Search Results - "Wong, H S W"

Association between air pollution and asthma admission among children in Hong Kong by Lee, S. L., Wong, W. H. S., Lau, Y. L.

“…Summary Objective To examine the association of air pollutants with hospital admission for childhood asthma in Hong Kong. Methods Data on hospital admissions…”
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p21 gene polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus by Kong, E. K.-P., Chong, W.-P., Wong, W. H.-S., Lau, C.-S., Chan, T.-M., Ng, P. K.-M., Song, Y.-Q., Mak, W., Lau, Y.-L.

“…Objective. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (p21) is a negative regulator in the cell cycle. Development of sex-linked lupus-like syndrome in p21−/− mice…”
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Foetal Exposure to Maternal Passive Smoking Is Associated with Childhood Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Eczema by So-lun, Lee, Lam, T. H., Leung, T. H., Wong, W. H. S., Schooling, M., Leung, G. M., Lau, Y. L.

“…Objective. We examined the hypothesis that foetal exposure to maternal passive smoking is associated with childhood asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema…”
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Cortical reorganization following anterior temporal lobectomy in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy by WONG, S. W. H, JONG, L, MIRSATTARI, S. M, BANDUR, D, BIHARI, F, YEN, Y.-F, TAKAHASHI, A. M, LEE, D. H, STEVEN, D. A, PARRENT, A. G, PIGOTT, S. E

“…Functional MRI was used to study the impact of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) on the cortical language network in patients…”
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Fetal myocardial performance in pregnancies complicated by gestational impaired glucose tolerance by Wong, M. L., Wong, W. H. S., Cheung, Y. F.

“…Objective To determine fetal myocardial performance in pregnancies complicated by mild gestational impaired glucose tolerance (GIGT). Methods Ultrasound…”
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Recurrent major infections in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus—a close link with long-term disease damage by Lee, P. P. W., Lee, T.-L., Ho, M. H.-K., Wong, W. H. S., Lau, Y.-L.

“…Objectives. We postulate that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) having recurrent infections are more likely to have poorer disease outcome. The…”
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Adolescents’ attitudes to the COVID-19 vaccination by Wong, W.H.S., Leung, D., Chua, G.T., Duque, J.S.R., Peare, S., So, H.K., Chan, S.M., Kwan, M.Y.W., Ip, P., Lau, Y.L.

“…Vaccines against COVID-19 are now available for adolescents in Hong Kong but vaccine hesitancy is a major barrier to herd immunity. This survey study explores…”
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Effectiveness of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac in children aged less than 3 years old during Omicron wave in Hong Kong by Wong, W.H.S., Leung, D.L., Yip, K.M., So, H.K., Rosa Duque, J.S., Lau, Y.L.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people of all ages worldwide. However, there is still no information on the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of inactivated…”
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Peanut oil and peanut allergy, foes or folks? by Ho, M H K, Lee, S, Wong, W H S, Lau, Y

“…Peanut allergy (PA) has become a major health concern, but the reasons for this increasing prevalence are not well understood. 1 Although the consumption…”
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Protection Offered by Root-surface Restorative Materials against Biofilm Challenge by Yip, H.K., Guo, J., Wong, W.H.S.

“…The prevalence of root-surface caries is increasing. We hypothesized that some restorative materials are protective against cariogenic challenge on root…”
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Association of interleukin-10 promoter polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus by Chong, W P, Ip, W K, Wong, W H-S, Lau, C S, Chan, T M, Lau, Y L

“…Several lines of evidence suggest interleukin-10 gene (IL-10) is a candidate gene in susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We investigated the…”
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Dynamics of childhood obesity in Hong Kong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic before and after the school closures: a 3-year longitudinal study by Yip, K.M., So, H.K., Wong, W.H.S., Wong, R.S., Tung, K.T.S., Tso, W.W.Y., Wong, I.C.K., Yam, J.C., Kwan, M.Y.W., Fung, G.P.G., Wong, S.W.S., Ip, P.

“…This study is to evaluate if there is any difference in the balance between incidence of and remission from overweight/obesity in Hong Kong school-age children…”
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Use of midazolam and ketamine as sedation for children undergoing minor operative procedures by Cheuk, D K L, Wong, W H S, Ma, E, Lee, T L, Ha, S Y, Lau, Y L, Chan, G C F

“…We used intravenous midazolam and ketamine for children undergoing minor operative procedures with satisfactory results. We aimed to further evaluate its…”
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Burden of fatal and nonfatal injury in Hong Kong: abridged secondary publication by Chow, C B, Ip, P, McGhee, S M, Tsui, S H M, Kam, C W, Ho, H F P, Chan, E W Y, Wong, H S W, Chiu, I W S

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Association of BANK1 and TNFSF4 with systemic lupus erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese by Chang, Y K, Yang, W, Zhao, M, Mok, C C, Chan, T M, Wong, R W S, Lee, K W, Mok, M Y, Wong, S N, Ng, I O L, Lee, T L, Ho, M H K, Lee, P P W, Wong, W H S, Lau, C S, Sham, P C, Lau, Y L

“…Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. Recently, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in…”
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Population differences in SLE susceptibility genes: STAT4 and BLK, but not PXK, are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese by Yang, W, Ng, P, Zhao, M, Hirankarn, N, Lau, C S, Mok, C C, Chan, T M, Wong, R W S, Lee, K W, Mok, M Y, Wong, S N, Avihingsanon, Y, Lee, T L, Ho, M H K, Lee, P P W, Wong, W H S, Lau, Y L

“…In this study, we compared the association of several newly discovered susceptibility genes for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) between populations of…”
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Chronic health problems and health-related quality of life in Chinese children and adolescents: a population-based study in Hong Kong by Lee, S L, Cheung, Y F, Wong, H S W, Leung, T H, Lam, T H, Lau, Y L

“…Objective We examined the association of different chronic physical and mental conditions, individually or comorbidly on health-related quality of life (QoL)…”
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Association of CD247 with systemic lupus erythematosus in Asian populations by Li, R, Yang, W, Zhang, J, Hirankarn, N, Pan, H-F, Mok, CC, Chan, TM, Wong, RWS, Mok, MY, Lee, KW, Wong, SN, Leung, AMH, Li, X-P, Avihingsanon, Y, Lee, TL, Ho, MHK, Lee, PPW, Wong, WHS, Wong, C-M, Ng, IOL, Yang, J, Li, PH, Zhang, Y, Zhang, L, Li, W, Baum, L, Kwan, P, Rianthavorn, P, Deekajorndej, T, Suphapeetiporn, K, Shotelersuk, V, Garcia-Barceló, M-M, Cherny, SS, Tam, PK-H, Sham, PC, Lau, CS, Shen, N, Lau, YL, Ye, D-Q

“…Objective: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disease with complex genetic inheritance. CD247 (CD3Z, TCRZ) plays a vital role in…”
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Polymorphisms of the toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) gene with systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese by Ng, M. W., Lau, C. S., Chan, T. M., Wong, W. H. S., Lau, Y. L.

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Two missense variants in UHRF1BP1 are independently associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese by Zhang, Y, Yang, W, Mok, C C, Chan, T M, Wong, R W S, Mok, M Y, Lee, K W, Wong, S N, Leung, A M H, Lee, T L, Ho, M H K, Lee, P P W, Wong, W H S, Yang, J, Zhang, J, Wong, C-M, Ng, I O L, Garcia-Barceló, M-M, Cherny, S S, Tam, P K-H, Sham, P C, Lau, C S, Lau, Y L

“…UHRF1BP1 encodes a highly conserved protein with unknown function. Previously, a coding variant in this gene was found to be associated with systemic lupus…”
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