Complement is an important part of the immune system. It is initiated through three different pathways known as the classical, lectin, and alternative pathway. ...

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• 2012
• May 2012

Publications which include members of the Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research Team, from 2000 to the present. ...

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Researchers are an important step closer to finding a vaccine that protects against a wide range of strains of meningococcal B - the most common cause of mening ...

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• 2012
• May

Helen Mohammed Leonard Junaid HM MJ MBChB MPH BDS, MDS, MFDS RCPS (Glasg.), DDPH RCS (Eng) Principal Research Fellow Research Officer +61 419 956 ...

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Helen Leonard HM MBChB MPH Principal Research Fellow +61 419 956 946 helen.leonard@telethonkids.org.au Principal Research Fellow Areas of research ...

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Children with rare diseases experience challenges at home and school and frequently require multi-disciplinary healthcare. We aimed to determine health service utilization by Australian children with rare diseases and barriers to accessing healthcare. ...

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• 2023
• January 2023

Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) therapy is accompanied by treatment-related toxicities (TRTs) and impaired quality of life. In Australia and New Zealand, children with ALL are treated with either Children's Oncology Group (COG) or international Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (iBFM) Study Group-based therapy. ...

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• 2022
• September 2022

KMT2A-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) represents the most refractory type of childhood leukemia. To uncover the molecular heterogeneity of this disease, we perform RNA sequencing, methylation array analysis, whole exome and targeted deep sequencing on 84 infants with KMT2A-rearranged leukemia. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

To identify barriers to influenza vaccination of children hospitalised for acute respiratory illness in Australia. A total of 595 parents of children hospitalised with acute respiratory illness across five tertiary hospitals in 2019 participated in an online survey. Multivariate logistic regression identified factors most strongly associated with influenza vaccination barriers.  ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

This study highlights a range of unique profiles that can be used for improving the early development of young Aboriginal children ...

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• 2020
• February 2020