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The Wittenoom legacyThe legacy of Wittenoom has extended beyond the mine and the town, and is still evident more than 50 years after the closure of the mine
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A Single-Centre Retrospective Review of Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunts: A 22-Year ExperienceThis single-centre retrospective study explores demographics and outcomes of patients who underwent a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) over a 22-year period. The predominant surgical approach in this study is a lateral thoracotomy, in contrast to a midline sternotomy. Risks and outcomes of this approach are compared with national and international literature.
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Gene dysregulation in acute HIV-1 infection – early transcriptomic analysis reveals the crucial biological functions affectedTranscriptomic analyses from early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have the potential to reveal how HIV causes widespread and lasting damage to biological functions, especially in the immune system. Previous studies have been limited by difficulties in obtaining early specimens.
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Immunogenicity and Immune Memory after a Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Booster in a High-Risk Population Primed with Pneumococcal Conjugate VaccinePPV is immunogenic in 9-month-old children at high risk of pneumococcal infections and does not affect the capacity to produce protective immune responses
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The association between Staphylococcus aureus and subsequent bronchiectasis in children with cystic fibrosisDe novo S. aureus acquisition at age 3 is associated with later bronchiectasis and FEF25-75 in children with CF
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Maternal antibiotic exposure during pregnancy and hospitalization with infection in offspring: a population-based cohort studyAntibiotic exposure before or during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of childhood hospitalized infections
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Record linkage study of the pathogen-specific burden of respiratory viruses in childrenReliance on hospital discharge diagnosis codes alone will likely underestimate the burden of respiratory viruses
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Mesothelioma in australia: A reviewA multidisciplinary approach to caring for patients with malignant mesothelioma and their carers is vital.
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Prediction modelling using routine clinical parameters to stratify survival in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma patients undergoing cytoreductive surgeryThe CART model was able to stratify surgical patients into risk groups with statistically different survival characteristics with fair to good performance
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Congenital anomalies in children with postneonatally acquired cerebral palsy: an international data linkage studyTo describe the major congenital anomalies present in children with postneonatally acquired cerebral palsy (CP), and to compare clinical outcomes and cause of postneonatally acquired CP between children with and without anomalies.