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• Weight gain in early life predicts risk of islet autoimmunity in children with a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes.

  OBJECTIVE: In a prospective birth cohort study, we followed infants who had a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes to investigate the relationsh…

  Authors: Jennifer J Couper, Sarah Beresford, Craig Hirte, Peter A Baghurst, Angie Pollard, Brian D Tait, Leonard C Harrison, Peter G Colman

  Source: Diabetes care. 2009 Jan

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• Folic acid does not improve endothelial function in obese children and adolescents.

  OBJECTIVE: Obese children have severe endothelial dysfunction as measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD). We have shown that folic acid normalizes en…

  Authors: Alexia S Peña, Esko Wiltshire, Roger Gent, Lino Piotto, Craig Hirte, Jennifer Couper

  Source: Diabetes care. 2007 Aug

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• Dietary fats do not contribute to hyperlipidemia in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative influence of diet, metabolic control, and familial factors on lipids in children with type 1 diabetes and control…

  Authors: Esko J Wiltshire, Craig Hirte, Jennifer J Couper

  Source: Diabetes care. 2003 May

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• Folate and vitamin B6 rapidly normalize endothelial dysfunction in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

  BACKGROUND: Endothelial dysfunction, a precursor of vascular disease, begins early in type 1 diabetes mellitus and is associated with folate status. M…

  Authors: Karen E MacKenzie, Esko J Wiltshire, Roger Gent, Craig Hirte, Lino Piotto, Jennifer J Couper

  Source: Pediatrics. 2006 Jul

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• Endothelial dysfunction relates to folate status in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

  Endothelial dysfunction occurs early in the development of vascular disease in diabetes. Total plasma homocyst(e)ine (tHcy) is associated with endothe…

  Authors: Esko J Wiltshire, Roger Gent, Craig Hirte, Alexia Pena, David W Thomas, Jennifer J Couper

  Source: Diabetes. 2002 Jul

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• Aortic intima media thickness is an early marker of atherosclerosis in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

  OBJECTIVE: To compare aortic intima media thickness (aIMT) to carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) as a marker of early atherosclerosis in children w…

  Authors: Jennifer Harrington, Alexia S Peña, Roger Gent, Craig Hirte, Jennifer Couper

  Source: The Journal of pediatrics. 2010 Feb

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• Characterization of a C57BL/6 congenic mouse strain of mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA.

  The original mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA) mice were identified in a mixed background with contributions from four different strains. To …

  Authors: Allison C Crawley, Briony L Gliddon, Dyane Auclair, Suzanne L Brodie, Craig Hirte, Barbara M King, Maria Fuller, Kim M Hemsley, John J Hopwood

  Source: Brain research. 2006 Aug 9

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• Hs-CRP is associated with weight, BMI, and female sex but not with endothelial function in children with type 1 diabetes.

  BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP), a marker of inflammation, predicts cardiovas…

  Authors: Karen E MacKenzie, Esko J Wiltshire, Alexia S Peña, Roger Gent, Craig Hirte, Lino Piotto, Jennifer J Couper

  Source: Pediatric diabetes. 2009 Feb

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• Vascular endothelial and smooth muscle function relates to body mass index and glucose in obese and nonobese children.

  CONTEXT: Endothelial and smooth muscle dysfunction are critical precursors of atherosclerosis. These can be detected in children at risk of cardiovasc…

  Authors: Alexia Sophie Peña, Esko Wiltshire, Karen MacKenzie, Roger Gent, Lino Piotto, Craig Hirte, Jennifer Couper

  Source: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 2006 Nov

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• Longitudinal study of normal hip development by ultrasound.

  In the management of a newborn's hips, ultrasonography has proven to be useful. The progression of measurements at different ages in normal hips has n…

  Authors: Jacques P Riad, Peter Cundy, Roger J Gent, Lino Piotto, Lloyd Morris, Craig Hirte

  Source: Journal of pediatric orthopedics. 2005 Jan-Feb

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