Steven G Gabbe & Felice Petraglia 
Preterm Birth [PDF ebook] 
Mechanisms, Mediators, Prediction, Prevention & Interventions

Preterm delivery is probably the most important problem in obstetrics, and a major public health concern. Recent developments – such as the preventive use of progesterone, and new data on possible mechanisms of initiation of parturition – have placed the topic at the forefront of the interests and preoccupation of many in maternal-fetal medicine an