Early Fetal Growth and Development

Ed R H T Ward, S K Smith, D Donnai RCOG Press, £35, pp 456 ISBN 0-902331-64-7 It is surprising in this day and age to come across a biological subject which is so poorly understood and so comparatively little researched that it hardly impinges on our consciousness. Furthermore, it is equally refreshing to discover that it is one in which genetic mechanisms are not all powerful. Indeed, the underlying theme of Early Fetal Growth and Development is that it is environmental factors which have a …