Ultrastructural Changes in Preputial Neural Tissues: Effects of Maternal Smoking
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
- Vol. 13 (3) , 164-176
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000299510
Abstract
The fetal prepuce was studied for neural changes due to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Prepuces from 10 newborns whose mothers smoked throughout pregnancy and from 4 newborns of nonsmoking mothers were examined by transmission electron microscope. Significant ultrastructural changes were seen in the neural tissues of the newborns of smoking mothers. The ultrastructural changes observed were local aggregation of mitochondria, many myelin bodies and dilated Golgi apparatus and dilated endoplasmic reticulum of the Schwann cell. Adverse effects on fetal preputial neural tissue due to maternal smoking is suggested.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Ultrastructure of the Human Placenta at Term: Observations on Placentas from Newborn Children of Smoking and Non‐Smoking MothersActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1977