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Lilani Perera

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Perera L
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) . 2023 Sep; 19(3):130. PMID: 37706106
Professional Members of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation are gastroenterologists, residents, fellows, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, just like you. They join to support research, to access...
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Raffals L, Saha S, Bewtra M, Norris C, Dobes A, Heller C, et al.
Inflamm Bowel Dis . 2021 Aug; 28(2):192-199. PMID: 34436563
Background: Clinical and molecular subcategories of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are needed to discover mechanisms of disease and predictors of response and disease relapse. We aimed to develop a study...
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Qumseya B, Ananthakrishnan A, Skaros S, Bonner M, Issa M, Zadvornova Y, et al.
Inflamm Bowel Dis . 2010 Sep; 17(1):77-83. PMID: 20848501
Background: Reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is a rare, yet devastating infectious complication associated with anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) therapy. We evaluated the performance of the QuantiFERON TB...
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Kuribayashi S, Massey B, Hafeezullah M, Perera L, Hussaini S, Tatro L, et al.
Chest . 2009 Nov; 137(4):769-76. PMID: 19914981
Background: Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is thought to be induced by decreasing intraesophageal pressure during obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, pressure changes in the upper esophageal sphincter (UES) and gastroesophageal junction...
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Ananthakrishnan A, Beaulieu D, Ulitsky A, Zadvornova Y, Skaros S, Johnson K, et al.
Inflamm Bowel Dis . 2009 Jul; 16(3):494-500. PMID: 19637332
Background: Impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important concern in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; ulcerative colitis [UC], Crohn's disease [CD]). Between 2%-10% of patients with IBD have...
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Kuribayashi S, Massey B, Hafeezullah M, Perera L, Hussaini S, Tatro L, et al.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol . 2009 May; 297(1):G71-5. PMID: 19460846
Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation (TLESR) is frequently associated with reflux events and terminates with a primary or secondary peristaltic wave. However, it is unclear whether the presence and properties...
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Perera L, Kern M, Hofmann C, Tatro L, Chai K, Kuribayashi S, et al.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol . 2008 Feb; 294(4):G885-91. PMID: 18239061
The mechanism against entry of gastric content into the pharynx during high-intensity vocalization such as seen among professional singers is not known. We hypothesized that phonation-induced upper esophageal sphincter (UES)...
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Perera L, Shao L, Patel A, Evans K, Meresse B, Blumberg R, et al.
Inflamm Bowel Dis . 2007 Jan; 13(3):298-307. PMID: 17238179
It is well recognized that the nature of the immune response is different in the intestinal tract than in peripheral lymphoid organs. The immunologic tone of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue...