Placenta structural changes in heavy smoking mothers: a stereological aspect.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggested that quantitative parameters of the placenta significantly changed in placentas from smoker group compared to controls. These changes can be associated probably with pregnancy complications in smoking mothers and may affect the development and survival of the fetus and even its future life. PMID: 29469634 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research