title: [Placental pathology in gestational diabetes].
abstract: To observe the influence of gestational diabetes over placental morphology, a prospective study was taken for 28 gestational diabetic pregnancies and 25 non-diabetic control subjects. Placental net weight in diabetic group is 549.38 +/- 143.01 g; in control group 458.75 +/- 60.98 g, significant difference was found between above two groups. The changes of diabetic placentas in light microscopy shows villous immaturity, proliferation of small fetal vessels, syncytiotrophoblast knots, cytotrophoblast and vessel syncytiotrophoblast membrane increased. Morphohistometric investigations showed that the changes of placenta in gestational diabetes are significant.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital, Beijing Medical University.
authors.forename: H X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000473:pathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies