Foreword and comment on the cover picture (Enrico de Pascale).

Background:

Clinical:

Understanding Causes:

Management:

Fabio Facchinetti
Chairman of the School of Midwifery, and Maternal-Infant Division, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; Editorial board, Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Scientific Committee, European Congress of Perinatal Medicine; International Scientific Committee, International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. He also has the March of Dimes Award for Best Research in Prematurity, SMFM 2007

Gustaaf Dekker
Lyell McEwin Hospital and University of Adelaide, Australia; Editorial board, Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; Clinical investigator for Bayer for nifedipine (Adalat) trials

Dante Baronciani
Maternal-Infant Division, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

George Saade
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA