**Meet the editors**

Dr Sifakis is a consultant in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and a Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. He was trained for three years in Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine at the University of Connecticut, CT, USA, and at the Kings' College Hospital, London, UK. He has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed

medical journals and has participated with more than 350 presentations in medical congresses. Dr Sifakis is a member of the Board of Hellenic Society in Perinatal Medicine. His research has been awarded several times, and is focused on the aetiopathogenesis of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction, antenatal diagnosis of rare genetic syndromes, and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis by the use of free fetal DNA and fetal cells in the maternal circulation and the endocervical canal.

Nikolaos Vrachnis completed Ob/Gyn training in United Kingdom (UK) in 2001. He received postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, Cardiff University, UK, and in 2005 completed his thesis, "Inflammation and preterm labor", at the Athens University Medical School. He currently works as a Lecturer, "Obstetrics-Gynecology and Fetal-Maternal Medicine", at the same

University. Vrachnis has 35+ publications in peer-reviewed journals; he wrote or edited 8 books and 20+ chapters in books; over 200 presentations at national and international meetings. He is in charge of Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course, Greece, and is a member of ALSO (UK) and ALSO (USA) Advisory Faculties. He recently developed a handson Advanced Life Support in Gynecology (ALSG) course. Currently he is a President of Hellenic Society of Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergency and a member of the board of Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Bruce W. Newton

Hiroko Watanabe

Alexander B. Poletaev

Chapter 4 **Environmental Electromagnetic** 

Chapter 5 **Role of Tumor Marker CA-125 in** 

Batool Mutar Mahdi

Dennis G. Chambers

Echendu Dolly Adinma

Chapter 8 **Renal Function and** 

Mats Fagerquist

Dimitra Kappou,

Chapter 9 **Recent Insights into the Role of** 

Chapter 3 **Maternal Immunity,** 

Chapter 1 **Who Selects Obstetrics and Gynecology as a** 

Chapter 2 **The Effect of Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and** 

**Pregnancy and Child's Health 41** 

**Field and Female Fertility 57**  Leila Roshangar and Jafar Soleimani Rad

Chapter 6 **Medical and Surgical Induced Abortion 101** 

Chapter 7 **Post Abortion Care Services in Nigeria 125** 

Nikos Vrachnis and Stavros Sifakis

**Gestational Weight Gain on Birth Weight 27** 

**the Detection of Spontaneous Abortion 93** 

**Urine Production in the Compromised Fetus 133** 

**the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis in Preeclampsia 147** 

**Career and Why, and What Traits Do They Possess? 1** 
