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Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects

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Zeroing in on all the crucial clinical and scientific knowledge of embryology and teratology that you need to master. The new edition of Before We Are Born explores how organs and systems develop week by week, stage by stage, and why and when abnormalities occur, and what the vital roles of the placenta and foetal membranes are in development, in an easy to use format.

Completely revised and updated, the new 6th edition of Before We Were Born emphasises the clinical aspects throughout by use of clinical correlations as well as hundreds of superb illustrations.

460 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

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Keith L. Moore

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Keith L. Moore (MSc PhD FIAC FRSM FAAA) is a physician specializing in embryology and human development.

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14 reviews8 followers
September 27, 2016
The best academic embryology book I have read ever, since it contains the fatus developing weeks in details, and not just that, but it adds the diseases and birth defects which goes along these weeks. And I believe in my specialist opinions as they see "before we are born" as an advance book.
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August 3, 2022
9th Ed. Is actually what I read and give 5*, but I couldn't find that version on goodreads!
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June 21, 2008
Embryology is a pain, especially the first 3 weeks. A bilayer plate? Really? I'm supposed to be able to fully describe a bilayer plate? Didn't I just fully describe it by naming it?

Sheesh.
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58 reviews39 followers
November 7, 2009
Can't wait to get this book and read the rest of it. I spent some time with it at the library today and the pictures were extremely helpful to me.
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January 3, 2011
another title, Embryology for dummies, it simply presented with many illustrations and tables make it more easy to read and understood.
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December 17, 2015
Very clear and easy to understand. I love the illustrations.
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