Scientific Research Papers
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3. Upadhyay MP, Pokhrel BM, Rai SK, Manandhar KL, Sharma AP, Tuladhar NR, Khadka JB. Normal microbial flora of healthy conjunctiva. J Inst Med (
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5. Singh NK, Leebang B, Pokhrel BM,
6. Adhikari RK, Rai SK, Pokhrel BM, Tuladhar NR, Khadka JB, Upadhyay MP. Bacterial study of drinking water of
7. Rai SK, Pokhrel BM, Tuladhar NR, Khadka JB, Upadhyay MP. Methicilin resistant coagulase negative Staphylococci. J Inst Med (
8. Khadka JB, Pokhrel BM, SK Rai, Tuladhar NR, Upadhyay MP. Re-use of microscopic glass slide - cause of misleading finding of Gram stain. J Inst Med (
9. Pokhrel BM, Rai SK, Tuladhar NR, Sharma AP, Manandhar KL, Khadka JB, Upadhyay MP, Gurung CK. Microbial flora of healthy conjunctiva of Nepalese. Souvenir Ist Nat’l Conf of Sci Technol (24-29 April),
10. Rai SK, Pokhrel BM, Khadka JB, Upadhyay MP. Difference in tuberculin reaction read after 48 and 72 hrs - a preliminary report. J
11. Rai SK, Pokhrel BM, Bhandari RK, Khadka JB, Gurung CK, Upadhyay MP. Heterophile agglutinin level in patients attending TU Teaching Hospital out patient clinics with no clinical diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. J Inst Med (
12. Rai SK, Sharma CM, Bhandari RK, Nagata K, Okuno Y. Serological study of Japanese encephalitis virus in Nepal. J Inst Med (
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14. Bhattarai RK, Khadka JB, Thapa JB, Subedi NB, Karki DB, Upadhyay MP, Karmacharya PC, Koirala S, Pokhrel BM, Rai SK, Sharma AP. Endogenous cryptococcal endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. J Inst Med (
15. Karmacharya PC, Upadhyay MP, Koirala S, Pokhrel BM, Rai SK. Microbial flora of conjunctiva of live newborn Nepalese baby.
16. Rai SK, Sharma CM, Bhandari RK, Nagata K, Okuno Y. Serological study of Measles and Herpes simplex virus in Nepal. J Inst Med (
17. Adhikari RK, Rai SK, Pokhrel BM, Khadka JB. Comparative bacterial study of ORS prepared in unboiled and boiled drinking water of
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19. Upadhyay MP,
20. Sehgal R,
21. Khadka JB,
22. Rai SK, Tuladhar NR, Shrestha HG. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary medical care center,
23. Hirai K, Okuno Y, Nagata K, Tamura T, Ohno Y, Nakayama J, Rai SK, Sakya HN, Shrestha MP. Nutritional survey on serum lipid, protein and calcium levels in Nepalese. Clin Biochem Nutr 1990; 9: 205-13.
24. Kubo T,
25. Dubey ML, Rai SK, Ganguly NK, Kalra A, Mahajan RC. Generation of reactive oxygen species by blood monocytes in human Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax infections. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol
26. Shibata H, Sumi K, Mimura K, Matsuoka A, Rai SK, Nakanishi M. Seroepidemiology status of Nepalese against hemolytic streptococcal infection in Kathmandu. Kansenshogaku Zassi (J Jpn Assoc Infect Dis) 1992; 66: 314-8.
27. Ogawa S, Shrestha MP, Rai SK, Parajuli BM, Rai JN, Ghimire SC, Hirai K, Nagata K, Tamura T, Isegawa Y, Okuno Y, Ueda S. Serological and virological studies of Japanese encephalitis in Terai region of Nepal. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1992;
28. Kubo T, Rai SK, Sharma CM, Rawal S, Yamano T. Seroepidemiological study of viral infectious diseases in Nepal. J Inst Med (
29. Rai SK, Yano K, Kubo T, Parajuli K, Rawal S, Prasai BR, Basnet SR, Shrestha HG, Mahajan RC. Immuno-serological study of human toxoplasmosis in
30. Hirai K, Takagi E, Okuno Y, Nagata K, Tamura T, Nakayama J, Rai SK, Sakya HN, Shrestha MP. The serum status of tocopherol and retinol and their relation to lipid in persons aged 10-70 in
31. Kubo T,
32. Rai SK, Kubo T, Nakanishi M, Sumi K, Shibata H, Matsuoka A, Shrestha HG. Status of soil-transmitted helminthic infection in
33. Rai SK, Budhathoki S, Bajracharya K, Sharma CM, Shrestha MK, Shrestha HG, Prasai BR, Shibata H, Sumi K, Nakanishi M, Kubo T, Matsuoka A. Prevalence of intestinal protozoan parasitic infection in Nepal. Hyogo J Med Technol (
34. Rai SK, Shibata H, Sumi K, Kubota K, Hirai H, Matsuoka A, Tamura T, Basnet SR, Shrestha HG, Mahajan RC. Seroepidemiology of human toxoplasmosis in two different geographical areas in
35. Rai SK, Shibata H, Kubota K, Sumi K, Matsuoka A, Uga S. Evaluation of three commercially available test systems for the detection of Toxoplasma antibodies in experimentally infected mice during primary infection. J Assoc Rapid Method Automation Microbiol 1994;
36. Rai SK, Shibata H, Kubota K, Sumi K, Matsuoka A, Uga S, Matsumura T, Shrestha HG. Immunoglobulin M and G antibodies in mice in response to Toxoplasma gondii (S-273) infection and their antigen recognition pattern in Western blotting on various post infection days. Kansenshogaku Zassi 1994; 68: 1318-23.
37. Rai SK, Shibata H, Satoh M, Murakoso K, Sumi K, Kubo T, Matsuoka A. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C viruses in eastern Nepal. Kansenshogaku Zassi 1994; 68: 1492-7.
38. Shibata H, Rai SK, Satoh M, Murakoso K, Sumi K, Uga S, Matsumura T, Matsuoka A. The use of PCR in detecting Toxoplasma parasites in blood and brains of mice experimentally infected with Toxopalsma gondii. Kansenshogaku Zassi 1995; 69: 158-63.
39. Rai SK, Shibata H, Sumi K, Matsuoka A, Ueda N, Matsubara T, Murakami H. Incidence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in adult population in Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. J Inst Med (
40. Shibata H, Hirano K, Kubota K, Murakoso K, Rai SK, Matsuoka A. Clinical utility of anti-HCV detection in kidney transplantation patients. Japanese J Med Technol 1995; 44: 14-9.
41. Rai SK, Bajracharya K, Budhathoki S, Khadka JB, Rai KK, Shrestha MK, Sharma CM. Nakanishi, M, Kubo T, Shrestha HG. Status of intestinal parasitoses at TU Teaching Hospital. J Inst Med (
42. Hirai K, Takagi E, Okuno Y, Nagata K, Tamura T, Rai SK, Shrestha MP. Status of poly-unsaturated fatty acids in serum of persons aged 10-72 in
43. Kubo T, Rai SK, Rawal S, Pokhrel BM, Shrestha HG, Prasai BR. Changing sero-epidemiological pattern of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in Nepal. J Inst Med (
44. Uga S, Ohkawa H, Amin-Babjee SM, Rai SK. Contamination of soil with parasite eggs in and around
45. Rai SK, Uga S, Ono K, Nakanishi M, Shrestha HG, Matsumura T. Serological study of Toxocara infection in Nepal. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1996; 27: 286-90.
46. Rai SK, Kubo T, Yano K, Shibata H, Sumi K, Uga S, Basnyat SR, Shrestha HG, Mahajan RC, Sharma AP. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in common meat animals and its public health importance in Nepal. J Inst Med (
47. Rai SK, Kubo T, Yano K, Shibata H, Sumi K, Matsuoka A, Uga S, Matsumura T, Hirai K, Upadhyay MP, Basnet SR, Shrestha HG, Mahajan RC. Seroepidemiological study of Toxoplasma infection in Central and Western Regions in
48. Manandhar R, Yamaguchi T, Gurung G, Tuladhar NR, Rai SK, Jha R, Singh A. Chlamydial infection in women attending TU Teaching Hospital. J Inst Med (
49. Rai SK, Shrestha HG, Nakanishi M, Kubo T, Ono K, Uga S, Matsumura T. Hookworm infection recorded at an University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal over one decade period. Japanese J Trop Med Hyg 1997; 25: 81-4.
50. Rai SK, Uga S, Ono K, Nakanishi M, Shibata H, Shrestha HG, Matsumura T. Serological study of amoebiasis. J Inst Med (
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52. Rai SK, Uga S, Wu Z, Takahashi Y, Matsumura T. Use of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of toxocariasis: an experimental study. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1997; 28: 541-4.
53. Uga S, Ono K, Kataoka N, Rai SK. Prevalence of Toxocara species eggs and Escherochia coli in the sandpits of public parks in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
54. Rai SK, Shibata H, Nakagawa M, Maebara T, Matsumura T, Uga S, Sumi K, Matsuoka A. Seroepidemiological study of Hantavirus infection in Nepal. J Assoc Rapid Methods Automation Microbiol (JARMAM) 1997; 8: 81-6.
55. Nakanishi M, Rai SK, Hirai K, Rai G, Uga S, Uchida K, Shrestha HG, Matsuoka A. Serum lipid profile in adult Nepalese of different ethnic groups. J Inst Med (
56. Ono K, Tsuji H, Masuda K, Rai SK, Uga S, Matsumura T, Kawamura T. Study on the detection method of water-borne pathogenic protozoa: Cryptosporidium parvum. Annual Report Hyogo Prefectural Inst Public Health (
57. Uga S, Morimoto M, Saito T, Rai SK. Surface ultra structure of Heterophyes heterophyes (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) collected from a man. J Helminthol Soc
58. Uga S, Kunaruk N, Rai SK, Watanabe M. Cryptosporidium infection in HIV-seropositive and seronegative populations in southern Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1998; 29: 100-4.
59. Rai SK. Status and future of clinical pathology in
60. Rai SK, Kubo T, Yano K, Shibata H, Sumi K, Matsuoka A, Uga S, T Matsumura, HG Shrestha. Toxoplasma gondii infection in
61. Rai SK, Uga S, Tantular I, Dachlan YP, Tjanderahasan R. Current situation of health problems in East Java, Indonesia. J Envt’l Control Tech (
62. Matsumura T, Rai SK, Ono K, Oda Y, Tsuji H, Wada K, Rai N, Uga S, Shrestha HG. Study on environmental and health conditions in an “unknown disease outbreak” hit area in Far-Western Region,
63. Rai SK, Nakanishi M, Upadhyay MP, Rai CK, Hirai K, Ohno Y, Shrestha HG, Ono K, Uga S, Matsumura T. Effect of intestinal helminth infection on some nutritional parameters among rural villagers in
64. Ohno Y, Hirai K, Nagata K, Tamura T, Rai SK, Onta S, Devkota M, Shrestha MP. Evaluation of the iron status in Nepalese living in
65. Ono K, Oda Y, Rai SK, Rai G, Masuda K, Uga S, Shrestha HG, Matsumura T, Kawamura T. Microscopic examination for detection and identification of Cyclospora cayetanensis oocyst. Bull Hyogo Prefectural Inst Public Health (
66. Rai SK, Shibata H, Sumi K, Rai G, Rai N, Mamandhar R, Gurung G, Ono K, Uga S, Matsuoka A, Shrestha HG, Matsumura T. Toxoplasma antibody prevalence in Nepalese pregnant women and women with bad obstetric history. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1998; 29: 739-43.
67. Nakanishi M, Yoh K, Uchida K, Maruo S, Rai SK, Matsuoka A. Clinical usefulness of serum tartarate-resistant fluoride-sensitive acid phosphatase activity in evaluating bone turnover. J Bone Minerals Metabol 1999; 17: 125-30.
68. Rai SK. Toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis and its implication as possible opportunistic pathogen in
69. Matsumura T, Saito-Ito A, Rai SK, Rahman Md S, Asao N, He S. Recent parasitoses in
70. Saito-Ito A, Rai SK, He S, Koshaki M, Tuji M, Ishihara T. First demonstration of Babesia parasitizing human in
71. Matsumura T, Rai SK, Kagei N, Igarashi N, Suehiro I, Yuu H, Mizutani T, Nakamura T. A case of pyloristenosis induced with suspected anisakiasis. Clin Parasiol (
72. Rai SK, Matsumura T, Ono K, Abe A, Hirai K, Rai G, Sumi K, Kubota K, Uga S, Shrestha HG. High Toxoplasma seroprevalence associated with meat eating habit of locals in
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74. Rai SK, Shibata H, Sumi K, Uga S, Ono K, Shrestha HG, Matsuoka A, Matsumura T. Serological study of Leptospira infection in Nepal by one-point MCA method. J Infect Dis Antimicrob Agents 2000;
75. Rai SK, Nakanishi M, Upadhyay MP, Hirai K, Ohno Y, Ono K, Uga S, Shrestha HG, Matsumura T. Effect of intestinal helminth infection on retinol and ß-carotene status among rural Nepalese. Nutr Res 2000; 20: 15-23.
76. Nakanishi M, Yoh K, Miura T, Oobasi T, Rai SK, Uchida K. Development of kinetic assay for band 5b tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase activity in serum. Clin Chem 2000; 46: 469-73.
77. Oda T, Sakagami M, Ito H, Yano H, Rai SK, Kawabata M, Uga S. Size selective continuous flow filtration method for detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Water Res 2000; 34: 4477-81.
78. Uga S, Matsuo J, Kimura D,
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80. Rai SK, Matsumura T, Ono K, Oda Y, Uga S, Rai N, Shrestha HG. Intestinal parasitoses in an “unknown disease outbreak” hit rural hilly area in western
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82. Rai SK, Shibata H, Satoh M, Sumi K, Uga S, Matsumura T, Matsuoka A, Shrestha HG, Basnet SR, Sharma AP, Mahajan RC. Variability in PCR results in detecting Toxoplasma parasites in lungs, brain and spleen tissues of experimentally infected mice. J
83. Ishiyama S, Ono K, Rai CK, Rai G, Tsuji H, Sharma AP, Choudhury DR, Rai SK. Study of enteropathogens and its pre-disposing factors in sub-urban public school children in Kathmandu, Nepal.
84. Ono K, Tsuji H, Rai SK, Yamamoto A, Masuda K, Endo T, Hotta H, Kawamura T, Uga S. Contamination of river water by Cryptosporidium oocysts in western Japan. Applied Envt’l Microbiol 2001; 67: 3832-38.
85. Ono K, Rai SK, Chikahira M, Fujimoto T, Shibata H, Wada Y, Tsuji H, Oda Y, Rai G, Shrestha CD, Masuda K, Shrestha HG, Matsumura T, Hotta H, Kawamura T, Uga S. Seasonal distribution of enteropathogens detected from diarrheal stool and water samples collected in Kathmandu, Nepal. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2001; 32: 520-6.
86. Rai SK, Hirai K, Abe A, Rai G, Ishiyama S, Shrestha HG, Ono K, Uga S, Matsumura T. Low Toxoplasma seroprevalence in Dhading district, Nepal. J Inst Med (
87. Rai SK, Hirai K, Abe A, Ishiyama S, Ono K, Uga S, Sharma AP, Minami Y. Toxoplasma seroprevalence among Nepalese of under 20 years of age.
88. Chhetri PK, Rai SK, Pathak UN, Thapa JB, Devkota KC, Shrestha BO, Shrestha RR. Retrospective study on urinary tract infections at Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital,
89. Oda T, Ito H, Yano H, Rai SK, Kawabata M, Inoue M, Uga S. Use of hydrophilic polytetra-fluoroethylene (HPTFE) membrane in detecting Cryptosporidium oocysts from source water. Japanese J Water Treatment Biol 2002; 38: 153-8.
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91. Rai SK, Abe A, Hirai K, Ishiyama S, Rai G, Ono K, Uga S. Intestinal parasitoses among school children in a rural hilly area in Nepal.
92. Ohno Y, Shibata H, Hirai K, Nakanishi M, Nagata K, Tamura T, Rai SK, Shrestha MP. The levels of serum transferase, γ-glutamyltranspeptidase, lactate dehydrogenase and non-protein nitrogen in Nepalese living in the southern agricultural Terai region.
93. Ishiyama S,
94. Pandey B, Yamamoto A, Morita K, Kurosawa Y, Rai SK, Adhikari S, Kandel P, Kurane I. Serodiagnosis of Japanese encephalitis among Nepalese patients by the particle aggulutination assay. Epidemiol Infect 2003; 131: 881-5.
95. Inoue M, Rai SK, Oda T, Kimura K, Nakanishi M, Hotta H, Uga S. A new filter-eluting solution that facilitates improved recovery of Cryptosporidium oocysts from water. J Microbiol Methods 2003; 55: 679-86.
96. Gurung R, Rai SK, Kurokawa M, Shrestha MK, Thakur J, Rai CK, Ruit S, Ono K. Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis epidemic-2003 in Nepal.
97. Rai SK, Upadhyay MP, Shrestha HG. Toxoplasma infection in selected patients in
98. Rai DR, Sharma BK, Ghimire P, Bhatta DR, Rai SK. Status of intestinal protozoan parasite infection in northern part of Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepalese J Microbiol 2003; 1: 16-20.
99. Hirai K, Ohno Y, Jindai M, Aoki Y, Hayashi E, Higuchi H, Mizuno S, Nagata K, Rai SK, Shrestha MP. Serum nutritional status of tocopherol and retinol normalized to lipids of persons living in the Southern rural Terai Region in
100. Uga S, Rai SK, Kimura K, Rai G, Kimura D, Wakasugi M, Miyake Y, Ishiyama S, Rajbhandari TP. Parasites detected from diarrheal stool samples collected in Kathmandu, Nepal. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2004; 35: 19-23.
101. Rai SK, Hirai K, Abe A, Nakanishi M, Ishiyama S, Rai G, Uga S, Shrestha HG. Effect of enteric parasitosis on physical and nutritional status of rural school children in
102. Takemasa K, Kimura K, May SI, Rai SK, Ohyama F, Wu Z, Kimura D, Uga S. Epidemiological survey of intestinal parasitic infections of diarrhoeal patients in Nepal and Lao PDR.
103. Kurokawa M, Ono K, Nukita M, Itoh M, Thapa U, Rai SK. Detection of viral pathogens from diarrheal fecal samples collected from children in Kathmandu, Nepal.
104. Matsuo J, Kimura D,
105. Kimura K, Rai SK, Takemasa K, Ishibashi Y, Kawabata M, Belosevic M, Uga S. Comparision of three microscopic techniques for diagnosis of Cyclospora cayetanensis. FEMS (Federation Eur Microbiol Soc) (Microbial Letters) 2004; 238: 263-6.
106. Sharma BK, Rai SK, Rai DR, Choudhary DR. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infestation in school children in northeastern part of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2004; 35: 501-5.
107. Uga S,
108. Ohno Y, Hirai K, Higuchi H, Sakai K, Nagata K, Tamura T, Rai CK, Rai SK. Serum nutritional components and dietary food intake of people living in a remote hilly village in eastern Nepal. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2004; 35: 71-80.
109. Abe A, Hirai K, Rai SK. Survey of nutritional conditions of Nepalese living in the mid-western rural Dang District. J
110. Abe A, Hirai K, Rai SK, Rai G. Serum levels of aminoacids of Nepalese living in south-central rural region.
111. Kurokawa M, Ono K, Ishiyama S, Rai SK. Evaluation of rapid diagnostic methods for pediatric viral diarrhea using samples collected in Nepal and Japan.
112. Pandey BD, Rai SK, Morita K, Kurane I. First case of Dengue virus infection in
113. Ono K, Tsuji H, Kurokawa M, Yanagida J-I, Ishiyama S, Kimura K, Rai SK, Uga S. Study on detection method of Cryptosporidium oocysts in clinical and environmental Samples. Bull
114. Ishiyama S, Yanagida J-I, Rai SK, Ono K. Study on intestinal parasitosis in public school children in Kathmandu, Bull Kobe Tokiwa Coll (Japan) 2004; 26: 55-58.
115. Yanagida J-I, Ishiyama S, Imanishi M, Kurokawa M, Rai SK, Ono K. Microbial survey on stool from children, water and vegetables samples collected in Kathmandu, Nepal.
116. Sasai T, Rai SK. Data of the distribution of social wasps in
117. Rai DR, Rai SK, Sharma BK, Ghimire P, Bhatta DR. Factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among school children in a rural area of
118. Kimura K, Rai SK, Rai G, Insisiengmay S, Kawabata M, Karanis P, Uga S. Study of Cyclospora cayetanensis associated with diarrheal disease in Nepal and Lao DPR. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2005; 36: 1371-6.
119. Inoue M, Uga S, Oda T, Rai SK, Vessey G, Hotta H. Changes of physical and bio-chemical properties of Cryptosporidium oocysts with various storage conditions. Water Res 2006; 40: 881-6.
120. Rai SK, Shah RDP, Bhattachan CL, Rai CK, Ishiyama S, Kurokawa M, Ono K, Uga S. Study on Helicobacter pylori associated gastroduodenal problem among Nepalese.
121. Kurokawa M, Rai SK, Ono K, Gurung R, Ruit S. Viral investigation of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreak (2003) in Nepal using molecular methods. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2006; 37: 10-6.
122. Adhikari N,
123. Pant J,
124. Shakya B,
125. Rai SK. Human Parasite (Summarized Review). J
126. Rai CK, Shrestha A, Shah RDP, Rai SK. Study of intestinal parasitosis among patients visiting health care center in Kathmandu, Nepal. J
127. Ghimire G, Pant J, Rai SK, Choudhary DR, Adhikari N. Bacteriological analysis of water of Kathmandu Valley. J
128. Shakya B, Rai SK, Singh A, Shrestha A, Rai CK. Analysis of factors associated with intestinal parasitosis among elderly people in Kathmandu Valley. J
129. Adhikari N, Rai SK, Singh A, Dahal S. Intestinal protozoal infections among HIV seropositive subjects in Nepal. J
130. Karki G, Pant J, Rai SK. Profile of cholera cases admitted at Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital during 2006 summer outbreak. J
131. Pant J, Rai SK. Occurrence of Staphylococcus aureus in hospital environment and staffs in a Teaching Hospital in
132. Ono K, Limbu YR, Rai SK, Kurokawa M, Yanagida J-I, Rai G, Gurung N, Sharma M, Rai CK. Prevalence of type-2 diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose in semi-urban population of Nepal.
133. Shrestha A, Rai SK, Basnyat SR, Rai CK, Shakya B. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Kathmandu, Nepal.
134. Limbu YR, Rai SK, Ono K, Kurokawa M, Yanagida J-I, Rai G, Gurung N, Rai CK. Lipid profile of adults Nepalese population.
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136. Rai GK, Upreti HC,
137. SK Rai, R Gurung, R Sainju, L Bajracharya,