Section of Paediatrics

Publications (253)

• Article: Mutated fukutin-related protein (FKRP) localises as wild type in differentiated muscle cells

  N.F. Dolatshad, M. Brockington, S. Torelli, L. Skordis, U. Wever, D.J. Wells, F. Muntoni, S.C. Brown
  Experimental Cell Research.
• Article: Recent developments in the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  Maria Kinali, Adnan Y. Manzur, Francesco Muntoni
  Paediatrics and Child Health.
• Article: UK physicians' attitudes and practices in long-term non-invasive ventilation of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

  M Kinali, A Y Manzur, E Mercuri, B E Gibson, L Hartley, A K Simonds, F Muntoni
  Pediatric Rehabilitation 9(4):351-64.
• Article: Familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial disease.

  M Newport, M Levin
  Immunology Letters 01/1995; 43(1-2):133-8. · 2.53 Impact Factor
• Article: Familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection in childhood: a human mycobacterial susceptibility gene?

  M Levin, M J Newport, S D'Souza, P Kalabalikis, I N Brown, H M Lenicker, P V Agius, E G Davies, A Thrasher, N Klein
  The Lancet 02/1995; 345(8942):79-83. · 38.28 Impact Factor
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  Available from: sgmjournals.org

  Article: Bacterial [Cu,Zn]-superoxide dismutase: phylogenetically distinct from the eukaryotic enzyme, and not so rare after all!

  J S Kroll, P R Langford, K E Wilks, A D Keil
  Microbiology 10/1995; 141 ( Pt 9):2271-9. · 3.06 Impact Factor
• Article: Identification of sodC encoding periplasmic [Cu,Zn]-superoxide dismutase in Salmonella.

  J Canvin, P R Langford, K E Wilks, J S Kroll
  FEMS Microbiology Letters 03/1996; 136(2):215-20. · 2.04 Impact Factor
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  Available from: oxfordjournals.org

  Article: Decision making in the neonatal intensive care environment.

  R P Rivers
  British Medical Bulletin 05/1996; 52(2):238-45. · 4.54 Impact Factor
• Article: Mahaim, Kent and abnormal atrioventricular conduction.

  R H Anderson, S Y Ho, P C Gillette, A E Becker
  Cardiovascular Research 05/1996; 31(4):480-91. · 6.06 Impact Factor
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  Available from: oxfordjournals.org

  Article: Variation in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter region may be associated with death from meningococcal disease.

  S Nadel, M J Newport, R Booy, M Levin
  The Journal of Infectious Diseases 11/1996; 174(4):878-80. · 6.41 Impact Factor
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  Available from: nih.gov

  Article: Cloning and molecular characterization of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

  P R Langford, B M Loynds, J S Kroll
  Infection and Immunity 01/1997; 64(12):5035-41. · 4.16 Impact Factor
• Article: Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and bilateral mid-brain infarction following maternal overdose of co-proxamol.

  E F Maalouf, M Battin, S J Counsell, M A Rutherford, A Y Manzur
  European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 02/1997; 1(5-6):183-6. · 2.12 Impact Factor
• Article: Is there such a thing as the "tendon of the infundibulum" in the heart?

  M Lal, S Y Ho, R H Anderson
  Clinical Anatomy 02/1997; 10(5):307-12. · 1.29 Impact Factor
• Article: Monitoring interactions between spontaneous respiration and mechanical inflations in preterm neonates.

  S Bignall, P Dixon, C Quinn, R Kitney
  Critical Care Medicine 03/1997; 25(3):545-53. · 6.33 Impact Factor
• Article: Suppression of human monocyte tissue factor synthesis by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide.

  A C Stephens, R P Rivers
  Thrombosis Research 04/1997; 85(5):387-98. · 2.44 Impact Factor
• Article: Detection of fibronectin expression by human endothelial cells using a enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): enzymatic degradation by activated plasminogen.

  O A Daramola, R S Heyderman, N J Klein, G I Shennan, M Levin
  Journal of Immunological Methods 04/1997; 202(1):67-75. · 2.20 Impact Factor
• Article: Distribution, cloning, characterisation and mutagenesis of sodC, the gene encoding copper/zinc superoxide dismutase, a potential determinant of virulence, in Haemophilus ducreyi.

  P R Langford, J S Kroll
  FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 05/1997; 17(4):235-42. · 2.44 Impact Factor
• Article: Role of bacterial Mn-cofactored superoxide dismutase in oxidative stress responses, nasopharyngeal colonization, and sustained bacteremia caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b.

  R A D'Mello, P R Langford, J S Kroll
  Infection and Immunity 08/1997; 65(7):2700-6. · 4.16 Impact Factor
• Article: Bacterial copper- and zinc-cofactored superoxide dismutase contributes to the pathogenesis of systemic salmonellosis.

  J L Farrant, A Sansone, J R Canvin, M J Pallen, P R Langford, T S Wallis, G Dougan, J S Kroll
  Molecular Microbiology 09/1997; 25(4):785-96. · 5.01 Impact Factor
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  Available from: oxfordjournals.org

  Article: Is Haemophilus influenzae finished?

  R Booy, J S Kroll
  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 09/1997; 40(2):149-53. · 5.07 Impact Factor
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  Available from: kfshrc.edu.sa

  Article: The abnormal expression of utrophin in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy is age related.

  J Taylor, F Muntoni, V Dubowitz, C A Sewry
  Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 10/1997; 23(5):399-405. · 3.80 Impact Factor
• Article: Prevention of acquired neurological impairment in the perinatal period.

  A D Edwards, J Patel, D Azzopardi
  Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery &amp Psychiatry 12/1997; 63 Suppl 1:S34-8. · 4.76 Impact Factor
• Source

  Available from: Mounir Ait-Khaled

  Article: Review of uptake of interventions to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV by women aware of their HIV status.

  E G Lyall, C Stainsby, G P Taylor, M Ait-Khaled, S Bingham, J A Evans, A Wright, J N Weber, M O McClure, S Walters, G Tudor-Williams
  BMJ 01/1998; 316(7127):268-70. · 14.09 Impact Factor
• Article: Periplasmic superoxide dismutase in meningococcal pathogenicity.

  K E Wilks, K L Dunn, J L Farrant, K M Reddin, A R Gorringe, P R Langford, J S Kroll
  Infection and Immunity 02/1998; 66(1):213-7. · 4.16 Impact Factor
• Article: The 5' region of intron 11 of the dystrophin gene contains target sequences for mobile elements and three overlapping ORFs.

  A Ferlini, F Muntoni
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 02/1998; 242(2):401-6. · 2.48 Impact Factor
• Article: What's in a name? Muscular dystrophy revisited.

  V Dubowitz
  European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 02/1998; 2(6):279-84. · 2.12 Impact Factor
• Article: Kawasaki disease thirty years on.

  N Curtis, M Levin
  Current Opinion in Pediatrics 02/1998; 10(1):24-33. · 2.83 Impact Factor
• Article: Surgical anatomy of aorto-left ventricular tunnel.

  S Y Ho, M Muriago, A C Cook, G Thiene, R H Anderson
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 03/1998; 65(2):509-14. · 3.74 Impact Factor
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  Available from: nih.gov

  Article: Hypothermic neural rescue treatment: from laboratory to cotside?

  A D Edwards, D Azzopardi
  Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 04/1998; 78(2):F88-91. · 3.05 Impact Factor
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  Available from: nih.gov

  Article: Treatment of hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage by moderate hypothermia.

  A D Edwards, J S Wyatt, M Thoresen
  Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 04/1998; 78(2):F85-8. · 3.05 Impact Factor
• Article: Childhood tuberculosis: advances in immunopathogenesis, treatment and prevention.

  B Kampmann, D Young
  Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 07/1998; 11(3):331-5. · 4.93 Impact Factor
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  Available from: sc.edu

  Article: Physiological stability of preterm infants during magnetic resonance imaging.

  M Battin, E F Maalouf, S Counsell, A Herlihy, A Hall, D Azzopardi, A D Edwards
  Early Human Development 09/1998; 52(2):101-10. · 2.05 Impact Factor
• Article: Inactivation of DsbA, but not DsbC and DsbD, affects the intracellular survival and virulence of Shigella flexneri.

  J Yu
  Infection and Immunity 09/1998; 66(8):3909-17. · 4.16 Impact Factor
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  Available from: bmj.com

  Article: Avoidable deficiencies in the delivery of health care to children with meningococcal disease.

  S Nadel, J Britto, R Booy, I Maconochie, P Habibi, M Levin
  Journal of accident & emergency medicine 09/1998; 15(5):298-303.
• Article: A novel Alu-like element rearranged in the dystrophin gene causes a splicing mutation in a family with X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy.

  A Ferlini, N Galié, L Merlini, C Sewry, A Branzi, F Muntoni
  The American Journal of Human Genetics 09/1998; 63(2):436-46. · 10.60 Impact Factor
• Article: Persistent increases in cerebral lactate concentration after birth asphyxia.

  J D Hanrahan, I J Cox, A D Edwards, F M Cowan, J Sargentoni, J D Bell, D J Bryant, M A Rutherford, D Azzopardi
  Pediatric Research 09/1998; 44(3):304-11. · 2.70 Impact Factor
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  Available from: pnas.org

  Article: Natural genetic exchange between Haemophilus and Neisseria: intergeneric transfer of chromosomal genes between major human pathogens.

  J S Kroll, K E Wilks, J L Farrant, P R Langford
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 11/1998; 95(21):12381-5. · 9.68 Impact Factor
• Article: Early onset, autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy with Emery-Dreifuss phenotype and normal emerin expression.

  J Taylor, C A Sewry, V Dubowitz, F Muntoni
  Neurology 11/1998; 51(4):1116-20. · 8.31 Impact Factor
• Article: Laminin alpha 2-chain gene mutations in two siblings presenting with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

  I Naom, M D'Alessandro, C A Sewry, J Philpot, A Y Manzur, V Dubowitz, F Muntoni
  Neuromuscular Disorders 11/1998; 8(7):495-501. · 2.80 Impact Factor
• Article: Early prognostic indicators of outcome in infants with neonatal cerebral infarction: a clinical, electroencephalogram, and magnetic resonance imaging study.

  E Mercuri, M Rutherford, F Cowan, J Pennock, S Counsell, M Papadimitriou, D Azzopardi, G Bydder, L Dubowitz
  PEDIATRICS 02/1999; 103(1):39-46. · 4.47 Impact Factor
• Article: Periventricular haemorrhagic infarct in a preterm neonate.

  S J Counsell, E F Maalouf, M A Rutherford, A D Edwards
  European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 02/1999; 3(1):25-7. · 2.12 Impact Factor
• Article: Relation between proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy within 18 hours of birth asphyxia and neurodevelopment at 1 year of age.

  J D Hanrahan, I J Cox, D Azzopardi, F M Cowan, J Sargentoni, J D Bell, D J Bryant, A D Edwards
  Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 02/1999; 41(2):76-82. · 2.92 Impact Factor
• Article: Cerebral infarction in the newborn infant: review of the literature and personal experience.

  E Mercuri, F Cowan
  European Journal of Paediatric Neurology 02/1999; 3(6):255-63. · 2.12 Impact Factor
• Article: Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy: the spectrum of brain involvement on magnetic resonance imaging.

  J Philpot, F Cowan, J Pennock, C Sewry, V Dubowitz, G Bydder, F Muntoni
  Neuromuscular Disorders 04/1999; 9(2):81-5. · 2.80 Impact Factor
• Article: Association of variants of the gene for mannose-binding lectin with susceptibility to meningococcal disease. Meningococcal Research Group.

  M L Hibberd, M Sumiya, J A Summerfield, R Booy, M Levin
  The Lancet 04/1999; 353(9158):1049-53. · 38.28 Impact Factor
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  Available from: Robert Tasker

  Article: Pertussis is increasing in unimmunized infants: is a change in policy needed?

  S Ranganathan, R Tasker, R Booy, P Habibi, S Nadel, J Britto
  Archives of Disease in Childhood 04/1999; 80(3):297-9. · 2.88 Impact Factor
• Article: Neonatal neurological examination in infants with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: correlation with MRI findings.

  E Mercuri, A Guzzetta, L Haataja, F Cowan, M Rutherford, S Counsell, M Papadimitriou, G Cioni, L Dubowitz
  Neuropediatrics 05/1999; 30(2):83-9. · 0.94 Impact Factor
• Article: Assessment of neonatal encephalopathy by amplitude-integrated electroencephalography.

  N al Naqeeb, A D Edwards, F M Cowan, D Azzopardi
  Pediatrics 07/1999; 103(6 Pt 1):1263-71. · 5.44 Impact Factor
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  Available from: nih.gov

  Article: Use of self expanding stents in stenotic aortopulmonary shunts in adults with complex cyanotic heart disease.

  R Bader, J Somerville, A Redington
  Heart (British Cardiac Society) 08/1999; 82(1):27-9. · 4.22 Impact Factor
• Article: X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy and the dystrophin gene.

  A Ferlini, C Sewry, M A Melis, A Mateddu, F Muntoni
  Neuromuscular Disorders 08/1999; 9(5):339-46. · 2.80 Impact Factor