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Thought-provoking lecture from WA’s 2021 Australian of the YearA major gap in tackling the mental health crisis in WA is the inability to effectively treat children and adolescents with a history of trauma within the current system.
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Associations between school absence and academic achievement: Do socioeconomics matter?School attendance should therefore be a priority for all schools, and not just those with high rates of absence or low average achievement.
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Investigating facial phenotype in autism spectrum conditions: The importance of a hypothesis driven approachThe identification of differences in the facial phenotype of individuals with ASC may contribute to efforts to promote early identification of the condition and help elucidate etiological pathways.
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Stillbirth and neonatal death rates across time: The influence of pregnancy terminations and birth defects in a Western Australian population-based cohort studyChanges in clinical practice related to pregnancy terminations have played a substantial role in shaping stillbirth and neonatal death rates in WA
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Expanding the clinical picture of the MECP2 Duplication syndromePerinatal characteristics, early childhood development and medical co-morbidities in MECP2 Duplication syndrome
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Parental perspectives on the communication abilities of their daughters with Rett syndromeHow females with Rett syndrome communicate in everyday life and the barriers and facilitators to successful communication
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Screening for rheumatic heart disease: Quality and agreement of focused cardiac ultrasound by briefly trained health workersAfter brief training, health workers with no prior experience in echocardiography can obtain adequate quality images and make a reliable assessment
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Chronic illness and developmental vulnerability at school entryChronic illness in young children is a risk factor for reduced school readiness