title: Dr Edith Potter (1901 1993) of Chicago: pioneer in perinatal pathology.
abstract: Following in the footsteps of Billard and Ballantyne, Edith Potter founded from the 1930s onwards the modern subspecialty of perinatal pathology. Her name is eponymously linked with the facial characteristics of infants with bilateral renal agenesis.
authors: Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. p.m.dunn@bristol.ac.uk
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Dunn
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D019066:Facies; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*; D010500:Perinatology / Q000266:history*
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