The placenta: from development to disease

The Placenta: From Development to Disease examines research into placental function and its clinical implications to provide a springboard for improving clinical practice and enhancing medical research. Influential information is extracted from the compelling narrative by the use of 'take home' features including: Clinical Pearls - point to important issues in clinical practiceResearch Spotlights - highlight key insights into placental understandingTeaching Points - explain basic concepts for novice readersThe Placenta: From Development to Disease is ideal for both experienced clinicians and r.

Front Matter -- Fetal Origins of Adult Disease/Programming. Maternal Undernutrition and Fetal Programming: Role of the Placenta / Louiza Belkacemi, D Michael Nelson, Mina Desai, Michael G Ross -- Cardiovascular Health and Maternal Placental Syndromes / Shahzya S Huda, Ian A Greer -- Placental Development, Physiology, and Immunology. Development and Anatomy of the Human Placenta / Roxane Rampersad, Mila Cervar-Zivkovic, D Michael Nelson -- Immunologic Aspects of Pregnancy / Joan S Hunt, Margaret G Petroff -- Vascular Development in the Placenta / Berthold Huppertz -- Hypoxia and the Placenta / Stacy Zamudio -- Placental Metabolism / Nicholas P Illsley -- Placental Hormones: Physiology, Disease, and Prenatal Diagnosis / Jennifer M McNamara, Helen H Kay -- Placental Transfer in Health and Disease / Caroline Wright, Colin P Sibley -- Placental Fat Trafficking / Christina Scifres, Yoel Sadovsky -- Maternal-Fetal Cell Trafficking and Microchimerism / Hilary S Gammill, Suzanne E Peterson, J Lee Nelson -- Imprinting in the Human Placenta / Shu Wen, Ignatia B Van den Veyver -- Placental Membranes and Amniotic Fluid Retention / Marie H Beall, Michael G Ross -- Examination of the Placenta, M…