Reports and Findings
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Effect of early carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae on the development of pneumococcal protein-specific cellular immune responses in infancyThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between nasopharyngeal pneumococcal colonization in early life and the development of T cell responses.
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Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and blood pressure in adolescentsThis study examined cross-sectional associations between BP and dietary intake of PUFAs in 814 adolescents from the RAINE cohort study.
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It's not what you were expecting, but it's still a beautiful journey: The experience of mothers of children with Down syndromeThe purpose of this study was to describe qualitatively the experience of parenting for mothers of a child with Down syndrome.
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Heavy maternal alcohol consumption and cerebral palsy in the offspringThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between heavy maternal alcohol consumption and pre- peri- and postneonatally acquired cerebral palsy.
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Maternal serum vitamin D levels during pregnancy and offspring neurocognitive developmentThe objective was to determine the association between maternal serum 25(OH)-vitamin D concentrations and behavioural, emotional and language outcomes...
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Maternal life stress events in pregnancy link to children's school achievement at age 10 yearsTo test the hypothesis that maternal antenatal exposure to life stress events is associated with lower achievement in literacy and numeracy at age 10 years,...
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with gestational diabetes in women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Western AustraliaThe aim was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes of Australian and foreign women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus.
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Interactions between acute lymphoblastic leukemia and bone marrow stromal cells influence response to therapyTo identify links between drug resistance and gene deregulation we used oligonucleotide microarray technology.
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Language, cognitive flexibility, and explicit false belief understanding: Longitudinal analysis in typical development and specific language impairmentThe current study sought to further investigate in 91 English-speaking typically developing children and 30 children with specific language impairment...
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Perinatal complications and cesarean delivery among foreign-born and Australian-born women in Western Australia, 1998-2006The objective was to determine whether common perinatal complications could explain variation in risk of cesarean among foreign-born and Australian-born women.