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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
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Risk factors for repetition of a deliberate self-harm episode within seven days in adolescents and young adultsThe risk of repetition of deliberate self-harm peaks in the first 7 days after a deliberate self-harm episode.
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin mitigates the inhibition of airway epithelial cell repair by neutrophil elastaseFree NE activity is deleterious for epithelial homeostasis and support the hypothesis that proteases in the airway contribute to CF structural lung disease
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Temporal changes in BEXSERO® antigen sequence type associated with genetic lineages of Neisseria meningitidis over a 15-year period in Western AustraliaThe BEXSERO® vaccine which is used to prevent serogroup B disease is composed of four sub-capsular protein antigens supplemented with an outer membrane vesicle.
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Rapid recruitment of CD14+ monocytes in experimentally induced allergic rhinitis in human subjectsMononuclear phagocyte population is directly involved in the production of proinflammatory chemokines that attract other immune cells
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Adverse metabolic phenotype of adolescent girls with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease plus polycystic ovary syndrome compared with other girls and boysNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) share risk associations of adiposity and insulin resistance.
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Encouraging the positive use of technology through community engagementThis study utilises a community-level approach to develop resources to encourage cybersafety and a positive transition from primary to secondary school
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Strabismus, a preventable barrier to social participation: A short reportIsolated strabismus does not significantly impair visual functionality and has traditionally been considered a primarily cosmetic defect of little importance.
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A validation study of a modified Bouchard activity record that extends the concept of 'uptime' to Rett syndromeThe aim of this study was to investigate the validity of using a Bouchard activity record (BAR) in individuals with Rett syndrome to measure physical...