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Acute Tryptophan Depletion Moja-De: A Method to Study Central Nervous Serotonin Function in Children and Adolescents

Serotonin (5-HT) is widely implicated as a key neurotransmitter relevant to a range of psychiatric disorders and psychological processes. The role of central nervous 5-HT function underlying these processes can be examined through serotonergic challenge methodologies.

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Identifying young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in linked administrative data: A comparison of methods

In the ongoing debate on optimum methods for identification of Indigenous people within linked administrative data, few studies have examined the impacts of method on population counts and outcomes in family-based linkage studies of Aboriginal children.

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SmartStartAllergy: a novel tool for monitoring food allergen introduction in infants

Infant feeding practices in Australia have changed over the past decade; a large majority of infants are now fed peanut before 12 months of age

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Evolving Trends of Gastrostomy Insertion Within a Pediatric Population

New gastrostomy insertion among children who require long-term enteral feeding support increased over the study period

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Evidence of functional cell-mediated immune responses to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in otitis-prone children

These data provide evidence that otitis-prone children do not have impaired functional cell mediated immunity

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Functional differences in airway dendritic cells determine susceptibility to IgE-sensitization

Respiratory IgE-sensitization to innocuous antigens increases the risk for developing diseases such as allergic asthma.

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DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours

Here we present an approach for the DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumors across all groups and demonstrate its application.

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Australia, 1998-2012

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is uncommon in Australia

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From Authoritarianism to Advocacy: Lifestyle-Driven, Socially-Transmitted Conditions Require a Transformation in Medical Training and Practice

Here, we open a dialogue on authoritarianism in westernized medicine as a starting point in order to encourage the development of critical research