Muhmmad Zia-ur rehman, Muhammad Fareed Ullah, Nergis Taj, Zaffar Iqbal Malik, Ehsan Ullah.
Unfavorable Effects of Pre-eclampsia on the Morphology of the Placenta.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(1):207-11.

Aim: To correlate the placental morphometric parameters with newborn weight between the two groups i.e. normal vs. patients of preeclampsia Study design: Case-control study Place & duration of study: Department of Anatomy, Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan in collaboration with Departments of Anatomy, Pathology and Obstetrics and Gyanecology, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, from August 2011 to November 2012. Results: One hundred human placentae, 50 were from normal pregnant women as control and 50 from pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia were taken for this study. Samples were grouped as Group A and Group B on the basis of absence and presence of preeclampsia respectively. All samples were studied morphologically. There was significant reduction in weight, diameter, thickness, volume and number of cotyledons of placenta in pre-eclamptic group. Weight and diameter of placenta had significant positive correlation with the weight of newborn in both groups.

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