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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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de Silva KSH, Cooray MJG, Wijenayaka WAHK
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2017;46(1),57-60
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

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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

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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

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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

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Atapattu N, Kollurage U, Lamahewage AK, de Silva KSH
Ceylon Medical Journal 2017;62(3):193-198
Publication year: 2017

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

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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

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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

Neurocognitive skills in children with congenital hypothyroidism attending the endocrine clinic of the Professorial Unit of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo

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Samanmali P Sumanasena , Nalika Gunawardena, Buddini Dissanayake, Supun Dilanka, Shamya de Silva
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2016;45(2):95-101
Publication year: 2016

The outcome of height in a cohort of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A preliminary report from Sri Lanka

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Athapathu AS, Jayawardena BAAJ, Hewage WA, de Silva KSH
Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism 2016;6(2):3-6
Publication year: 2016

Long term outcome of gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogue therapy in Sri Lankan children with central precocious puberty

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de Silva KSH, Muhandiram MEC, Gunawardena NS
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2015;44(2):82-7
Publication year: 2015

Auxological outcome of growth hormone therapy at cessation of treatment in a cohort of growth hormone deficient Sri Lankan patients

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de Silva KSH, Muhandiram MEC
Ceylon Medical Journal 2015;60(2):44-8
Publication year: 2015

Androgen insensitivity syndrome in a cohort of Sri Lankan children with 46,XY disorders of sex development

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de Silva KSH, Sirisena ND, Wijenayaka HK, Cooray JG, Jayasekara RW, Dissanayake VHW
Ceylon Medical Journal 2015;60(4):139-42
Publication year: 2015

Thalassaemic osteopathy: a cross sectional preliminary study from Sri Lanka

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Dissanayake Ruwangi, de Silva Shamya, Lekamvasam Sarath, Abeysekera Gayan, Dissanayake Vajira HW
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 2014;27(3-4):279-82
Publication year: 2014

Psychological impact on parents of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a study from Sri Lanka

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de Silva KSH, de Zoysa P, Dilanka WM, Dissanayake BS
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 2014 Jan 27:1-4
Publication year: 2014

Morbidity pattern of adrenocortical tumours presenting to a tertiary care paediatric centre and a specialized cancer unit – Brief research communication

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Ginige N, Gunasekera DS, Pieris DC, de Silva KSH, Perera CS
Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism 2014;4(2):48-53
Publication year: 2014

Usefulness of a buccal smear in the initial assessment of a baby with a disorder of sex development

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de Silva KSH, Perera CS, Gunawardena NS
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2013;42(4):189-191
Publication year: 2013

Echocardiographic assessment of rheumatic carditis: a long term follow up study.

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de Silva KSH, Perera SN, Samarasinghe MA
Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians 2012;43(1&2):20-3
Publication year: 2012

Comparison of the cost for two aspects of health care in hospitals in the state and private sector

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de Silva KSH, Wijesundera H, Dilhani JAAM, Premarathne HDP, Gunawardena NS
Journal of the Ceylon College of Physicians 2012;43(1&2):24-7
Publication year: 2012

Assessment of the psychological status of children with growth hormone deficiency and their parents

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de Silva KSH, de Zoysa P
Ceylon Medical Journal 2011;56(2):59-61
Publication year: 2011

The changing pattern of Rheumatic fever in a paediatric ward – then and now

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de Silva KSH
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 2010;39(1):17-21
Publication year: 2010
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