1st Session.- Plasma Oestriol in Obstetric Disease.- Validity of Cardiotocography in the Control of Feto-Placental Insufficiency. Preliminary Results.- The Diagnosis of “Small for Dates” Babies by the Cytological Examination of the Amniotic Fluid.- The Value of the Atropine Test in Therapeutic Orientation during Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- Assessment of the Value of Hormonal Assays and Ultrasonic Measurements in the Management of Placental Insufficiency.- Human Placental Lactogen as an Index of Placental Function: Plasma Measurements in Normal and Pathological Pregnancies.- Human Choriogonadotropin, Choriosomatomammotrophin and Fetal Nutrition.- The Clinical Value of the Placenta Lactogen in the Monitoring of Feto-Placental Disfunction.- Amniotic Fluid Analysis in Placental Insufficiency.- Thermostable Alkaline Phosphatases in Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- The Insulin Tolerance Test (I.T.T.) as a Basis for the Therapy of Placental Insufficiency.- Radioimmunologic Determination of Plasma Estriol in Pregnancy with a Specific Antiserum to Estriol.- Some Parameters of Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- Urinary Estriol as a Therapeutic Guide of Feto-Placental Failure in the Vasculo-Renal Hypertensive Syndrome of Pregnancy.- Diagnosis of Fetal Maturity by Biochemical and Cytological Studies.- Radioimmunological Determination of HPL, CAP and Daily Excretion of Urinary Oestriol in the Diagnosis of Chronic Placental Insufficiency.- Oestriol as Guide in the Treatment of Feto-Placental Insufficiency: Possibilities and Limits.- The Comparative Studies about the Estriol and HPL Production Rate in the Risk-Pregnancies.- 2nd Session.- The Pathology of Feto-Placental Insufficiency in Hypertensive Pregnancy.- Search for a Disturbance of Coagulation during Pregnancy in Cases of Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation.- Pathways of Glucose Metabolism in Human Placentae.- Experimental Investigations about Blood Flow and Oxygen-Consumption in Normal Pregnancy and Placental Dysfunction.- The Role of the Fetal Circulation in Placental Insufficiency.- Effect of an Adrenergic ß-Mimetic Compound (Ritodrine Hydrochloride) on the Feto-Placental Unit in Chronic Fetal Distress.- The Effect of a Beta-Mimetic (Ritodrine) on the Uterine Circulation during Normal and Pathological (Chronic Fetal Distress) Pregnancies. Therapeutic Implications.- The Effects of Beta-Mimetic (Ritodrine) during Pregnancy on Carbohydrate Metabolism and Hepatic Function of the Newborn Infant.- The Influence of a Beta-Mimetic on Placental Function-Tests.- Adrenergic ß-Mimetic-Compounds and Utero-Placental Blood Supply in Risk Pregnancies.- Early Trials in the Treatment of Placental Insufficiency with Ritodrine.- The Effect of Ritodrine on Infant Weight.- Oestrogen Excretion in a Group of 90 Pregnant Women Treated with Ritodrine.- The Influence of Some Preparations on the Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- Effects of a Beta-Adrenergic Agent on the Angiographically Visualized Uteroplacental Circulation in the Rhesus Monkey.- Orciprenaline in the Treatment of Premature Labour.- Betamimetic Drugs and the Feto-Placental Function.- Betamimetics and Placental Insufficiency Due to Uterine Hypoplasia.- Placental Function and Xanthinol-Nicotinate.- The Therapy of EPH Gestosis with Xantinol-Nicotinat: Short-Term Reactions of Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Human Placental Lactogen.- Ultrasound Study of the Effect of Hydergin on Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- Therapy of Feto-Placental Insufficiency with Xantinol-Nicothinate, Glucose and Insulin.- Maternal Excretion of Oestriol before and during Treatment of Placental Insufficiency with Xantinol-Nicotinate.- Xanthinol Nicotinate in the Treatment of EPH Gestosis.- The Treatment of EPH-Gestosis with Xantinol-Nicotinat-Alterations of HPL and Coagulation-Physiological Alterations over Long Periods.- The Behaviour of Serum Electrolytes, Serum Protein, and of the Substances to be Eliminated in the Case of Gestosis Treated with Xantinol-Nicotinat and Heparin.- Long Term Heparin Therapy for Placental Insufficiency.- 3rd Session.- Therapy of Feto-Placental Insufficiency during Pregnancy the Effects of Drugs on Placental Function.- Intra-Uterine Growth of Newborn Infants of Parma.- Maternal Hypertonic Dextrose Infusion in a Patient with Idiopathic Recurrent Placental Insufficiency and Low Urinary Oestrogens.- Improvements in Uterine-Placental Blood-Flow by Long-Term Treatment of EPH-Gestosis with Anti-Hypertensive Drugs.- Vasoactive or Phosphorilated Glycide Therapy in Placental Insufficiency.- Effects of Synthetic LH-RH on Serum Gonadotrophin, Prolactin and Chorionic Somatomammotrophin (HCS) during the Last Trimester of Pregnancy.- Trial of Treatment of Chronic Fetal Distress by Naftidrofuryl.- Chronic Fetal Distress. Research on Placental Blood Flow and Therapy.- The Effect of Abdominal Decompression on the Newborn.- The Use of Intermittent Abdominal Decompression and Oestriol Monitoring in the Treatment of Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- Intra-Amniotic Amino-Acid Injections.- The Effects of Maternal Infusions of L-Amino Acids as a Treatment of Chronic Fetal-Placental Insufficiency.- Plasma Amino-Acids in “Small for Date” Newborn Infants.- Treatment of Severe Feto-Placental Insufficiency by Means of Intraamniotic Injection of Amino-Acids.- Fetal and Maternal Uptake of Se 75 Methionine after Intra-Amniotic Injection in Rabbits.- Exogenous Progesterone and Feto-Placental Function.- Human Placental Lactogen Production in Vitro 1. Dynamic Studies on Normal-Term Placentals after Stimulation with 17-?-Oestradiol.- Daily Urinary Hormonal Pattern Following 17 ß-Oestradiol Treatment of Prolonged Pregnancies.- Experiences with Administration of Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate and Pregnenolone in Cases of Feto-Placental Insufficiency.- Variation in Maternal Urinary Excretion of Total Oestrogens Following ACTH Administration to the Fetus in Utero.- A Study of Feto-Neonatal Effects of Maternal Administration of Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulphate (DEAS) in Rats.- Variation in Maternal Urinary Excretion of Total Oestrogens Following Intra-Amniotic Administration of Dehydroepiandrosterone.- Levels of Serum Unconjugated Oestrogens after DHEA-S Loading Tests in Human Pregnancy.- The Reliability of a Placental Function Test Using Dihydroepiandrosterone Sulphate (DHEA-S).- 21- and 18-C Urinary Steroids after the Oral Administration of DHA-S in Pregnancy.- Subject-Index.