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The article presents a study which investigates the brain metabolic and microstructural variation between appropriate-for-gestational (AGA) fetuses and small-for-gestational age (SGA) at 37 weeks' gestation. The study uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) spectroscopy and diffusion weighted imaging to match five AGA singleton fetuses and eight SGA. Results show that SGA fetuses show an increase in inositol/choline ratio and higher ADC values in the pyramidal tract.

An abstract of the conference paper "Semiautomatic endocardium deformation analysis to assess fetal cardiac function: clinical feasibility and comparison with tissue Doppler imaging," by F. Crispi and colleagues is presented.

An abstract of the conference paper "Ultrastructural analysis of the sarcomere in relation with cardiac dysfunction in a rabbit model of intrauterine growth restriction," by E. Eixarch and colleagues is presented.

An abstract of the conference paper "Bioinformatic analysis of genes regulating myocardiocyte contractile function in a rabbit model of cardiac dysfunction due to intrauterine growth restriction," by E. Eixarch and colleagues is presented.