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The June issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review presenting the differences in indications for fetal echocardiography between guidelines and consensuses of experts, a study evaluating the assessment of risk for pre-eclampsia at mid-gestation, a study assessing maternal stress and fetoplacental cortisol regulation in small-for-gestational-age pregnancy, and a nationwide study in the USA reporting on the racial and ethnic disparities in obstetric anal sphincter injury.

The May issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a study presenting an automated method for modelling second-to-third trimester placentae, a study assessing the value of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A for preterm pre-eclampsia screening, a systematic review reporting the incremental yield of prenatal exome sequencing in phenotypically normal fetuses, a study assessing the ability of ultrasound examiners to detection infiltration of ovarian cancer, and a study comparing intrauterine transfusion techniques in hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.

The April issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a study evaluating the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities at a routine 36-week scan, a study reporting on the COVID-19-related outbreak of maternal parvovirus B19 infection in Germany, a proof-of-concept study demonstrating the potential of cytomegalovirus cell-free DNA testing as a first-trimester screening test, and a Consensus Statement on ultrasound-guided biopsy in gynecological oncology.

The March issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review evaluating the applications of artificial intelligence to ultrasound imaging for benign gynecological disorders, a study reporting the predictive performance of angiogenic factors alone or in combination with ultrasound Doppler criteria for adverse perinatal outcome, a study on the association of maternal body mass index with hemodynamic and vascular alterations at 35–37 weeks' gestation, and a cross-sectional study assessing the impact of deep or ovarian endometriosis on pelvic pain and quality of life.

The February issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review on the accuracy of cell-free fetal DNA in detecting chromosomal anomalies in twin pregnancy, an evaluation of the 36-week scan for diagnosis and outcome of abnormal fetal presentation, a MATERA study reporting the use of maternal ophthalmic artery Doppler indices as a predictor for pre-eclampsia and a consensus opinion providing a systematic methodology for ultrasonographic assessment of lymph nodes to assess the extent of gynecological malignancy. This issue also features the newly updated ISUOG Practice Guidelines on the role of ultrasound in twin pregnancy.