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It has been estimated that between 25 and 50% of placentas of abnormal pregnancies have some useful morphologic information regarding the abnormality of pregnancy, and that between 5 and 15% of all placentas contain evidence of some abnormal intrauterine or genetic event. In the case of intrauterine fetal death, probable diagnoses of unsuspected infection, karyotype abnormality, and maternal systemic disease can be made in more than one-third of cases.
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(2005). The Placenta. In: Gilbert-Barness, E., Debich-Spicer, D.E. (eds) Handbook of Pediatric Autopsy Pathology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-673-8:117
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