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  • Headache: an important symptom possibly linked to white matter lesions in thalassaemia. 
    Premawardhena, A.; Ranawaka, U.; Pilapitiya, T.; Weerasinghe, G.; Hapangama, A.; Hettiarachchi, S.; Salvin, K.; Silva, I.; Hameed, N.; Weatherall, M.; Olivieri, N.; Weatherall, D. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)
    Neurological manifestations are reported only occasionally in patients with thalassaemia and are given much less prominence than the complications related to anaemia and iron overload. White matter changes (WMCs) on magnetic ...
  • A nationwide survey of hospital-based thalassemia patients and standards of care and a preliminary assessment of the national prevention program in Sri Lanka 
    Premawardhena, A.P.; Mudiyanse, R.; de Silva, S.T.; Jiffry, N.; Nelumdeniya, U.; de Silva, U.; Lamabadusuriya, S.P.; Pushpakumara, K.; Dissanayaka, R.; Jansz, M.; Rifaya, I.; Navarathne, U.; Thirukumaran, V.; Arambepola, M.; Bandara, W.D.; Vaidyanatha, U.; Mendis, D.; Weerasekara, K.; de Silva, N**.; Kumara, D.K.S.; Amarasena, S.D.; Hemantha, K. K.; Refai, M.A.C.M.; Silva, I.; Hameed, N.; Rajiyah, F.; Mettananda, S.; Allen, A.; Weatherall, D. J.; Oliveri, N. F. (Public Library of Science, 2019)
    OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to describe the numbers and distribution of patients with different types of thalassemia and to assess the standards of care in all thalassemia treatment centers throughout Sri Lanka and the success ...
  • A "One-Stop" screening protocol for hemoglobinopathy traits and iron deficiency in Sri Lanka 
    Allen, A.; Perera, S.; Perera, L.; Rodrigo, R.; Mettananda, S.; Matope, A.; Silva, I.; Hameed, N.; Fisher, C. A.; Olivieri, N.; Weatherall, D. J.; Allen, S.; Premawardhena, A. (Lausanne : Frontiers Media S.A., 2019)
    INTRODUCTION: The high frequencies of carriers of severe haemoglobinopathies and of iron deficiency in Southeast Asia require reliable and affordable tests to improve on current screening procedures. OBJECTIVES: We evaluate ...
  • A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of oral hydroxyurea for transfusion-dependent β-thalassaemia 
    Yasara, N.; Wickramarathne, N.; Mettananda, C.; Silva, I.; Hameed, N.; Attanayaka, K.; Rodrigo, R.; Wickramasinghe, N.; Perera, L.; Manamperi, A.; Premawardhena, A.; Mettananda, S. (Nature Publishing Group, 2022)
    Hydroxyurea is an antimetabolite drug that induces fetal haemoglobin in sickle cell disease. However, its clinical usefulness in β-thalassaemia is unproven. We conducted a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...

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