placenta succenturiata and placenta previa. Statistics vary greatly concerning the relative frequency of placenta accreta. Nathanson 5 found an incidence of one in 20,000 deliveries. The Boston ...

Never mind, you might say. After all, the body part in question – the placenta – is supposed to be a temporary organ. No one wants to go through life attached at the navel to a blob of tissue ...

Scientists have shed new light on the role of the placenta in managing the relationships between maternal vitamin D and fetal development, according to a new study. Scientists have shed new light ...