Histomorphometry of the placenta of the diabetic women: class A diabetes mellitus.
Placenta
; 2(3): 241-51, 1981.
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Different morphometric parameters have been applied to the study of the morphological differences between a group of normal placentae and a group of placentae collected from Class A diabetic women. It has shown that although fetal weights were significantly higher in the infants of the diabetic mothers, placental weights showed only a tendency to be heavier than the gestationally matched controls, though the difference was not statistically significant. However, the placentae of the Class A diabetic mothers were shown to differ from the control group by having significantly more parenchymal and villous tissues and a higher cellular content. There were also more surface areas of exchange between mother and fetus, in terms of peripheral and villous capillary surface areas and intervillous space volume. On a functional basis, these morphological changes suggest that, in diabetes mellitus Class A, the placenta can efficiently support the growth of a large fetus, and the perinatal associated with this condition is not likely to be related to decreased or insufficient function of the placenta.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Placenta
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Embarazo en Diabéticas
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Placenta
Año:
1981
Tipo del documento:
Article
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