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Association between human rhinovirus C and severity of acute asthma in children

A new and potentially more pathogenic group of human rhinovirus (HRV), group C (HRVC), has recently been discovered.

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Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females with PCDH19 mutations can present de novo or in single generation families

Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females (EFMR) is an intriguing X-linked disorder affecting heterozygous females and sparing hemizygous males.

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Exhaled breath temperature in healthy children is influenced by room temperature and lung volume

Exhaled breath temperature (EBT) has been proposed for the non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation

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Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children

In Australia and many other developed countries, acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is one of the most common reasons for hospitalisation in young...

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Lung function testing in preschool-aged children with cystic fibrosis in the clinical setting

This study investigated the nature and prevalence of atypical pain responses in Rett syndrome and their relationships with specific MECP2 mutations.

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Updating the profile of C-terminal MECP2 deletions in Rett syndrome

This study aimed to compare the phenotype of Rett syndrome cases with C-terminal deletions to that of cases with different MECP2 mutations

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Lentivirus-mediated gene transfer of interleukin 10 to the ovine and human cornea

Gene transfer to a donor cornea ex vivo can modulate corneal graft failure in experimental animal models. We compared a lentiviral vector (LV) carrying...

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The factor structure of the eating disorder examination in clinical and community samples

We investigated whether children who are heavier at birth have an increased risk of type 1 diabetes

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Is there a sex ratio difference in the familial aggregation of specific language impairment? A meta analysis

This meta-analysis examined whether there is a sex ratio difference in the risk for impairment among family members of an SLI proband

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Lifecourse childhood adiposity trajectories associated with adolescent insulin resistance

In light of the obesity epidemic, we aimed to characterize novel childhood adiposity trajectories from birth to age 14 years and to determine their relation...