PhD Candidate: Hayley Passmore PhD Title: Improving the management of young people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in detention Summary ...

• Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD
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PKS is a rare multisystem developmental syndrome usually caused by mosaic tetrasomy of chromosome 12p that is known to be associate with neurological defects. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• January 2018

An increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children of immigrant backgrounds has been observed ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

This review provides the first comprehensive overview of the potential role for cannabis based preparations in the treatment of CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• March 2019

To present a case study of the considerations of mandatory fortification with folic acid in Australia and New Zealand. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• January 2023

Delays within the motor domain are often overlooked as an early surveillance marker for autism. The present study evaluated motor difficulties and its potential as an early predictive marker for later autism likelihood in a cohort of infants showing early behavioral signs of autism aged 9-14 months. The motor domain was evaluated using the motor subscales of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning at baseline, and at a 6-month follow-up. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

The ultimate goal of the Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD Research Team is to make FASD history in Australia. ...

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• Brain and Behaviour
• Development and Disability

Urban population growth in Nigeria may exceed the availability of affordable housing and basic services, resulting in living conditions conducive to vector breeding and heterogeneous malaria transmission. Understanding the link between community-level factors and urban malaria transmission informs targeted interventions. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• January 2024

Since the discovery of MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS) in 1999, efforts to characterise this disorder have been limited by a lack of large datasets, with small case series often favouring the reporting of certain conditions over others. This study is the largest to date, featuring 134 males and 20 females, ascertained from the international MECP2 Duplication Database (MDBase). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• April 2022

Diabetes in pregnancy (DIP), which includes pre-gestational and gestational diabetes, is more prevalent among Aboriginal women. DIP and its adverse neonatal outcomes are associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the offspring. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• February 2022