Atomic force microscopy is not very popular in practical health care, therefore, its potential is not studied enough, for example, in obstetrics when studying the “mother—placenta—fetus” system. Our study summarizes the possibilities of using atomic force microscopy for detection of various circulatory disorders and vascular changes at the microscopic level in the uterus (endometrium and myometrium), placenta, and umbilical cord in the main variants of obstetric and endocrine pathology. For instance, in the case of endocrine pathologies, changes in the form of stasis, sludge, diapedesis, ischemia, destruction and separation of endotheliocytes in villous blood vessels were found in the mother. The oxygen content in erythrocytes also naturally decreased in pathologies; poikilo- and anisocytosis were observed.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 171, No. 2, pp. 223-227, February, 2021
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Pavlova, T.V., Shchegolev, A.I., Kaplin, A.N. et al. The Use of Atomic Force Microscopy in Comprehensive Assessment of the “Mother—Placenta—Fetus” System in Obstetric and Endocrine Pathology during Pregnancy. Bull Exp Biol Med 171, 254–257 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-021-05206-3
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