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2018

Perspectives 20 Aug 2018

Screening for spinal muscular atrophy

Hugo Sampaio, Bridget Wilcken and Michelle Farrar

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 147-148

Research letter 13 Aug 2018

Safety of cannabidiol prescribed for children with refractory epilepsy

Jeremy L Freeman

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (5): 228-229 Free

Book/media/app reviews 7 May 2018

An authoritative reference for trainees and experienced paediatric nephrologists

Steven J McTaggart

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 338

Research letter 2 Apr 2018

Paediatric injuries during the Australian Junior Motocross Championship treated at a rural centre

Sowmya Prabhakaran, Andrew W Silagy, Nicole A Campbell, Paul V Flanagan and Ian A Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 270 Free

Perspective 26 Feb 2018

Cord clamping in term and pre-term infants: how should clinicians proceed?

Graeme R Polglase and Michael Stark

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 330-331

Research letter 5 Feb 2018

Frenotomy for tongue-tie in Australian children, 2006–2016: an increasing problem

Vishal Kapoor, Pamela S Douglas, Peter S Hill, Laurence J Walsh and Marc Tennant

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 88-89 Free

Editorials 5 Feb 2018

Tongue-tie and frenotomy: what evidence do we have and what do we need?

Jonathan Walsh and David E Tunkel

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 67-68

2017

Perspectives 23 Oct 2017

The kids are OK: it is discrimination not same-sex parents that harms children

Ken W Knight*, Sarah EM Stephenson*, Sue West*, Martin B Delatycki, Cheryl A Jones, Melissa H Little, George C Patton, Susan M Sawyer, S Rachel Skinner, Michelle M Telfer, Melissa Wake, Kathryn N North and Frank Oberklaid

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 374-375

Letters 18 Sep 2017

Influence of birth month on the probability of Western Australian children being treated for ADHD

Emma Sciberras, Alisha Gulenc and Daryl Efron

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (6): 268

Letters 18 Sep 2017

Influence of birth month on the probability of Western Australian children being treated for ADHD

Martin Whitely, John Phillimore, Leanne Lester and Suzanne Robinson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (6): 268-269

Short reports 3 Jul 2017

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Book/media/app review 3 Jul 2017

Perspectives on the complexity of Indigenous child health

James P Fitzpatrick

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 18 Free

Perspectives 5 Jun 2017

Primum non nocere: rethinking our policies on out-of-home care in Australia

Peter D Jones

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 421-422 Free

Editorials 15 May 2017

Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children

Roy M Kimble and Bronwyn R Griffin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 389-390

Research 15 May 2017

Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study

Holger Möller, Lara Harvey, Kathleen Falster, Rebecca Ivers, Kathleen F Clapham and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 392-397 Free

Research 15 May 2017

Long term risk of severe retinopathy in childhood-onset type 1 diabetes: a data linkage study

Mary White, Matthew A Sabin, Costan G Magnussen, Michele A O'Connell, Peter G Colman and Fergus Cameron

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 398-401 Free

Research 1 May 2017

Prevalence of microcephaly in an Australian population-based birth defects register, 1980–2015

Michele Hansen, Paul K Armstrong, Carol Bower and Gareth S Baynam

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 351-356 Free

Guideline summary 17 Apr 2017

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free

Research 20 Feb 2017

The Australasian Diabetes Data Network: first national audit of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Helen Phelan, Helen Clapin, Loren Bruns, Fergus J Cameron, Andrew M Cotterill, Jennifer J Couper, Elizabeth A Davis, Kim C Donaghue, Craig A Jefferies, Bruce R King, Richard O Sinnott, Elaine B Tham, Jerry K Wales, Timothy W Jones and Maria E Craig

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (3): 121-125 Free

Editorials 6 Feb 2017