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Head, Child Disability
Senior Research Fellow
The contributors, all world experts in their fields, also discuss what we can learn from the presence of co-morbidities.
Overview of Health Issues in School-aged Children with Down Syndrome
Physical and mental health in mothers of children with Down syndrome.
To review the effectiveness of oral health education and oral health promotion interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), in ensuring optimal gingival health, caries experience and oral health-related quality of life, compared to no interventions or alternative interventions.
The behavioral phenotype of neurogenetic disorders associated with intellectual disability often includes psychiatric comorbidity. The objectives of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to systematically review the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and symptoms in children and adolescents
Whilst gastrostomy insertion was associated with lower survival rates than children without gastrostomy, survival improved with time
Gastrostomy was associated with health benefits including reduced all-cause and epilepsy hospitalizations, but was not protective against acute LRTI
Gastrostomy is increasingly used in multiple neurological conditions associated with intellectual disability, with no apparent accessibility barriers