Maternal Fetal Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

The practice of Maternal Fetal Medicine deals with a dyad of patients and requires a broad range of specific expertise in order to recompose such dichotomy. Mother and fetus, through their placental connection, present such deep interrelationships that abnormalities on one side have the potential to determine clinically relevant consequences on the other. Gestational or pre-gestational anomalies in the mother may determine risk of dysfunctional placentation, abnormal fetal growth or prematurity, up to perinatal demise. On the other hand, fetal abnormalities may affect maternal well-being and organ function. Extensive evaluation of the two patients in object requires multidisciplinary assessment with expert in maternal or fetal medicine sharing their knowledge for the benefits of mothers and their unborn babies.

The aim of this Special Issue of Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology is to explore the interrelationship of this two components welcoming both recent advances and developments in the field of fetal and maternal medicine, including early diagnosis of fetal abnormalities, screening and diagnosis for chromosomal defects and genetic syndromes, intrauterine fetal surgery, prediction and prevention of preeclampsia, preterm birth, stillbirth, prediction and management of abnormal fetal growth, obstetric problems of multiple pregnancies, and medically assisted reproduction, fetal and maternal diseases in pregnancies (both gestational and pre-gestational). Submissions of original unpublished studies are welcome, including observational and interventional studies as well as RCTs and reviews, with an emphasis on relevant clinical questions and quantitative syntheses (meta-analyses) of pooled data. Authors are welcome to contact the Editorial Team in advance if they require any assistance for the preparation of their manuscript.

Dr. Paolo Cavoretto

Guest Editor

Manuscripts should be submitted via our online editorial system at https://imr.propub.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to start your submission. Manuscripts can be submitted now or up until the deadline. All papers will go through peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the journal (as soon as accepted) and meanwhile listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, reviews as well as short communications are preferred. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office to announce on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) in this open access journal is 1500 USD. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.