Benirschke's Pathology of the Human Placenta /

This book had its beginning in 1967 when Shirley G. Driscoll and Kurt Benirschke wrote in English the volume on placental pathology for the Henke-Lubarsch, the noted German Handbook of Pathology. There seemed to be a need for wider distribution of the text and it was reprinted by Springer Verlag, Ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Baergen, Rebecca N. (Editor), Burton, Graham J. (Editor), Kaplan, Cynthia G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:7th ed. 2022.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Examination of the Placenta
  • Macroscopic Features of the Delivered Placenta
  • Microscopic Survey
  • Placental Types
  • Early Development of the Human Placenta
  • Basic Structure of a Placental Villus
  • Architecture of the Villous Trees
  • The Placental Bed
  • The Placental Circulations
  • The Chorionic and Basal Plates
  • Approach to Histologic Examination of the Placenta
  • Abortion and Chromosomal Anomalies
  • Abnormalities in Implantation
  • The Placenta Accreta Spectrum
  • Anatomy and Pathology of the Placental Membranes
  • Anatomy and Pathology of the Umbilical Cord
  • Placental Shape Aberrations
  • Multiple Pregnancies
  • Maternal Vascular Malperfusion and Associated Maternal Diseases
  • Maternal Diabetes and Obesity
  • Other Maternal Disorders Complicating Pregnancy
  • Fetal Vascular Malperfusion
  • Erythroblastosis Fetalis, Hydrops Fetalis and Transplacental Hemorrhage
  • Fetal Storage Disorders
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Placental Disorders of Uncertain Etiology
  • Placental Mesenchymal Dysplasia
  • Molar Pregnancies
  • Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms
  • Chorangiotic Lesions, Benign Tumors, and Heterotopias
  • Innovations in Placental Pathology
  • Imaging of Placental Pathology
  • Assisted Reproductive Technologies
  • Legal Considerations.