We aimed to determine whether regular consumption of egg protein from 4-6 month old reduced the risk of IgE-mediated egg allergy in infants without eczema. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

The PneuCarriage project, a large, international multi-centre study for the identification of the best pneumococcal serotyping methods for carriage studies ...

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• 2015
• November 2015

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children ...

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• 2010
• December 2010

With improvement in leukemia therapy, central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the leading cause of cancer mortality in children and the most expensive... ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

The aim of this study was to develop best practice guidelines for preventing suicide and reducing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in LGBTQA+ young people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, asexual, and those of other diverse sexualities and genders) within clinical and community service settings in Australia. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Children with complex needs and severe disability may undergo gastrostomy insertion to support feeding difficulties. Parent education programs are critical components of clinical care pathways but there is little information on parent-reported educational needs. This study describes the collaborative process that yielded a resource to assist parents considering gastrostomy tube placement for their children, and the evaluation of the resource.  ...

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• 2023
• November 2023

High-risk childhood leukemia has a poor prognosis because of treatment failure and toxic side effects of therapy. Drug encapsulation into liposomal nanocarriers has shown clinical success at improving biodistribution and tolerability of chemotherapy. However, enhancements in drug efficacy have been limited because of a lack of selectivity of the liposomal formulations for the cancer cells. ...

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• 2023
• May 2023

Invasive fungal disease (IFD) remains a challenging complication of treatment for paediatric acute leukaemia. Consensus fungal treatment guidelines recommend withholding chemotherapy to facilitate immune recovery in this setting, yet prolonged delays in leukaemia therapy increase risk of relapse. ...

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• 2022
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Deborah Hannah Lehmann Moore D HC AO, MBBS, MSc OAM BSc (Hons) GradDipClinEpi PhD Honorary Emeritus Fellow Program Head, Infection and Vaccines 08 6319 1427 Hannah.moore@telethonkids.org.au Honorary Emeritus Fellow Program Head, Infection and ...

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Felicity Bonnie Ben Austin Furzer Jackson FA BF BJ BScExRehab, MClinExPhys BA/BSc (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons) PhD PhD Candidate Honorary Research Associate Research Theme Head, Brain and Behaviour 0400 198 166 Felicity.Austin@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Rishi Sury Laurence Sébastien Kotecha Cheung Malinge RS LC SM MB ChB (Hons) MRCPCH FRACP PhD BPharm (Hons) MBA PhD PhD Co-Head, Leukaemia Translational Research Co-Head, Leukaemia Translational Research Laboratory Head, Translational Genomics in ...

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Christopher Deborah Blyth Lehmann CC D MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD AO, MBBS, MSc Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, ...

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