THIS IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL REFERENCE TEXT ON IMPROVING ALL ASPECTS OF
FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY. THE OPENING CHAPTER FOCUSES ON THE CLINICAL ETHICS
OF APPRECIATING THE FETUS AS A PATIENT. SECTION 1 PRESENTS NEW DIMENSIONS IN
FETAL IMAGING, EMPHASIZING DOPPLER ULTRASO UND, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND,
TISSUE ECHOGENECITY, AND FETAL RADI OLOGY. SECTION 2 COVERS THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING
SCIENCE OF MOLECULAR GENE TICS AND SCREENING FOR FETAL ABNORMALITIES. SECTION 3
CONTAINS THE LAT EST INFORMATION ABOUT FETAL SURGREY. SECTION 4 DESCRIBES THE
VARIOUS M ODALITES AVAILABLE TO OBSTETRICIANS FOR ASSESSING THE FETAL CONDITION.
SECTION 5 PROVIDES THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF
ESPECIALLY CONTROVERSIAL AREAS IN PERINATOLOGY,