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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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Alarm about computed tomography scans

Alarm about computed tomography scans is unjustified

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Smoking cessation in pregnancy and the risk of child behavioural problems: a longitudinal prospective cohort study

The aim of this study was to examine the influence of smoking in pregnancy on child and adolescent behavioural development, in comparison with mothers who cease

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P2X7 receptor-mediated killing of an intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, by human and murine macrophages

The P2X7R is highly expressed on the macrophage cell surface, and activation of infected cells by extracellular ATP has been shown to kill intracellular bacte

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Valproate and risk of fracture in Rett syndrome

This study investigated the relationships between fracture risk and commonly used AEDs in Rett syndrome.

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Privacy or public good? Why not obtaining consent may be best practice

Using medical and other data from private citizens without obtaining the consent of those citizens has been a taboo of statisticians and of society

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Aboriginal practitioners speak out: contextualising child protection interventions

This paper reports on how the summit was designed and on some of the ideas and concerns that emerged within this dialogical space of cooperative inquiry.

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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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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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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.