JMJ Dec 2019

JMA Journal December 2019
Volume :31 – Issue :02

This is the Journal of the Jaffna Medical Association since the year 1953. This has been a well renowned journal in the past but it was not published regularly during the conflict time. It is with great pleasure that the current JMA is trying reinstate it back with the previous glory.
The journal will accept articles on a regular basis and our target is to publish biannually.
The Author guidelines have been prepared and are published. The Author guidelines have been prepared and are published. The journal will accept the manuscripts via email at present.

Editorial

The doctor as the patient educator

Review

Covid-19

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – A review of clinical approach for diagnosis and current treatment strategies

Original articles

A critical approach of consumer health literature in tamil print news media in Sri Lanka

Simple visual, choice and discrimination reaction times of young adults and correlation with intelligence quotient and working memory

Prevalence of obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver and insulin resistance and their inter relationship among type II diabetic patients attending Diabetic centre, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna

Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor Two minute talk therpay: atool to improve medication adherence of Sri Lankan hypertensives

Case reports

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy in postpartum – a uncommon time of presentation

Case report on Southeast Asian ovalocytosis: A patient with type 1 renal tubular acidosis and an asymptomatic patient incidentally found

Anatomical variations of Femoral vessels    

Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Secondary to Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus Successfully Managed with Insulin Infusion

DRESS syndrome associated with sulfasalazine therapy

Complete recovery following Veeram ( MercuryII Chloride) poisoning