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Shorter Axis of Placenta

MedGen UID:
857212
•Concept ID:
C3897618
•
Finding
Synonym: Shorter Diameter of Placenta

Definition

The length, in cm, of the shortest axis of the chorionic disc. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVShorter Axis of Placenta

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pregnancy anxiety predicts shorter gestation in Latina and non-Latina white women: The role of placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone.
Ramos IF, Guardino CM, Mansolf M, Glynn LM, Sandman CA, Hobel CJ, Dunkel Schetter C
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019 Jan;99:166-173. Epub 2018 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.008. PMID: 30245329Free PMC Article
In preeclampsia, the placenta grows slowly along its minor axis.
Kajantie E, Thornburg KL, Eriksson JG, Osmond C, Barker DJ
Int J Dev Biol 2010;54(2-3):469-73. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.082833ek. PMID: 19876819
Efficacy of the Kampo medicine Xiong-gui-jiao-ai-tang, a traditional herbal medicine, in the treatment of threatened abortion in early pregnancy.
Ushiroyama T, Araki R, Sakuma K, Nosaka S, Yamashita Y, Kamegai H
Am J Chin Med 2006;34(5):731-40. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X06004247. PMID: 17080540
Morphometry of the basal plate superficial uteroplacental vasculature in normal midtrimester and at term.
Salafia CM, Pezzullo JC, Charles AK, Ernst LM, Maas EM, Gross B, Pijnenborg R
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2005 Nov-Dec;8(6):639-46. Epub 2005 Jul 14 doi: 10.1007/s10024-005-0409-9. PMID: 16010484
The influence of cigarette smoking on antenatal growth, birth size, and the insulin-like growth factor axis.
Pringle PJ, Geary MP, Rodeck CH, Kingdom JC, Kayamba-Kay's S, Hindmarsh PC
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005 May;90(5):2556-62. Epub 2005 Feb 15 doi: 10.1210/jc.2004-1674. PMID: 15713720

Diagnosis

Efficacy of the Kampo medicine Xiong-gui-jiao-ai-tang, a traditional herbal medicine, in the treatment of threatened abortion in early pregnancy.
Ushiroyama T, Araki R, Sakuma K, Nosaka S, Yamashita Y, Kamegai H
Am J Chin Med 2006;34(5):731-40. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X06004247. PMID: 17080540

Therapy

Efficacy of the Kampo medicine Xiong-gui-jiao-ai-tang, a traditional herbal medicine, in the treatment of threatened abortion in early pregnancy.
Ushiroyama T, Araki R, Sakuma K, Nosaka S, Yamashita Y, Kamegai H
Am J Chin Med 2006;34(5):731-40. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X06004247. PMID: 17080540

Prognosis

Pregnancy anxiety predicts shorter gestation in Latina and non-Latina white women: The role of placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone.
Ramos IF, Guardino CM, Mansolf M, Glynn LM, Sandman CA, Hobel CJ, Dunkel Schetter C
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019 Jan;99:166-173. Epub 2018 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.008. PMID: 30245329Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Pregnancy anxiety predicts shorter gestation in Latina and non-Latina white women: The role of placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone.
Ramos IF, Guardino CM, Mansolf M, Glynn LM, Sandman CA, Hobel CJ, Dunkel Schetter C
Psychoneuroendocrinology 2019 Jan;99:166-173. Epub 2018 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.09.008. PMID: 30245329Free PMC Article

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