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  • Successful pregnancy in a 44-year-old haemodialysis patient. 
    Sheriff, M.H.R.; Hardman, M.; Lamont, C.A.R.; Shepherd, R.; Warren, D.J. (Wiley, 1978)
    A 44-year-old patient had been treated by intermittent haemodialysis for almost three years when she presented with a 28-week pregnancy. Successful delivery of a healthy but small infant was achieved by Caesarean section ...
  • Is azathioprine necessary in renal transplantation? 
    Sheriff, M.H.R.; Yayha, T.; Lee, H.A. (Elsevier, 1978)
    Abstract In renal-transplant patients in whom azathioprine therapy was withdrawn early because of bone-marrow suppression no rebound graft rejection was noted. Any subsequent rejection episodes were satisfactorily treated ...
  • Nutritional blood flow to the limbs after access procedures. 
    Sheriff, M.H.R.; Naik, R.B.; Warren, D.J. (European Dialysis and Transplant Association, 1978)
    Abstract We have measured the blood flow to skin and muscle in normal subjects, asymptomatic dialysis patients, and dialysis patients, and dialysis patients who complained of cold hands (symptomatic patients) in whom a ...
  • Bronchial asthma - a clinical study 
    Jayasinghe, K.S.A.; Wijesiriwardena, B.C.; Sheriff, M.H.R.; Dharmadasa, K. (Ceylon College of Physicians, 1983)
    Abstract: One hundred adult patients with Bronchial Asthma were studied. The clinical pattern of asthma as seen in our adult asthmatic population is compared with other countries in the tropical and temperate zones. In ...
  • Hyperparathyroidism with a giant parathyroid tumour with capsular infiltration 
    De Mel, W.C.P.; Casinader, M.; Wijesiriwardena, B.C.; Sheriffdeen, A.H.; Sheriff, M.H.R. (College of General Practitioners of. Sri Lanka, 1983)
    We present the case of a 39 year old lady with primary hyperparathyroidism who had been suffering from a multitude of symptoms and marked psychiatric manifestations for a period of 2 years. She had an unusually large ...
  • Hepatic granulomata in pyrexia of unknown origin in Sri Lanka 
    De Mel, W.C.P.; Wijesiriwardena, B.C.; Jayasinghe, K.S.A.; Amarasekera, L.R.; Sheriff, M.H.R.; Dharmadasa, K. (Ceylon College of Physicians, 1983)
    Eight cases of hepatic granulomata found in the investigation of P. U. O. have been studied. Only 2 of these granulomata showed definite caseation. With the limited investigations available to us and the high incidence ...
  • Variations in some nutritional status indicators among students in the University of Colombo 
    Peris, R.G.S.; Fernando, D.N.; Abeywickrama, K. (National Science Foundation, 1984)
    Data related to socio-economic status and some indicators of nutritional status were obtained from 769 students who gained admission to the four faculties in the University of Colombo in 1981. The nutritional status ...
  • Medullary sponge kidney presenting with hypokalaemic paralysis 
    Jayasinghe, K.S.; Mendis, B.L.; Mohideen, R.; Ekanayake, R.; Sheriff, M.H.R.; Dharmadasa, K. (BMJ, 1984)
    urine acidification is rare and usually of no clinical significance. We report a case presenting as hypokalaemic paralysis due to associated congenital distal renal tubular acidosis.
  • Preparation and conformation of Arabinofuranosyl pyridinium salts and hydrolysis of the bromoisoquinolinium compound 
    Wijesundera, W.S.S. (Elsevier, 1985)
    Tri-O-benzoyl-α-l-arabinofuranosylpyridinium salts can be made inacceptable yields and high stereochemical purity by the reaction of 2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-α-l-arabinofuranosyl bromide and the pyridine in the presence of ...
  • Factors fafluencing Infant Feeding Patterns in Sri Lanka. 
    Soyza, P.E.; Fernando, D.N. (Faculty of Medicine, University of colombo, 1986)
    Early introduction of formula milks during infancy is one of the major changes that have been observed in the infant feeding patterns1 of both developed and developing, countries. A community based study of infants in ...
  • Effect of Momordica charantia on the glucose tolerance in maturity onset diabetes 
    Welihinda, J.; Karunanayake, E.H.; Sheriff, M.H.R.; Jayasinghe, K.S.A. (Elsevier, 1986)
    Abstract Investigations were carried out to evaluate the effect of Momordica charantia on the glucose tolerance of maturity onset diabetic patients. The fruit juice of M. charantia was found to significantly improve the ...
  • Acceptance of genetic services: A study of physicians in Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Jayasekara, R.W.; Kristl, G.B.; Wertelecki, W. (Cambridge University Press, 1988)
    Summary A survey of 302 physicians from Colombo, Sri Lanka, reveals a strong overall acceptance of genetic counselling, prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders and therapeutic abortion. Demographic and experiential factors, ...
  • Nutritional status of institutionalised elderly, with special reference to iron 
    Atukorala, T.M.; Ranjani, L.P.; Sheriff, M.H.R. (University of Colombo, 1988)
    Abstract : Iron and nutritional status were determined in 96 subjects over 60 years of age living in two homes for elders. The first group comprised of 31 males and 31 females, while the second group comprised of 34 ...
  • The attitudes of doctors and students towards a genetic service in an Asian country: Sri Lanka 
    Jayasekara, R.W. (Wiley, 1989)
    A study comparing the views on the acceptance of a genetic service of 302 doctors and 143 final year medical students from Colombo, Sri Lanka, showed both groups have strong positive views on the provision and use of genetic ...
  • Screening for Turner syndrome: how useful is the buccal smear test? 
    De Mel, T.; Jayasekara, R.W.; Warnasooriya, N. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1992)
    The buccal smear test was used to screen for Turner syndrome in a sample of girls with severe short stature who did not have any other clinical features of that condition. The majority of the girls did not show X chromatin ...
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus - renal involvement and disease activity 
    Angunawela, P.; Jayawickrema, S.R.; Sheriff, M.H.R. (Ceylon College of Physicians, 1993)
    Abstract : The relationship between renal morphology and clinical disease was analysed in 30 patients with lupus nephritis. the renal biopsies were classified according to modified WHO criteria. The active and chronic ...
  • Genetic polymorphism of orosomucoid (ORM) in populations of the United Kingdom, Indian subcontinent, and Cambodia 
    Mastana, S.S.; Jayasekara, R.W.; Fisher, P.; Sokoi, R.J.; Papiha, S.S. (Springer Nature, 1993)
    Summary The genetic variation of the human serum orosomucoid (ORM) was investigated by isoelectric focusing (IEF) followed by immunofixation in 15 different populations from East Midlands (United Kingdom), India, Sri Lanka, ...
  • Skeletal fluorosis with neurological complications 
    Dissanayake, J.K.; Abeygunasekara, A.; Jayasekara, R.W.; Ranathunga, C.; Ranathunga, N.V. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1994)
    A case of skeletal fluorosis with spinal cord compression from Kekirawa following consumption of water with high fluoride content for about 20 years is described. The observations of other workers (4,5) and the present ...
  • Distribution of group specific component (GC) and transferrin (TF) subtypes in populations of Sri Lanka. 
    Jayasekara, R.W.; Mastana, S.S.; Papiha, S.S. (Springer Nature, 1994)
    A random sample of 503 individuals from five endogamous groups of Sri Lanka was studied for the genetic polymorphism of the group specific component (GC) and transferrin (TF) using isoelectric focusing. Both systems showed ...
  • Development of a diagnostic dna probe to detect setaria digtata: The causative parasite of cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats,sheep and horses 
    Wijesundera, W.S.S.; Chandrasekharan, N.V.; Karunanayake, E.H.; Darmasena, S.P. (Elsevier, 1995)
    Two repetitive sequences (IpSdM and IpSdS) have been cloned andsequenced from the genome of Setaria digitata. When IpSdM (214 bp) and IpSdS (201 bp) were aligned, a high degree of homology (85%) was observed, indicating ...

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