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  • Kasturiratne, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; de Silva, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2005)
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of morbidity and the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of patients seeking in-patient services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in medical units of a tertiary care hospital, ...
  • Mendis, K.; de Silva, A.H.W.; Perera, D.P.; Withana, S.S.; Premasiri, B.H.S.; Jayakodi, S. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2017)
    INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES: There is paucity of published data regarding outpatient department (OPD) morbidity in spite of 55 million OPD visits to government hospitals in 2014. OPD morbidity has been assumed to be similar ...
  • Salgado, L.S.S.; Abeysuriya, V.; Kumarage, S.K.; Rupasinghe, D.K. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)
    INTRODUCTION: Regional variations of morphology of the appendix vermiformis have been observed, especially with reference to its position, but due to the scarcity of scientific studies on its regional anatomy, achieving ...
  • Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Premasiri, D.S.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wijeyerathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2011)
    Anopheles culicifacies and An. subpictus are considered as the principal and subsidiary vector for malaria in Sri Lanka respectively. An. subpictus sibling species B has been specifically implicated in transmitting malaria ...
  • Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Ranathunge, R.M.T.B.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014)
  • Wijerathna, T.; Gunathilaka, N. (BioMed Central, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine sand flies are a medically important group of insects that is responsible for the transmission of leishmaniasis. Surveillance plays a major role in vector control programmes through exploring species ...
  • Abeysuriya, V.; Kumarage, S.K.; Hasan, R.; Wijesinghe, J.A.A.S. (Quest Journals Inc., 2016)
    INTRODUCTION: The knowledge and realization of the frequency and multiplicity of abnormalities of the cystic artery is a perquisite for safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy. OBJECTIVE: To describe the morphological characteristics ...
  • Ranaweera, L.; Sulani, W.N.; Nanayakkara, W.L.R.L. (Firenze University Press, 2022)
    The aim of this study was to identify morphological and morphometric variations of pulmonary fissures. A sample of 50 adult formalin fixed Sri Lankan cadaveric lungs (24 left and 26 right lungs) were observed with the help ...
  • Ranaweera, L.; Wijesooriya, P.; Vithanage, S.; Cabral, E. (IMED Research Publications, 2022)
    Introduction: Lumbricals are the small, worm-like, intrinsic muscles responsible for performing the precision pinch movements of the hand. These are quite unique in their position owing to movable proximal and distal tendon ...
  • Malalasekera, A.P.; Sivasuganthan, K.; Sarangan, S.; Thaneshan, K.; Weerakoon, D.N.; Mathangasinghe, Y.; Gunasekera, C.L.; Mallawaarachchi, S.; Nanayakkara, N.D.; Anthony, D.J.; Ediriweera, D. (Alan R. Liss, Inc, 2018)
    PURPOSE: Loss of ejaculation can follow transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Periverumontanal prostate tissue is preserved in ejaculation-preserving TURP (ep-TURP). Knowledge of ejaculatory duct anatomy in ...
  • Rajapaksha, A.; Fernando, R.; Ranasinghe, N.; Iddagoda, S. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    The tubercle of Zuckerkandl (ZT) is an embryological remnant of the thyroid gland. Its close relationship to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) makes it an important surgical landmark. Presence and size of the ZT was ...
  • Vithanage, P.V.T.S.; Panapitiya, P.A.S.; Padmakumara, N.; Hemantha, S.; Kasturiratne, K.T.A.A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pinidiyapathirage, M.J. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2011)
    INTRODUCTION: The leading causes of mortality in Sri Lanka are due to chronic diseases. We describe the mortality patterns in a 35–64-year-old urban cohort resident in Ragama, Sri Lanka and followed over 3 years. METHODS: ...
  • Jayawardana, P. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2008)
    No Abstract Available
  • Kariapper, M.T.K.F.N.; Kosgallana, P. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, 2014)
    There is no universally accepted criterion for optimal age to implement initial Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission (OAE) hearing screening in caesarean-delivered (CD) neonates, although suggestions from various ...
  • Kusumawathie, P.H.D.; Jayasooriya, G.A.J.S.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007)
    Breeding habitats of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus in the Kandy and Nuwara Eliya districts were studied from April 2006 to April 2007. Surveys of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus immatures were carried out in 101 ...
  • de Silva, H.J.; Millard, P.R.; Kettlewell, M.; Mortensen, N.J.; Prince, C.; Jewell, D.P. (British Medical Assosiation, 1991)
    This study aimed to investigate the degree of colonic metaplasia in ileo - anal pouches. Biopsy specimens from 25 patients with functioning pouches, eight of whom had pouchitis, were studied using routine histology, mucosal ...
  • Wijesinghe, C.A.; Liyanage, U.L.N.S.; Kapugama, K.G.C.L.; Warsapperuma, W.A.N.P.; Williams, S.S.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; Rodrigo, A. (Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: The internet is widely used as a source of health information, and the negative effects of this practice is well documented. Cyberchondria, the unfounded escalation of concerns about common symptoms based on ...
  • Mahajan, A.; Spracklen, C.N.; Zhang, W.; Ng, M.C.Y.; Petty, L.E.; Kitajima, H.; Yu, G.Z.; Rüeger, S.; Speidel, L.; Kim, Y.J.; Horikoshi, M.; Mercader, J.M .; Taliun, D.; Moon, S.; Kwak, S.H.; Robertson, N.R.; Rayner, N.W.; Loh, M.; Kim, B.; Chiou, J.; Miguel-Escalada, I.; Parolo, P.D.B.; Lin, K.; Bragg, F.; Preuss, M.H.; Takeuchi, F.; Nano, J.; Guo, X.; Lamri, A.; Nakatoch, M.; Scott, R.A.; Lee, J.J.; Huerta-Chagoya, A.; Graff, M.; Chai, J.F.; Parra, E. J.; Yao, J.; Bielak, L.F.; Tabara, Y.; Hai, Y.; Steinthorsdottir, V.; Cook, J.P.; Kals, M.; Grarup, N.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pan, I.; Sofer, T.; Wuttke, M.; Sarnowski, C.; Gieger, C.; Nousome, D.; Trompet, S.; Long, J.; Sun, M.; Tong, L.; Chen, W.M.; Ahmad, M.; Noordam, R.; Lim, V.J.Y.; Tam, C.H.T.; Joo, Y.Y.; Chen, C.H.; Raffield, L.M.; Lecoeur, C.; Prins, B.P.; Nicolas, A.; Yanek, L.R.; Chen, G.; Jensen, R.A.; Tajuddin, S.; Kabagambe, E.K.; An, P.; Xiang, A.H.; Choi, H.S.; Cade, B.E.; Tan, J.; Flanagan, J.; Abaitua, F.; Adair, L.S.; Adeyemo, A.; Aguilar-Salinas, C.A.; Akiyama, M.; Anand, S.S.; Bertoni, A.; Bian, Z.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Brandslund, I.; Brody, J.A.; Brummett, C.M.; Buchanan, T.A.; Canouil, M.; Chan, J.C.N.; Chang, L.C.; Chee, M.L.; Chen, J.; Chen, S.H.; Chen, Y.T.; Chen, Z.; Chuang, L.M.; Cushman, M.; Das, S.K.; de Silva, H.J.; Dedoussis, G.; Dimitrov, L.; Doumatey, A.P.; Du, S.; Duan, Q.; Eckardt, K.U.; Emery, L.S.; Evans, D.S.; Evans, M.K.; Fischer, K.; Floyd, J.S.; Ford, I.; Fornage, M.; Franco, O.H.; Frayling, T.M.; Freedman, B.I.; Fuchsberger, C.; Genter, P.; Gerstein, H.C.; Giedraitis, V.; Villalpando, C.G.; Villalpando, M.E.G.; Goodarzi, M.O.; Larsen, P.G.; Gorkin, D.; Gross, M.; Guo, Y.; Hackinger, S.; Han, S.; Hattersley, A.T.; Herder, C.; Howard, A.G.; Hsueh, W.; Huang, M.; Huang, W.; Hung, Y.; Hwang, M.Y.; Hwu, C.; Ichihara, S.; Ikram, M.A.; Ingelsson, M.; Islam, M.T.; Isono, M.; Jang, H.M.; Jasmine, F.; Jiang, G.; Jonas, J.B.; Jørgensen, M.E.; Jørgensen, T.; Kamatani, Y.; Kandeel, F.R.; Kasturiratne, A.; Katsuya, T.; Kaur, V.; Kawaguchi, T.; Keaton, J.M.; Kho, A.N.; Khor, C.C.; Kibriya, M.G.; Kim, D.H.; Kohara, K.; Kriebel, J.; Kronenberg, F.; Kuusisto, J.; Läll, K.; Lange, L.A.; Lee, M.; Lee, N.R.; Leong, A.; Li, L.; Li, Y.; Li-Gao, R.; Ligthart, S.; Lindgren, C.M.; Linneberg, A.; Liu, C.; Liu, J.; Locke, A.E.; Louie, T.; Luan, J.; Luk, A.O.; Luo, X.; Lv, J.; Lyssenko, V.; Mamakou, V.; Mani, K.R.; Meitinger, T.; Metspalu, A.; Morris, A.D.; Nadkarni, G.N.; Nadler, J.L.; Nalls, M.A.; Nayak, U.; Nongmaithem, S.S.; Ntalla, I.; Okada, Y.; Orozco, L.; Patel, S.R.; Pereira, M.A.; Peters, A.; Pirie, F.J.; Porneala, B.; Prasad, G.; Preissl, S.; Rasmussen-Torvik, L.J.; Reiner, A.P.; Roden, M.; Rohde, R.; Roll, K.; Sabanayagam, C.; Sander, M.; Sandow, K.; Sattar, N.; Schönherr, S.; Schurmann, C.; Shahriar, M.; Shi, J.; Shin, D.M.; Shriner, D.; Smith, J.A.; So, W.Y.; Stančáková, A.; Stilp, A.M.; Strauch, K.; Suzuki, K.; Takahashi, A.; Taylor, K.D.; Thorand, B.; Thorleifsson, G.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Tomlinson, B.; Torres, J.M.; Tsai, F.; Tuomilehto, J.; Tusie-Luna, T.; Udler, M.S.; Salgado, A.V.; Dam, R.M.; Klinken, J.B.; Varma, R.; Vujkovic, M.; Wacher-Rodarte, N.; Wheeler, E.; Whitsel, E.A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Dijk, K.W.; Witte, D.R.; Yajnik, C.S; Yamamoto, K.; Yamauchi, T.; Yengo, L.; Yoon, K.; Yu, C.; Yuan, J.M.; Yusuf, S.; Zhang, L.; Zheng, W.; FinnGen; eMERGE Consortium; Leslie J Raffel; Igase, M.; Ipp, E.; Redline, S.; Cho, Y.S.; Lind, L.; Province, M.A.; Hanis, C.L.; Peyser, P.A.; Ingelsson, E.; Zonderman, A.B.; Psaty, B.M.; Wang, Y.; Rotimi, C.N.; Becker, D.M.; Matsuda, F.; Liu, Y.; Zeggini, E.; Yokota, M.; Rich, S.S.; Kooperberg, C.; Pankow, J.S.; Engert, J.C.; Chen, Y.I.; Froguel, P.; Wilson, J.G.; Sheu, W.H.H.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Wu, J.Y.; Hayes, M.G.; Ma, R.C.W.; Wong, T.Y.; Groop, L.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Chandak, G.R.; Collins, F.S.; Bharadwaj, D.; Paré, G.; Sale, M.M.; Ahsan, H.; Motala, A.A.; Shu, X.O.; Park, K.S.; Jukema, J.W.; Cruz, M.; Cowdin, R.M.; Grallert, H.; Cheng, C.Y.; Bottinger, E.P.; Dehghan, A.; Tai, E.S.; Dupuis, J.; Kato, N.; Laakso, M.; Köttgen, A.; Koh, W.P.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Liu, S.; Abecasis, G.; Kooner, J.S.; Loos, R.J.F.; North, K.E.; Haiman, C.A.; Florez, J.C.; Saleheen, D.; Hansen, T.; Pedersen, O.; Mägi, R.; Langenberg, C.; Wareham, N.J.; Maeda, S.; Kadowaki, T.; Lee, J.; Millwood, I.Y.; Walters, R.G.; Stefansson, K.; Myers, S.R.; Ferrer, J.; Gaulton, K.J.; Meigs, J.B.; Mohlke, K.L.; Gloyn, A.L.; Bowden, D.W.; Below, J.E.; Chambers, J.C.; Sim, X.; Boehnke, M.; Rotter, J.I.; McCarthy, M.I.; Morris, A.P. (Nature Publishing Company, New York, 2022)
    We assembled an ancestrally diverse collection of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls (48.9% non-European descent) through the Diabetes ...
  • de Vries, P. S.; Brown, M. R.; Bentley, A. R.; Sung, Y. J.; Winkler, T. W.; Ntalla, I.; Schwander, K.; Kraja, A. T.; Guo, X.; Franceschini, N.; Cheng, C. Y.; Sim, X.; Vojinovic, D.; Huffman, J. E.; Musani, S. K.; Li, C.; Feitosa, M.F.; Richard, M.A.; Noordam, R.; Aschard, H.; Bartz, T. M.; Bielak, L. F.; Deng, X.; Dorajoo, R.; Lohman, K.K.; Manning, A. K.; Rankinen, T.; Smith, A. V.; Tajuddin, S. M.; Evangelou, E.; Graff, M.; Alver, M.; Boissel, M.; Chai, J. F.; Chen, X.; Divers, J.; Gandin, I.; Gao, C.; Goel, A.; Hagemeijer, Y.; Harris, S. E.; Hartwig, F. P.; He, M.; Horimoto, A. R. V. R.; Hsu, F. C.; Jackson, A. U.; Kasturiratne, A.; Komulainen, P.; Kühnel, B.; Laguzzi, F.; Lee, J. H.; Luan, J.; Lyytikäinen, L. P.; Matoba, N.; Nolte, I. M.; Pietzner, M.; Riaz, M.; Said, M. A.; Scott, R. A.; Sofer, T.; Stancáková, A.; Takeuchi, F.; Tayo, B. O.; van der Most, P. J.; Varga, T. V.; Wang, Y.; Ware, E. B.; Wen, W.; Yanek, L. R.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, J. H.; Afaq, S.; Amin, N.; Amini, M.; Arking, D. E.; Aung, T.; Ballantyne, C.; Boerwinkle, E.; Broeckel, U.; Campbell, A.; Canouil, M.; Charumathi, S.; Chen, Y. I.; Connell, J. M.; de Faire, U.; de Las Fuentes, L.; de Mutsert, R.; de Silva, H.J.; Ding, J.; Dominiczak, A. F.; Duan, Q.; Eaton, C. B.; Eppinga, R.N.; Faul, J. D.; Fisher, V.; Forrester, T.; Franco, O. H.; Friedlander, Y.; Ghanbari, M.; Giulianini, F.; Grabe, H. J.; Grove, M. L.; Gu, C. C.; Harris, T. B.; Heikkinen, S.; Heng, C. K.; Hirata, M.; Hixson, J. E.; Howard, B. V.; Ikram, M. A.; InterAct Consortium; Jr. Jacobs, D. R.; Johnson, C.; Jonas, J. B.; Kammerer, C. M.; Katsuya, T.; Khor, C. C.; Kilpeläinen, T. O.; Koh, W. P.; Koistinen, H. A.; Kolcic, I.; Kooperberg, C.; Krieger, J. E.; Kritchevsky, S. B.; Kubo, M.; Kuusisto, J.; Lakka, T. A.; Langefeld, C. D.; Langenberg, C.; Launer, L. J.; Lehne, B.; Lemaitre, R. N.; Li, Y.; Liang, J.; Liu, J.; Liu, K.; Loh, M.; Louie, T.; Mägi, R.; Manichaikul, A. W.; McKenzie, C. A.; Meitinger, T.; Metspalu, A.; Milaneschi, Y.; Milani, L.; Mohlke, K. L.; Jr. Mosley, T. H.; Nelson, C. P.; Mukamal, K. J.; Nalls, M. A.; Nauck, M.; Sotoodehnia, N.; O'Connell, J. R.; Palmer, N. D.; Pazoki, R.; Pedersen, N. L.; Peters, A.; Peyser, P. A.; Polasek, O.; Poulter, N.; Raffel, L. J.; Raitakari, O. T.; Reiner, A. P.; Rice, T. K.; Rich, S. S.; Robino, A.; Robinson, J. G.; Rose, L. M.; Rudan, I.; Schmidt, C. O.; Schreiner, P. J.; Scott, W. R.; Sever, P.; Shi, Y.; Sidney, S.; Sims, M.; Smith, B. H.; Smith, J. A.; Snieder, H.; Starr, J. M.; Strauch, K.; Tan, N.; Taylor, K. D.; Teo, Y. Y.; Tham, Y. C.; Uitterlinden, A. G.; van Heemst, D.; Vuckovic, D.; Waldenberger, M.; Wang, L.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Wei, W. B.; Williams, C.; Sr Wilson, G.; Wojczynski, M. K.; Yao, J.; Yu, B.; Yu, C.; Yuan, J. M.; Zhao, W.; Zonderman, A. B.; Becker, D. M.; Boehnke, M.; Bowden, D. W.; Chambers, J. C.; Deary, I. J.; Esko, T.; Farrall, M.; Franks, P. W.; Freedman, B. I.; Froguel, P.; Gasparini, P.; Gieger, C.; Horta, B. L.; Kamatani, Y.; Kato, N.; Kooner, J. S.; Laakso, M.; Leander, K.; Lehtimäki, T.; Lifelines Cohort, Groningen,; The Netherlands (Lifelines Cohort Study); Magnusson, P. K. E.; Penninx, B.; Pereira, A. C.; Rauramaa, R.; Samani, N.J.; Scott, J.; Shu, X. O.; van der Harst, P.; Wagenknecht, L. E.; Wang, Y. X.; Wareham, N. J.; Watkins, H.; Weir, D. R.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Zheng, W.; Elliott, P.; North, K. E.; Bouchard, C.; Evans, M. K.; Gudnason, V.; Liu, C. T.; Liu, Y.; Psaty, B. M.; Ridker, P. M.; van Dam, R. M.; Kardia, S. L. R.; Zhu, X.; Rotimi, C. N.; Mook-Kanamori, D. O.; Fornage, M.; Kelly, T. N.; Fox, E. R.; Hayward, C.; van Duijn, C. M.; Tai, E. S.; Wong, T. Y.; Liu, J.; Rotter, J. I.; Gauderman, W. J.; Province, M. A.; Munroe, P. B.; Rice, K.; Chasman, D. I.; Cupples, L. A.; Rao, D. C.; Morrison, A. C. (School of Hygiene and Public Health of Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore., 2019)
    An individual's lipid profile is influenced by genetic variants and alcohol consumption, but the contribution of interactions between these exposures has not been studied. We therefore incorporated gene-alcohol interactions ...

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