Placenta and Neurodisability - Crocker, Ian a Bax, Martin (Emeritus Reader in Child Health, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Imperial College, London, UK)

This comprehensive and authoritative book discusses the critical role of the utero-placenta in neurodisability, both at term and preterm. It examines aspects of fetal compromise and possible cerebro-protective interventions, recent evidence on fetal growth and mental illness, as well as cerebro-therapeutics.