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There is variability in the attainment of developmental milestones in the CDKL5 disorder

Individuals with the CDKL5 disorder have been described as having severely impaired development.

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Developing a Model to Account for Attrition Bias in a Longitudinal Cohort

Our objective was to develop a method that could be applied in a longitudinal cohort study to account for attrition bias in an investigation of exclusive...

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Morbidity due to acute lower respiratory infection in children with birth defects: A total population-based linked data study

Children with birth defects experience higher rates of hospitalisation for ALRIs before age 2 years than children with no birth defects.

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Mothers' and Fathers' Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle Childhood

This study examined the association between typical parental work hours (including nonemployed parents) and children's behavior in two-parent heterosexual...

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All-cause mortality and cancer incidence among adults exposed to blue asbestos during childhood

This study investigated cancer and mortality of adults exposed to blue asbestos as children.

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Promoter polymorphisms in two overlapping 6p25 genes implicate mitochondrial proteins in cognitive deficit in schizophrenia

Association mapping of a 10 Mb interval identified a 260 kb region with a cluster of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) significantly associated with CD...

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Assisted reproductive technology and major birth defects in Western australia

The object of this work was to estimate the prevalence of major birth defects diagnosed by 6 years of age in all births and terminations of pregnancy for...

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Prevalence of and risk factors for human rhinovirus infection in healthy aboriginal and non-aboriginal western australian children

Human rhinovirus (HRV) species C (HRV-C) have been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections and asthma in hospitalized children.

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Reduction in disparity for pneumonia hospitalisations between Australian indigenous and non-Indigenous children

In the 1990s pneumonia hospitalisation rates in Western Australia (WA) were 13 times higher in Indigenous children than in non-Indigenous children...