Assertion: guinea pig placenta | /r/ObjectUse | used as model
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text: Due to the clearly defined labyrinthine system of maternal blood lacunae, the guinea pig placenta has been used as a model to induce placental infarction: Systemic treatment with inhibitors of glycolysis (from hours to days), caused severe focal to generalized edematous changes in the syncytiotrophoblast of the interlobium and thereby blockage of venous drainage of maternal blood.