Contributors -- Preface -- 1.Endocrinology of pregnancy -- 2.Normal pregnancy ,the peurperium,and lactation -- 3.Anterapum care -- 4.Labor and delivery -- 5.Intrapartum fetal monitoring -- 6.Prolonged pregnancy -- 7.Medical complications of pregnancy -- 8.Hypertension in pregnancy -- 9.Fetal physiology -- 10.Identification of the high-risk patient -- 12.Prenatal diagnosis and obstetrical ultrasound -- 13.Antepartum bleeding -- 14.Teratology -- 15.Substance abuse in pregnancy -- 16.Operative obstetrics -- 17.Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia -- 18.Gestational trophoblastic disease -- 19.Pediatric and adolescent gynecology -- 20.The menstrual cycle -- 21.Family planning :Contraception and complications -- 22.Pelvic pain -- 23.Pelvic inflammatory disease -- 24.Endometriosis -- 25.Vulvovaginitis -- 26.Dysfunctional uterine bleeding -- 27.Sexual abuse -- 28.Ectopic pregnancy -- 29.Sexually transmitted diseases -- 30.Myomata uteri -- 31.Female urinary incontinence -- 32.The infertiole couple -- 33.Amenorrhea -- 34.Hirsutism -- 35.Menopause -- 36.Pelvic malignancies -- 37.Medicolegal considerations in obstetrics and gynecology -- Case studies in clinical decision making -- Comprehensive examination -- Index.