title: The Michigan Placental Tissue Registry.
abstract: The Michigan Placental Tissue Registry is located in the Department of Pathology at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Operational since 1970, the registry now receives some 1300 specimens annually from Michigan, out-of-state, and out-of-country hospitals. This registry is intended to assist physicians with patient care, to maintain a tissue bank for referred specimens, and to explore the cause, clinical significance, and management of placental abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Colleges of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1313.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sander
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012042:Registries