An Atlas of Multiple Pregnancy: Biology and Pathology (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine Series) (Hardcover)

~ G.A. Machin (Author), Louis G. Keith (Author) "The frequency of natural twin pregnancy varies with maternal age, race, nutritional status, environment, season of conception and point in historical time..." (more)
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This is a unique, much-needed full-color atlas-textbook on twinning and multiple pregnancy. It features nearly 300 beautiful, original color plates, covers in great detail material that has never previously been synthesized into a coherent whole, and is based on the very latest advances in knowledge about the biology and pathology of twins and higher order multiple pregnancies. Special sections deal with the lives of twins and their parents, how to examine twin and HOMP placentas, how to photograph twins for medical purposes, and how to test twin zygosity. The authors are among the world's foremost specialists in the field, widely renowned for their leadership and expertise.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 1 edition (February 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850709181
• ISBN-13: 978-1850709183
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,098,463 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Review of Twinning and High Order Pregnancy, March 12, 2001

By	Richard E. Weinstein (Mohnton, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This is an impressive medical book that focuses on the range of medical science related to twin and higher order development and birth. It is heavily illustrated, and shows both normal and problematic consequences of multiple pregnancy. I am a lay person, interested in twinning as I'm married to an identical twin, have a son who's fathered twins, and daughter soon to give birth to yet a second set; I wanted to understand what is known about familial twinning, and this book certainly filled the bill for my interests. It deals with epidemiology, pathology, genetics, and biology, covering an incredible breadth and wonder of what is known about twinning, and also a depth of its problems and complications and tragedies. It is rather heavy reading, with many medical terms and presumptions of background that suggest it only for those seriously interested in a depth of detail on its subject areas. But it delivers, it explains. The book makes a very clear case for the early diagnosis of twinning, and shows how very important it is to exactly diagnose those twins subject to significant complication: late-splitting "identical" (monozygotic) twins.

The book shows care-givers exactly how to diagnose, what to look for as normal and abnormal, where to look for it. This isn't a book for a casual reader, but is good for someone interested in significant depth. As a medical text, the reader should know that some of the pathology photos of problems are very graphic in their documentation.

I was looking for a thorough review of what is known about twinning. I found it here.