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100 Years of Mass Deworming Programmes: A Policy Perspective From the World Bank's Disease Control Priorities Analyses

Bundy, D.A.P.; Appleby, L.J.; Bradley, M.; Croke, K.; Hollingsworth, T.D.; Pullan, R.; Turner, H.C.; de Silva, N. (London : Academic Press, 2018)

For more than 100 years, countries have used mass drug administration as a public health response to soil-transmitted helminth infection. The series of analyses published as Disease Control Priorities is the World Bank's ...
17p11. 2 and Xq28 duplication detected in a girl diagnosed with Potocki-Lupski syndrome

Sumathipala, D.S.; Mandawala, E.N.; Samanmalee, P.S.; Vajira, H.W.D. (Biomed Central, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Potocki-Lupski syndrome is a microduplication syndrome associated with duplication at 17p11.2. Features include facial dysmorphism, moderate to mild cognitive impairment and behavioural abnormalities including ...
2'-Deoxy-5-ethyl-beta-4'-thiouridine inhibits replication of murine gammaherpesvirus and delays the onset of virus latency

Barnes, A.; Dyson, H.; Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Collins, P.; Nash, A. A. (International Medical Press, 1999)

The antiviral thionucleoside analogue 2'-deoxy-5-ethyl-beta-4'-thiouridine (4'-S-EtdU) was shown to be a more potent inhibitor of gammaherpesvirus infection than acyclovir. This compound inhibits replication of murine ...
2021 Asia-Pacific Graves' Disease consortium survey of clinical practice patterns in the management of graves' disease

Parameswaran, R.; de Jong, M.C.; Kit, J.L.W.; Sek, K.; Nam, T.Q.; Thang, T.V.; Khue, N.T.; Aye, T.T.; Tun, P.M.; Cole, T.; Miller, J.A.; Villa, M.; Khiewvan, B.; Sirinvaravong, S.; Sin, Y.L.; Muhammad, R.; Jap, T.S.; Agrawal, A.; Rajput, R.; Fernando, R.; Sumanatilleke, M.; Suastika, K.; Shong, Y.K.; Lang, B.; Bartalena, L.; Yang, S.P.; Asian Graves Consortium Study. (Humana Press, 2023)

Aim: Although Graves' disease (GD) is common in endocrine practices worldwide, global differences in diagnosis and management remain. We sought to assess the current practices for GD in countries across Asia and the Pacific ...
24 h activity guidelines in children and adolescents: A prevalence survey in Asia-Pacific cities

Quah, P.L.; Loo, B.K.G.; Mettananda, S.; Dassanayake, S.; Chia, M.Y.H.; Chua, T.B.K.; Tan, T.S.Z.; Chan, P.C.; But, B.W.; Fu, A.C.; Wong, S.M.; Nagano, N.; Morioka, I.; Kumar, S.; Nair, M.K.C.; Tan, K.H. (MDPI, 2023)

This study aimed to examine the prevalence of adherence to 24 h activity guidelines in children and adolescents from Asia-Pacific cities. In 1139 children aged 5-18 years, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), ...
A 9-year-old male with fever, proptosis and hemodynamic instability

Gunaratna, G.P.S.; Howard-Jones, A.R.; Khatami, A.; Huynh, J.; Kesson, A.M. (Baltimore, Md, 2021)

No abstract available
AARC score determines outcomes in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis: a multinational study

Maiwall, R.; Pasupuleti, S.S.R.; Choudhury, A.; Kim, D.J.; Sood, A.; Goyal, O.; Midha, V.; Devarbhavi, H.; Arora, A.; Kumar, A.; Sahu, M.K.; Maharshi, S.; Duseja, A.K.; Singh, V.; Taneja, S.; Rao, P.N.; Kulkarni, A.; Ghazinian, H.; Hamid, S.; Eapen, C.E.; Goel, A.; Shreshtha, A.; Shah, S.; Hu, J.; Prasad, V.G.M.; Yuemin, N.; Shaojie, X.; Dhiman, R.K.; Chen, T.; Ning, Q.; Panackel, C.; Niriella, M.A.; Lama, T.K.; Tan, S.S.; Dokmeci, A.K.; Shukla, A.; Sharma, M.K.; Sarin, S.K. (Springer, 2023)

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a severe form of alcoholic hepatitis (SAH). We aimed to study the natural course, response to corticosteroids (CS), and the role of the Asian Pacific Association ...
Abdominal migraine in children: association between gastric motility parameters and clinical characteristics

Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S.; Benninga, M.A. (BioMed Central, 2016)

BACKGROUND: Approximately 0.2-1 % of children suffers from abdominal migraine (AM). Pathophysiology of AM has not been adequately studied. This study evaluated gastric motility in children with AM. METHODS: Seventeen ...
Abdominal pain predominant functional gastrointestinal disorders in adolescent Nigerians

Udoh, E.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S.; Meremikwu, M.; Benninga, M.A. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2016)

AIMS: To determine the prevalence, pattern and predisposing factors of abdominal painpredominant functional gastrointestinal disorders (AP-FGIDs) in adolescent Nigerians. METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted in ...
Abdominal pain-predominant functional gastrointestinal diseases in children and adolescents: prevalence, symptomatology, and association with emotional stress

Devanarayana, N.M.; Mettananda, S.; Liyanarachchi, C.; Nanayakkara, N.; Mendis, N.; Perera, N.; Rajindrajith, S. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2011)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGD) are common among children, but little is known regarding their prevalence in developing countries. We assessed the prevalence of abdominal pain-predominant ...
Abdominal resection rectopexy with pelvic floor repair versus perinealn rectosigmoidectomy and pelvic floor repair for full-thickness rectal prolapse

Deen, K.I.; Grant, E.; Billingham, C.; Keighley, M.R. (1994)

A randomized trial was performed to compare abdominal resection rectopexy and pelvic floor repair (n = 10) with perineal rectosigmoidectomy and pelvic floor repair (n = 10) in elderly female patients with full-thickness ...
The Ability of ICU admission to detect maternal near misses as defined by the who near-miss criteria

Bower, G.; Dias, T.; Shanmugaraja, V.; Lee, M.; Cooper, D.; Crofton, H.; Kumarasiri, S.; Padeniya, T. (Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, 2015)

OBJECTIVE: to assess the ability of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in pregnancy, or the postpartum period, to detect cases of obstetric near-miss. METHODS: All obstetric admissions to the ICU were included retrospectively ...
Abnormal functions of pottasium channels in the platelets of patients with Alzheimer's disease

de Silva, H.A.; Aronson, J.K.; Grahame-Smith, D.G.; Jobst, K.A.; Smith, A.D. (Lancet Publishing Group, 1998)

BACKGROUND:Reports of abnormalities of potassium-channel function in various cultured cells of Alzheimer's disease patients led us to attempt to characterise the pharmacological characteristics of the abnormal channel.METHODS: ...
ABO-blood-group types and protection against severe, Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Pathirana, S.L.; Alles, H.K.; Bandara, S.; Phone-Kyaw, M.; Perera, M.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Mendis, K.N.; Handunnetti, S.M. (Academic Press, 2005)
An ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplant in an infant with acute liver failure in the Sri Lankan setting

Fernando, M.; Tillakaratne, S.; Gunetilleke, B.; Liyanage, C.; Appuhamy, C.; Weerasuriya, A.; Dissanayake, J.; Siriwardana, R. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2023)

Liver transplant (LT) is the standard therapy for medically refractory acute liver failure (ALF). Finding a deceaseddonor graft in an emergency is challenging and often overcome by living-donation. Blood group matching is ...
Absence of anti-Purkinje cell antibodies in patients with cerebellar ataxia following falciparum malaria

de Silva, H.J.; Senanayake, N. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 1994)

Immunological mechanisms have been implicated in the pathogenesis of delayed cerebellar ataxia following falciparum malaria (DCA). We tested serum and CSF samples obtained from 39 Sri Lankan patients with DCA for the ...
Absence of Wolbachia endobacteria in Sri Lankan isolates of the nematode parasite of animals Setaria digitata

Voronin, D.; Abeykoon, A.M.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Dassanayake, R.S. (Elsevier, 2015)

Setaria digitata is an animal filarial parasite with natural hosts of cattle and buffaloes that causes mild disease conditions. Infection of non-permissive hosts such as goats, sheep and horses, by this nematode can cause ...
Abundance and taxonomic characterization of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Walchiidae) associated with rodents in selected scrub typhus-prone areas in Southern and Western provinces of Sri Lanka

Liyanage, A.; Gunathilaka, N.; Premarathne, R.; Chandrasena, N.; Jacinavicius, F.D.C.; Silva, R.B. (University of Kelaniya, 2024)

Larval trombiculid mites (chiggers) are the vectors and reservoirs of the potentially lethal infectious disease, scrub typhus (ST) caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. Small rodents are natural hosts of parasitic larval stage ...
Abuse, maltreatment and bullying in childhood

Williams, S.S.; Ariyasinghe, D. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2015)
Academic psychiatry journals in South Asian countries: most from India, none from Afghanistan, Bhutan and the Maldives

Arafat, S.M.Y.; Ali, S.A.Z.; Saleem, T.; Banerjee, D.; Singh, R.; Baminiwatta, A.; Shoib, S. (Global Psychiatric Association, 2022)

Objective: As journals play a crucial role in the dissemination of knowledge, reviewing the psychiatry journals would illustrate the current status of mental health research. Aims: We aimed to identify and assess the ...

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