Preterm Birth Mechanisms, Mediators, Prediction, Prevention And Interventions

This is our first collaborative venture with the Society of Gynecologic Investigation - one of the premier ObGyn research Societies in the USA.Preterm delivery is probably the most important problem in obstetrics, and a major public health concern. Recent developments - such as the preventive use of progesterone, and new data on possible mechanisms of initiation of parturition - have placed the topic at the forefront of the interests and preoccupation of many in maternal-fetal medicine and obstetrics.The authors will produce a balanced, authoritative, well-referenced work with a rigorous underpinning of basic science, highlighted translational science sections, and evidence-based clinical guidelines. Publication is timed to coincide with the SGI meeting in March 2006.SGI see this initiative as helping to raise their profile outside North America. There may therefore be opportunities for further collaboration in the future. The book would be published under the auspices of SGI [exact branding to be discussed] and the Society would offer some help in marketing, particularly access to their membership list.Petraglia, Felice is the author of 'Preterm Birth Mechanisms, Mediators, Prediction, Prevention And Interventions', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415392273 and ISBN 0415392276.