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This collection contains original research articles, review articles and case reports published in local and international peer reviewed journals by the staff members of the Faculty of Medicine

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    Haemoglobin variants, iron status and anaemia in Sri Lankan adolescents with low red cell indices: A cross sectional survey
    (Academic Press, 2018) Rodrigo, R.; Allen, A.; Manamperi, A.; Perera, L.; Fisher, C.A.; Allen, S.; Weatherall, D.J.; Premawardhena, A.
    Iron deficiency complicates the use of red cell indices to screen for carriers of haemoglobin variants in many populations. In a cross sectional survey of 7526 secondary school students from 25 districts of Sri Lanka, 1963 (26.0%) students had low red cell indices. Iron deficiency, identified by low serum ferritin, was the major identifiable cause occurring in 550/1806 (30.5%) students. Low red cell indices occurred in iron-replete students with alpha-thalassaemia including those with single alpha-globin gene deletions. Anaemia and low red cell indices were also common in beta-thalassaemia trait. An unexpected finding was that low red cell indices occurred in 713 iron-replete students with a normal haemoglobin genotype. It is common practice to prescribe iron supplements to individuals with low red cell indices. Since low red cell indices were a feature of all forms of α thalassaemia and also of iron deficiency, in areas where both conditions are common, such as Sri Lanka, it is imperative to differentiate between the two, to allow targeted administration of iron supplements and avoid the possible deleterious effects of increased iron availability in iron replete individuals with low red cell indices due to other causes such as α thalassaemia.
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    Re: Anaemia and iron deficiency in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in a Teaching Hospital in Southern Sri Lanka
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017) Mettananda, S.; de Silva, D.G.H.
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    Haemoglobin levels among pregnant women in the Polonnaruwa distrct
    (University of Colombo, 2003) Siyambalagoda, R.R.M.L.R.; Perera, P.A.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sumanaweera, N.P.; Wijesinghe, T.S.; de Soyza, D.N.N.; Maniwannan, S.; Wickramasinghe, W.K.; Wijesinghe, P.R.