Background: Previous studies of maternal risk factors for abnormal placental growth have focused on placental weight and placental ratio as measures of placental growth. We sought to identify ...

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There are a number of available in vitro models for the study of human placental development with varying degrees of physiological relevance. 2,4,7 Choriocarcinoma cells, derived from malignant tumors ...

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Normally, after fertilization, tissue develops that will eventually become the placenta. But for a molar pregnancy, that tissue forms an abnormal growth, called a mole, in the uterus, instead.

A study of more than 400 Australian women has found that alcohol consumption at or around the time of conception can damage ...

Birthright by Rainbow Hospitals in Hyderabad successfully treated a pregnant woman with placenta percreta, a life-threatening complication during pregnancy.