Placenta

ISSN: 0143-4004

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Country: England

Correspondence Address: W B Saunders Co Ltd, 32 Jamestown Rd, London, England, Nw1 7By

Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01434004

Category: Medicine - Clinical Molecular and Microbiology

Placenta publishes full length papers and short communications of high scientific quality on all aspects of human and animal placenta. Topics covered include: development, structure, physiology, metabolism, endocrinology, microbiology, pathology, immunology, pharmacology, cell biology, biochemistry and molecular mechanisms underlying placental function. Studies of implantation, comparative placentation, the use of the placenta as an experimental model, trophoblastic neoplasia, clinical aspects of altered placental structure or function and the study of vascular supply and its regulation are also presented. We welcome studies on the fetus and fetoplacental interactions Single case reports are only acceptable if they illustrate a point of general importance. Scientific reviews, book reviews and letters to the editors are also published.