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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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• 1.   Comparison of pertussis surveillance systems in Europe

  The aim of the study was to compare pertussis surveillance systems in Europe

  

  Abstract:

  We compared pertussis surveillance systems of 16 European countries in the period 1998-2002. In twelve out of sixteen countries the system covered the general population. Ten countries relied on WHO case definition for surveillance of pertussis. Eleven countries applied laboratory tests, and eight of them used PCR for case confirmation. The proportion of hospitalised rates in children more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision - pertussis surveillance systems

  Categories:

  pertussis surveillance systems

  Geography:

  International

  Vaccine, Vol: 25 Page: 291-297 2007
  A. E. Tozzi; E. Pandolfi; L. P. Celentano; M. Massari; S. Salmaso; M. L. C. d Atti

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• 2.   Intelligence in DSM-IV combined type attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is not predicted by either dopamine receptor/transporter genes or other previously identified risk alleles for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  The aim of this study was to examine intelligence in DSM-IV combined type attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is predicted by either dopamine receptor/transporter genes or other previously identified risk alleles

  

  Abstract:

  A major goal of genetic studies of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is to identify individual characteristics that might help segregate the disorder's inherent heterogeneity. [Mill et al. (2006); Arch Ger Psychiatry 63:462-469] recently reported a potentially important association between two dopamine-related risk polymorphisms (DRD4 variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence - attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Categories:

  attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

  Geography:

  International

  American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, Vol: 147 Page: 316-319 2008
  E. J. S. Sonuga-Barke; K. J. Brookes; J. Buitelaar; R. Anney; P. Bitsakou; D. Baeyens; C. Buschgens; W. Chen; H. Christiansen; J. Eisenberg; J. Kuntsi; I. Manor; A. Melia; A. Mulligan; N. Rommelse; U. C. Muller; H. Uebel; T. Banaschewski; R. Ebstein; B. Franke; M. Gill; A. Miranda; R. D. Oades; H. Roeyers; A. Rothenberger; J. Sergeant; H. C. Steinhausen; M. Thompson; E. Taylor; P. Asherson; S. V. Faraone

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