This study aimed to validate qPCR assays for specific microbiota, for use on dental plaque samples stored on Whatman FTA cards to compare relative oral health risk in Rett syndrome. ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Rett syndrome is a genetically caused neurodevelopmental disorder associated with severe impairments and complex comorbidities. This study examined predictors of anxiety and depression in Rett syndrome, including genotype. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

The study investigated the effect of seizure and medication burden at initial contact with the International CDKL5 Disorder Database on subsequent development and clinical severity and compared quality of life among those whose development progressed, remained stable, or regressed between baseline and follow-up. ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

In 2020, school and early childhood educational centre (ECEC) closures affected over 1.5 billion school-aged children globally as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Attendance at school and access to ECEC is critical to a child's learning, well-being and health. School closures increase inequities by disproportionately affecting vulnerable children. Here, we summarise the role of children and adolescents in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and that of schools and ECECs in community transmission and describe the Australian experience. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

This study investigated the influence of factors at birth and in infancy on the likelihood of achieving major motor milestones in CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD). Data on 350 individuals with a pathogenic CDKL5 variant was sourced from the International CDKL5 Disorder Database. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

How females with Rett syndrome communicate in everyday life and the barriers and facilitators to successful communication ...

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• 2016
• February 2016

Participation for girls and women with Rett syndrome could be enhanced by stronger local community supports. ...

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• 2013
• July 2013

There were differences in the presentation of clinical features occurring in the CDKL5 disorder and in Rett syndrome. ...

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• 2016
• May 2016

In addition to its role in blocking TH2 effector activation in the late-phase allergic response, IL-10 is a known IgG1 switch factor ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Tobias Jenny Strunk Mountain Other Investigators TS JM MD, PhD, FRACP MBA MClinEpi Head, Neonatal Health Program Manager, Neonatal Health / Protect Trial tobias.strunk@telethonkids.org.au Head, Neonatal Health Clinical Professor Tobias Strunk is a ...

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The epidemic increase in the prevalence of allergic disease, which first started in the industrialized countries in the 1960s, may have reached a peak in the... ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

Comparing children entering out-of-home care in Canada and Australia ...

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• 2016
• September 2016