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ArticlePlacenta2014

The Human Placenta Project: placental structure, development, and function in real time.

A E Guttmacher, Y T Maddox, C Y Spong

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Article in Placenta, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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129citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

A E GuttmacherEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States.
Y T MaddoxEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States.
C Y SpongEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States. Electronic address: spongc@mail.nih.gov.

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 HD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its crucial role in the health of both the fetus and the pregnant woman, the placenta is the least understood human organ. Since a growing body of evidence also underscores the importance of placental development in the lifelong health of both mother and offspring, this lack of knowledge about placental structure and function is particularly concerning. Given modern approaches and technologies and the ability to develop new methods, we propose a coordinated "Human Placenta Project", with the ultimate goal of understanding human placental structure, development, and function in real time.

Indexed as

FemaleHumansMaternal-Fetal ExchangePlacentaPlacentationPregnancyHuman placentaResearch

Identifiers

PMID24661567
PMCPMC3999347

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