While individual diseases are rare, as a group, rare diseases are common. Recent estimates suggest that between 3% and 6% of the world’s population are affected by rare disease. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Brain and Behaviour
• Development and Disability
• Child Disability

To establish baseline prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) prior to mandatory folic acid fortification in Australia. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• August 2010

Findings show that indicators of a poor intrauterine environment are associated with an elevated risk of ID, while for ASD, and particularly ASD without ID,... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• January 2013

School-based surveys: Helping to stop Brazilian children from falling behind ...

• Early Human Capability Index (eHCI)
• Resources

There is little evidence that previous interventions aiming to reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure or FASD in Indigenous populations have been effective ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• November 2018

Despite advances in asthma therapeutics, the burden remains highest in preschool children; therefore, it is critical to identify primary care tools that distinguish preschool children at high risk for burdensome disease for further evaluation. ...

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

We investigated the potential association of maternal coffee and tea consumption during pregnancy with childhood acute myeloid leukemia risk ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• October 2019

We conducted a methylome-wide association study to examine associations between DNA methylation in whole blood and central adiposity and body fat distribution, measured as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio adjusted for body mass index, in 2684 African-American adults in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

Long-term physical and mental health outcomes of ART singletons are generally reassuring. There is a scarcity of information on health service utilization... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• December 2013

This study measured use and cost of health sector and related services in Rett syndrome and effects of socio-demographic, clinical severity and genetic factors ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• April 2011