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ArticleBrain communications2026

Antenatal maternal anaemia and infant brain structure: high-field (3 T) and ultra-low-field (64 mT) MRI findings from South Africa.

Jessica E Ringshaw, Michal R Zieff, Niall J Bourke, Chiara Casella, Layla E Bradford, Simone R Williams, Donna Herr, Marlie Miles, Carly Bennallick, Khula South Africa Data Collection Team and 8 more

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Jessica E RingshawDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6885-8351
Michal R ZieffDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.
Niall J BourkeCentre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, London, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6478-1430
Chiara CasellaResearch Department of Early Life Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0292-3330
Layla E BradfordDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5195-9081
Simone R WilliamsDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.
Donna HerrDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.
Marlie MilesDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.
Carly BennallickCentre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, London, England, UK.
Khula South Africa Data Collection Team
Sean DeoniMaternal, Newborn, Child Nutrition and Health (MNCH) Discovery and Translational (D&T) Sciences Program, Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA.
Jonathan O'MuircheartaighResearch Department of Early Life Imaging, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-6959
Dan J SteinNeuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-7810
Daniel C AlexanderHawkes Institute and Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-350X
Derek K JonesCardiff University Brain Imaging Research Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-8049
Steven C R WilliamsCentre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, London, England, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-1941
Kirsten A DonaldDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-9660
Khula South Africa Data Collection Team

Funding

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-023509Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the evolution of ultra-low-field MRI and the recognition of antenatal maternal anaemia as an important driver of altered neurodevelopment in toddlers and children, it is critical to determine whether these effects are detectable at ultra-low-field (64 mT) in infancy. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of antenatal maternal anaemia on infant brain structure across the first 2 years of life, using high-field (3 T) and ultra-low-field (64 mT) MRI. This neuroimaging substudy was embedded within Khula, an observational population-based birth cohort in South Africa. Pregnant women were enrolled antenatally and postnatally. Mother-child dyads (

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antenatal maternal anaemiachild brain structurehigh-field MRIneuroimagingultra-low-field MRI

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PMID42713352
PMCPMC13553114

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