Publications

The prevalence of diabetes and thyroid related autoantibodies in Sri Lankan children with type 1 diabetes and their unaffected siblings – The utility of a new screening assay

Original Research

Navoda Atapattu , Marie Amoroso , Michael Powell , D. G. Harendra de Silva , K. Shamya H. de Silva , Jadwiga Furmaniak , Bernard Rees Smith, Lakdasa D. Premawardhana

Frontiers in Endocrinology 14:1028285.

Publication year: 2023

Novel gross deletion at the LHX4 gene locus in a child with growth hormone deficiency

Original Research

SM Samarasinghe, T Sundralingam, AS Hewage, KSH de Silva, KH Tennekoon

Growth Hormone and IGF Research. 62(2022) 101443, 1-7

Publication year: 2022

Gender-role behaviour and gender identity in girls with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Original Research

Sumudu Nimali Seneviratne, Umesh Jayarajah, Shamaali Gunawardana, Malik Samarasinghe, Shamya de Silva

BMC Pediatrics, 21:262

Publication year: 2021

Presenting status of children with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia over 2 decades (1999-2018) in the absence of newborn screening in Sri Lanka

Original Research

Sumudu N Seneviratne, Udara Sandakelum, Chaminda H Jayawardena, Ashangi M Weerasinghe, Piyumi S Wickramarachchi, Shamya de Silva

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 06/2021;aop

Publication year: 2021

Assessment of distance from skin surface to muscle for evaluation of the risk of inadvertent intramuscular insulin injection at potential injection sites among patients attending a tertiary care children’s hospital in Sri Lanka – an observational study

Original Research

Kodikara SKYI, Kalubowila J, Atapattu N, Warapitiya DS, Wijayabandara MDMS, Jayasekara LMDT, Arunthavanathan A, Kempitiya BCTANWMRCS, de Silva KSH, de Abrew K

Archives de Pediatrie 27 (2020) 244-249

Publication year: 2020

Swyer syndrome with progressive virilizaion in a Sri Lankan child

Case Report

Fathima Raihana Hashim, Shamya de Silva, Malik Samarasinghe

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2020; 49(4): 401-403

Publication year: 2020

Analysis of common genetic mutations in a cohort of Sri Lankan children with salt wasting form of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Original Research

Praveenan Somasundaram, AS Hewage, KSH de Silva, KH Tennakoon

Ceylon Medical Journal 2020;65(4):95-104

Publication year: 2020

Effect of glucocorticoid therapy on bones in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A Sri Lankan experience

Original Research

de Silva KSH, Hewagamage US, Wickramarachchi P, Weerasinghe A, Katulanda Gaya, Seneviratne SN, Gunathunga MW

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2019;48(1):47-52

Publication year: 2019

Effect of long term inhaled corticosteroid therapy on adrenal suppression, growth and bone health in children with asthma

Original Research

Anuradha KWDA, Prematilake GLDC, Batuwita BAUI, Kannangoda KASR, Hewagamage US, Wijeratne S, Lankatilake Kantha, de Silva KSH

BMC Pediatr 19, 411 (2019)

Publication year: 2019

Assessment of the stretched penile length in Sri Lankan newborns

Original Research

UA Kollurage, N Atapattu, BD Jayamanne, JR Gunasiri, KSH de Silva

Ceylon Medical Journal 2019;64(1):4-8

Publication year: 2019

Novel gross deletion at the GHRHR gene locus possibly mediated by Alu specific microhomology identified in a Sri Lankan patient with isolated growth hormone deficiency

Original Research

Tharmini Sundralingam, Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon, Shamya de Silva, Sumadee De Silva, Sudeshini Hewage, Ruwandi Ranasinghe

Growth Hormone & IGF Research 42-43 (2018) 94-101

Publication year: 2018

Outcome of linear growth and onset of menarche following therapy in children with Turner syndrome followed up at a tertiary care referral centre: An interim report from Sri Lanka

Original Research

de Silva KSH, Cooray MJG, Wijenayaka WAHK

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2017;46(1),57-60

Publication year: 2017

Picture story – Abdominal lymphangioma mimicking peritoneal tuberculosis

Case Report

Sinhabahu VP, de Silva KSH, Samarasinghe M, Perera CS

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2017;46(3):291-292

Publication year: 2017

Knowledge gained and preventive practices planned by mothers of children with dengue admitted to a ward at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Original Research

Cooray MJG, Wijenayaka WAHK, KSH de Silva, Nalika Gunawardena

Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine 2017;4(1):E39 1-13

Publication year: 2017

Pathogenic and likely pathogenic genetic alterations and polymorphisms in growth hormone gene (GH1) and growth hormone releasing hormone receptor gene (GHRHR) in a cohort of isolated growth hormone deficient (IGHD) children in Sri Lanka

Original Research

Sundralingam Tharmini, Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon, Shamya de Silva, Sumadee De Silva, Asanka Sudeshini Hewage

Growth Hormone & IGF Research 2017;36:22-29

Publication year: 2017

A pilot study on CYP21 gene deletions among a cohort of Sri Lankan children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Original Research

Jayathilaka DK, Tennekoon KH, de Silva KSH, De Silva S

Ceylon Medical Journal 2017;62(2):112-113

Publication year: 2017

Congenital hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia – Genetically confirmed case series from a single centre

Original Research

Atapattu N, Kollurage U, Lamahewage AK, de Silva KSH

Ceylon Medical Journal 2017;62(3):193-198

Publication year: 2017

Alkaptonuria diagnosed in a one year old boy: a case report. Picture story

Case Report

Dilanthi HW, Kularatnam GAM, Jayasena S, Jasinge EA, de Silva KSH

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2016;45(4):291-3

Publication year: 2016

Self-care among Adolescents with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Nursing Care in Sri Lanka: Review of Literature

Review Articles/Clinical Updates/Current Practice

AMS Deepanie Pathiranage, Yoshie Mori, Shamya de Silva

The Kitakanto Medical Journal 2016;66(1):15-22

Publication year: 2016

Growth hormone releasing hormone receptor codon 72 mutation in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with growth hormone deficiency

Original Research

de Silva KSH, Tennekoon KH, Sundralingam T, Navarathne B, Hewage AS, de Silva WS, Ganihigama D, Jayasinghe HD, Muhandiram MEC

Ceylon Medical Journal 2016;61(1):18-21

Publication year: 2016

A recurrent p.Arg92Trp variant in steroidogenic factor-1 (NR5A1) can act as a molecular switch in human sex development

Original Research

Anu Bashamboo, Patricia A Donohoue, Eric Vilain, Sandra Rojo, Pierre Calvel, Sumudu N Seneviratne, Federica Buonocore, HaykBarseghyan, Nathan Bingham, Jill A Rosenfeld, Surya Narayan Mulukulta, Mahim Jain, Lindsay Burrage, ShwetaDhar, Ashok Balasubramanyam, Brendan Lee, Caroline Eozenou, Jenifer P Suntharalingham, KSH deSilva, Lin Lin, Joelle Bignon-Topalovic,Francis Poulat, Carlos F Lagos, Ken McElreavey, John C Achermann

Human Molecular Genetics 2016;25(16):3446-3453

Publication year: 2016