title: [The problem of study of unexplainable antenatal fetal death].
abstract: The paperpresents the data on the causes ofperinatal mortality. Particular emphasis is placed on unexplainable antenatal fetal death, the absence of uniform terminology or a consensus classification of the causes of antenatal fetal death, and the principles in placental studies and stillborn baby autopsy. Various aspects of sophisticated relations in the mother-placenta-fetus system are considered. It is pointed out that the number of unexplainable antenatal fetal deaths can be reduced when the placenta is meticulously studied. A conventional protocol for stillborn baby autopsy and placental studies is noted to be elaborated.
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Kondrikov
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Barinova
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology