title: The human placental bed in health and disease.
abstract: The morphology of the human placental bed is reviewed. The pathological features seen in spontaneous abortion, pregnancy-induced hypertension, intrauterine growth retardation, placenta accreta and postpartum haemorrhage suggest that abnormal placentation may be a common feature. A defect in the normal materno-trophoblastic interaction is implicated in the pathogenesis of abnormal placentation.
authors.affiliation: Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Khong
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Sawyer
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000098:blood supply*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*