The importance of the placenta and its vascular development to fetal growth and
development has been appreciated since ancient times. Based on numerous studies in …

Appropriate growth and development of the placenta is essential for fetal growth and
wellbeing, and indeed may be an important factor in determining adult health. 1 As the fetus …

The recent advent of transvaginal probes with color Doppler imaging has enabled more
accurate studies of the vascular network of the female genital tract and provided more …

Deep placentation in human pregnancy is realised by deep invasion of the placental bed by
the extravillous trophoblast, involving the decidua and the inner (junctional zone) …

Developmental programming is a rapidly advancing discipline of great importance to basic
scientists and health professionals alike. This text integrates, for the first time, contributions …

Since the advent of technologies to produce genetic knockout and transgenic mice, the
number of mouse strains suggested to be useful as models for pregnancy-related …