Offer Erez

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel

Dr. Erez is the acting director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Soroka University Medical Center at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Beer Sheva Israel. Over the past 16 years, Dr. Erez has served as a research associate and later as an assistant professor at the Perinatology Research Branch of the NICHD, NIH located at Hutzel Women's Hospital and Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. Dr Erez has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers, authored many chapters, and served on the editorial board of Peer J and the International Journal of Diabetic Research.

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The preterm parturition syndrome is one of the major obstetrical complications of our time. Understanding the mechanisms leading to prematurity may assist the clinician to tailor the desired treatment that is suitable to the mechanisms leading to preterm birth in a specific patient. In the first section of this book we present an update on the association of periodontal disease, maternal stress, and activation of the hemostatic system and preterm parturition. The second section of the book deals with short and long term effects of prematurity, with a long term aspect of late preterm birth. This book will expand the dialogue between obstetricians, pediatricians and other disciplines regarding the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of prematurity.

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