Our aims were to characterize the abnormal breathing patterns and abdominal bloating, investigate the distribution of these by age and mutation type and examine their impact and management from a caregiver perspective. ...

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• 2017
• April 2017

Delayed or impaired language development is a common developmental concern, yet there is little agreement about the criteria used to identify and classify... ...

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• 2016
• July 2016

Vitamin D is involved in the regulation of the immune system and it may play a role in the development, severity and course of asthma and other allergic... ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

Our findings suggest that the chance of having psychotic like experiences is more likely for adolescents with certain personality traits. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

Intellectual disability affects more than 1.5% of the population of children in developing countries yet we know little about the daily lives and support... ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

Ingrid Anthony Deborah Jonatan Thomas Laing Kicic Strickland Leffler Iosifidis IL A DH JL TI BSc PhD BSc (Hons) PhD PhD PhD BSc BMedSci(Hons) PhD Head, Children's Respiratory Science Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Program ...

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Delayed development of antibodies to S. pneumoniae in infancy is associated with the development of atopy and asthma. ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

Children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to experience sleep disorders of insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep breathing disorders than typically developing children. The present study examined risk factors for these sleep disorders in 447 children (aged 5-18 years), diagnosed with an intellectual disability and comorbid autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or Rett syndrome. Primary caregivers reported on their child's sleep using the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC), as well as medical comorbidities and functional abilities. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) often have excessive daytime sleepiness and emotional/behavioral disturbances. The objective of this study was to examine whether daytime sleepiness was associated with these emotional/behavioral problems, independent of nighttime sleep-disordered breathing, or the duration of sleep. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

This study assessed factors that could influence equipment and respite services use among Australian families caring for a girl/woman with Rett syndrome and... ...

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• 2011
• September 2011

Terrance W. Joost Ben Johns Lesterhuis Wylie T WJL BW BSc PhD Honorary Research Associate Program Head, Cancer; Chronic and Severe Diseases RFA Deputy Head Research Fellow, Sarcoma Translation Research Joost.Lesterhuis@telethonkids.org.au ben.wylie@ ...

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Christopher Peter Tom Blyth Richmond Snelling CC PC T MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Director, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases; Co-Head, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, ...

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