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Placental Pathology Findings in Unexplained Pregnancy Losses
Thompson B, Holzer P, Kliman H. Placental Pathology Findings in Unexplained Pregnancy Losses. Reproductive Sciences 2023, 31: 488-504. PMID: 37725247, PMCID: PMC10827979, DOI: 10.1007/s43032-023-01344-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWeeks of gestationCommon pathologic featureSmall placentaPathologic featuresPregnancy lossChorionic villiPlacental pathology findingsUnexplained lossUnexplained pregnancy lossAntepartum stillbirthPlacental examinationUnexplained stillbirthPathology findingsUnexplained miscarriagePrevalent abnormalityPathologic diagnosisClinical databaseStillbirthMiscarriagePathology slidesDiagnostic categoriesGenetic abnormalitiesClassification systemPlacentaPotential mechanisms
2021
Genetics, not the uterine environment, drive the formation of trophoblast inclusions: Insights from a twin study
Katz J, Holzer PH, Kliman HJ. Genetics, not the uterine environment, drive the formation of trophoblast inclusions: Insights from a twin study. Placenta 2021, 114: 133-138. PMID: 33941390, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2021.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean differenceUterine environmentTwin pairsTrophoblast inclusionsRetrospective case seriesCase seriesPregnancy lossIntrauterine environmentFetal geneticsMZ twinsDZ twinsDizygotic twin pairsMZ twin pairsGenetic abnormalitiesPlacentaZygosity groupsTwin individualsAverage numberMonozygoticTwin studiesMean absolute differenceAbsolute differenceDifferencesGroupFetuses