2013

June 1, 2013

The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of epilepsy in Rett syndrome (RTT), and relationships between epilepsy and genotype.

May 1, 2013

We looked for respiratory viruses in a population-based sample of healthy adults with influenza-like illness (ILI). We investigated host and spatio-temporal associations with virus isolation and host, spatio-temporal and virus associations with self-reported symptoms.

May 1, 2013

Collection of saliva for DNA extraction has created new opportunities to recruit participants from the community for genetic association studies. Using data from three large-scale genetic association studies we compared recruitment strategy and sample return rates.

April 18, 2013

Group A streptococci (GAS) are important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Vaccine prevention of GAS infections and their immunological complications has been a goal of researchers for decades. Several vaccine candidates against GAS infection are in various stages of pre-clinical and clinical development.

April 16, 2013

Mothers delivering as private patients in Australia have a high rate of assisted deliveries, which could lead to adverse infant outcomes in this group of patients. We investigated whether the risk of adverse infant outcomes after assisted deliveries was different for mothers admitted as public or private patients for delivery, when compared with unassisted deliveries.

April 1, 2013

Elucidating the underlying nature of the autism spectrum disorder(s) is a crucial step towards tailoring intervention to the biological and cognitive makeup of each individual. However, to get to this point, the question that research must answer is whether these neuropathways are the same for every individual who receives a diagnosis of autism.

April 1, 2013

We have been able to assess whether the goals of the post DCCT call to universal intensive management of childhood onset diabetes have been achieved in Australia and New Zealand

April 1, 2013

This intervention study found no increase in fracture risk among 2,322 adults who took a controlled, high-dose retinol supplement (25,000 IU retinyl palmitate/day) for as long as 16 years.

March 15, 2013

Our study aimed to estimate the additional risk of mesothelioma in relatives, after allowance for common exposure to crocidolite. These findings suggest an important, but not large, genetic component in mesothelioma, similar to many other cancers.

March 12, 2013

It is the objective of this study to investigate the differences in ascertainment which may arise between a hospital admission dataset and a dispensing claims dataset, using major depression in pregnancy as an example.

March 1, 2013

The clinical understanding of the CDKL5 disorder remains limited, with most information being derived from small patient groups seen at individual centres. This study uses a large international data collection to describe the clinical profile of the CDKL5 disorder and compare with Rett syndrome.

March 1, 2013

We present a 2 1/2-year old girl treated with AML therapy who remains in first continuous complete remission two years and two months from the end of therapy. Our case demonstrates that AML therapy, without HSCT, can be sufficient to treat this rare disease in children.

March 1, 2013

The vast majority (>75%) of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory (NT) live in remote or very remote locations. Children in these communities have high attendance rates at local Primary Health Care (PHC) centres but there is a paucity of studies documenting the reason and frequency of attendance.

February 27, 2013

To describe the hospitalisation patterns in children with intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) after the first year of life and compare with those unaffected. Children with an ID or ASD experience an increased risk of hospitalisation after the first year of life which varied from 2 to 10 times that of the rest of the population.

February 27, 2013

Recurrent acute otitis media (AOM), frequently caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a major paediatric health problem. A reduced antibody response against pneumococcal polysaccharides may contribute to an increased susceptibility to AOM.

February 1, 2013

The reported birth prevalence of orofacial clefts (OFCs) varies considerably. This study describes the epidemiology of OFCs in an Australian population.

February 1, 2013

Pregnant women have an increased risk of influenza-related complications. Vaccination is the most effective strategy for preventing influenza infection in pregnancy. These data support safety of vaccination of Australian pregnant women with inactivated influenza vaccine.

February 1, 2013

This study investigated whether bioavailable testosterone (BioT) concentrations in umbilical cord blood are associated with expressive vocabulary development, in a large birth cohort.

February 1, 2013

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

February 1, 2013

There is a 30% higher case fatality rate from cancer in psychiatric patients even though their incidence of cancer is no greater than in the general population. To assess why psychiatric patients are no more likely than the general population to develop cancer but are more likely to die of it.

January 1, 2013

As well as being highly comorbid conditions, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) share a number of clinically-relevant phenomena. To examine maternal conditions and perinatal factors for children diagnosed with an ASD, with or without ID, and children with ID of unknown cause, compared with unaffected children.

January 1, 2013

We tested whether maternal vitamin D insufficiency during pregnancy is related to the autism phenotype. The involvement of maternal vitamin D during pregnancy in autism requires continued investigation.

January 1, 2013

The aim of this study was to examine the association between maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and the development of affective problems (dysthymic disorder, major depressive disorder) throughout childhood and adolescence.

January 1, 2013

The present study investigated the relations among fetal testosterone, child socio-emotional engagement and language development in a sample of 467 children (235 boys) from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study.

January 1, 2013

A programme of monitoring mandatory fortification has been established in Australia, and an increase in population levels of serum and red cell folate has already been demonstrated. It is now almost time to be able to evaluate whether this has affected the incidence of neural tube defects.

January 1, 2013

Parental alcohol consumption and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain tumors - Cancer Causes and Control. 2013; 24(2): 391-402

January 1, 2013

Data are limited on cancer outcomes in adolescents and young adults. A cancer diagnosis in adolescents and young adults conferred substantial survival decrement. However, overall outcomes improved over calendar period.

January 1, 2013

Retinochoroiditis manifests in patients infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Here, we assessed 30 sibships and 89 parent/case trios of presumed ocular toxoplasmosis (POT) to evaluate associations with polymorphisms in the NOD2 gene.

December 6, 2012

This research aimed to describe the dietary intake of population-based adolescents with an eating disorder and examine associations between eating disorder symptoms, fatty acid intake and depressive symptoms in adolescents with and without an eating disorder.