OP 31: Prevalence of eosinophilic oesophagitis among adult Sri Lankan patients with refractory upper gastrointestinal symptoms - a prospective study CK Ranawaka1, AP de Silva2, SJ Hewavisenthi3, TMAH Jayathilake3, WRS de Alwis2, PR Waraketiya2, MA Niriella1, HJ de Silva2 1University Medical Unit, Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama Departments of 2Medicine and 3Pathology Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya OP 32: A candidate gene association study of preeclampsia in Sinhalese women P Andraweera1, G Dekker2, VHW Dissanayake1, S Thompson2, D Furness2, R Nowak2, A Zhou2, J Zhang2, RW Jayasekara1, C Roberts2 1Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo 2University of Adelaide, Australia OP 33: Vascular disease susceptibility gene polymorphisms are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes P Andraweera1, G Dekker2, St Thompson2, R North3, L McCowan4, C Roberts2 1Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo 2University of Adelaide, Australia 3King's College, London, UK 4University of Auckland, New Zealand OP 34: Molecular diagnosis of Williams Buren syndrome in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients DM Ranaweera1, D de Silva2, D Samarasinghe3, S Perera3, N Rajapaksha2, N V Chandrasekharan4 1Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya 3Lady Ridgway Hospitl for Children, Colombo 4Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo OP 35: Utility of quantitative polymerase chain reaction in leptospirosis diagnosis association between level of leptospiraemia and clinical manifestations in Sri Lanka S Agampodi1, M A Matthias2, AC Moreno2, JM Vinetz2 1 Rajarata University of Sri Lanka 2University of California San Diego, USA OP 36: PCR-enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay as a rapid molecular method for detection of rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low resource settings CP Adikaram1, J Perera1, WSS Wijesundera2 1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo OP 37: A novel approach to understand carcinogenesis in oral submucous fibrosis RP Illeperuma1, YJ Park1, WM Tilakaratne2, J Kim3, RP Illeperuma3 1Oral Cancer Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea 2Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya 3Modern Medicine Unit, Institute of Inediginous Medicine, University of Colombo
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