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Preface |
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The genetics of conception |
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1 | (12) |
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13 | (10) |
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23 | (18) |
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SECTION B: PREPARING THE HIGH RISK PATIENT |
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The patient with renal disease |
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41 | (16) |
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The patient with organ transplantation |
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57 | (12) |
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The patient with hypertension |
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69 | (8) |
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The patient with cardiac disease |
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77 | (12) |
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The patient with thyroid disease |
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89 | (10) |
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The patient with diabetes mellitus |
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99 | (8) |
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The patient with epilepsy |
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107 | (14) |
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The patient at risk from thrombosis and bleeding disorders |
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121 | (16) |
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The patient with polycystic ovary syndrome |
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137 | (6) |
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143 | (16) |
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The patient with cystic fibrosis |
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159 | (14) |
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The patient with inflammatory bowel disease |
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173 | (6) |
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The patient with prolactinoma |
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179 | (12) |
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Periconceptional issues in neuromuscular disorders |
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191 | (8) |
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The patient with, or at risk of, severe mental illness |
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199 | (6) |
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SECTION C: ACHIEVING-PREGNANCY |
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How to conceive: evidence-based fertility investigation |
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205 | (10) |
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Achieving pregnancy in the anovulatory woman |
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215 | (8) |
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The patient with endometriosis: achieving pregnancy |
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223 | (10) |
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The patient with poor sperm quality |
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233 | (8) |
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The patient with tubal disease |
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241 | (10) |
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The couple with unexplained infertility |
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251 | (10) |
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The patient from the developing world |
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261 | (12) |
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The older woman wishing to conceive |
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273 | (14) |
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Psychological issues in periconceptional care |
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287 | (10) |
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297 | (12) |
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309 | (8) |
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SECTION D: MANAGEMENT OF EARLY PREGNANCY |
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Early placental development and pregnancy outcome |
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317 | (12) |
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The immunology of early pregnancy |
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329 | (12) |
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Nomenclature and mechanisms of early pregnancy loss |
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341 | (8) |
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Antiphospholipid syndrome, heritable thrombophilia and early pregnancy loss |
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349 | (8) |
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Ultrasound in early pregnancy |
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357 | (10) |
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Evidence-based investigations and treatments of recurrent miscarriage |
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367 | (12) |
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Ectopic pregnancy after fertility treatment |
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379 | (14) |
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Molar pregnancy: pathology and management |
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393 | (12) |
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405 | (14) |
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Cervical cerclage and pregnancy loss |
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419 | (14) |
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Are pregnancies conceived by IVF `high risk'? |
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433 | (8) |
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Index |
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