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Early Development of the Human Placenta

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Pathology of the Human Placenta

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For many years, understanding placental pathology was thought to demand only a limited knowledge of implantation and early placental development, because disturbances of these early steps of placentation seemed to cause abortion rather than affecting placental structure and function. Increasing experience with assisted fertilization, however, has taught us that a high percentage of these cases show impaired fetal and neonatal outcome such as an increased incidence of intrauterine growth retardation and retroplacental hematoma, as well as increased perinatal mortality (Beck & Heywinkel, 1990). The causal connections are still unknown, although the authors give some arguments that placental causes must be considered. It must be speculated that improper conditions during implantation handicap early development and finally result in the inappropriate functioning of the fetoplacental unit.

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  1. University Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, 92103-8321, San Diego, California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke MD (Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Reproductive Medicine, Emeritus)

  2. Institut für Anatomie der Medizinischen Fakultät, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Wendlingweg 2, 52057, Aachen, Germany

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Benirschke, K., Kaufmann, P. (2000). Early Development of the Human Placenta. In: Pathology of the Human Placenta. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4199-5_5

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