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How valid are the rates of Down syndrome internationally?Rates of Down syndrome (DS) show considerable international variation, but a systematic assessment of this variation is lacking.
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Study protocol for the evaluation of an Infant Simulator based program delivered in schools:This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a school based program developed to prevent teenage
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Prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of birth defectsThe goal was to examine the associations between dose, pattern, and timing of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and birth defects.
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Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementationInequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation
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Defective aeroallergen surveillance by airway mucosal dendritic cells as a determinant of riskA hallmark of atopic asthma is development of chronic airways hyper-responsiveness (AHR) that persists in the face of ongoing exposure to perennial...
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Sex-specific associations between umbilical cord blood testosterone levels and language delay in early childhoodPreliminary evidence suggests that prenatal testosterone exposure may be associated with language delay. However, no study has examined a large sample of...
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Early mental health morbidity and later smoking at 17 years of ageWe examined the relationship between the onset and pattern of childhood mental health disorders and subsequent current smoking status at age 17 years.
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Genetic and functional evaluation of the role of DLL1 in susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in IndiaChromosome 6q26-27 is linked to susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil and Sudan.
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Candidate gene association study for diabetic retinopathy in persons with type 2 diabetes: the Candidate gene Association Resource (CARe)To investigate whether variants in cardiovascular candidate genes, some of which have been previously associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D), diabetic...
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Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis is a common disease of the central nervous system in which the interplay between inflammatory and neurodegenerative processes typically...