Pathology of the Human Placenta remains the most comprehensive and authoritative text in the field. It provides extensive information on the normal placenta, encompassing physiology, metabolism, and endocrinology, and covers the full range of placental diseases in great detail. Further chapters are devoted to abortions, molar pregnancies, multiple pregnancies, and legal considerations. This sixth edition of the book has been extensively revised and expanded to reflect the most recent progress in the field, and a brand new chapter has been added on artificial reproductive technology. Some 800 illustrations are included, many of them in color. The detailed index has been further improved and tables updated. Pathology of the Human Placenta will be of enormous value to pathologists and obstetrician-gynecologists alike.

Examination of the Placenta

Macroscopic Features of the Delivered Placenta
Microscopic Survey
Placental Types
Early Development of the Human Placenta
Basic Structure of the Villous Tree
Architecture of Normal Villous Trees
Characterization of the Developmental Stages
Nonvillous Parts and Trophoblast Invasion
Involution of Implantation Site - Retained Placenta
Anatomy and Pathology of the Placental Membranes
Anatomy and Pathology of the Umbilical Cord
Placental Shape Aberrations
Histopathological Approach to Villous Alterations
Villous Maldevelopment
Erythroblastosis Fetalis and Hydrops Fetalis
Transplacental Hemorrhage, Cell Transfer, Trauma.-Fetal Storage Disorders
Maternal Diseases Complicating Pregnancy: Diabetes, Tumors
Infectious Diseases
Abortion, Placentas of Trisomies, and Immunological Recurrent Reproductive Failure
Molar Pregnancies
Trophoblastic Neoplasms

Benign Tumors - Chorangiosis
Multiple Pregnancies
Legal Considerations
Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART).-Glossary
Normative Values and Table
Index.