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For many years, it was thought that the understanding of placental pathology required only a limited knowledge of implantation and early placental development, as disturbances of these early steps of placentation seemed to cause abortion, rather than affecting placental structure and function. Increasing experience with assisted reproductive technology (ART), as well as clinicopathologic correlation of placental pathology with fetal well-being, however, has taught us that improper conditions during implantation can handicap early development and result in inappropriate functioning of the fetoplacental unit and impaired outcome. For this reason, basic understanding of early placental development has become increasingly important.
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Baergen, R.N. (2011). Early Placental Development. In: Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7494-5_5
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