Pathology of the Human PlacentaPathology of the Human Placenta remains the authoritative text in the field and is respected and used by pathologists and obstetrician-gynecologists alike. Advances in genetics and molecular biology continue to make the study of the placenta one of vast diagnostic and legal importance. New to this edition is author, Rebecca Baergen, M.D., Chief of Perinatal and Pediatric Pathology at The New York Hospital-Cornell Hospital Medical Center and author of the "Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmanna (TM)s Pathology of the Human Placenta." The fifth edition reflects new advances in the field and includes 173 new color illustrations. |
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Preface | 1 |
Early Development of the Human Placenta 133 | 13 |
Basic Structure of the Villous Trees | 22 |
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abortion abruptio acardiac amnionic amnionic fluid Anat antibodies Arch basal lamina basal plate Benirschke bleeding Boyd capillaries Castellucci cause cell islands centa chorioamnionitis chorionic plate congenital connective tissue cysts cytotrophoblast decidual cells degeneration deposits described diagnosis diameter differentiation disease electron epithelium extravillous fetal death fetal vessels fetus fetuses fibrin fibrinoid Figure gestation Gynäkol Gynecol hemorrhage histochemical histological Hofbauer cells human placenta hydrops fetalis immature implantation infant infarcts infection intermediate villi intervillous space intrauterine Kaufmann Lancet Langhans layer lesions mature intermediate meconium membranes mesenchymal necrosis neonatal normal observed Obstet occur Pathol pathology patients placenta previa placental villi preeclampsia preg pregnancy prenatal protein reported result rupture Schiebler septa staining stem villi stroma structure studies syncytial syncytiotrophoblast syncytium syndrome term terminal villi thrombi tion transplacental tropho trophoblast twin placenta types ultrastructural umbilical artery umbilical cord uterine vascular vein villous villous surface villous trees week p.m.