4.Journals Published in Sri Lanka

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    The incidence of iodine deficiency, hypo-and thyroidism in a sample of patients investigated at the Nuclear Medicine Unit, Peradeniya
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1988) Herath, K.B.; Weerasekera, D.A.; Udugama, G.; Watawana, L.; Reginald, G.J.; Hemawardena, D.M.
    Of 11,334 subjects inivestigated for thyroid disorder during a two year period 2.6perc. were euthyroid, 81.9perc. suffered from iodine deficiency, 9.0perc. were hypo thyroid and 6.4 perc. were hyper thyroid. Iodine deficiency was diagnosed in the age range 14-70 years, hyper thyroidism in the range 22-70 years and hypo- thyroidism in the entire range, infancy to 70 years. The female to male ratio was about 6:1 for iodine deficiency and about 3:1 hypo-and hyper thyroidism
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    131-1 uptake and serum T3, T4 and TSH levels amoung goitrous and non-goitrous school children in an endemic and a non-endemic area in Sri Lanka
    (The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1991) Herath, K.B.; Balasuriya, S.; Katugampola, S.L.; Perera, P.A.J.; Fernando, M.A.
    Radioiodine uptake by the thyroid at 2 houes and 24 hours and levels of the hormones T3, T4 and TSH in blood of 112 school children over 16 years of age with clinically demonstrable goitre (grade 1B and above) have been measured. Of them 92 lived in an endemic area and 20 in a non-endemic area. They have been compared with age and sex matched clinically non-goitrous controls from the same schools in the two areas. The results show that the hormone levels are of little use in diagnosing iodine deficiency, Radioiodine uptake is a more sensitive test of iodine deficient goitre. Results also indicate the there may be factors other than iodine deficiency responsible for the development of goitre