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Quantitative structural differences within the normal term hum;an placenta: a pilot study.

P A Boyd·R A Brown·W J Stewart
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The macroscopic and microscopic structure of four normal term placentae was studied quantitatively using a point counting technique. Different horizontal and vertical zones of the placentae were measured in order to establish a method for sampling placetae which takes into account zonal morphological differences. It was concluded that in order to get a representative estimate of placental microscopic components, if 10 blocks are to be cut, two of them should be from the outer 2 cm zone.

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P A Boyd, R A Brown, W J Stewart. Quantitative structural differences within the normal term hum;an placenta: a pilot study.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0143-4004(80)80035-x

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