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The Pathology of the Human Placenta

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Authors:
  1. Kurt Benirschke

    1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, USA

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  2. Shirley G. Driscoll

    1. Boston Lying - In Hospital, Boston, USA
      Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Introduction

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 98-99
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  3. The Pathology of the Human Placenta

    • Benirschke, Driscoll
    Pages 100-105
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  4. Unusual Shapes of the Placenta. Placenta Accreta

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 106-134
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  5. Amnion and Chorion

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 135-151
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  6. Pathology of the Umbilical Cord and Major Fetal Vessels. Vestiges of Embryonic Structures

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 152-186
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  7. The Placenta of Multiple Pregnancy

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 187-275
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  8. Cellular Exchange Between Mother and Fetus

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 276-298
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  9. Cysts and Placental Septa

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 299-311
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  10. Circulatory Disturbances

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 312-338
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  11. Infections

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 339-389
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  12. Hemolytic disease of the newborn

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 390-401
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  13. Abortion

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 402-436
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  14. Hydatidiform mole

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 444-476
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  15. Tumors of the Placenta

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 477-526
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  16. The Hormones of the Placenta

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 527-552
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  17. Miscellaneous Conditions

    • Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll
    Pages 553-571
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  18. Back Matter

    Pages 572-616
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About this book

This presentation of the diseases of the placenta differs in many ways from the first such treatment in these volumes by the eminent Robert Meyer. It is a deliberate attempt to bring together the practical information which has been gathered about the pathology of this complex organ and to make it available to the practicing pathologist as well as clinician. Despite the ready availability of the placenta for study, the pathologist is often ill-prepared to interpret lesions which he may find. Moreover, it has been difficult for him to find reference material, published commonly in journals and books with which he is not familiar. Furtherยญ more, the interpretation of lesions affecting the placenta seemed less challenging since the organ had served its function, was to be discarded and presumably little of significance could be expected from such a retrospective study. Recently, with new emphasis on maternal and fetal health and disease, it has become apparent that knowledge of pathologic changes in the placenta often provides a unique insight into antenatal events. Thus, there has been an abundance of publications in this field in recent years, several in book form. These and the most important older investigations on the morbid anatomy of the human plaยญ centa are here reviewed. This book has been written with a special point of view, however, which reflects our own bias.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of California, USA

    Kurt Benirschke

  • Boston Lying - In Hospital, Boston, USA

    Shirley G. Driscoll

  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Shirley G. Driscoll

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Pathology of the Human Placenta

  • Authors: Kurt Benirschke, Shirley G. Driscoll

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9809-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin ยท Heidelberg 1967

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9811-3Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-9809-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 519

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

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