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Physiology of Human Female Lactation (1st ed. 2021)

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This comprehensive Monograph examines all peripheral and central mechanisms of regulating the secretion of milk from the lactating breast.

The author reviews the complete female breast development, starting with the early childhood, up to pregnancy and lactation.

Structural and ultrastructural data on the alveolar-ductal system, together with details of breast innervation, are used to investigate the physiological process of lactation.

Readers will appreciate the special focus on reflexes, both in the child and the mother, that help to regulate maternal milk production and secretion.

Following this, the author sheds a light on the composition and dynamics of milk components during the different periods of lactation.

The final section of this volume focusses on practical aspects of modern breastfeeding, like the use of breast pumps or galactogogues, to influence the productivity of milk production. These fundamental principles and structural details will be particularly useful for physiologists and clinicians working in gynecology and pediatrics.

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Product Details
3030663639 / 9783030663636
Hardback
612
24/02/2021
Switzerland
English
254 pages, 50 Tables, color; 87 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 254 p. 87 illus.
155 x 235 mm, 565 grams
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