Effect of type and duration of anemia on placental weight and villous histology.
The effect of anemia during pregnancy on placental weight and villous histology has been studied in a group of Nigerian women. It has been shown that the weight of the placenta is not dependent on the type or duration of anemia that is present. Neither is there a correlation between these two aspects of anemia and the histological feature of villous fibrosis, which is an earmark of the placenta in anemia.
D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications*; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000150:complications; D000748:Anemia, Macrocytic / Q000150:complications; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic