Abstract
Most important factor for fetalwell-being is placental growth. Villous volume contributes to main mass of placenta. Purpose of this study is to correlate villous changes in hypertension. Thirty placentae were collected from two colleges i.e. Government Medical College, Chandigarh and ESIC Medical College, Faridabad, and divided into two group i.e. normal placentae and placenta from hypertensive mothers. After morphological examination, histological examination was done with H& E stain. Villous volume was calculated with ‘Point Counting Technique’ as described by Mathur et al. Significant decrease in villous volume and other parameters were seen.
Keywords: Placenta, Chorionic Villi, Histomorphomtery, Hypertension.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Kunal Chawla
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, IGMC, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i9.85
