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Inner speech impairments in autismThree experiments investigated the role of inner speech deficit in cognitive performances of children with autism.
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Risk factors for full- and partial-syndrome early adolescent eating disorders: a population-based pregnancy cohort studyTo identify prospective predictors of eating disorders in a population-based sample of 14-year-old boys and girls, using previously collected antenatal...
View the projects currently underway at The Kids Research Institute Australia by our range of different children's health research teams.
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Comparison of the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papilloma VirusWe conducted a noninferiority immunogenicity study to bridge the efficacy findings in young women to preadolescent and adolescent girls and boys...
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Partial epilepsy syndrome in a Gypsy family linked to 5q31.3-q32The restricted genetic diversity and homogeneous molecular basis of Mendelian disorders in isolated founder populations have rarely been explored in epilepsy...
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Understanding Diabetes: Early environmental determinants of pancreatic islet autoimmunity: a pregnancy to early life cohort study in children at risk of type 1 diabetesThis study is looking for the causes of type 1 diabetes, so that we can find ways to prevent it. We will follow many women around Australia during pregnancy until early childhood, looking at the child's birth, environment and genes.
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The role of family and maternal factors in childhood obesityThe aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a child's weight and a broad range of family and maternal factors.
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The impact of having a sibling with an intellectual disability:parental perspectives in two disordersThis study describes the impact of having a sibling with Down syndrome or Rett syndrome using a questionnaire completed by parents.
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Physical and mental health of mothers caring for a child with Rett syndromeThis study compared the behavior profile of cases in the Australian Rett Syndrome Database (ARSD) with those in a British study using the Rett Syndrome...
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Epidemiology of childhood diabetes in Western AustraliaThe objectives of this study are to study the epidemiology of childhood diabetes in Western Australia from 1985 onwards.