Handbook of placental pathology
By: Ona Marie Faye-Petersen, Debra S. Heller, Vijay V. Joshi.
Contributors: Heller, Debra S.; Joshi, Vijay V., 1936-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Placenta -- pathology; Placenta Diseases -- pathology; Placenta -- Diseases
Other titles: Placental pathology
Description: This book explores all the diagnostic challenges pathologists and obstetricians will face. Succinct and accessible, the text includes discussions of lesions associated with maternal thrombophilias, updates in disorders with challenging clinicopathologic features and pathogenesis. The new edition contains updated sections on conditions such as preeclampsia and maternal diabetes mellitus. It covers the use of technology such as molecular genetic probes and other newly developed ancillary studies to confirm diagnosis in problematic cases, and includes illustrations of umbilical cord, membranes, parenchymal and maternal surface abnormalities.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Handbook of placental pathology / Vijay V. Joshi. c1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-232) and index.