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The epidemiology of excess mortality in people with mental illnessTo investigate the burden of excess mortality among people with mental illness in developed countries, how it is distributed, and whether it has changed over...
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Closing the gaps in and through Indigenous health research: Guidelines, processes and practicesResearch in Aboriginal contexts remains a vexed issue given the ongoing inequities and injustices in Indigenous health.
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Rett Syndrome: Revised diagnostic criteria and nomenclatureThe purpose of this work was to revise and clarify 2002 consensus criteria for the diagnosis of RTT in anticipation of treatment trials.
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Neonatal immune function and inflammatory illnesses in later life: lessons to be learnt from the developing world?With the emergence of allergic and autoimmune diseases in populations that have started to transit to a western lifestyle, there has been an increasing...
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Changes in the FEV/FVC ratio during childhood and adolescence: an intercontinental studyIn children, the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV₁) to forced vital capacity (FVC) is reportedly constant or falls linearly with age...
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Epithelial-dendritic cell interactions in allergic disordersAirway epithelial cells act through multiple mechanisms to function as an important component of the pulmonary defence strategy that is crucial...
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The hygiene hypothesis revisited: role of materno-fetal interactionsFor 20 years, the hygiene hypothesis has dominated attempts to explain the increasing prevalence of allergic disease. A causal link between maternal innate immu
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A genome-wide association study identifies new psoriasis susceptibility loci and an interaction between HLA-C and ERAP1To identify new susceptibility loci for psoriasis, we undertook a genome-wide association study of 594,224 SNPs in 2,622 individuals with psoriasis...
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The role of GSTP1 polymorphisms and tobacco smoke exposure in children with acute asthmaThe glutathione S-transferase enzymes (GSTs) play an important role in the detoxification of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contributes to airway infl
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Identifying peroxidases and their oxidants in the early pathology of cystic fibrosisWe aimed to determine whether myeloperoxidase (MPO) is the main peroxidase present in the airways of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and to assess which oxid