Browsing Abstacts/Extended Abstacts by Author "Abeysinghe, M.R.N."

Browsing Abstacts/Extended Abstacts by Author "Abeysinghe, M.R.N."

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  • Challenges in Recruiting Older Twins for the Sri Lankan Twin Registry 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; De Silva, N.; Hotopf, M. (Cambridge university, 2003-02)
    The National Twin Registry of Sri Lanka was established in 1997 as a volunteer register. To extend it to a population-based register, we examined the effectiveness of tracing older twins by inspecting birth records and ...
  • Cross-cultural adaptation and preliminary validation of a zygosity determination questionnaire for twins in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; De Silva, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N. (Research Gate, 2001-01)
    We report the process of adaptation into Sinhala of a questionnaire given to mothers of twins to determine zygosity. Adaptation and validation was carried out in three stages. Firstly, we used a nominal group to translate ...
  • Establishing a twin register in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Fernando, D.S.J.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; De Silva, N.; Dissanayake, V.; Jayasekare, R.W. (Research Gate, 2000-12)
    Nearly all twin registers are based in developed countries and there is no twin register in the developing world. Our objectives were to initiate the process of establishing a nationwide twin register in Sri Lanka by ...
  • Feasibility of Using Different Approaches for Recruiting Younger Twins to Establish A Population Based Twin Register in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; De Silva, N.; Sivayogam, S. (Research Gate, 2001-01)
    I dentifying twins for a population-based register can be achieved through birth records or community surveys. We studied the feasibility and effectiveness of different methods of identifying and recruiting twins to establish ...
  • Sri Lankan Twin Registry 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; De Silva, N.; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; Dayaratne, R.; De Silva, D.; Warnasuriya, N.; Hotopf, M. (Research Gate, 2002-11)
    Sri Lanka is an island with genetic diversity between the five main population groups. Our twin registry is the first in the developing world. Initially, we established a volunteer cohort of 4600 twin pairs through a ...

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