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Tuberculous pericarditis

Wijesundara, Anula; Siribaddana, Sisira (Research Gate, 1994-03)
Prevalence of lipid abnormalities in Sri Lankan patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Siribaddana, Sisira; Perera, N.; Perera, S.; Fernando, D.; Weerasinghe, N. (Research Gate, 1994-04)

To determine the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia in Sri Lankan patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and a normal control population. A cross-sectional study. Patients with NIDDM randomly selected ...
The Dilemma of Cushing's Sans Tumor

Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 1994-07)
The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community

Fernando, D.J.S.; Siribaddana, Sisira; De Silva, D.R.; Perera, S.D. (Research Gate, 1994-12)

Increasing numbers of developing nations experience a rising incidence of non-communicable diseases in parallel with economic development. Thus, developing countries such as Sri Lanka face the double burden of both ...
Autoimmune Hemolyticanemia Respoding to Anti-tuberculous Treatment

Siribaddana, Sisira; Wijesundara, A. (Research Gate, 1997-11)
Toluene Diisocyanate Exposure in a Glove Manufacturing Plant

Siribaddana, Sisira; Wijesundara, A.; Fernando, R. (Research Gate, 1998-02)

Case report: An accidental exposure due to reuse of containers of toluene diisocyanate to transport nontoxic substances and subsequent occupational toxic exposure caused illness among forty workers in a glove manufacturing ...
An Audit of the (ab) use of Thyroid Function Tests

Dissanayake, A.; Hewage, U.C.L.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 1998-04)
Long-term complications in newly diagnosed Sri Lankan patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Weerasuriya, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Dissanayake, A.; Subasinghe, Z.; Wariyapola, D.; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 1998-07)

We screened 597 newly-diagnosed diabetic patients (201 women) mean +/- SD age 42.3 +/- 6.2 years to determine the prevalence of diabetic complications; 22% presented because of symptoms of diabetes, 27% were diagnosed when ...
Environmental exposures and their genetic or environmental contribution to depression and fatigue: A twin study in Sri Lanka

Ball, H.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Sumathipala, A.; Kovas, Y.; Glozier, N.; Guffin P, M.C.; Hotopf, M. (Springer Nature, 2/2/2010)

Background There is very little genetically informative research identifying true environmental risks for psychiatric conditions. These may be best explored in regions with diverse environmental exposures. The current study ...
The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in newly diagnosed patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Weerasuriya, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Wijeweera, I.; Dissanayake, A.; Wijesekara, J.; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 2/28/1998)

INTRODUCTION: Neuropathy is considered to be a longterm complication of diabetes. AIMS: To determine the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in 112 Sri Lankan patients with recently diagnosed non-insulin-dependent diabetes ...
Research and clinical ethics after the tsunami: Sri Lanka

Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira (Science Direct, 2005-10)

In late 2004, the Journal of Traumatic Stress published a special section about the ethics of disaster research, addressing ethical issues related to conducting research after disasters and terrorist attacks, and based on ...
Quantitative Ultrasound of Bone and Calcium Intake in Sub-Urban Males in Sri Lanka

Siribaddana, Sisira; Kovas, Y.; Fernando, D.J.S. (John Wiley & Sons, 2008-11)

Background: While only 30% of all hip fractures occurred in Asia in 1990, more than 50% will occur by the year 2050. We investigated the relationship between the Stiffness Index (SI), assessed with quantitative ultrasound, ...
Genetic and environmental contributions to depression in Sri Lanka

Ball, H.; Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Kovas, Y.; Glozier, N.; Guffin P, M.C.; Hotopf, M. (Cambridge University Press, 2009-12)

Background Susceptibility to depression results from genetic and non-familially shared environmental influences in high-income, Western countries. Environments may play a different role for populations in different ...
Epidemiology and symptomatology of depression in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional population-based survey in Colombo District

Ball, H.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Kovas, Y.; Glozier, N.; Guffin P, M.C.; Sumathipala, A.; Hotopf, M. (Elsevier, 2010-06)

Background It is important to understand the nature of depression in non-Western and lower-income countries, but little such research exists. This study aimed to examine the characteristic features of depression in Sri ...
Neurobiological Stress Markers in Tsunami Survivors: A Commentary

Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, Buddhika; Goonertne, R. (Research Gate, 2010-06)

Sisira Siribaddana is an Endocrinologist and Physician as well as Project Leader of the Sri Lankan Twin Registry. His research interests include diabetes, osteoporosis, bioethics, mental health and twin research. Buddhika ...
Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research: A Developing World Perspective. Key Findings from a Drafting and Consensus Generation Meeting of the Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) 2007

Sumathipala, A.; Jafarey, A.; De Castro, L.D.; Ahmed, A.; Marcer, D.; Srinivasan,S.; Kumar, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Sutaryo, S.; Bhan, A.; Waidyarathne, D.; Beneragama, S.; Jayasekara, C; Edirisinghe, S.; Siriwardane, C. (NUS Press Pte Ltd, 2010-06)

Disasters, natural or man-made, can occur virtually anytime and anywhere in the world. They bring mass destruction and loss of human lives. The effects of a disaster can be amplified many times in resource poor settings, ...
Aetiology of fatigue in Sri Lanka and its overlap with depression

Ball, H.; Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Kovas, Y.; Glozier, N.; Guffin P, M.C.; Hotopf, M. (Cambridge University Press, 2010-08)

Background Fatigue is a common symptom in Western high-income countries but is often medically unexplained and little is known about its presentation in other populations. Aims To explore the epidemiology and aetiology ...
Validity of Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic-Assays (LFIA) in diagnosis of leptospirosis

Dahanayaka, N.J.; Warnasekara, Y.P.J.N.; Rajapakse, R.M.S.R.; Ranathunga, S.Y.K.; Agampodi, Suneth B. (Ceylon Medical Journal, 2017-12)
Understanding of research: a Sri Lankan perspective

Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Hewage, S.N.; Lekmawattege, M.; Athukorala; Siriwardane, C.; Munasingha, K.; Murray, J.; Prince, M. (Springer Nature, 4/27/2010)

Lack of proper understanding on the part of researchers about public understanding of research and informed consent will increase the potential for malpractice. As a part of a larger study on ethics and informed consent ...
Hope of prevention training in South Asia

Dodani, Sunita; Pandav, Chandrakant S.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Laporte, Ronald; Pokharel, Paras (Research Gate, 7/29/2004)

EDITOR—The theme issue on Health in South Asia in April addressed problems and hopes for health but neglected prevention. South Asia has a quarter of the world's population. The optimal means to improve health is public ...

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