title: The theme of the meeting was "Dissecting the placenta: the scientist's and obstetrician's points of view". Preface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. yoshkudo@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kudo
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy