Paediatrics and Child Health

Books and Chapters

Burgner, D. Genes and Disease: Infectious diseases- predisposition, Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, ed Cooper, D.N., United States, Nature Publishing Group, pp 447-453 (2003)

Burgner, D. and Levin, M. Human Genetics and Human Sepsis: Is the tail wagging the dog?, Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2003, ed Vincent, Jean-Louis, Berlin, Springer Verlag, 2003: pp 46-54 (2003)

Prescott, S.L. Sensitization to inhaled Allergen, The Immunological Basis of Asthma, ed B. Lambrecht, H.C. Hoogsteden, Z. Diamant, New York, Marcel Dekker, 174: pp 243-260 (2003)

Journal Articles

Ali, M., Khoo, S., Turner, S., Le Souef, P.N. and Franklin, P.J. NOS1 polymorphism is associated with atopy but not exhaled nitric oxide levels in healthy children, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 14:4, pp 261-265 (2003)

Burgner, D. and Harnden, A. Diagnosing Kawasaki disease in primary care., Pulse, 2003:March 17, pp 68-69 (2003)

Burgner, D. A 2 year old child with rash and fever: paediatric infectious diseases commentator's response (invited expert commentary, British Medical Journal, October 2003: (2003)

Burgner, D.P., Rocket, K., Ackerman, H., Hull, J., Usen, S., Pinder, M. and Kwiatkowski, D.P. Haplotypic relationship between SNP and microsatellite markers at the NOS2A locus in two populations, Genes and Immunity, 4: pp 506-514 (2003)

Burgner, D.P., Usen, S., Rockett, K., Jallour, M., Acherman, H., Corrino, A., Pinder, M. and Kuicathkowski, D. Nucleotide and haplotypic diversity of the NOS2A promoter region and its relationship to cerebral malaria, Human Genetics, 112: pp 379-386 (2003)

Burgner, D.P. and Levin, M. Genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, The, 22:1, pp 1-6 (2003)

Burgner, D.P. Commentary: diagnosis is based on clinical features, British Medical Journal, 327:7420, p 917 (2003)

Clark, I., Rockett, K.A. and Burgner, D. Nitric oxide, malaria and African children, Trends in Parasitology, 19:8, pp 335-337 (2003)

Collins, R.A., Sly, P.D., Turner, D.J., Herbert, C. and Kumar, R.K. Site of inflammation influences site of hyperresponsiveness in experimental asthma, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 139: pp 51-61 (2003)

Collins, R.A., Ikegami, M., Korfhagen, T.R., Whitsett, J.A. and Sly, P.D. In vivo measurements of changes in respiratory mechanics with age in mice deficient in surfactant protein D, Pediatric Research, 53: pp 463-467 (2003)

Cunningham, C. and Stanley, F. Indigenous by definition, experience, or world view, BMJ, 327: pp 403-404 (2003)

Devadason, S.G., Huang, T., Walker, S., Troedson, R. and Le souef, P.N. Distribution of technetium-99m-labelled QVAR delivered using an Autohaler device in children, European Respiratory Journal, 21: pp 1007-1011 (2003)

Dunstan, J.A., Mori, T.A., Barden, A., Beilin, L.J., Taylor, A.L., Holt, P.G. and Prescott, S.L. Maternal fish oil supplementation in pregnancy reduces interleukin-13 levels in cord blood of infants at high risk of atopy, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 33: pp 442 - 448 (2003)

Dunstan, J.A., Mori, T.A., Barden, A., Beilin, L.J., Taylor, A.L., Holt, P.G. and Prescott, S.L. Fish oil supplementation in pregnancy modifies neonatal allergen-specific immune responses and clinical outcomes in infants at high risk of atopy: A randomized, controlled trial, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 112:6, pp 1178-1184 (2003)

Foster, J.K. Editorial: Special issue on memory: anatomical regions, physiological networks and cognitive interactions, Cortex, 39:4/5, pp 555-565 (2003)

Franklin, P.J., Turner, S.W., Le Souef, P.N. and Stick, S.M. Exhaled nitric oxide and asthma: complex interactions between atopy, airway responsiveness, and symptoms in a community population of children, Thorax, 58: pp 1048-1052 (2003)

Hantos, Z., Collins, R.A., Turner, D.J., Janosi, T.Z. and Sly, P.D. Tracking of airway and tissue mechanics during TLC maneuvers in mice, Journal of Applied Physiology, 95: pp 1695-705 (2003)

Holt, P.G. and Sly, P.D. Emerging Concepts of T-Cell Regulation in Asthma and allergy, Journal of the World Allergy Organization, 15:6, pp 255-260 (2003)

Holt, P.G., Rowe, J., Loh, R. and Sly, P.D. Developmental factors associated with risk for atopic disease: implications for vaccine strategies in early childhood, Vaccine, 21: pp 3432-3435 (2003)

Huh, J.C., Strickland, D.H., Jahnsen, F.L., Turner, D.J., Thomas, J.A., Napoli, S., Tobagus, I., Stumbles, P., Sly, P.D. and Holt, P.G. Bidirectional interactions between antigen-bearing respiratory tract dendritic cells (DCs) and T cells precede the late phase reaction in experimental asthma: DC activation occurs in the airway mucosa but not in the lung parenchyma, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 198: pp 19-30 (2003)

Lehmann, D., Tennant, M.T., Silva, D.T., McAullay, D., Lannigan, F., Coates, H. and Stanley, F.J. Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: intervention study, British Medical Journal, 327: pp 415-419 (2003)

Macaubas, C., de Klerk, N.H., Holt, B.J., Wee, C., Kendall, G., Firth, M., Sly, P.D. and Holt, P.G. Association between antenatal production and the development of atopy and asthma at age 6 years, The Lancet, 362: pp 1192-1197 (2003)

Manners, P., Lesslie, J., Speldewinde, D. and Tunbridge, D. Classification of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Should Family History be included in the Criteria?, Journal of Rheumatology, 30: pp 1857-1863 (2003)

Manners, P.J. Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood, Current Rheumatology Reports, 5: pp 453-457 (2003)

McDermott, B.M., Batik, M., Roberts, L. and Gibbon, P. Parent and child report of family functioning in a clinical child and adolescent eating disorders sample, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36: pp 509-514 (2003)

Noakes, P.S., Holt, P.G. and Prescott, S.L. Maternal smoking in pregnancy alters neonatal cytokine responses, Allergy, 58: pp 1053-1058 (2003)

Oddy, W.H., Sly, P.D., De Klerk, N.H., Landau, L.I., Kendall, G.E., Holt, P.G. and Stanley, F.J. Breast feeding and respiratory morbidity in infancy: a birth cohort study, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 88: pp 224-228 (2003)

Oddy, W.H., Kendall, G.E., Blair, E., de Klerk, N.H., Stanley, F.J., Landau, L.I., Silburn, S.R. and Zubrick, S.R. Breastfeeding and cognitive development in childhood: A prospective birth cohort study, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 17: pp 81-90 (2003)

Petak, F., Babik, B., Asztalos, T., Hall, G.L., Deak, Z.I., Sly, P.D. and Hantos, Z. Airway and tissue mechanics in anesthetized paralyzed children, Pediatric Pulmonology, 35: pp 169-176 (2003)

Prescott, S.L., Taylor, A., King, B., Dunstan, J.A., Upham, J.W., Thornton, C.A. and Holt, P.G. Neonatal interleukin-12 capacity is associated with variations in allergen-specific immune responses in the neonatal and postnatal response periods, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 33: pp 566-572 (2003)

Prescott, S.L. Early origins of allergic disease: a review of processes and influences during early immune development, Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 3: pp 125-132 (2003)

Prescott, S.L. Allergy: the price we pay for cleaner living?, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 90:6, pp 64-70 (2003)

Prescott, S.L. Allergy: when does it begin and where will it end?, Allergy, 58: pp 864-867 (2003)

Prescott, S.L., King, B., Strong, T.L. and Holt, P.G. The value of perinatal immune responses in predicting allergic disease at 6 years of age, Allergy, 58: pp 1187-1194 (2003)

Prescott, S.L. New concepts of cytokines in asthma: Is the Th2/Th1 paradigm out the window?, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 39: pp 575-579 (2003)

Richmond, P. Meningococcal disease: peak season prompts need for protection, Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 84: pp 455-456 (2003)

Sengler, C., Heinzmann, A., Jerkic, S.P., Haider, A., Sommerfeld, C., Niggemann, B., Lau, S., Forster, J., Schuster, A., Kamin, W., Bauer, C., Laing, I., Le Souef, P., Wahn U., Deichmann K. and Nickel R. Clara cell protein 16 (CC16) gene polymorphism influences the degree of airway responsiveness in asthmatic children., Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 111: pp 515-519 (2003)

Serna, P., Bower, C., Payne, J., Miller, M. and Stanley, F.J. Encouraging women to participate in reproductive research, Australasian Epidemiologist, 10: pp 26-28 (2003)

Sharp, M.J., Rowe, J., Kusel, M., Sly, P.D. and Holt, P.G. Specific patterns of responsiveness to microbial antigens staphylococcal enterotoxin B and purified protein derivative by cord blood monocuclear cells are predictive of risk for development of atopic dermatitis, Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 33: pp 435-441 (2003)

Skinner, S.R. and Hickey, M. Current priorities for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Australia, Medical Journal of Australia, 179: pp 158-161 (2003)

Sly, P.D. and Lombardi, E. Editorial: Measurement of lung function in preschool children using the interrupter technique, Thorax, 58: pp 742-744 (2003)

Sly, P.D. Ultrastructural examination of bronchial specimens from children with moderate asthma: an associate editor's view, Thorax, 58: pp 187-188 (2003)

Sly, P.D., Collins, R.A., Thamrin, C., Turner, D.J. and Hantos, Z. Volume dependence of airway and tissue impedances in mice, Journal of Applied Physiology, 94: pp 1460-1466 (2003)

Stanley, F. Recent trends in neurodisability: implications for research and prevention, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 45: pp 4-5 (2003)

Stanley, F. One journey, many pathways, Internal medicine journal, 33: pp 59-61 (2003)

Stanley, F. The Real Brain Drain - Why Putting Children First is so Important for Australia, Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 27:6, pp 3-8 (2003)

Suk, W.A., Ruchirawat, K.M., Balakrishnan, K., Berger, M., Carpenter, D., Damstra, T., de Garbino, J.P., Koh, D., Landrigan, P.J., Makalinao, I., Sly, P.D., Xu, Y. and Zheng, B.S. Environmental threats to children's health in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific, Environmental Health Perspectives, 111:10, pp 1340-1347 (2003)

Tarnow-Mordi, W., Isaacs, D., Gilbert, G., Athayde, N. and Stanley, F. Effect of oral clindamycin on late miscarriage and preterm delivery, Lancet, 361: p 2161 (2003)

Thambiran, A., Burgner, D., Angus, D.C., Burgner, D., Wunderink, R., Mira, J.P., Gerlach, H., WIederm, C.J. and Vincent, J.L. The PIRO concept: P is for predisposition, Critical Care, 7:3, pp 248-251 (2003)

Turner, S.W. and Le Souef, P.N. Is patient dropout from a longitudinal study of lung function predictable and reversible?, Pediatric Pulmonology, 35: pp 29-33 (2003)

Watt, P.M., Clements, B., Devadason, S.G. and Chaney, G.M. Funhaler spacer: improving adherence without compromising delivery, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 88: pp 579-581 (2003)

Wright, H.M., Forbes, D.A. and Graham, H. Primary compliance with medication prescribed for paediatric patients discharged from a regional hospital, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 39: pp 611-612 (2003)

Conference Publications

Coates, H., Hawke, M., Manning, S.C., Vesterhauge, S., Haynes, D.S. and Deitmer, T. Strategies for managing granulation tissue, Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, United States, Medquest Communications, LLC, 82: pp 21-24 (2003)

Stanley, F. Before the Bough Breaks, Doing more for our children in the 21st century, Canberra, Academy of the Social Sciences, 0: pp 1-21 (2003)

Stanley, F. Promoting and Maintaining Good Health: What Role for the Social Sciences?, Setting of goals within the four National Research priorities, Canberra, The Academy of the Social Sciences, 0: pp 13-17 (2003)

Thornton, R., Richmond, P.C. and Thomas, W. Development of mucosal and systemic antibody assays for Haemophilus influenzae outer membrane proteins D15 and P6, Eighth International Symposium - Recent Advances in Otitis Media, Canada, BC Decker Inc, 8: pp 366-369 (2003)