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X,; Vrieze, S.; Ahluwalia, T.S.; Akiyama, M.; Allison, M.A.; Alvarez, M.; Andersen, M.K.; Ani, A.; Appadurai, V.; Arbeeva, L.; Bhaskar, S.; Bielak, L.F.; Bollepalli, S.; Bonnycastle, L.L.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Bradfield, J.P.; Bradford, Y.; Braund, P.S.; Brody, J.A.; Burgdorf, K.S.; Cade, B.E.; Cai, H.; Cai, Q.; Campbell, A.; Cañadas-Garre, M.; Catamo, E.; Chai, J.F.; Chai, X.; Chang, L.C.; Chen, C.H.; Chesi, A.; Choi, S.H.; Chung, R.H.; Cocca, M.; Concas, M.P.; Couture, C.; Cuellar-Partida, G.; Danning, R.; Daw, E.W.; Degenhard, F.; Delgado, G.E.; Delitala, A.; Demirkan, A.; Deng, X.; Devineni, P.; Dietl, A.; Dimitriou, M.; Dimitrov, L.; Dorajoo, R.; Ekici, A.B.; Engmann, J.E.; Fairhurst-Hunter, Z.; Farmaki, A.E.; Faul, J.D.; Fernandez-Lopez, J.C.; Forer, L.; Francescatto, M.; Freitag-Wolf, S.; Fuchsberger, C.; Galesloot, T.E.; Gao, Y.; Gao, Z.; Geller, F.; Giannakopoulou, O.; Giulianini,F.; Gjesing, A.P.; Goel, A.; Gordon, S.D.; Gorski, M.; Grove, J.; Guo, X.; Gustafsson, S.; Haessler, J.; Hansen, T.F.; Havulinna, A.S.; Haworth, S.J.; He, J.; Heard-Costa, N.; Hebbar, P.; Hindy, G.; Ho, Y.A.; Hofer, E.; Holliday, E.; Horn, K.; Hornsby, W.E.; Hottenga, J.J.; Huang, H.; Huang, J.; Huerta-Chagoya, A.; Huffman, J.E.; Hung, Y.J.; Huo, S.; Hwang, M.Y.; Ha, H.; Ikeda, D.D.; Isono, M.; Jackson, A.U.; Jäger, S.; Jansen, I.E.; Johansson, I.; Jonas, J.B.; Jonsson, A.; Jørgensen, T.; Kalafati, I.P.; Kanai, M.; Kanoni, S.; Kårhus, L.L.; Kasturiratne, A.; Katsuya, T.; Kawaguchi, T.; Kember, R.L.; Kentistou, K.A.; Kim, H.N.; Kim, Y.J.; Kleber, M.E.; Knol, M.J.; Kurbasic, A.; Lauzon, M.; Le, P.; Lea, R.; Lee, J.Y.; Leonard, H.L.; Li, S.A.; Li, X.; Li, X.; Liang, J.; Lin, H.; Lin, S.Y.; Liu, J.; Liu, X.; Lo, K.S.; Long, J.; Lores-Motta, L.; Luan, J.; Lyssenko, V.; Lyytikäinen, L.P.; Mahajan, A.; Mamakou, V.; Mangino, M.; Manichaikul, A.; Marten, J.,; Mattheisen, M.; Mavarani, L.; McDaid, A.F.; Meidtner, K.; Melendez, T.L.; Mercader, J.M.; Milaneschi, Y.; Miller, J.E.; Millwood, I.Y.; Mishra, P.P.; Mitchell, R.E.; Møllehave, L.T.; Morgan, A.; Mucha, S.; Munz, M.; Nakatochi, M.; Nelson, C.P.; Nethander, M.; Nho, C.W.; Nielsen, A.A.; Nolte, I.M.; Nongmaithem, S.S.; Noordam, R.; Ntalla, I.; Nutile, T.; Pandit, A.; Christofidou, P.; Pärna, K.; Pauper, M.; Petersen, E.R.B.; Petersen, L.V.; Pitkänen, N.; Polašek, O.; Poveda, A.; Preuss, M.H.; Pyarajan, S.; Raffield, L.M.; Rakugi, H.; Ramirez, J.; Rasheed, A.; Raven, D.; Rayner, N.W.; Riveros, C.; Rohde, R.; Ruggiero, D.; Ruotsalainen, S.E.; Ryan, K.A.; Sabater-Lleal, M.; Saxena, R.; Scholz, M.; Sendamarai, A.; Shen, B.; Shi, J.; Shin, J.H.; Sidore, C.; Sitlani, C.M.; Slieker, R.C.; Smit, R.A.J.; Smith, A.V.; Smith, J.A.; Smyth, L.J.; Southam, L.; Steinthorsdottir, V.; Sun, L.; Takeuchi, F.; Tallapragada, D.S.P.; Taylor, K.D.; Tayo, B.O.; Tcheandjieu, C.; Terzikhan, N.; Tesolin, P.; Teumer, A.; Theusch, E.; Thompson, D.J.; Thorleifsson, G.; Timmers, P.R.H.J.; Trompet, S.; Turman, C.; Vaccargiu, S.; van der Laan, S.W.; van der Most, P.J.; van Klinken, J.B.; van Setten, J.; Verma, S.S.; Verweij, N.; Veturi, Y.; Wang, C.A.; Wang, C.; Wang, L.; Wang, Z.; Warren, H.R.; Bin Wei, W.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Wielscher, M.; Wiggins, K.L.; Winsvold, B.S.; Wong, A.; Wu, Y.; Wuttke, M.; Xia, R.; Xie, T.; Yamamoto, K.; Yang, J.; Yao, J.; Young, H.; Yousri, N.A.; Yu, L.; Zeng, L.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, X.; Zhao, J.H.; Zhao. 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C.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; Grallert, H.; Grant, S.F.A.; Grarup, N.; Griffiths, L.; Gudnason, V.; Haiman, C.; Hakonarson, H.; Hansen, T.; Hartman, C.A.; Hattersley, A.T.; Hayward, C.; Heckbert, S.R.; Heng, C.K.; Hengstenberg, C.; Hewitt, A.W.; Hishigaki, H.; Hoyng, C.B.; Huang, P.L.; Huang, W.; Hunt, S.C.; Hveem, K.; Hyppönen, E.; Iacono, W.G.; Ichihara, S.; Ikram, M.A.; Isasi, C.R.; Jackson, R.D.; Jarvelin, M.R.; Jin, Z.B.; Jöckel, K.H.; Joshi, P.K.; Jousilahti, P.; Jukema, J.W.; Kähönen, M.; Kamatani, Y.; Kang, K.D.; Kaprio, J.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Karpe, F.; Kato, N.; Kee, F.; Kessler, T.; Khera, A.V.; Khor, C.C.; Kiemeney, L.A.L.M.; Kim, B.J.; Kim, E.K.; Kim, H.L.; Kirchhof, P.; Kivimaki, M.; Koh, W.P.; Koistinen, H.A.; Kolovou, G.D.; Kooner, J.S.; Kooperberg, C.; Köttgen, A.; Kovacs, P.; Kraaijeveld, A.; Kraft, P.; Krauss, R.M.; Kumari, M.; Kutalik, Z.; Laakso, M.; Lange, L.A.; Langenberg, C.; Launer, L.J.; Le Marchand, L.; Lee, H.; Lee, N.R.; Lehtimäki, T.; Li, H.; Li, L.; Lieb, W.; Lin, X.; Lind, L.; Linneberg, A.; Liu, C.T.; Liu, J.; Loeffler, M.; London, B.; Lubitz, S.A.; Lye, S.J.; Mackey, D.A.; Mägi, R.; Magnusson, P.K.E.; Marcus, G.M.; Vidal, P.M.; Martin, N.G.; Martin, N.G.; Lieb, W.; Lin, X.; Lind, L.; Linneberg, A.; Liu, C.T.; Liu, J.; Loeffler, M.; London, B.; Lubitz, S.A.; Lye, S.J.; Mackey, D.A.; Mägi, R.; Mägi, R.; Magnusson, P.K.E.; Marcus, G.M.; Vidal, P.M.; Martin, N.G.; März, W.; Matsuda, F.; McGarrah, R.W.; McGue, M.; McKnight, A.J.; Medland, S.E.; Mellström, D.; Metspalu, A.; Mitchell, B.D.; Mitchell, P.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Morris, A.D.; Mucci, L.A.; Munroe, P.B.; Nalls, M.A.; Nazarian, S.; Nelson, A.E.; Neville, M.J.; Newton-Cheh, C.; Nielsen, C.S.; Nöthen, M.M.; Ohlsson, C.; Oldehinkel, A.J.; Oldehinkel, A.J.; Orozco, L.; Pahkala, K.; Pajukanta, P.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Parra, E.J.; Pattaro, C.; Pedersen, O.; Pennell, C.E.; Penninx, B.W.J.H.; Perusse, L.; Peters, A.; Peyser, P.A.; Porteous, D.J.; Posthuma, D.; Power, C.; Pramstaller, P.P.; Province, M.A.; Qi, Q.; Qu, J.; Rader, D.J.; Raitakari, O.T.; Ralhan, S.; Rallidis, L.S.; Rao, D.C.; Redline, S.; Reilly, D.F.; Reiner, A.P.; Rhee, S.Y.; Ridker, P.M.; Rienstra, M.; Ripatti, S.; Ritchie, M.D.; Roden, D.M.; Rosendaal, F.R.; Rotter, J.I.; Rudan, I.; Rutters, F.; Sabanayagam, C.; Saleheen, D.; Salomaa, V.; Samani, N.J.; Sanghera, D.K.; Sattar, N.; Schmidt, B.; Schmidt, H.; Schmidt, R.; Schulze, M.B.; Schunkert, H.; Scott, L.J.; Scott, R.J.; Sever, P.; Shiroma, E.J.; Shoemaker, M.B.; Shu, X.O.; Simonsick, E.M.; Sims, M.; Singh, J.R.; Singleton, A.B.; Sinner, M.F.; Smith, J.G.; Snieder, H.; Spector, T.D.; Stampfer, M.J.; Stark, K.J.; Strachan, D.P.; 't Hart, L.M.; Tabara, Y.; Tang, H.; Tardif, J.C.; Thanaraj, T.A.; Timpson, N.J.; Tönjes, A.; Tremblay, A.; Tuomi, T.; Tuomilehto, J.; Tusié-Luna, M.T.; Uitterlinden, A.G.; van Dam, R.M.; van der Harst, P.; Van der Velde, N.; van Duijn, C.M.; van Schoor, N.M.; Vitart, V.; Völker, U.; Vollenweider, P.; Völzke, H.; Wacher-Rodarte, N.H.; Walker, M.; Wang, Y.X.; Wareham, N.J.; Watanabe, R.M.; Watkins, H.; Weir, D.R.; Werge, T.M.; Widen, E.; Wilkens, L.R.; Willemsen, G.; Willett, W.C.; Wilson, J.F.; Wong, T.Y.; Woo, J.T.; Wright, A.F.; Wu, J.Y.; Xu, H.; Yajnik, C.S.; Yokota, M.; Yuan, J.M.; Zeggini, E.; Zemel, B.S.; Zheng, W.; Zhu, X.; Zmuda, J.M.; Zonderman, A.B.; Zwart, J.A.; 23andMe Research Team; VA Million Veteran Program.; DiscovEHR (DiscovEHR and MyCode Community Health Initiative).; eMERGE (Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network).; Lifelines Cohort Study.; PRACTICAL Consortium.; Understanding Society Scientific Group.; Chasman, D.I.; Cho, Y.S.; Heid, I.M.; McCarthy, M.I.; Ng, M.C.Y.; O'Donnell, C.J.; Rivadeneira, F.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Sun, Y.V.; Tai, E.S.; Boehnke, M.; Deloukas, P.; Justice, A.E.; Lindgren, C.M.; Loos, R.J.F.; Mohlke, K.L.; North, K.E.; Stefansson, K.; Walters R.G.v.; Winkler, T.W.; Young, K.L.; Loh, P.R.; Yang, J.; Esko, T.; Assimes, T.L.; Auton, A.; Abecasis, G.R.; Willer, C.J.; Locke, A.E.; Berndt, S.I.; Lettre, G.; Frayling, T.M.; Frayling, T.M.; Okada, Y.; Wood, A.R.; Visscher, P.M.; Hirschhorn, J.N. (Nature Publishing Group, 2022)
    Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40-50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes1. ...
  • Munasinghe, E.; Athapaththu, M.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Frontiers Media S.A, 2022)
    Synthetic peptides have recently become common as antigens for antibody production. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that can be used to elicit an immune response. The immunogenicity of the peptide antigens varies ...
  • Wijerathna, T.; Gunathilaka, N. (Springer Verlag, 2023)
    Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease of which the transmission is highly influenced by climatic factors, whereas the nature and magnitude differ between geographical regions. The effects of climatic variables on ...
  • Thivaharan, Y.; Dias, V.; Edirisinghe, A.; Kitulwatte, I.D.G. (Elsevier, 2022)
    Introduction: Diseases, especially those related to the psyche produced by demons, are an accepted belief in many communities. This paper elaborates on the death of a child, a victim of an exorcism ritual, and calls for ...
  • Shoib, S.; Chandradasa, M.; Nahidi, M.; Amanda, T.W.; Khan, S.; Saeed, F.; Swed, S.; Mazza, M.; Di nicola, M.; Martinotti, G.; Di giannantonio, M.; Armiya'u, A.Y.; De berardis, D. (Basel, 2022)
    Background: Facebook represents a new dimension for global information sharing. Suicidal behaviours and attempts are increasingly reported on Facebook. This scoping review explores the various aspects of suicidal behaviours ...
  • Wijerathna, T.; Wickramasinghe, K.; Gunathilaka, N.; Perera, A.; Bandara, S. (Elsevier, 2023)
    Cutaneous leishmaniasis is prevalent in Sri Lanka since 1992. It remains as a health issue with increasing numbers and spreading from endemic to non-endemic areas in the county. Kegalle district is a new disease focus, ...
  • Muttiah, N.; Seneviratne, A.; Drager, K.D.R.; Panterliyon, N.A. (Williams and Wilkins, 2022)
    Parental support is an important part of introducing an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system to a child. Professionals providing AAC services to children with complex communication needs should practice ...
  • Rasalingam, G.; Rajalingam, A.; Chandradasa, M.; Nath, M. (John Wiley and Sons, 2022)
    Background and aims: Mental health condition among adolescents is a leading cause of health-related disability in Sri Lanka. The study aims to estimate the prevalence and evaluate the associated risk factors in three major ...
  • Pathiraja, H.; Rasnayake, D.; Muthukumarana, T.; de Silva, C.; Sathkorala, W.; Gunaratne, S.; Rajindrajith, S.; Mettananda, S. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)
    Background: Lymphangiomas are rare benign malformations of the lymphatics that occur due to blockage of the lymphatic system during fetal development. They commonly occur in the neck and axilla, while involvement of the ...
  • Karunanayake, A.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Rajindrajith, S. (Public Library of Science,San Francisco, 2022)
    Objectives: Functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) are common gastrointestinal problems in children, and the pathophysiology is thought to be multifactorial. Adverse early life events (ELE) induce alterations in the ...
  • Pinto, D.; Mahendra, G.; Fernando, R. (The Sri Lanka Medical Associtation, 2022)
    The embryological remnants (ERs) must be removed to achieve a safe and complete ‘total’ thyroidectomy. Residual ERs, after thyroidectomy, may cause recurrence of the initial pathology. This poses management dilemmas, ...
  • Fernando, R.; Ratnayake, G.; Liyanage, N.; Fonseka, M.; Perera, I.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; Hapangama, A. (Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo, 2022)
    Ageism among doctors influences treatment options and care of the elderly. Attitudes of Sri Lankan doctors towards the elderly have not been studied previously. This descriptive cross-sectional study using Fraboni’s scale ...
  • Francis, K.R; Premaratna, R. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2022)
    Cerebral salt wasting (hyponatraemia associated with renal sodium loss and hypovolumia) has been reported secondary to intra-cerebral pathology and following certain infections. Cerebral salt wasting following typhus ...
  • Ranaweera, L.; Sulani, W.N.; Uggalla, T. (WHO Office in Azerbaijan., 2022)
    Predominantly, the nutrient artery gives the blood supply to the long bones through the nutrient foramen. The present study analyzed the morphometric and morphological variations of Sri Lankan diaphyseal nutrient foramen ...
  • Ranaweera, L.; Wijesooriya, P.; Vithanage, S.; Cabral, E. (IMED Research Publications, 2022)
    Introduction: Lumbricals are the small, worm-like, intrinsic muscles responsible for performing the precision pinch movements of the hand. These are quite unique in their position owing to movable proximal and distal tendon ...
  • Ranaweera, L.; Samaranayake, G.V.P.; Cabral, E. (WHO Office in Azerbaijan., 2022)
    Anatomy is the foundation stone of medical education. The COVID 19 pandemic imposed unexpected disruption to Anatomy education with most universities moving regular onsite classes to the online session. The purpose of this ...
  • Ranaweera, L.; Sulani, W.N.; Nanayakkara, W.L.R.L. (Firenze University Press, 2022)
    The aim of this study was to identify morphological and morphometric variations of pulmonary fissures. A sample of 50 adult formalin fixed Sri Lankan cadaveric lungs (24 left and 26 right lungs) were observed with the help ...
  • Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; Beddage, T.; de Silva, S.T.; Dassanayake, A.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2022)
    Background: Data on alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) is limited. Therefore, we investigated alcohol use and AFL in a cohort of adults in an urban community in Sri Lanka. Methods: The study population (selected by age-stratified ...
  • Murray, A.L.; Hemady, C.L.; Do, H.; Dunne, M.; Foley, S.; Osafo, J.; Sikander, S.; Madrid, B.; Baban, A.; Taut, D.; Ward, C.L.; Fernando, A.; Thang, V.V.; Eisner, M.; Hughes, C.; Fearon, P.; Valdebenito, S.; Tomlinson, M.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Walker, S. (American Psychological Association, 2022)
    Measures that produce valid and reliable antenatal depressive symptom scores in low-resource country contexts are important for efforts to illuminate risk factors, outcomes, and effective interventions in these contexts. ...
  • Dewasurendra, R.; Silva, H.; Samaranayake, N.; Manamperi, N.; de Silva, N.; Karunanayake, P.; Senarath, U.; Senanayake, S.; Zhou, G.; Karunaweera, N. (Public Library of Science, 2022)
    Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a notifiable disease in Sri Lanka with increasing case numbers reported from every part of the country. In addition to disease treatment and vector control measures, knowledge and perceptions ...

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