Maternal-Fetal Toxicology A Clinician's Guide |
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| Editor:
| Koren, Gideon |
| Series title: | Medical Toxicology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4200-0241-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $114.95 |
Book Description:
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This totally revised and expanded reference presents a problem-based approach to the teratogenic risks of exposure to drugs, chemicals, viruses, and radiation during pregnancy-containing updated material on treatment programs and management approaches, as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses of specific xenobiotics. Offers entirely new features such as clinical case studies at the beginning of most chapters, as well as end-of-chapter solutions! Summarizing...
More DescriptionThis totally revised and expanded reference presents a problem-based approach to the teratogenic risks of exposure to drugs, chemicals, viruses, and radiation during pregnancy-containing updated material on treatment programs and management approaches, as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses of specific xenobiotics.
Offers entirely new features such as clinical case studies at the beginning of most chapters, as well as end-of-chapter solutions!
Summarizing recentlarge-scale prospective studies on the safety of drugs in pregnancy, initiated by the Motherisk Program in Toronto in collaboration with several American services, the Third Edition of Maternal-Fetal Toxicology provides
- the latest analysis on alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome
- a guide for herbal products in pregnancy
- timely information for the evaluation of fetal safety in chemical industries
- up-to-the-minute treatment for epilepsy and other chronic conditions in pregnancy
- current management of the neonatal abstinence syndrome
- modern uses of herbal medicine in pregnancy and during lactation
- and more!
Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, Maternal-Fetal Toxicology, Third Edition, is a practical and well-researched reference for all obstetricians/gynecologists, toxicologists, family physicians, pharmacologists, pediatricians, nurses, pharmacists, poison control specialists, geneticists, and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.