Amy Finlay-Jones AFJ BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) Head, Early Neurodevelopment & Mental Health; Healthway WA Senior Research Fellow +61 8 6319 1808 amy.finlay-jones@telethonkids.org.au Head, Early Neurodevelopment & ...

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Leishmania braziliensis causes cutaneous (CL) and mucosal (ML) leishmaniasis. In the mouse, Fli1 was identified as a gene influencing enhanced wound healing... ...

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• 2012
• July 2012

Statistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress. ...

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• 2012
• July 2012

Fourteen of 74 Chinese families known to the International Rett Syndrome Phenotype Database participated in this qualitative study. ...

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• 2012
• January 2012

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum chagasi. Genome-wide linkage studies from Sudan and Brazil identified... ...

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• 2011
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In Australian remote communities, First Nations children with otitis media (OM)-related hearing loss are disproportionately at risk of developmental delay and poor school performance, compared to those with normal hearing. Our objective was to compare OM-related hearing loss in children randomised to one of 2 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) formulations. ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Influenza vaccination recommendation by children’s hospital physicians and previous vaccine receipt in hospital was associated with vaccine uptake ...

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• 2019
• April 2019

Social advantage may provide some protection for dental health in individuals with Rett syndrome ...

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• 2018
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Infant allergy is the most common early manifestation of an increasing propensity for inflammation and immune dysregulation in modern environments. Refined low-fibre diets are a major risk for inflammatory diseases through adverse effects on the composition and function of gut microbiota. This has focused attention on the potential of prebiotic dietary fibres to favourably change gut microbiota, for local and systemic anti-inflammatory effects. ...

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• 2022
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The burden of seasonal influenza disease in Australian children is substantial, especially for those with medical comorbidities including chronic cardiac, respiratory, neurological and immunosuppressive conditions. Influenza is more likely to be severe in children with comorbidities compared to previously healthy children (e.g. more frequent and longer hospitalisation, more frequent intensive care unit admission and requiring respiratory support). Direct protection against influenza by vaccination is critical for children with comorbidities and remains the most effective tool for influenza prevention. ...

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• 2021
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We describe the choice-making abilities of girls and women with Rett syndrome. ...

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• 2018
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Attention to sleep hygiene remains an important management strategy for sleep problems in Rett syndrome ...

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• 2018
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