Background: Diabetes mellitus constitutes a significant risk for the fetus if present in pregnant woman. Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is less dependent on loading conditions, so it more accurate assessment of cardiac function and can detect subclinical fetal dysfunction. The aim this work was to assess heart functional abnormalities (left ventricular systolic diastolic function, right function)...

The aim of the present study is to describe the tangential migration of cortical neurons in early human foetuses aged 9-11 weeks. Histological sections showed that in this early period of development most of the neurons migrate along radial glia, but there is also tangential migration, especially from the lateral eminence.

In foetuses of 9 and 10 weeks the articular disc presents a more cellular structure with bands of connective tissue fibres. It is connected with the articular capsule and lateral pterygoid muscle. During weeks 11 and 12 there is an increase in collagenous fibres and fusiform cells are located mainly close to the surface of the disc.