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Conjoined Twins:

Developmental Malformations and Clinical Implications
  • ISBN-13: 9780801870705
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Rowena Spencer
  • Price: AUD $245.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/05/2003
  • Format: Hardback 496 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biology, life sciences [PS]
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Although fertility drugs are increasing the incidence of twin births, conjoined twins remain rare at about 1 in 75,000 births. Nonetheless, they present a unique opportunity to learn about human development, as well as a challenge to medical professionals. In Conjoined Twins, Rowena Spencer, M.D., provides a comprehensive guide that thoroughly reviews the past century's literature on the subject and develops her theory of how these cases occur. After introductory chapters on history and embryology, the book presents a separate chapter for each of the eight main types of conjoined twins. Detailed descriptions of conjoined twins are accompanied by information valuable in planning surgical treatment, as well as extensive tables summarizing the available data on each type. Conjoined triplets and unusual conjoined twins receive attention in the final two chapters. Including line illustrations and photographs, this encyclopedic book about a complex subject will be a valuable reference for the many professionals who evaluate, treat, and study conjoined twins.


Contents:PrefaceCHAPTER 1 – History

CHAPTER 2 – Embryology

CHAPTER 3 – Omphalopagus

CHAPTER 4 – Thoracopagus

CHAPTER 5 – Cephalopagus

CHAPTER 6 – Ischiopagus

CHAPTER 7 – Parapagus

CHAPTER 8 – Craniopagus

CHAPTER 9 – Rachipagus

CHAPTER 10 – Pygopagus

CHAPTER 11 – Conjoined Triplets and Beyond; Unusual Twins; also Caudal Duplication, Dimelia, and Viviparity versus Oviparity

CHAPTER 12 – Parasitic Conjoined Twins, Fetuses in fetu, Acardiac Twins, and Teratomas

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""It is the sheer volume of detail and the most complete reference material on this subject ever compiled that make this work definitive and will mark it as the single best reference source on conjoined twins for the foreseeable future. ""

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