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श्री चित्रा तिरुनाल आयुर्विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, त्रिवेंद्रम

विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग, भारत सरकार के अधीन एक राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

An Institution of National Importance, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

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Dr. Sankara Sarma P.

Professor Senior Grade

Phone : 0471-2524232 (Office),0471-2743005 (Home).

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Academic Qualification Professional Record Publications

Academic Qualifications

PhD (Public Health); Major subjects- Biostatistics, Demography, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, 1991.

MHS (Biostatistics), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, 1989.

MSc (Demography), University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India, 1981.

Professional Record

Research Associate, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum, Kerala, India: 1991-1994.

Assistant Professor, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala, India: 1994-1998.

Associate Professor, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, Kerala, India: 1998-2002.

Additional Professor, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, Kerala, India: Since 2002.

Awards

Dr. K.C.K.E. Raja Award, University of Kerala, India during 1981.

Area of Interest

Applications of Biostatistics in Health related disciplines.

Teaching course modules namely Basic biostatistics and Intermediate Biostatistics to students for the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree and Diploma in Pubic Health (DPH) programme of the Institute at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS). Also taking lecture sessions in Biostatistics to various Post doctoral and Post graduate training programmes of the institute like DM/MCH, MPhil, Diploma and certificate programmes.

Providing research guidance and statistical consultancy at the design, data analysis and interpretation stages of various research projects of faculty members, residents, doctoral and postgraduate students of the Institute.

Membership

Life member of Indian Society for Medical Statistics.

Life member of Indian Association for the study of Population.

Life member of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics.

Life member of Indian Public Health Association.

Life member of Nutrition Society of India.

On-going Projects

Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Survey under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project. (ICMR funded).

No. of Publications

240 peer reviewed publications in research journals authored or co-authored.

Dissertations Supervised - M.Tech

Supervised about 50 MPH dissertations.

Publications

Article

Sathish, T; Kannan, S; Sarma, P S; Razum, O; Thankappan, K R, Incidence of hypertension and its risk factors in rural Kerala, India: A community-based cohort study., Public Health, 2012, 126; 25-32, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22133670

Coutts, S B; Sylaja, P N; Choi, Y B; Al-Khathami, A; Sivakumar, C; Jeerakathil, T J; Sarma, P S; Hill, M D, The ASPIRE approach for TIA risk stratification., Can J Neurol Sci, 2011, 38; 78-81, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21156434

Gopinath, Malini; Sarma, P S; Thomas, Sanjeev V, Gender-specific psychosocial outcome for women with epilepsy., Epilepsy Behav, 2011, 20; 44-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21093381

Saramma, P P; Krishnakumar, K; Sarma, P S, Alcohol-based hand rub and surgical site infection after elective neurosurgery: an intervention., Neurol India, 2011, 59; 12-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21339652

Flisser, Eric; Thomas, Sanjeev V; Sarma, P Sankara; Sukumaran, Sapna Cheravalloor, Polytherapy increases the risk of infertility in women with epilepsy.., Neurology, 2011, 76; 1442; author reply 14, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21502609

Saramma, P P; Sarma, P S; Thomas, Sanjeev V, Women with epilepsy have poorer knowledge and skills in child rearing than women without epilepsy., Seizure, 2011, 20; 575-9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21571551

Bhat, Mamta; Ramesha, K N; Nirmala, C; Sarma, P S; Thomas, Sanjeev V, Knowledge and practice profile of obstetricians regarding epilepsy in women in Kerala state, India., Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2011, 14; 169-71, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028527

Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai; Jyotsna, Rashmi; Singh, Ruma; Sylaja, Padmavati N; Vijaya, Pamidimukkala; Padma, Madakasira Vasantha; Venkateswaralu, Kolichana; Sukumaran, Sajith; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath; Sar, Premorbid nutrition and short term outcome of stroke: a multicentre study from India., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2011, 82; 1087-92, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21427453

Bhandari, S.; Sarma, P.S.; Thankappan, K.R., Adherence to Antihypertensive Treatment and Its Determinants Among Urban Slum Dwellers in Kolkata, India, Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2011,

Rathore, Chaturbhuj; Sarma, Sankara P; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Prognostic importance of serial postoperative EEGs after anterior temporal lobectomy., Neurology, 2011, 76; 1925-31, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21624992

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Rathore, Chaturbhuj; Panda, Samhita; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, How safe is it to withdraw antiepileptic drugs following successful surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy?, Epilepsia, 2011, 52; 627-35, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21219315

Rathore, Chaturbhuj; Kesavadas, Chandrasekhar; Ajith, Joy; Sasikala, Achikanath; Sarma, Sankara P; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Cost-effective utilization of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in decision making for epilepsy surgery., Seizure, 2011, 20; 107-14, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21112798

Ramesha, Kallakatta N; Mooney, Tomin; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Long-term seizure outcome and its predictors in patients with recurrent seizures during the first year aftertemporal lobe resective epilepsy surgery., Epilepsia, 2011, 52; 917-24, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21219316

Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh; Sarma, P Sankara; Thankappan, Kavumpurathu Raman, Community-based group intervention for tobacco cessation in rural Tamil Nadu, India: A cluster randomized trial., J Subst Abuse Treat, 2011, , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22154037

Iyer, Rajesh S; Rekha, Mangattuthodi; Kumar, T Santhosh; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Primary care doctors' management behavior with respect to epilepsy in Kerala, southern India., Epilepsy Behav, 2011, 21; 137-42, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21536499

Krishnan, Syam; Sarma, Gangadhara; Sarma, Sankara; Kishore, Asha, Do nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease differ from normal aging?, Mov Disord, 2011, 26; 2110-3, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21661056

Raju, Rinu Susan; Sarma, Prabhakaran S; Pandian, Jeyaraj D, Psychosocial problems, quality of life, and functional independence among Indian stroke survivors., Stroke, 2010, 41; 2932-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20966411

Mathuranath, P S; Cherian, P Joseph; Mathew, Robert; Kumar, Suresh; George, Annamma; Alexander, Aley; Ranjith, Neelima; Sarma, P S, Dementia in Kerala, South India: prevalence and influence of age, education and gender., Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2010, 25; 290-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19621355

Kishore, Asha; Rao, Ravimohan; Krishnan, Syam; Panikar, Dilip; Sarma, Gangadhara; Sivasanakaran, Mathuranath Pavagada; Sarma, Sankara, Long-term stability of effects of subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson's disease: Indian Experience., Mov Disord, 2010, 25; 2438-44, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20976738

Bhat, Mamta; K N, Ramesha; Sarma, Sankara P; Menon, Sangeetha; C V, Sowmini; S, Ganesh Kumar, Determinants of gestational diabetes mellitus: A case control study in a district tertiary care hospital in south India., Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries, 2010, 30; 91-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20535313

Sukumaran, Sapna Cheravalloor; Sarma, P Sankara; Thomas, Sanjeev V, Polytherapy increases the risk of infertility in women with epilepsy., Neurology, 2010, 75; 1351-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20938026

Gupta, Deepak; Saini, Jitender; Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan; Sarma, P Sankara; Kishore, Asha, Utility of susceptibility-weighted MRI in differentiating Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism., Neuroradiology, 2010, 52; 1087-94, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20358367

Devadasan, Narayanan; Criel, Bart; Van Damme, Wim; Manoharan, S; Sarma, P Sankara; Van der Stuyft, Patrick, Community health insurance in Gudalur, India, increases access to hospital care., Health Policy Plan, 2010, 25; 145-54, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19843637

Sharma, I; Sarma, P S; Thankappan, K R, Awareness, attitude and perceived barriers regarding implementation of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act in Assam, India., Indian J Cancer, 2010, 47 Suppl 1; 63-8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20622417

Ramesha, K N; Kuruvilla, Abraham; Sarma, P S; Radhakrishnan, V V, Clinical, electrophysiologic, and histopathologic profile, and outcome in idiopathic inflammatory myositis: An analysis of 68 cases., Ann Indian Acad Neurol, 2010, 13; 250---6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264132

Chaudhry, Neera; Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha; Abraham, Mathew; Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan; Radhakrishnan, Venkataraman V; Sankara Sarma, P; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Selection of ideal candidates for extratemporal resective epilepsy surgery in a country with limited resources., Epileptic Disord, 2010, 12; 38---47, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20199943

Thankappan, K R; Shah, Bela; Mathur, Prashant; Sarma, P S; Srinivas, G; Mini, G K; Daivadanam, Meena; Soman, Biju; Vasan, Ramachandran S, Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: results of a community-based study in Kerala, India., Indian J Med Res, 2010, 131; 53-63, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20167974

Saramma, PP; Thomas, SV; Sarma, PS, Child rearing issues for mothers with epilepsy: A case control study, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2010, 9; 158, http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2006;volume=9;issue=3;spage=158;epage=162;aulast=Saramma;type=0

KN, R.; Kate, M.P.; Kesavadas, C.; Radhakrishnan, VV; Sarma, S.P.; Thomas, S.V., Neoplastic meningitis: clinico-radiological features, outcome and prognostic factors, Neurology Asia, 2010, 15; 71-77, http://neurologyasia.org/articles/20101_071.pdf

Kallakatta, Ramesha Nekkare; Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha; Fayaz, R K; Unnikrishnan, J P; Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan; Sarma, Sankara P, Clinical and functional outcome and factors predicting prognosis in osmotic demyelination syndrome (central pontine and/or extrapontine myelinolysis) in 25 patients., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2010, , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20826870

Jolapara, M; Kesavadas, C; Radhakrishnan, V V; Thomas, B; Gupta, A K; Bodhey, N; Patro, S; Saini, J; George, U; Sarma, P S, Role of diffusion tensor imaging in differentiating subtypes of meningiomas., J Neuroradiol, 2010, , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20381865

Sridharan, S.E.; Unnikrishnan, JP; Sukumaran, S.; Sylaja, PN; Nayak, S.D.; Sarma, P.S.; Radhakrishnan, K., Incidence, types, risk factors, and outcome of stroke in a developing country, Stroke, 2009, 40; 1212-1218

Nair, M K C; Nair, Latha; Chacko, D S; Zulfikar, A M; George, Babu; Sarma, P S, Markers of fetal onset adult diseases: a comparison among low birthweight and normal birthweight adolescents., Indian Pediatr, 2009, 46 Suppl; s43-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19279368

Aghila Rani, Koippallil G; Jayakumar, Karunakaran; Sarma, P Sankara; Kartha, Chandrasekharan C, Clinical determinants of ckit-positive cardiac cell yield in coronary disease., Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann, 2009, 17; 139-42, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19592542

Chemmanan T, Radhakrishnan A, Sarma SP, Radhakrishnan K, A prospective study on the cost-effective utilization of long-term inpatient video-EEG monitoring in a developing country., J Clin Neurophysiol, 2009, 26: 123-8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19279502

Kannoth S, Unnikrishnan JP, Santosh Kumar T, Sankara Sarma P, Radhakrishnan K, Risk factors for epilepsy: a population-based case-control study in Kerala, southern India., Epilepsy Behav, 2009, 16: 58-63, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19660989

George L, Iyer Rs, James R, Sankara Sarma P, Radhakrishnan K, Employment outcome and satisfaction after anterior temporal lobectomy for refractory epilepsy: a developing country's perspective., Epilepsy Behav, 2009, 16: 495-500, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19783220

Kaur, S.; Panicker, S.R.; James, T.; Sarma, P.S.; Thankappan, KR; Kartha, C.C., Association of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-2518 polymorphism with metabolic syndrome in a South Indian cohort, Metabolic syndrome and related disorders, 2009, 7; 193-198

Ramesha, K N; Rajesh, B; Ashalatha, R; Kesavadas, C; Abraham, M; Radhakrishnan, V V; Sarma, P S; Radhakrishnan, K, Rasmussen's encephalitis: experience from a developing country based on a group of medically and surgically treated patients., Seizure, 2009, 18; 567---72, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19546013

Thomas, S V; Nair, R R; Jose, M; Sarma, P S, Risk of major congenital malformations in the offsprings of women with epilepsy is not related to family history., Epilepsy Res, 2009, 83; 52-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18977119

Rathore, Chaturbhuj; George, Annamma; Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Extent of initial injury determines language lateralization in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS)., Epilepsia, 2009, 50; 2249-55, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19744113

Arvinda, H R; Kesavadas, C; Sarma, P S; Thomas, B; Radhakrishnan, V V; Gupta, A K; Kapilamoorthy, T R; Nair, S, Glioma grading: sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of diffusion and perfusion imaging., J Neurooncol, 2009, 94; 87-96, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19229590

Duara, R; Theodore, S; Sarma, P S; Unnikrishnan, M; Neelakandhan, K S, Correction of coarctation of aorta in adult patients-impact of corrective procedure on long-term recoarctation and systolic hypertension., Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2008, 56; 83-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18278682

Hlobil, Ulf; Rathore, Chaturbhuj; Alexander, Aley; Sarma, Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Impaired facial emotion recognition in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS): Side and age at onset matters., Epilepsy Res, 2008, 80; 150-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18468867

Gupta, Deepak; Nair, Muraleedharan; Baheti, Neeraj N; Sarma, P Sankara; Kuruvilla, Abraham; Diplomate-American Board, Electrodiagnostic and clinical aspects of Guillain-Barr?? syndrome: an analysis of 142 cases., J Clin Neuromuscul Dis, 2008, 10; 42-51, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19169089

Duara, Rajnish; Misra, Manoranjan; Bhuyan, Ritwick Raj; Sarma, P Sankara; Jayakumar, Karunakaran, Does transfusion of residual cardiopulmonary bypass circuit blood increase postoperative bleeding? A prospective randomized study in patients undergoing on pump cardiopulmonary bypass., Asian J Transfus Sci, 2008, 2; 51-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20041077

Khosla, Vishal; Thankappan, K R; Mini, G K; Sarma, P S, Prevalence & predictors of alcohol use among college students in Ludhiana, Punjab, India., Indian J Med Res, 2008, 128; 79-81, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18820363

Kannoth, S; Thomas, S V; Nair, S; Sarma, P S, Proposed diagnostic criteria for intracranial infectious aneurysms., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2008, 79; 943-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18303107

Thomas, Sanjeev V; Ajaykumar, B; Sindhu, K; Nair, M K C; George, Babu; Sarma, P S, Motor and mental development of infants exposed to antiepileptic drugs in utero., Epilepsy Behav, 2008, 13; 229-36, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18346940

Thomas, S V; Ajaykumar, B; Sindhu, K; Francis, E; Namboodiri, N; Sivasankaran, S; Tharakan, J A; Sarma, P S, Cardiac malformations are increased in infants of mothers with epilepsy., Pediatr Cardiol, 2008, 29; 604-8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18188637

Jacob, N.; Thomas, SV; Sarma, PS; others, Anti epileptic drug usage and withdrawal in elderly persons with epilepsy, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2007, 10; 34

Rajesh, B.; Ashalatha, R.; Sarma, SP; Radhakrishnan, K.; others, An assessment of the clinical equivalence of valproate chrono and extended release divalproex formulations, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2007, 10; 169

Mathuranath, P S; Cherian, Joseph P; Mathew, Robert; George, Annamma; Alexander, Aley; Sarma, Sankara P, Mini mental state examination and the Addenbrooke's cognitive examination: effect of education and norms for a multicultural population., Neurol India, 2007, 55; 106-10, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17558112

Santosh, Deetha; Kumar, T Santosh; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Women with onset of epilepsy prior to marriage: disclose or conceal?, Epilepsia, 2007, 48; 1007-10, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17386055

Rathore C, Abraham M, Rao RM, George A, Sarma PS, Radhakrishnan K, Outcome after corpus callosotomy in children with injurious drop attacks and severe mental retardation., Brain Dev, 2007, 29:577-85, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17507193

Varma, Nisha P; Sylaja, Padmavathy N; George, Lincy; Sankara Sarma, P; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Employment concerns of people with epilepsy in Kerala, south India., Epilepsy Behav, 2007, 10; 250---4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17218155

Lipska, K; Sylaja, P N; Sarma, P S; Thankappan, K R; Kutty, V R; Vasan, R S; Radhakrishnan, K, Risk factors for acute ischaemic stroke in young adults in South India., J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2007, 78; 959---63, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17220290

Kannoth, Sudheeran; Iyer, Rajesh; Thomas, Sanjeev V; Furtado, Sunil V; Rajesh, B J; Kesavadas, C; Radhakrishnan, V V; Sarma, P S, Intracranial infectious aneurysm: presentation, management and outcome., J Neurol Sci, 2007, 256; 3-9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17360002

Pandian, Jeyaraj Durai; Venkateswaralu, K; Thomas, Sanjeev V; Sarma, P S, Maternal and fetal outcome in women with epilepsy associated with neurocysticercosis., Epileptic Disord, 2007, 9; 285-91, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17884752

Thomas, Sanjeev V; Sukumaran, Sajith; Lukose, Neetha; George, Annamma; Sarma, P S, Intellectual and language functions in children of mothers with epilepsy., Epilepsia, 2007, 48; 2234-40, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17941847

Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath; Radhakrishnan, Venkataraman V; Mary, Paramban R; Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan; Alexander, Aley; Sarma, P Sankara, Corpora amylacea in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: clinico-pathological correlations., Epilepsy Res, 2007, 74; 81-90, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17336043

Sowmini, C V; Sankara Sarma, P, Service Provision and Contraceptive Use Related Morbidity in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, DEMOGRAPHY INDIA, 2006, 35; 129-144

Sudha, S; Suchindran, Chirayath; Mutran, Elizabeth J; Rajan, S Irudaya; Sarma, P Sankara, Marital status, family ties, and self-rated health among elders in South India., J Cross Cult Gerontol, 2006, 21; 103-20, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17242992

Pandian, Jeyaraj D; Santosh, Deetha; Kumar, T Santosh; Sarma, P Sankara; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, High school students' knowledge, attitude, and practice with respect to epilepsy in Kerala, southern India., Epilepsy Behav, 2006, 9; 492-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16971188

Krishnan, Syam; Mathuranath, P S; Sarma, Sankara; Kishore, Asha, Neuropsychological functions in progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease., Neurol India, 2006, 54; 268-72, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16936386

Tobgay, Karma Jigme; Sarma, P Sankara; Thankappan, K R, Predictors of treatment delays for tuberculosis in Sikkim., Natl Med J India, 2006, 19; 60-3, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16756190

Pokhrel, B.R.; Thankappan, KR; Mini, GK; Sarma, PS, Tobacco use among health professionals and their role in tobacco cessation in Nepal, Prevention and Control, 2006, 2; 117-125

Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha; Abraham, Mathew; Radhakrishnan, Venkataraman V; Sarma, Sankara P; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath, Medically refractory epilepsy associated with temporal lobe ganglioglioma: characteristics and postoperative outcome., Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 2006, 108; 648---54, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16318902

Thomas, Sanjeev V; Deetha, T D; Nair, Prabhachandran; Sarma, Sankara P, Fewer women receive tertiary care for epilepsy in Kerala State, India., Epileptic Disord, 2006, 8; 184-9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16987738

Thankappan, K R; Sivasankaran, S; Sarma, P Sankara; Mini, Gk; Khader, S Abdul; Padmanabhan, Pg; Vasan, Rs, Prevalence-correlates-awareness-treatment and control of hypertension in kumarakom, kerala: baseline results of a community-based intervention program., Indian Heart J, 2006, 58; 28-33, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18984927