Stereological study of human placental barrier in pregnant women suffering from gestational diabetes

Abstract

A prospective case control study conducted at Basrah maternity and child hospital and Basrah medical college. The study includes twenty samples of placental tissue from gestational diabetic pregnant women and ten samples of placental tissue from normal pregnant women ( control group). Tissue sections of all samples were stained by Haematoxylin and eosinand examined under light microscope with screen for stereological investigation to the placental barrier stereological quantitation of placental barrier; comparison between different placental barrier parameters of the placenta in normal and gestational diabetes. Although there is an increase in all means of placental barrier parameters in placenta of gestational diabetes pregnant women than placenta of normal pregnant women but there is no statistical difference at (P<0.05).There are only exception that (TDD,FBP and MBP are statistically differ at( P