{"product_id":"9781909962538","title":"The Placenta and Neurodisability","description":"\u003ch3\u003eClinics in Developmental Medicine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Placenta and Neurodisability\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIan Crocker | Martin Bax\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Neurology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive and authoritative book discusses the critical role of the utero-placenta in neurodisability, both at term and preterm. It examines aspects of fetal compromise and possible cerebro-protective interventions, recent evidence on fetal growth and mental illness, as well as cerebro-therapeutics. Throughout the book, information from the basic sciences placed within the clinical context. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by leading obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians and pathologists.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the role of  placenta in the  pathophysiology of  CNS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines recent evidence of endocrine, haematological and inflammatory origins of utero-placental dysfunction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews latest advances in antepartum and perinatal imaging\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Ian Crocker\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior scientist within the Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre in Manchester, UK. He is an NIHR Fellow, with a 10-year research focus on the human placenta. He is a member of the Maternal Medicine Clinical Studies Group, part of the Comprehensive Clinical Research Network, treasurer of the Blair Bell Society, the research arm of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, editorial board member of the journal \u003ci\u003ePlacenta\u003c\/i\u003e, and 2006 recipient of the prestigious Gabor Than Award from the International Federation of Placental Associations, for his outstanding contributions to placental research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Martin Bax\u003c\/b\u003e worked in community paediatrics for 40 years. He is Emeritus Reader in Child Health at Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital campus. Dr Bax was for many years the senior editor of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. He co-edited the third edition of Aicardi's \u003ci\u003eDiseases of the Nervous System in Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e. Until recently he was the Scientific Director of the Castang Foundation, a charity dedicated to investigating the causes and prevention of childhood neurodisability. He is president of the Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 March 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMac Keith Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781909962538\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378760970380,"sku":"9781909962538","price":63.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781909962538.jpg?v=1780170956","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781909962538","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}