Reports and Findings
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Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture: Rethinking the clinical pathway for autism spectrum disorder and challenging the status quoThe aim of the paper is to outline the future of early identification and intervention of ASD and the research goals to be addressed to achieve this vision.
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Using record linkage to examine testing patterns for respiratory viruses among children born in Western AustraliaUsing linked data, we describe changes in respiratory virus testing among children born in Western Australia in 1996-2012
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Long-term employment among people at ultra-high risk for psychosisWe sought to investigate the long-term unemployment rate and baseline predictors of employment status at follow-up in a large ultra-high risk cohort.
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Validation of the Early Development Instrument in IndonesiaThis study finds that the Early Development Instrument shows moderate validity and reliability in poor communities in Indonesia
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Increased CTLA-4+ T cells may contribute to impaired T helper type 1 immune responses in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic inflammation may expand sub-populations of T cells expressing CTLA-4 in COPD patients and therefore impair T-cell function
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Expression profiling of Sudanese visceral leishmaniasis patients pre- and post-treatment with sodium stibogluconateThese results contribute to our understanding of immunopathology associated with visceral leishmaniasis and response to sodium stibogluconate treatment
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Clinical presentation of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome in children and adolescents: Is there an age effect?Older age at presentation of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome was associated with less functional impairment, but age was not associated with psychotic symptoms
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Nurses are underutilised in antimicrobial stewardship - Results of a multisite survey in paediatric and adult hospitalsNurses consider antimicrobial stewardship activities within their roles, but are underutilised in antimicrobial stewardship programs
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Prevalence and profile of Neurodevelopment and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) amongst Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communitiesEarly intervention services are needed to support developmentally vulnerable children in remote communities.
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Late talkers and later language outcomes: Predicting the different language trajectoriesThe aim of the current study was to investigate the risk factors present at 2 years for children who showed language difficulties that persisted