Title | Implantation [electronic resource] : Biological and Clinical Aspects / edited by Michael G. Chapman, J. Gedis Grudzinskas, Tim Chard |
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Imprint | London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 1988 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3529-6 |
Descript | XII, 258 p. 33 illus. online resource |
Section I: General -- 1 Embryo Implantation in Primates -- Section II: Pituitary and Ovarian Hormones -- 2 Pituitary and Ovarian Hormones in Implantation and Early Pregnancy -- Section III: Placental Hormones and Proteins -- 3 Recognition of Early Pregnancy: Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin -- 4 Recognition of Early Pregnancy: Human Placental Lactogen and Schwangerschaftsprotein 1 -- 5 Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A: Fact, Fiction and Future -- 6 Embryo-Derived Platelet Activating Factor -- Section IV: Endometrial/Decidual Proteins -- 7 Synthesis and Secretion of Proteins by the Endometrium and Decidua -- 8 Characterisation, Biological Action and Clinical Studies of Endometrial Proteins -- 9 Biological Activity of Placental Protein 14 -- Section V: Prostaglandins in Reproduction -- 10 Prostaglandins and the Establishment of Pregnancy -- Section VI: Reproductive Immunology -- 11 Current Concepts of Immunoregulation of Implantation -- 12 The Complement System in Normal Pregnancy -- 13 Spontaneous and Recurrent Abortion: Epidemiological and Immunological Considerations -- 14 Contraception: An Immunological Approach -- Section VII: Clinical Aspects -- 15 Early Pregnancy and its Failure after Assisted Conception: Diagnosis by Ultrasonic and Biochemical Techniques -- 16 Investigation and Control of Embryo Implantation in an In-Vitro Fertilisation Programme -- 17 Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnostic Aspects -- 18 Treatments to Enhance Implantation