Diagnostic value of the placenta in medico-legal practice.
In three suspected cases of infanticide, histological examinations of the placentas were effective in clarifying the circumstances. We have estimated the 5th month of pregnancy from pieces of the placenta in one case and diagnosed the causes of perinatal abnormalities in two cases, those being acute chorioamnionitis and possible premature separation of normally implanted placenta.
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Department of Legal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tsuda
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Kimura
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D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000473:pathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy