title: Prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in two districts of Sri Lanka: a hospital based survey.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Unit, Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: Madunil A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Niriella
authors.forename: Arjuna P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: De Silva
authors.forename: Asangi H G K
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dayaratne
authors.forename: Madurangi H A D P
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ariyasinghe
authors.forename: Metthanandha M N
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Navarathne
authors.forename: Ranjith S K
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Peiris
authors.forename: D Nandadeva
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Samarasekara
authors.forename: Raveendra L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Satharasinghe
authors.forename: Sharman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajindrajith
authors.forename: Anuradha S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dassanayake
authors.forename: A Rajitha
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Wickramasinghe
authors.forename: H Janaka
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: de Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006753:Hospital Records; D006767:Hospitals, District / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult