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Two sides of the same coin: distinguishing the role of fetal versus maternal placental pathology on brain injury of prematurity

Pediatric Research volume 98, pages 1983–1984 (2025)Cite this article

“How can physiologists study the pancreas, a dullard controlling sweetness and digestion, day after day the same for decades, and ignore the gloriously multitalented and short-lived placenta? They are biographers documenting the blameless life of second violin in a provincial symphony orchestra while eschewing the story of Jimi Hendrix.” —Aye, Tong, Charnock-Jones, & Smith1

“How can physiologists study the pancreas, a dullard controlling sweetness and digestion, day after day the same for decades, and ignore the gloriously multitalented and short-lived placenta? They are biographers documenting the blameless life of second violin in a provincial symphony orchestra while eschewing the story of Jimi Hendrix.” —Aye, Tong, Charnock-Jones, & Smith1

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Jeffrey B. Russ is supported by National Institutes of Health grant 1K08NS133292.

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Russ, J.B., Gano, D. Two sides of the same coin: distinguishing the role of fetal versus maternal placental pathology on brain injury of prematurity. Pediatr Res 98, 1983–1984 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-04299-0

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