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  • de Silva, N.R.; de Silva, H.J. (1999)
  • Kannathasan, S.; Murugananthan, A.; Kumanan, T.; de Silva, N.R.; Rajeshkannan, N.; Haque, R.; Iddawela, D. (BioMed Central, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Clinically diagnosed amoebic liver abscess (ALA) caused by Entamoeba histolytica has been an important public health problem in Jaffna district, northern Sri Lanka for last three decades. In order to draw up a ...
  • Dayasiri, K.; Thadchanamoorthy, V.; Jansz, M.; Dassanayake, S.; Anand, G. (The Jaffna Medical Association, 2023)
    Acute poisoning in children is an important public health problem and one of the leading causes of emergency department admissions following childhood injuries. Although most paediatric ingestions are accidental, children ...
  • Rajindrajith, S.; Gunawardane, D.; Kuruppu, C.; Dharmaratne, S.D.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Devanarayana, N.M. (Public Library of Science, 2022)
    Background: Aerophagia is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder among children. The disease leads to symptoms related to air in the intestine leading to burping, abdominal distension, and excessive flatus. We aimed ...
  • Weerasooriya, M.V.; Weerasooriya, T.R.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Samarawickrema, W.A.; Kimura, E. (Academic Press, 2001)
    The epidemiological parameters of bancroftian filariasis were investigated in three suburbs of Matara, within the south-western coastal belt of SriLanka where the disease is endemic. The overall prevalence of microfilaraemia ...
  • Zeevenhooven, J.; van der Heijden, S.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S.; Benninga, M.A. (Raven Press., 2020)
    OBJECTIVES: Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) and functional defecation disorders (FDDs) are common in children and adolescents, but prevalence rates from the Caribbean are lacking. Therefore, our aim was to ...
  • Zeevenhooven, J.; van der Heijden, S.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S.; Benninga, M.A. (Raven Press., 2020)
    This is response to the article (J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. . 2020;70(4):e71-e76.) by same authors.
  • Fernando, R. (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2016)
    Author Reply to comments by Mayilvaganan, S. Chekavar, A. Agarwal, A. on “Epidemiology of Goiters in Sri Lanka with Geographic Information System Mapping: Population-based Cross-sectional Study, Fernando, R. et. al.” ...
  • Fernando, R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pinto, M. D. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION: Previous studies of goitre in Sri Lanka proposed the presence of a goitre belt, which was refuted subsequently. Epidemiology of goitre in the post iodization era needs re-evaluation. Objectives To describe ...
  • Fernando, R.; Chandrasinghe, P.C.; Nandasena, S.; Pathmeswaran, A. (Jaypee Publishers, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka is considered an endemic region for goiter. Early researchers have suggested the existence of a goiter belt based on rainfall pattern. Subsequent studies done in school children have challenged this ...
  • Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Abeygunasekara, C.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Benninga, M.A. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2015)
    OBJECTIVES: Several cross-sectional surveys have been conducted to study the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in children. The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis of ...
  • Kumudunie, W.G.M.; Wijesooriya, L.I.; Namalie, K.D.; Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Wijayasinghe, Y.S. (Elsevier., 2020)
    BACKGROUND: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are disseminated worldwide posing a serious public health concern. Although, the presence ...
  • Oswari, H.; Alatas, F.S.; Hegar, B.; Cheng, W.; Pramadyani, A.; Benninga, M.A.; Rajindrajith, S. (Biomed Central, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: We aimed to study the epidemiology and risk factors, including exposure to emotional stress, for constipation in Indonesian children and adolescents of 10–17 year age group. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey ...
  • Greenland, K.; Dixon, R.; Khan, S. A.; Gunawardena, K.; Kihara, J. H.; Smith, J. L.; Drake, L.; Makkar, P.; Raman, S.; Singh, S.; Kumar, S. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over a billion individuals worldwide. In India, 241 million children are estimated to need deworming to avert the negative consequences STH infections can have on child ...
  • Wanigasinghe, J.; Rodrigo, R.; Dissanayake, P. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2013)
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  • Chambers, J.C.; Loh, M.; Lehne, B.; Drong, A.; Kriebel, J.; Motta, V.; Wahl, S.; Elliott., H.R; Rota, F.; Scott, W.R.; Zhang, W.; Tan, S.T.; Campanella, G.; Chadeau-Hyam, M.; Yengo, L.; Richmond, R.C.; Adamowicz-Brice, M.; Afzal, U.; Bozaoglu, K.; Mok, Z.Y.; Ng, H.K.; Pattou, F.; Prokisch, H.; Rozario, M.A.; Tarantini, L.; Abbott, J.; Ala-Korpela, M.; Albetti, B.; Ammerpohl, O.; Bertazzi, P.A.; Blancher, C.; Caiazzo, R.; Danesh, J.; Gaunt, T.R.; de Lusignan, S.; Gieger, C.; Illig, T.; Jha, S.; Jones, S.; Jowett, J.; Kangas, A.J.; Kasturiratne, A.; Kato, N.; Kotea, N.; Kowlessur, S.; Pitkäniemi, J.; Punjabi, P.; Saleheen, D.; Schafmayer, C.; Soininen, P.; Tai, E.S.; Thorand, B.; Tuomilehto, J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kyrtopoulos, S.A.; Aitman, T.J.; Herder, C.; Hampe, J.; Cauchi, S.; Relton, C.L.; Froguel, P.; Soong, R.; Vineis, P.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Scott, J.; Grallert, H.; Bollati, V.; Elliott, P.; McCarthy, M.I.; Kooner, J.S. J (The Lancet, Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Indian Asians, who make up a quarter of the world's population, are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether DNA methylation is associated with future type 2 diabetes incidence in ...
  • Whal, S.; Drong, A.; Lehne, B.; Loh, M.; Scott, W.R.; Kunze, S.; Tsai, P.C.; Ried, J.S.; Zhang, W.; Yang, Y.; Tan, S.; Fiorito, G.; Franke, L.; Guarrera, S.; Kasela, S.; Kriebel, J.; Richmond, R.C.; Adamo, M.; Afzal, U.; Ala-Korpela, M.; Albeetti, B.; Ammerpohl, O.; Apperley, J.F.; Beekman, M.; Bertazzi, P.A.; Black, S.L.; Blancher, C.; Bonder, M.J.; Brosch, M.; Carstensen-Kirberg, M.; de Craen, A.J.; de Lusignan, S.; Dehghan, A.; Elkalaawy, M.; Fischer, K.; Franco, O.H.; Gaunt, T.R.; Hampe, J.; Hashemi, M.; Isaacs, A.; Jenkinson, A.; Jha, S.; Kato, N.; Krogh, V.; Laffan, M.; Meisinger, C.; Meitinger, T.; Mok, Z.Y.; Motta, V.; Ng, H.K.; Nikolakopoulou, Z.; Nteliopoulos, G.; Panico, S.; Pervjakova, N.; Prokisch, H.; Rathmann, W.; Roden, M.; Rota, F.; Rozario, M.A.; Sandling, J.K.; Schafmayer, C.; Schramm, K.; Siebert, R.; Slagboom, P.E.; Soininen, P.; Stolk, L.; Strauch, K.; Tai, E.S.; Tarantini, L.; Thorand, B.; Tigchelaar, E.F.; Tumino, R.; Uitterlinden, A.G.; van Duijn, C.; van Meurs, J.B.; Vineis, P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Wijmenga, C.; Yang, T.P.; Yuan, W.; Zhernakova, A.; Batterham, R.L.; Smith, G.D.; Deloukas, P.; Heijmans, B.T.; Herder, C.; Hofman, A.; Lindgren, C.M.; Milani, L.; van der Harst, P.; Peters, A.; Illig, T.; Relton, C.L.; Waldenberger, M.; Järvelin, M.R.; Bollati, V.; Soong, R.; Spector, T.D.; Scott, J.; McCarthy, M.I.; Elliott, P.; Bell, J.T.; Matullo, G.; Gieger, C.; Kooner, J.S.; Grallert, H.; Chambers, J.C. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
    Approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight or affected by obesity, and are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and related metabolic and inflammatory disturbances. Although the ...
  • Rowel, W. W. J. S. M .; Liyange, U. L. N. S.; Hewawitharana, U. H.; Dayabandara, M.; Rodrigo, A. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2018)
    INTRODUCTION:Erectile dysfunction is a distressing side effect of antipsychotics, which leads to poor medication compliance and poor quality of life. There is a scarcity of studies on antipsychotic-induced sexual dysfunction ...
  • de Silva, H.J.; Goonetilleke, A.K.; de Silva, N.R.; Amarasekera, L.R.; Jayawickrama, U.S. (BMJ Publishing Group, 1988)
    We report erythema induratum in a patient who was found to have active endometrial tuberculosis. This case report emphasizes the importance of an exhaustive search for active tuberculosis in patients with erythema induratum, ...
  • Chandrasena, L.G.; Chackrewarthy, S.; Perera, P.T.; de Silva, D. (Institute for Clinical Science., 2006)
    The pathogenesis of cataract has been found to be influenced by a number of factors including oxidative stress. Catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPX), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) are some of the antioxidant enzymes ...

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