Reports and Findings
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Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980-2015We identified a high proportion of cases without known cause, highlighting the need for clinicians to carefully investigate all possibilities, including emerging infections.
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Investigating self-efficacy, disease knowledge and adherence to treatment in adolescents with cystic fibrosisadolescents with cystic fibrosis are often sub-optimal with adherence to prescribed treatement. We aim to investigate multiple factors with patient and parents
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Association Between Family Characteristics and the Effect of Timing of Regular Egg Introduction in Infant Egg AllergyA recent systematic review of 5 randomized clinical trials, found that early egg introduction was associated with reduced egg allergy.
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Randomized controlled trial of early regular egg intake to prevent egg allergyWe aimed to determine whether regular consumption of egg protein from 4-6 month old reduced the risk of IgE-mediated egg allergy in infants without eczema.
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Associations of Early- and Later-Childhood Poverty with Child Cognitive Function in Indonesia: Effect Decomposition in the Presence of Exposure-Induced Mediator-Outcome ConfoundingOur analysis shows that early and late intervention to support household income have equal importance with regards to significance of impact.
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ANRIL Promoter DNA Methylation: A Perinatal Marker for Later AdiposityExperimental studies show a substantial contribution of early life environment to obesity risk through epigenetic processes.
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Physician training programs significantly improve diagnosis in cases coded as anaphylaxis over time: A major factor compounding time-trend data?We conducted an investigation of all cases coded as anaphylaxis presenting to the main tertiary PED in Perth, Australia, where all coding is performed by staff.
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Incidence of and risk factors for hospitalisations due to vascular complications: A population-based type 1 diabetes cohort (n=1316) followed into early adulthoodDetermining the incidence of hospitalisations and risk factors for vascular complications experienced during early adulthood in patients with childhood T1D
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Early childhood development of boys with genital anomaliesWe found no increased risk of poor development among boys with hypospadias or undescended testis
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ERS technical standard on bronchial challenge testing: General considerations and performance of methacholine challenge testsThis international task force report updates general considerations for bronchial challenge testing and the performance of the methacholine challenge test.