Imperfect Pregnancies A History of Birth Defects and Prenatal Diagnosis / Ilana Lowy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Löwy, Ilana, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congenital Abnormalities--history.

Prenatal Diagnosis--history.

Medical Subjects:

Congenital Abnormalities--history.

Prenatal Diagnosis--history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book will interest students, scholars, health professionals, administrators, and activists interested in issues surrounding new medical technologies, screening, risk management, pregnancy, disability, and the history and social politics of women's bodies.

Contents:

Introduction : scrutinized fetuses

Born imperfect : birth defects before prenatal diagnosis

Karyotypes

Human malformations

From prenatal diagnosis to prenatal screening

Sex chromosome aneuploidies

PND and new genomics approaches

Conclusion : PND's slippery slopes, imagined and real.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4214-2364-2

OCLC:

1004271448