[Ultrastructural study of chorionic villi in maternal-fetal isoimmunity]. / Contributo allo studio ultrastrutturale del villo coriale nella isoimmunizzazione meterno-fetale.

The Authors studied the Human normal full term placenta and in the feto-maternal Rh and ABO incompatibilities. In the Human normal full term placenta the sincitium trophoblastum coat shows the usual microvillosity and the normal cytoplasmatic organules; in the placenta of ABO isoimmunized subjects the sincitium trophoblastum coat is intensely vacuolyzated; in the placenta of Rh isoimmunized subjects the lamina sincitiale vacuolyzation is more evident in the basal side. Discussion on the morphology related to the placenta barrier function.

[Incidence of possible diabetic conditions in pregnant women: effects on the fetus]. / Incidenza percentuale delle possibili condizioni di diabete nelle gestanti: ripercussioni sul feto.

The Authors studied the mortality and morbidity of newborn who had diabetic mothers. They confronted these dates with those mothers with overweight or with abnormal glucose oral test. There is no difference among them belonging neonatal mortality and morbidity. It would be useful to underline the high risk of mortality in newborn from mothers with diabetic overweight.