胎盘：镰状细胞疾病的一种诊断工具。

Bloomfield R D, Suarez J R, Malangit A C

J Natl Med Assoc. 1978 Feb;70(2):87-8.

Examination of the placenta for the presence of sickling is an accurate, simple, inexpensive, and readily available technique for determining the presence of sickle cell disorders. There were 24 placental specimens out of 904 which showed evidence of sickling. The importance of this confirming procedure can be seen in the uncovering of two cases of false negative reports from conventional testing.

检查胎盘是否存在镰状化是一种准确、简单、廉价且易于实施的技术，用于确定镰状细胞疾病的存在。在904个胎盘标本中，有24个显示出镰状化的迹象。这种确认程序的重要性体现在发现了两例假阴性的传统检测报告病例中。