TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Fetal Disorders A1 - Cunningham, F. Gary A1 - Leveno, Kenneth J. A1 - Bloom, Steven L. A1 - Dashe, Jodi S. A1 - Hoffman, Barbara L. A1 - Casey, Brian M. A1 - Spong, Catherine Y. PY - 2018 T2 - Williams Obstetrics, 25e AB - General dropsy of the foetus is a rare condition in which the foetus and placenta are markedly oedematous. As the result of infiltration with serum the former may attain immense proportions and the latter may be increased to three or four times its normal size. Although a good deal has been written on the subject, no satisfactory explanation of the anomaly has as yet been arrived at.—J. Whitridge Williams (1903) SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160774092 ER -