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Browsing Medicine by Subject "Asia"

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  • Content analysis of policy documents related to non-communicable diseases prevention and control in Sri Lanka: a developing country in the South-East Asia 
    Talagala, I.; Abeysena, C.; Wickremasinghe, R. (F1000 Research, 2024)
    BACKGROUND: Health policies form the foundation for provisioning best level care and are important for all stakeholders including patients and healthcare providers. Health policy analysis and evaluation allows policy makers ...
  • Electroconvulsive therapy in South Asia: Past, present, and future 
    Menon, V.; Kar, S.K.; Gupta, S.; Baminiwatta, A.; Mustafa, A.B.; Sharma, P.; Abhijita, B.; Arafat, S.M.Y. (Elsevier, 2024)
    The practice of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) varies both between and within countries. We aimed to review historical and current trends in ECT practices, perceptions, and legislations in South Asia, a region with a high ...
  • The Global burden of snakebite: a literature analysis and modelling based on regional estimates of envenoming and deaths 
    Kasturiratne, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; de Silva, N.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Premaratna, R.; Savioli, L.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J. (Public Library of Science, 2008)
    BACKGROUND: Envenoming resulting from snakebites is an important public health problem in many tropical and subtropical countries. Few attempts have been made to quantify the burden, and recent estimates all suffer from ...
  • Incidence and phenotype of inflammatory bowel disease based on results from the Asia-pacific Crohn's and colitis epidemiology study 
    Ng, S.C.; Tang, W.; Ching, J.Y.; Wong, M.; Chow, C.M.; Hui, A.J.; Wong, T.C.; Leung, V.K.; Tsang, S.W.; Yu, H.H.; Li, M.F.; Ng, K.K.; Kamm, M.A.; Studd, C.; Bell, S.; Leong, R.; de Silva, H.J.; Kasturiratne, A.; Mufeena, M.N.; Ling, K.L.; Ooi, C.J.; Tan, P.S.; Ong, D.; Goh, K.L.; Hilmi, I.; Pisespongsa, P.; Manatsathit, S.; Rerknimitr, R.; Aniwan, S.; Wang, Y.F.; Ouyang, Q.; Zeng, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Chen, M.H.; Hu, P.J.; Wu, K.; Wang, X.; Simadibrata, M.; Abdullah, M.; Wu, J.C.; Sung, J.J.; Chan, F.K.; Asia-Pacific Crohn's and Colitis Epidemiologic Study (ACCESS) Study Group (Elsevier-W.B. Saunders, 2013)
    BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are becoming more common in Asia, but epidemiologic data are lacking. The Asia Pacific Crohn's and Colitis Epidemiology Study aimed to determine the incidence and phenotype ...
  • Incidence and phenotype of Inflammatory Bowel Disease from 2012-2013 across 9 countries in Asia: results from the 2012 access inception cohort 
    Ng, S.C.; Zeng, Z.; Chen, M.; Tang, W.; de Silva, H.J.; Niriella, M.A.; Senanayake, Y.U.; Yang, hong; Qian, J.M.; Yu, H.H.; Li, M.F.; Zhang, J.; Ng, K.K.; Ong, D.E.; Ling, K-L; Goh, K.L.; Hilmi, I.; Pisespongsa, P.; Aniwan, S.; Limsrivilai, J.; Manatsathit, S.; Abdullah, M.; Simadibrata, M.; Gunawan, J.A.; Chong, V.H.; Tsang, S.; Chan, K.H.; Lo, F.H.; Hui, A.J.; Chow, C.M.; Kamm, M.A.; Hu, P.; Ching, J.; Chan, F.K.L.; Sung, J.J.Y. (American Gastroenterological Association(AGA) Institute, Published by Elsevier Inc., 2015)
    BACKGROUND: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Asia was first reported in the 2011 ACCESS inception cohort. This study aims to validate the incidence reported in 2011 by including a second independent ...
  • A Systematic review on diagnostic methods of red cell membrane disorders in Asia 
    Silva, R.; Amarasinghe, D.; Perera, S.; Premawardhena, A. (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2022)
    Membranopathies are a group of inherited blood disorders where the diagnosis could form a challenge due to phenotype-genotype heterogeneity. In this review, the usage and limitations of diagnostic methods for membranopathies ...

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