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Elevated IL-5 and IL-13 responses to egg proteins predate the introduction of egg in solid foods in infants with eczema

Elevated egg-specific Th2 cytokine responses were established prior to egg ingestion at 4months and were not significantly altered by introduction of egg

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The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians

Given the ongoing mortality and morbidity from GAS infections, we must address more effectively the treatment and prevention of GAS impetigo and pharyngitis

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Comparing risks of cerebral palsy in births between Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers

Indigenous infants have a higher risk of CP than non-Indigenous infants, especially postneonatal CP.

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Mucin agarose gel electrophoresis: Western blotting for high-molecularweight glycoproteins

Conventional methods to separate mucin macromolecules by electrophoresis using an agarose gel and transfer protein into nitrocellulose membrane

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A randomized controlled trial of the effects of n-3 fatty acids on resolvins in chronic kidney disease

Specialized Proresolving Lipid Mediators are increased after 8 weeks n-3 fatty acid supplementation in patients with chronic kidney disease

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X-exome sequencing of 405 unresolved families identifies seven novel intellectual disability genes

Systematic sequencing of all X-chromosomal genes in patients with genetic evidence for X-chromosome locus involvement may resolve 58% of Fragile X-negative cases

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Biodiversity, the Human Microbiome and Mental Health: Moving toward a New Clinical Ecology for the 21st Century?

With a focus on the microbiome as it pertains to mental health, we define environmental “grey space” and emphasize a new frontier involving bio-eco-psychological medicine

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Early life rhinovirus infection exacerbates house-dust-mite induced lung disease more severely in female mice

Early life rhinovirus infection influences the development of house-dust-mite induced lung disease in female, but not male mice

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Predictors of Outcome in Pediatric Osteomyelitis: Five Years Experience in a Single Tertiary Center

A risk prediction model allows early identification of children at greatest risk of developing complicated osteomyelitis

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Systematic review and meta-analysis of respiratory viral coinfections in children

Coinfection is not associated with increased clinical severity, but further investigations by pathogen pairs are warranted