The Human Placenta
Blackwell Science Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 19. November 1992
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-632-02721-7 (ISBN)
Description
The placenta is fascinating and complex. Basically foreign to the maternal body, it can be thought of as an organ transplanted onto the mother's host tissue. As such it embodies all the principles of tissue acceptance and rejection. Many of the risks of pregnancy and labour have now been eliminated and the placenta is likely to be at the root of many of the dangers to the unborn child that remain. A breakdown of the relationship between the placenta and the maternal tissue may turn out to be the cause of the majority of early lost pregnancies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
117
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
1496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-02721-7 (9780632027217)
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Content
Growth, Development and Genetics of the Placenta: The origin and structure of the extraembryonic tissues; The molecular biology of placental development; The contribution of the paternal genome: hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma; Genetic diagnosis, chorionic villous biopsy and placental mosaicism; Ultrasound assessment of the placenta, and clinical assessment of placental growth; The Biochemical Interaction between the Placenta and the Mother: The placenta and maternal early adaptation to pregnancy; Placental endocrinology; The placenta and the control of parturition; The placenta and haemostatic balance; The Immunological Frontier Around the Fetus: The placenta and infection; The placenta as a graft; The decidua and factors controlling placentation; The placenta and recurrent early pregnancy loss; The placenta, pre-eclampsia and chronic villitis; The Placenta and the Fetus: In vitro assessment of trophoblast receptors and placental transport mechanisms; Trophoblast cell culture as a model for studying placental function; Endocrine and metabolic interaction between placenta and fetus: pathways of maternal-fetal communication; The placenta and intrauterine growth retardation; The fetoplacental circulation: anatomy, physiology, pathology and assessment of function by ultrasound