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Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects [with Student Consult Online Access]

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This highly successful resource distills all of the most essential information of human embryology and teratology from THE DEVELOPING HUMAN: CLINICALLY ORIENTED EMBRYOLOGY, 7th Edition presenting the crucial clinical and scientific concepts in an easy-to-use format. Completely revised and updated, the 6th Edition emphasizes the clinical aspects throughout by using clinical correlations as well as hundreds of outstanding illustrations.

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Includes illustrations of new diagnostic procedures, including sonographs, MRIs, electron micrographs, 3D images, and clinical photographs.
Presents completely revised and updated Clinically Oriented Questions and Answers based on the current requirements of the USMLE Step 1.
Offers reader-friendly features including brief explanations of clinical terms timetables for critical periods in prenatal development and end-of-chapter summaries-enabling readers to quickly zero in on essential information.

384 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.
4 reviews7 followers
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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