Research Catalog

Title

Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the human placenta / Rebecca N. Baergen.

Author

Baergen, Rebecca N.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2005], ©2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Benirschke, Kurt.

Description

xiv, 504 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm

Subject

• Placenta > Diseases > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Placenta > pathology
• Specimen Handling

Genre/Form

Laboratory Manual.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Kurt Benirschke -- 1. Evaluation of the first trimester products of conception -- 2. Evaluation of the second trimester products of conception -- 3. Macroscopic evaluation of the second and third trimester placenta -- 4. Microscopic evaluation of the second and third trimester placenta -- 5. Early placental development -- 6. Histology of the Chorionic Villi, fetal membranes, and umbilical cord -- 7. Villous development -- 8. Development and histology of the nonvillous portions of the placenta -- 9. Multiple gestation : general aspects -- 10. Multiple gestation : twin variants and related conditions -- 11. Abortion and a placenta in chromosomal anomalies -- 12. Postpartum hemorrhage, subinvolution of the placental site, and placenta accreta -- 13. Placental shape aberrations -- 14. Pathology of the fetal membranes -- 15. Pathology of the umbilical cord -- 16. Infectious diseases -- 17. Maternal diseases complicating pregnancy -- 18. Placental malperfusion -- 19. Miscellaneous placental lesions -- 20. Placental abnormalities in fetal conditions -- 21. Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy -- 22. Neoplasms -- 23. Hydatidiform moles -- 24. Choriocarcinoma -- 25. Lesions of extravillous trophoblast -- 26. Legal considerations -- 27. New directions / Kurt Benirschke.

ISBN

0387220895 (s/c : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004049198

OCLC

• ocm55138493
• SCSB-5190471

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries