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Respiratory impedance and bronchodilator response in healthy Italian preschool childrenTo define normal values for respiratory resistance (R(rs)) and reactance (X(rs)) and bronchodilator response (BDR) in a population of healthy Italian preschool
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Rates and types of hospitalisations for children who have subsequent contact with the child protection systemTo determine whether children who have child maltreatment allegation or substantiation have a higher rate of general hospital admissions and injury related admi
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Adverse events following botulinum toxin type A treatment in children with cerebral palsyAdverse events following botulinum toxin type A treatment in children with cerebral palsy
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Lung function testing in preschool-aged children with cystic fibrosis in the clinical settingThis study investigated the nature and prevalence of atypical pain responses in Rett syndrome and their relationships with specific MECP2 mutations.
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Fetal growth and risk of childhood Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaThe relation between intrauterine growth and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia was investigated in an Australian population-based case-control...
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World perspectives in child abuse population level cross-jurisdictional data:World perspectives in child abuse population level cross-jurisdictional data: Broadening the monitoring and surveillance of child abuse and neglect.
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Vector fields of risk: A new approach to the geographical representation of childhood asthmaOne of the major challenges in health studies with a spatial dimension is to produce valid and meaningful geographical representations of risk.
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The factor structure of the eating disorder examination in clinical and community samplesWe investigated whether children who are heavier at birth have an increased risk of type 1 diabetes

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Updating the profile of C-terminal MECP2 deletions in Rett syndromeThis study aimed to compare the phenotype of Rett syndrome cases with C-terminal deletions to that of cases with different MECP2 mutations