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Cohort profile of the HealthNuts study: Population prevalence and environmental/genetic predictors of food allergyHealthNuts is a single-centre, multi-wave, population-based longitudinal study designed to assess prevalence, determinants, natural history and allergy...
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Blood DNA methylation biomarkers predict clinical reactivity in food-sensitized infantsThe diagnosis of food allergy (FA) can be challenging because approximately half of food-sensitized patients are asymptomatic.
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Effects of maternal dietary egg intake during early lactation on human milk ovalbumin concentration: A randomized controlled trialIncreased maternal egg ingestion is associated with increased breastmilk ovalbumin, and markers of immune tolerance in infants
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25-hydroxyvitamin D3 status is associated with developing adaptive and innate immune responses in the first 6 months of lifeVitamin D status in early life has been linked to the risk of allergic disease in multiple observational studies.
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25-hydroxyvitamin D status of pregnant women is associated with the use of antenatal vitamin supplements and ambient ultraviolet radiationVitamin D deficiency in a predominantly white Caucasian cohort of pregnant women is less prevalent than has been reported in other studies
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The gut microbiota and inflammatory noncommunicable diseases: Associations and potentials for gut microbiota therapiesThis article discusses the relationships between gut colonization & inflammatory noncommunicable diseases, in regards to their treatment and prevention.
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Older maternal age and child behavioral and cognitive outcomes: A review of the literature.Although the physical consequences for offspring in utero and in the prenatal period are well known, the psychologic consequences of older motherhood for...
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Ontogeny of toll-like and NOD-like receptor-mediated innate immune responses in Papua New Guinean infantsStudies addressing the ontogeny of the innate immune system in early life have reported mainly on Toll-like receptor (TLR) responses in infants living in...
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“Coronavirus Changed the Rules on Everything”: Parent Perspectives on How the COVID‐19 Pandemic Influenced Family Routines, Relationships and Technology Use in Families with InfantsThis study explores how the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic influenced family routines, relationships and technology use (smartphones and tablet computers) among families with infants. Infancy is known to be an important period for attachment security and future child development, and a time of being susceptible to changes within and outside of the family unit.