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NHS Tayside: Dundee, Scotland, GB

2022-01-01 to present | Consultant Paediatric Neurologist (Paediatrics)
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

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Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo: Colombo, Western, LK

MD (Paediatrics)
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Works (16)

Prediction of cerebral palsy and cognitive delay among high‐risk children in a developing nation: A successful early detection programme

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
2024-12-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.16197
Contributors: Gemunu Hewawitharana; Nuwan Darshana ILA; Asha Madhushani UI; Sadeepi Chathuranga DP; Nirosha Priyangika DI; Bimba Hewawitharana; Champa Wijesinghe; Piyadasa Kodituwakku; John Phillips
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Predicting cerebral palsy: The importance of evidence‐based screening programs appropriate for low‐ and middle‐income countries

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15902
Contributors: Gemunu Hewawitharana; John Phillips
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Disability and caregiver burden: Unique challenges in a developing country

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
2023-09-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3233/prm-220070
Part of ISSN: 1874-5393
Part of ISSN: 1875-8894
Contributors: Bimba D.R. Hewawitharana; Champa J. Wijesinghe; Aruna De Silva; John P. Phillips; Gemunu P. Hewawitharana
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

A rare combination of a choroid plexus papilloma and Dandy-Walker variant

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health
2023-03-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v52i1.10484
Part of ISSN: 2386-110X
Part of ISSN: 1391-5452
Contributors: S. M. A. S. M. Samarasekara; K. M. T. Kumara; Gemunu Hewawitharana; Hemali De Silva
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Clinical profile and electroencephalogram characteristics of children with self-limited epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes attending paediatric neurology clinic, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health
2023-03-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v52i1.10471
Part of ISSN: 2386-110X
Part of ISSN: 1391-5452
Contributors: Gemunu Hewawitharana; Thilina Madushanka Munasinghe; Ananda Kodithuwakku; Supun Ranitha Suriyaarachchi; Imalke Kankananarachchi
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

Demographic characteristics and clinical presentation of infants with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome and their response to therapy: Data from Sri Lanka Infantile Spasms Registry

Annals of the Child Neurology Society
2023-02-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cns3.20014
Part of ISSN: 2831-3267
Part of ISSN: 2831-3267
Contributors: Jithangi Wanigasinghe; Gemunu Hewawitharana; Pyara Ratnayake; Saraji Wijesekera; Chathurika Weeraratne; Ashan Jayawickrama; Jayasanka Jayawardena
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

Growth pattern trajectories in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13023-021-02158-9
Part of ISSN: 1750-1172
Contributors: Georgia Stimpson; Sarah Raquq; Mary Chesshyre; Mary Fewtrell; Deborah Ridout; Anna Sarkozy; Adnan Manzur; Vandana Ayyar Gupta; Ramona De Amicis; Francesco Muntoni et al.
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

A case of cyanocobalamine responsive methylmalanoic acidemia presenting with metabolic stroke

Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
2022-12-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4038/sjdem.v13i2.7466
Part of ISSN: 2012-998X
Contributors: M. W. A. Nimanthi; C. P. I. Kankananarachchi; H. C. Wackwella; K. D. N. Silva; U. D. S. Deshapriya; P. Gamage; M. S. Liyanarachchi; E. Jasinge; M. Fernando; S. K. Y. I. Kodikara et al.
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

A case of ketotic hypoglycaemia with cataract

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health
2022-06-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4038/sljch.v51i2.10144
Part of ISSN: 2386-110X
Part of ISSN: 1391-5452
Contributors: Imalke Kankananarachchi; Jananie Suntharesan; Gemunu Hewawitharana
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A Case of Carbamazepine-Induced Aggravation of Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes Epilepsy and Valproate-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy in a Child with Heterozygous Gene Variant of Carbomoyl Phosphatase Synthetase Deficiency

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
2021-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2021/2362679
Contributors: Imalke Kankananarachchi; Eresha Jasinge; Gemunu Hewawitharana; Isabella Laura Simone
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Effect of age of onset and treatment on control of epileptic spasms: Findings from the Sri Lanka infantile spasms registry

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.118900
Part of ISSN: 0022-510X
Contributors: Jithangi Wanigasinghe; Gemunu Hewawitharana; Saraji Wijesekera; Pyara Ratnayake; Chathurika Weeraratne; Udara Mahika; Ashan Jayawickrama; Udara Dassanayake
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

Experience during COVID-19 lockdown and self-managing strategies among caregivers of children with epilepsy: A study from low middle income country

Seizure
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.001
Part of ISSN: 1059-1311
Contributors: Jithangi Wanigasinghe; Ashan Jayawickrama; Gemunu Hewawitharana; Jagath Munasinghe; Chathurika T. Weeraratne; Pyara Ratnayake; Dimuthu Saraji Wijesekara; Sanjaya Fernando; Priyanka Rupasinghe
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

Migraine, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and screen time in children attending a Sri Lankan tertiary care facility: are they associated?

BMC Neurology
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-01855-5
Part of ISSN: 1471-2377
Contributors: Udena Ruwindu Attygalle; Gemunu Hewawitharana; Champa Wijesinghe
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

A case of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 4 C

Journal of the Ruhunu Clinical Society
2020-12-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4038/jrcs.v25i1.86
Part of ISSN: 1391-1244
Contributors: I. Kankananarachchi; G. P. Hewawitharana; T. S. D. Amarasena
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

A Ten-Year-Old Boy with Antiepileptic Drugs-Induced DRESS Syndrome

Case Reports in Pediatrics
2020-09-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8837607
Part of ISSN: 2090-6803
Part of ISSN: 2090-6811
Contributors: S. Vithana; Aruna De Silva; G. P. Hewawitharana
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Gemunu Hewawitharana

A case of Proteus syndrome (elephant man)

Ceylon Medical Journal
2009-12-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v51i1.1378
Part of ISSN: 2386-1274
Part of ISSN: 0009-0875
Contributors: MHAD De Silva; UK Jayantha; GK Hapuarachchi; GP Hewawitharana
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Gemunu Hewawitharana
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