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The Immune Response to Skin Trauma Is Dependent on the Etiology of Injury in a Mouse Model of Burn and Excision.This article investigates the impact of burn & excisional injury on the immune system.
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Lung function and exhaled nitric oxide in healthy unsedated African infantsPopulation-appropriate lung function reference data are essential to accurately identify respiratory disease and measure response to interventions.
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Ahead of consensus: A paediatric antifungal prophylaxis censusTo contextualise the ‘Australian & New Zealand Antifungal Consensus Guidelines, 2014, researchers surveyed current routine primary antifungal prophylaxis.
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Vitamin D in fetal development: Findings from a birth cohort studyBirth cohort studies provide an invaluable resource for studies of the influence of the fetal environment on health in later life.
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Comparing the effects of sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D insufficiency, and immune and cardio-metabolic functionAdults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D...
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Grow up with your countryThis commentary discusses the keys to empowering individuals & families to navigate the health, education, employment & social systems & to access relevant...
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Defining the appropriate waiting time between multiple-breath nitrogen washout measurementsThis letter addresses the recommendations by the American Thoracic Society & European Respiratory Society in 2005, that patients must wait 15-60mins between...
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Detection of biofilm in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasisThe presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in lower airway specimens from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is well established.
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Pterygium and conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in young Australian adults: The Raine studySun exposure is associated with several ophthalmic diseases, including pterygium which may develop in adolescence.
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A retrospective study of Babesia macropus associated with morbidity and mortalityThis is a retrospective study of 38 cases of infection by Babesia macropus, associated with a syndrome of anaemia and debility in hand-reared or free-ranging...