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  • Olivieri, N.F.; Sharma S.; de Silva, S.; Premawardhena, A.P.; Viens, A.M.; Taylor, C.M.; Symes, K.N.; Vichinsky, E.P.; Brittenham, G.M.; Weatherall, D.J. (American Society of Hematology, 1999)
  • Fernando, S.D.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Mahawithanage, S.T.C. (2005)
  • Karunasekera, K.A.W.; Fernando, A.D.; Jayasinghe, C.Y. (Indian Pediatrics, 2010)
    This study was conducted to ascertain the impact of inhaled corticosteroids therapy (ICS) in alleviation of lifestyle restrictions in 200 asthmatic children. 90 children on ICS were reviewed at 3 months. Restrictions on ...
  • Nandasena, S.; Gamage, A.U.; Periyasamy, N.; Rismy, M.; Balachandran, K.; Kasturiratne, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2023)
    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted essential health services, and distorted social determinants of health, reducing healthcare accessibility and increasing financial risk. ...
  • Baminiwatta, A.; de Silva, S.; Hapangama, A.; Basnayake, K.; Abayaweera, C.; Kulasinghe, D.; Kaushalya, D.; Williams, S. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2021)
    INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of mental health problems during a pandemic. Being stationed at the frontline or not may have implications on their mental health. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were ...
  • Niriella, M.A.; Chandratilake, M.; de Silva, S.T.; de Silva, A.P. (South East Asia Regional Association for Medical Education (SEARAME), 2020)
    ABSTRACT: Disruptions in medical education are inevitable as healthcare systems across the world are set to be further stretched with the increasing burden of COVID-19 pandemic. Given the risks of nosocomial infection and ...
  • de Mel, S.; Thilakawardana, B.U.; de Mel, P.; de Silva, A.P.; de Mel, C.; Chandrasena, L.; Seneviratne, S.L.; Abeysuriya, V. (Oxford University Press, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: The role of steroids in dengue infection (DI) remains uncertain. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was conducted on patients ≥18 y of age diagnosed with DI based on positivity for dengue non-structural ...
  • Amarasekera, M.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.R.; Douglass, J.A.; O Hehir, R.E.; Weerasinghe, A. (Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 2012)
    BCKGROUND: The effect of helminth infections on allergic diseases is still inconclusive. Furthermore, the effect of helminth infections on childhood allergic diseases in a tropical area where prevalence of helminth ...
  • Peiris-John, R. J.; Wickremasinghe, R. (Oxford University Press, 2008)
    Despite their widespread and longstanding use for the public good, organophosphate (OP) pesticides have led to many adverse effects on human health. Environmental exposure to OPs and adverse reproductive outcomes in men ...
  • de Silva, N.R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Fernando, S.D.; Weerasinghe, C.R.; Selvaratnam, R.R.; Padmasiri, E.A.; Montresor, A. (Academic Press, 2003)
    No Abstract Available
  • de Silva, N.R. (Elsevier, 2003)
    This review summarises current knowledge of the ill-effects of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and takes a detailed look at studies that have been published over the past decade describing the effect of mass anthelminthic ...
  • Brown, R.H.; Eisner, M.; Walker, S.; Tomlinson, M.; Fearon, P.; Dunne, M.P.; Valdebenito, S.; Hughes, C.; Ward, C.L.; Sikander, S.; Osafo, J.; Madrid, B.; Baban, A.; Van Thang, V.; Fernando, A.D.; Murray, A.L. (Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press., 2021)
    BACKGROUND: Mothers from middle-income countries (MIC) are estimated to have higher rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and depression during pregnancy compared to mothers from high income countries. Prenatal ...
  • Fernando, S.D.; Gunawardena, D.M.; Bandara, M.R.; de Silva, D.; Carter, R.; Mendis, K.N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2003)
    The impact of repeated malarial infections on the school performance of children was investigated in 571 school children 6-14 years of age in a malaria-endemic area in southern Sri Lanka where both Plasmodium falciparum ...
  • Mahawithanage, S.T.C.; Kannangara, K.K.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Chandrika, U.G.; Jansz, E.R.; Karunaweera, N.D.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (HEC Press, Australia, 2007)
    The objective of this study was to determine the impact of Vitamin A supplementation on health status and absenteeism of school children. A randomized double blind placebo controlled trial over a period of 13 months was ...
  • Chandrasinghe, P.C. (The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2024)
    No abstract available
  • Kanoni, S.; Graham, S.E.; Wang, Y.; Surakka, I.; Ramdas, S.; Zhu, X.; Clarke, S.L.; Bhatti, K.F.; Vedantam, S.; Winkler, T.W.; Locke, A.E.; Marouli, E.; Zajac, G.J.M.; Wu, K.H.; Ntalla, I.; Hui, Q.; Klarin, D.; Hilliard, A.T.; Wang, Z.; Xue, C.; Thorleifsson, G.; Helgadottir, A.; Gudbjartsson, D.F.; Holm, H.; Olafsson, I.; Hwang, M.Y.; Han, S.; Akiyama, M.; Sakaue, S.; Terao, C.; Kanai, M.; Zhou, W.; Brumpton, B.M.; Rasheed, H.; Havulinna, A.S.; Veturi, Y.; Pacheco, J.A.; Rosenthal, E.A.; Lingren, T.; Feng, Q.; Kullo, I.J.; Narita, A.; Takayama, J.; Martin, H.C.; Hunt, K.A.; Trivedi, B.; Haessler, J.; Giulianini, F.; Bradford, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Campbell, A.; Lin, K.; Lin, K.; Millwood, I.Y.; Rasheed, A.; Hindy, G.; Faul, J.D.; Zhao, W.; Weir, D.R.; Turman, C.; Huang, H.; Graff, M.; Choudhury, A.; Sengupta, D.; Mahajan, A.; Brown, M.R.; Zhang, W.; Yu, K.; Schmidt, E.M.; Pandit, A.; Gustafsson, S.; Yin, X.; Luan, J.; Zhao, J.H.; Matsuda, F.; Jang, H.M.; Yoon, K.; Medina-Gomez, C.; Pitsillides, A.; Hottenga, J.J.; Wood, A.R.; Ji, Y.; Gao, Z.; Haworth, S.; Yousri, N.A.; Mitchell, R.E.; Chai, J.F.; Aadahl, M.; Bjerregaard, A.A.; Yao, J.; Manichaikul, A.; Hwu, C.M.; Hung, Y.J.; Warren, H.R.; Ramirez, J.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Kårhus, L.L.; Goel, A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Noordam, R.; Mauro, P.; Matteo, F.; McDaid, A.F.; Marques-Vidal, P.; Wielscher, M.; Trompet, S.; Sattar, N.; Møllehave, L.T.; Munz, M.; Zeng, L.; Huang, J.; Yang, B.; Poveda, A.; Kurbasic, A.; Lamina, C.; Forer, L.; Scholz, M.; Galesloot, T.E.; Bradfield, J.P.; Ruotsalainen, S.E.; Daw, E.; Zmuda, J.M.; Mitchell, J.S.; Fuchsberger, C.; Christensen, H.; Brody, J.A.; Vazquez-Moreno, M.; Feitosa, M.F.; Wojczynski, M.K.; Wang, Z.; Preuss, M.H.; Mangino, M.; Christofidou, P.; Verweij, N.; Benjamins, J.W.; Engmann, J.; Tsao, N.L.; Verma, A.; Slieker, R.C.; Lo, K.S.; Zilhao, N.R.; Le, P.; Kleber, M.E.; Delgado, G.E.; Huo, S.; Ikeda, D.D.; Iha, H.; Yang, J.; Liu, J.; Demirkan, A.; Leonard, H.L.; Marten, J.; Frank, M.; Schmidt, B.; Smyth, L.J.; Cañadas-Garre, M.; Wang, C.; Nakatochi, M.; Wong, A.; Hutri-Kähönen, N.; Lyssenko, V.; Fernandez-Lopez, J.C.; Huerta-Chagoya, A.; Xia, R.; Sim, X.; Nongmaithem, S.S.; Bayyana, S.; Stringham, H.M.; Irvin, M.R.; Oldmeadow, C.; Kim, H.N.; Ryu, S.; Timmers, P,R,H,J,; Arbeeva, L.; Dorajoo, R.; Lange, L.A.; Prasad, G.; Lorés-Motta, L.; Pauper, M.; Long, J.; Li, X.; Theusch, E.; Takeuchi, F.; Spracklen, C.N.; Loukola, A.; Bollepalli, S.; Warner, S.C.; Wang, Y.X.; Wei, W.B.; Nutile, T.; Ruggiero, D.; Sung, Y.J.; Chen, S.; Liu, F.; Yang, J.; Kentistou, K.A.; Banas, B.; Nardone, G.G.; Meidtner, K.; Bielak, L.F.; Smith, J.A.; Hebbar, P.; Farmaki, A.E.; Hofer, E.; Lin, M.; Concas, M.P.; Vaccargiu, S.; van der Most, P.J.; Pitkänen, N.; Cade, B.E.; van der Laan, S.W.; Chitrala, K.N.; Weiss, S.; Bentley, A.R.; Doumatey, A.P.; Adeyemo, A.A.; Lee, J.Y.; Petersen, E.R.B.; Nielsen, A.A.; Choi, H.S.; Nethander, M.; Freitag-Wolf, S.; Southam, L.; Rayner, N.W.; Wang, C.A.; Lin, S.Y.; Wang, J.S.; Couture, C.; Lyytikäinen, L.P.; Nikus, K.; Cuellar-Partida, G.; Vestergaard, H.; Hidalgo, B.; Giannakopoulou, O.; Cai, Q.; Obura, M.O.; van Setten, J.; Li, X.; Liang, J.; Tang, H.; Terzikhan, N.; Shin, J.H.; Jackson, R.D.; Reiner, A.P.; Martin, L.W.; Chen, Z.; Li, L.; Kawaguchi, T.; Thiery, J.; Bis, J.C.; Launer, L.J.; Li, H.; Nalls, M.A.; Raitakari, O.T.; Ichihara, S.; Wild, S.H.; Nelson, C.P.; Campbell, H.; Jäger, S.; Nabika, T.; Al-Mulla, F.; Niinikoski, H.; Braund, P.S.; Kolcic, I.; Kovacs, P.; Giardoglou, T.; Katsuya, T.; de Kleijn, D.; de Borst, G.J.; Kim, E.K.; Adams, H.H.H.; Ikram, M.A.; Zhu, X.; Asselbergs, F.W.; Kraaijeveld, A.O.; Beulens, J.W.J.; Shu, X.O.; Rallidis, L.S.; Pedersen, O.; Hansen, T.; Mitchell, P.; Hewitt, A.W.; Kähönen, M.; Pérusse, L.; Bouchard, C.; Tönjes, A.; Chen, Y.I.; Pennell, C.E.; Mori, T.A.; Lieb, W.; Franke, A.; Ohlsson, C.; Mellström, D.; Cho, Y.S.; Lee, H.; Yuan, J.M.; Koh, W.P.; Rhee, S.Y.; Woo, J.T.; Heid, I.M.; Stark, K.J.; Zimmermann, M.E.; Völzke, H.; Homuth, G.; Evans, M.K.; Zonderman, A.B.; Polasek, O.; Pasterkamp, G.; Hoefer, I.E.; Redline, S.; Pahkala, K.; Oldehinkel, A.J.; Snieder, H.; Biino, G.; Schmidt, R.; Schmidt, H.; Bandinelli, S.; Dedoussis, G.; Thanaraj, T.A.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Peyser, P.A.; Kato, N.; Schulze, M.B.; Girotto, G.; Böger, C.A.; Jung, B.; Joshi, P.K.; Bennett, D.A.; de Jager, P.L.; Lu, X.; Mamakou, V.; Brown, M.; Caulfield, M.J.; Munroe, P.B.; Guo, X.; Ciullo, M.; Jonas, J.B.; Samani, N.J.; Kaprio, J.; Pajukanta, P.; Tusié-Luna, T.; Aguilar-Salinas, C.A.; Adair, L.S.; Bechayda, S.A.; de Silva, H.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Krauss, R.M.; Wu, J.Y.; Zheng, W.; Hollander, A.I.; Bharadwaj, D.; Correa, A.; Wilson, J.G.; Lind, L.; Heng, C.K.; Nelson, A.E.; Golightly, Y.M.; Wilson, J.F.; Penninx, B.; Kim, H.L.; Attia, J.; Scott, R.J.; Rao, D.C.; Arnett, D.K.; Hunt, S.C.; Walker, M.; Koistinen, H.A.; Chandak, G.R.; Mercader, J.M.; Costanzo, M.C.; Jang, D.; Burtt, N.P.; Villalpando, C.G.; Orozco, L.; Fornage, M.; Tai, E.; van Dam, R.M.; Lehtimäki, T.; Chaturvedi, N.; Yokota, M.; Liu, J.; Reilly, D.F.; McKnight, A.J.; Kee, F.; Jöckel, K.H.; McCarthy, M.I.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Vitart, V.; Hayward, C.; Simonsick, E.; van Duijn, C.M.; Jin, Z.B.; Qu, J.; Hishigaki, H.; Lin, X.; März, W.; Gudnason, V.; Tardif, J.C.; Lettre, G.; Hart, L.M.; Elders, P.J.M.; Damrauer, S.M.; Kumari, M.; Kivimaki, M.; van der Harst, P.; Spector, T.D.; Loos, R.J.F.; Province, M.A.; Parra, E.J.; Cruz, M.; Psaty, B.M.; Brandslund, I.; Pramstaller, P.P.; Rotimi, C.N.; Christensen, K.; Ripatti, S.; Widén, E.; Hakonarson, H.; Grant, S.F.A.; Kiemeney, L.A.L.M.; de Graaf, J.; Loeffler, M.; Kronenberg, F.; Gu, D.; Erdmann, J.; Schunkert, H.; Franks, P.W.; Linneberg, A.; Jukema, J.W.; Khera, A.V.; Männikkö, M.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Kutalik, Z.; Francesco, C.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; van Dijk, K.W.; Watkins, H.; Strachan, D.P.; Grarup, N.; Sever, P.; Poulter, N.; Chuang, L.M.; Rotter, J.I.; Dantoft, T.M.; Karpe, F.; Neville, M.J.; Timpson, N.J.; Cheng, C.Y.; Wong, T.Y.; Khor, C.C.; Li, H.; Sabanayagam, C.; Sabanayagam, C.; Peters, A.; Gieger, C.; Hattersley, A.T.; Pedersen, N.L.; Magnusson, P.K.E.; Boomsma, D.I.; Willemsen, A.H.M.; Cupples, L.; van Meurs, J.B.J.; Ghanbari, M.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; Huang, W.; Kim, Y.J.; Tabara, Y.; Wareham, N.J.; Langenberg, C.; Zeggini, E.; Kuusisto, J.; Laakso, M.; Ingelsson, E.; Abecasis, G.; Chambers, J.C.; Kooner, J.S.; de Vries, P.S.; Morrison, A.C.; Hazelhurst, S.; Ramsay, M.; North, K.E.; Daviglus, M.; Kraft, P.; Martin, N.G.; Whitfield, J.B.; Abbas, S.; Saleheen, D.; Walters, R.G.; Holmes, M.V.; Black, C.; Smith, B.H.; Baras, A.; Justice, A.E.; Buring, J.E.; Ridker, P.M.; Chasman, D.I.; Kooperberg, C.; Tamiya, G.; Yamamoto, M.; van Heel, D.A.; Trembath, R.C.; Wei, W.Q.; Jarvik, G.P.; Namjou, B.; Hayes, M.G.; Ritchie, M.D.; Jousilahti, P.; Salomaa, V.; Hveem, K.; Åsvold, B.O.; Kubo, M.; Kamatani, Y.; Okada, Y.; Murakami, Y.; Kim, B.J.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Stefansson, K.; Zhang, J.; Chen, Y.; Ho, Y.L.; Lynch, J.A.; Rader, D.J.; Tsao, P.S.; Chang, K.M.; Cho, K.; O'Donnell, C.J.; Gaziano, J.M.; Wilson P.W.F.; Frayling, T.M.; Hirschhorn, J.N.; Kathiresan, S.; Mohlke, K.L.; Sun, Y.V.; Morris, A.P.; Boehnke, M.; Brown, C.D.; Natarajan, P.; Deloukas, P.; Willer, C.J.; Assimes, T.L.; Peloso, G.M. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)
    BACKGROUND: Genetic variants within nearly 1000 loci are known to contribute to modulation of blood lipid levels. However, the biological pathways underlying these associations are frequently unknown, limiting understanding ...
  • Hasan, R.; Wijesinghe, J.A.A.S. (Quest Journals Inc., 2016)
    INTRODUCTION: A significant proportion of male population suffer from Male Factor Infertility (MFI) due to prolactin abnormalities. OBJECTIVE: To establish the role of prolactin on the male reproductive system. METHODOLOGY: ...
  • Ilyas, A.; Wijayasinghe, Y.S.; Khan, I.; Samaloty, N.M.E.; Adnan, M.; Dar, T.A.; Poddar, N.K.; Singh, L.R.; Sharma, H.; Khan, S. (Frontiers Media, 2022)
    Osmolytes are naturally occurring small molecular weight organic molecules, which are accumulated in large amounts in all life forms to maintain the stability of cellular proteins and hence preserve their functions during ...
  • Wickremasinghe, R.; Fernando, S.D.; Thillekaratne, J.; Wijeyaratne, P.M.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (BioMed Central, 2014)
    Introduction of human immunization reduced Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases dramatically in Sri Lanka. However, the increased reporting ofadverse events following immunization (AEFI) affected vaccine acceptance by the ...
  • Shoib, S.; Armiya’u, A.Y.; Swed, S.; Naskar, C.; Chandradasa, M.; Tsagkaris, C.; Zaidi, I.; Saeed, F. (Nature Pub, 2024)
    Intergenerational trauma, passed down through generations, is a significant concern for refugees and their descendants. Millions of people are forcibly displaced worldwide, with profound effects on mental and physical ...

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