Quantitative structural studies on placentas from pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus

  1. PATRICIA A. BOYD1,*,
  2. ANDREW SCOTT2,
  3. JEAN W. KEELING1

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07809.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 93, Issue 1, pages 31–35, January 1986

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BOYD, P. A., SCOTT, A. and KEELING, J. W. (1986), Quantitative structural studies on placentas from pregnancies complicated by diabetes mellitus. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 93: 31–35. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07809.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Paediatric Pathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford

  2. 2

    Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford

* Patricia A. Boyd, Department of Medical Genetics, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 11 March 1985, Accepted 22 May 1985

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Summary. Fourteen placentas from pregnancies complicated by insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus have been examined by quantitative morphometry. The results have been compared with those from 22 placentas of comparable gestation from uncomplicated pregnancies. The volume of parenchymatous tissue in the placentas from diabetic mothers was significantly increased while the volume of non-parenchyma was decreased. The villous surface area was increased in placentas from the diabetic group, the mean value being 17·3 m2 compared with the 11·4 m2of the normal group. This increase was larger than would be expected when the increase in fetal weight of some babies born to diabetic mothers is taken into account.

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