| Leading article |
1
5 |
Health recognition: the economic impact. Amala de Silva
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Sri Lanka. Tissa Vitarana |
| Papers |
8 |
Lessons from four studies on the management of snake bite in Sri Lanka. Kolitha Sellahewa |
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16 |
Adolescent pregnancies - is the outcome different ? Deepal S Weerasekera |
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18 |
Intensive care utilisation following attempted suicides through self-poisoning. R H Gunawardana, C Abeywarna |
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21 |
Fetal gender determination using ultrasound scanning. Jayantha Sirisena, Sunil Fernando |
| From the journals |
24 |
R L Jayakody |
| Medical Practice |
26 |
Practical aspects of aerosol therapy in asthma (2): Metered dose inhalers and spaces. P L Ariyananda, J E Agnew |
| Case Reports |
30 |
First reports of subcutaneous sparganosis in Sri Lanka. M de S Wijesundera, Neelakanthi Ratnatunga, M Priyanthi Kumarasinghe, A S Dissanaike |
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33 |
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy in a Sri Lankan family. P Galappatthy, I Wijeweera, J C Wijesekara, D R R Kodikara, H C N Fonseka |
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36 |
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction associated with varicella zoster infection and acyclovir therapy. Priyantha Herath, S A W Gunawardana |
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38 |
Findings parts of a gravid female Wuchereria bancrofti in a breast aspirate. Marian Priyanthi Kumarasinghe, Anselm Stanley Dissanaike |
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40 |
Massive hepatomegaly in multiple myeloma. A P Premawardene, L M Wijesuriya |
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42 |
Spontaneous rupture of a liver cell adenoma. Preethika Angunawela, Mohan de Silva |
| Letters |
44 |
Sexual abuse of illegally adopted children. D G H de Silva |
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45 |
A case of congenital intrahepatic biliary dilation (Caroli's Disease). G N Lucas, T R S Seneviratne |
| Book review |
46 |
Food and Nutrition. V Basnayake |
| Obituary |
48 |
Dr G R Handy. P Sivasubramaniam |
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50 |
How to do it: Send an article to The Ceylon Medical Journal. |
| Supplement |
55 |
Meeting the challenges ahead. Deshamanya S Ramachandran |
