Medicine
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Item Severe hepatic dysfunction associated with falciparum malaria(SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2001) Premaratna, R.; Gunatilake, A.K.E.; de Silva, N.R.; Tilakaratne, Y.; Fonseka, M.M.D.; de Silva, H.J.We describe severe hepatic dysfunction associated with an attack of falciparum malaria in six Sri Lankan patients. Clinicians working in areas endemic for malaria should be made aware of this unusual complication.Item Delayed cerebellar ataxia complication falciparum malaria - a clinical study of 74 patients(Springer-Verlag, 1994) Senanayake, N.; de Silva, H.J.We report the clinical features of 74 patients with delayed cerebellar ataxia (DCA) following falciparum malaria, who were prospectively followed up at two centres. This unusual complication has an acute onset, with signs suggesting a predominantly midline cerebellar lesion without any evidence of cerebral involvement. There was a delay of a median 13 days between the onset of fever and the onset of ataxia. DCA has a good prognosis, with spontaneous and complete recovery within 3 months. In our opinion, it is an example of a post-infective neurological syndrome possibly mediated via an immune mechanism.Item Urinary frequency in falciparum malaria(Oxford University Press, 1992) de Silva, H.J.; Herath, S.; de Silva, N.R.No Abstract AvailableItem Delayed cerebellar ataxia following falciparum malaria: lack of evidence for antibody mediation(Oxford University Press, 1992) de Silva, H.J.; de Silva, N.R.; Snook, J.A.No Abstract Available