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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Dec 27;243:78–84.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.12.051

Figure 5. Potential Sex-Specific Mechanisms Underlying Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Transfusion.

Figure 5.

Schematic representation of potential mechanisms of brain injury, in which females with liberal transfusions leads to an inflammatory process affecting brain development, whereas males with restricted transfusions points to anemia as the driver for impaired brain development.