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Edited by Eric Jauniaux, Eytan R. Barnea, and R.G. Edwards. 524 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. $145. ISBN 0-19-262729-5.

The advent of in vitro fertilization and ultrasonographic imaging and progress in biochemistry, cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, pathology, and therapeutics have revolutionized our understanding of embryonic medicine. Moreover, the study of early pregnancy is having a major effect on many other disciplines, including endocrinology, genetic manipulation, immunology, and transplantation.

The editors of Embryonic Medicine and Therapy have gathered a team of excellent scientists to write 28 chapters in five parts: "Pre-implantation Embryo," "From the Trophoectoderm to the Definitive Placenta," "Development of the Embryo and Early Fetus," "Medicine of the Embryo and Early Fetus," and "Relevance of the Embryo to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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