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The Ceylon

Medical Journal

Established 1887
Volume 40, No.1, March, 1995


CONTENTS

Leading Articles

3

Endemic multinodular goiter - management strategies. Channa Ratnatunga
 

5

Prevention of AIDS in Sri Lanka: are we doing the best for our people? Tissa Vitarana
From the journals

8

R L Jayakody
Papers

10

The prevelance of Hepatitis B surface antigen in the Gampha District. E Padmasiri, Lalani Rajapaksa, Wimal S Jayakuru, Nalini Withna
 

14

Raised serum IgE levels in chronic inflammatory lung diseases. Debidas Ray, Kunal Saha, Anand Date, P S Jairaj
Presidential Address

19

Unvisited vistas of the nervous system. J B Peiris
Personal View

25

The case for a national integrated diabetese service. Devaka Fernando
History of Medicine

27

Some doctors celebrated for their non-medical achievement. C G Uragoda
Book Review

36

Jamkhed - A Comprehensive Rural Health Project by Mabelle and Rajanikant Arole.
Case Report

37

Decompression sickness: recovery after delayed recompression. M M D Fonseka, L Ekanayake, P H de Silva
 

39

Idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura presenting as post-partum haemarrage. D S Rajapakse, D H Karunatilaka
 

40

Congenital nephrotic syndrome.D G H de Silva, I V Devasiri, H Dharmasiri, C Pathirana
Picture Story

42

Chediak - Higashi Syndrome. S K Lokuarachchi, Sanath P Lamabadusuriya, S Kodikaraarachchi, Ruchira Fernando
Letters

44

The intermediate rainfall zone as a source of malaria epidemics in Sri Lanka. R Ramasamy,K Nagendran
 

45

Atypical presentations of malaria associated with chloroquine resistance. H K Alles, D de Silva, K N Mendis
 

45

Unidentified snake bite with "pure" nephrotoxicity. S A M Kularatne
46 Kikuchi's disease - a recognized cause for lymphadenopathy. Anula Wijesundara, Sisira Siribaddana Manela Joseph
  46   Abuse of paracetamol in childhood fever. G D I de Silva, M D A S Gunatilake, Sanath P Lamabadusuriya
  47 Tumour of the pancreas with unusual clinicopathalogical features. Neelakanthi Ranatunge, A Abeygunasekere, P C A Ranatunga 
  48 Pure choriocarcinoma of ovary, probably non-gestational in origin. Malik Gunawardana, Kusuma Amaratunga
  50 A Sri Lankan family with lipoid proteinosis. W Chularatna, D H Harendra de Silva, Ravindra Ruberu, M Dahanayake
   52 Two children with acute leukaemia presenting with renal masses. G N Lucas, I N A Gooneratne, K S D Kularatne


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