| List of Contributors | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Pt. I | Pre-implantation embryo | 1 |
| 1 | The pre-implantation and implanting human embryo | 3 |
| 2 | Genetics of human gametes and embryos | 32 |
| 3 | Diagnostic methods for the early embryo | 47 |
| 4 | Embryonic signals | 63 |
| 5 | Embryonic therapy for implantation enhancement | 76 |
| 6 | The luteal phase endometrium | 87 |
| Pt. II | From the trophectoderm to the definitive placenta | 101 |
| 7 | Integrins and the implantation site | 103 |
| 8 | Implantation and trophoblast differentiation | 120 |
| 9 | Formation of the trophoblastic barrier | 135 |
| 10 | The trophoblast in vitro and in vivo | 152 |
| 11 | The life and death of the embryonic yolk sac | 180 |
| 12 | Mole/chorion genomic imprinting | 197 |
| Pt. III | Development of the embryo and early fetus | 221 |
| 13 | Embryonal physiology | 223 |
| 14 | Maternal endocrine changes in early pregnancy | 244 |
| 15 | The embryo/trophoblastic paradox | 256 |
| 16 | Ultrasound features of normal early pregnancy | 280 |
| 17 | Embryo reduction: a new model to study early pregnancy endocrinology | 302 |
| Pt. IV | Medicine of the embryo and early fetus | 319 |
| 18 | Epidemiology of early pregnancy failure | 321 |
| 19 | Assessment of embryonic and early fetal viability | 347 |
| 20 | Spontaneous evolution of fetal malformations detected in the first trimester | 365 |
| 21 | Medical therapy of early pregnancy disorders | 375 |
| 22 | Maternal diseases in early pregnancy | 390 |
| 23 | Regulation of deleterious effects of environmental xenobiotic exposure during early pregnancy | 440 |
| Pt. V | Relevance of the embryo to medicine | 451 |
| 24 | Transgenesis: molecular manipulation of the genome | 453 |
| 25 | Transplantation of fetal haematopoeitic tissues | 466 |
| 26 | Fetal stem cell therapy | 474 |
| 27 | Practical teratology | 481 |
| 28 | Ethics of embryo research: What status the embryo, which duties to future generations? | 506 |
| Index | 515 |
Format: Hardcover, 1st ed., 524 pages
