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Maternal life events during pregnancy and offspring language ability in middle childhood

There is accumulating evidence for a link between maternal stress during pregnancy and later behavioural and emotional problems in children.

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Cell phone use by adolescents with Asperger Syndrome

While young people have generally been at the forefront of the adoption and use of new communications technologies, little is known of uses by exceptional youth

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Survival with Rett syndrome: comparing Rett's original sample with data from the Australian Rett syndrome Database

Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that typically affects females. Little is known about the natural history and survival time of these femal

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Lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity in preterm infants at 15-18 months corrected age

To assess whether lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity in preterm infants at 15-18 months corrected age

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Level of purposeful hand function as a marker of clinical severity in Rett syndrome

We investigated relationships between hand function and genotype and aspects of phenotype in Rett syndrome

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A new method of prenatal alcohol classification accounting for dose, pattern and timing of exposure:

When examining the association between prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal effects, the timing and intensity of exposure have been ignored in epidemiological st

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Dahlem Conference

There is increasing evidence that the functional state of the immune system at birth is predictive of the kinetics of immune maturation in early infancy.

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Nothing but fear itself: parental fear as a determinant of child physical activity and independent mobility

Over the past decade we have seen declining rates in child engagement in physical activity with escalating health problems ensuing.

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New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide...