices and assisted reproduction technology. This practical book is a vital new addition to the literature for fertility clinicians providing a comprehensive description of available experience, indications, methods and clinical outcomes. The authors of this book, from the Reproductive Genetics Institute in Chicago, USA, are among the leaders in this break-through field. Within this book, they instruct readers of the core features of the practice of PGD, while also providing incredibly detailed instructions of the genetics of a wide variety of common and not so common disorders that can be identified with the technique. This thorough and illuminating coverage ensures that this is the definitive reference book for those fertility specialists wishing to set up or already run a PGD clinic.

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis. --- Prenatal diagnosis. --- Antenatal diagnosis --- Intrauterine diagnosis --- Prenatal testing --- Diagnosis --- Obstetrics --- Preembryo diagnosis --- Preimplantation diagnosis --- Prenatal diagnosis --- Reproductive Medicine. --- Human genetics. --- Obstetrics. --- Gynecology. --- Medical laboratories. --- Human Genetics. --- Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery. --- Laboratory Medicine. --- Diagnosis, Laboratory --- Health facilities --- Laboratories --- Gynaecology --- Medicine --- Generative organs, Female --- Maternal-fetal medicine --- Genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Human reproduction --- Human reproductive health --- Human reproductive medicine --- Reproductive medicine --- Health --- Diseases --- Health aspects --- Reproductive medicine. --- Gynecology . --- Laboratory medicine. --- Clinical medicine --- Clinical pathology --- Diagnostic laboratory tests --- Laboratory diagnosis --- Laboratory medicine --- Medical laboratory diagnosis --- Pathology

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Combined oral contraceptives are the most convenient and accepted method of hormonal contraception. Nevertheless, the medical community and consumers constantly demand innovation, additional benefits during use and lower hormonal load despite the high safety profile of available products. At the Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop 52, new perspectives and mechanisms for tissue-selective, estrogen-free contraception were discussed. The aim of the workshop was to bring together experts in the field of molecular and pharmacodynamic action of progestins with clinicians and medical experts to discuss potential medical endpoints, physiological reactions and (bio)marker useful describing the tissue selectivity and the contraceptive action of new progestins in different target organs. A major factor for successful realization of these new concepts is a deeper understanding of local pharmacological responses to progestins in general and to new progestins in particular.

Birth control. --- Contraception. --- Contraceptives. --- Intrauterine contraceptives. --- Progestins --- Receptors, Progesterone --- Contraceptive Agents, Female --- Endometrium --- Receptors, Steroid --- Contraceptive Agents --- Hormones --- Uterus --- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear --- Genitalia, Female --- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists --- Reproductive Control Agents --- Proteins --- Transcription Factors --- Genitalia --- Therapeutic Uses --- Physiological Effects of Drugs --- DNA-Binding Proteins --- Urogenital System --- Pharmacologic Actions --- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Anatomy --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Gynecology & Obstetrics --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Birth control devices --- Contraceptive devices --- Medicine. --- Gynecology. --- Obstetrics. --- Reproductive medicine. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Obstetrics/Perinatology. --- Reproductive Medicine. --- Medical instruments and apparatus --- Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery. --- Human reproduction --- Human reproductive health --- Human reproductive medicine --- Reproductive medicine --- Health --- Maternal-fetal medicine --- Gynaecology --- Generative organs, Female --- Health aspects --- Diseases --- Gynecology .