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A Genome-Wide Search for Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Genes in an Extended Arab FamilyWe performed a discovery GWAS in an extended UAE family (N = 178; 66 diabetic; 112 healthy) genotyped on the Illumina Human 660 Quad Beadchip, with...
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Effectiveness of clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin, and risk of disease in contacts, in invasive group a streptococcal infectionsThis paper reports on treatment, and preventing infection in close contact, of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) using the antibiotic clindamycin and...
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Effectiveness of trivalent flu vaccine in healthy young childrenThis paper reports some of the findings from the Western Australian Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Study, commenced in 2008, to evaluate a program providing...
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Use of data linkage to investigate the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection hospitalisations in childrenThe aim was to document the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospitalisations in Western Australian children
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Western Australian emergency department presentations related to child maltreatment and intentional injuryTo determine the proportion of child maltreatment-related emergency department presentations in WA and describe the types of injuries associated with them.
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Role of public and private funding in the rising caesarean section rate: A cohort studyOur results indicate that an increase in the prelabour caesarean delivery rate for private patients in private hospitals has been driving the increase in the...
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Re-evaluation of link between interpregnancy interval and adverse birth outcomes: Retrospective cohort study matching two intervals per motherThis study questions the causal effect of short interpregnancy intervals on adverse birth outcomes and points to the possibility of unmeasured or...
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The relationship between MECP2 mutation type and health status and service use trajectories over time in a Rett syndrome populationThis study aimed to investigate the trajectories over time of health status and health service use in Rett syndrome by mutation...
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Parental alcohol consumption and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain tumorsChildhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood malignancy and brain tumors (CBTs) are the leading cause of cancer death in...
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Hospitalisation rates for children with intellectual disability or autism born in Western Australia 1983-1999: A population-based cohort studyID and/or ASD were found to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation compared with the remainder of the population.