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New Opportunities for Evidence in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisorderRecent research, using objective 3-dimensional facial imaging, has found differences between the facial shape of individuals with FAS and the facial shape of individuals without FAS or with partial FAS
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Pediatric hospital admissions in Indigenous children: A population-based study in remote AustraliaWe analysed hospital admissions of a predominantly Aboriginal cohort of children in the remote Fitzroy Valley in Western Australia during their first 7 years.
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Predicting language difficulties in middle childhood from early developmental milestones: A comparison of traditional regression and machine learning techniquesThe current study provides preliminary evidence that machine learning algorithms provide equivalent predictive accuracy to traditional methods for language difficulties in middle childhood
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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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Unpacking the complex nature of the autism epidemicThis paper discusses changes in diagnostic criteria, decreasing age at diagnosis, improved case ascertainment, diagnostic substitution, and social influences.
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Notifications to the Western Australian Register of Developmental AnomaliesThere is increasing attention on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Australia, but there are limited data on their birth prevalence.
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Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resourcesWe provided health professionals in Western Australia (WA) with educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol...
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Evaluation of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies: Thirty-five years of surveillanceThe birth defects component of the Western Australian Register for Developmental Anomalies (WARDA-BD) was evaluated to assess its efficiency, effectiveness, and data quality
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A partnership between researchers and breastfeeding advocates to support safe alcohol consumption during breastfeedingAustralian Breastfeeding Association partnership with a breastfeeding researcher to develop an education resource for Australian women on drinking in pregnancy
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Association of pre-pregnancy weight and birth defectsAssociation of pre-pregnancy weight, birth defects