Prof. Dr Lee Way Seah
Designation: Senior Professor
Faculty / Institute / Centre : M. Kandiah Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department / Unit: Department of Population Medicine
Telephone No: +6 ext
Fax: +603-90197062
Email Address: leewayseah@utar.edu.my
Webpage Extension URL: http://staff.utar.edu.my/leewayseah
Google Scholar Profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tPoeonwAAAAJ
Orcid ID : http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-2828
Qualification: Doctor of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
FRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
MRCP, Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Malaya
Professional
Qualification:
FASc

 

1.     Tan KK, Lee WS, Liaw LCT, Oh A. A prospective study on the use of leukocyte filters in reducing blood transfusion reactions in multi-transfused thalassaemic children. Singapore Medical Journal 1993;34:109-11. (ISI)

 

2.     Lee WS, Puthucheary SD, Boey CCM. Non-typhoid Salmonella gastroenteritis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1998;34:387-90. (ISI)

 

1.     Lee WS, Kaur P, Boey CCM, Chan KC. Cyclic vomiting syndrome in Southeast Asian Children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1998;34,568-70. (ISI)

 

2.     Lee WS, Boey CCM, Goh AYT, Chang KW, Iyngkaran N. Intestinal lymphangiectasia - a report of three Chinese children in Malaysia. Singapore Medical Journal 1998;39:418-21. (ISI)

 

3.     Lee WS, CCM Boey. Chronic diarrhoea in infants and young children: causes, clinical features and outcome. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999;35:260-3. (ISI)

 

4.     Lee WS, Boey CCM, Goh AYT.  Pulmonary norcadiosis in a child with hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome.  Singapore Medical Journal 1999;40:278-80. (ISI)

 

5.     Lee WS, Beattie RM, Meadow N, Walker-Smith JA. Gastroesophageal reflux disease in children: clinical features and outcome. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999;35:568-71. (ISI)

 

6.     Boey CCM, Goh KL, Lee WS. Paediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy in Malaysia. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1999;49:269-70. (ISI)

 

7.     Boey CCM, Goh KL, Lee WS, Parasakthi N.  Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Malaysian children: evidence for ethnic difference in childhood. Journal of Paediatric and Child Health 1999;35:151-2. (ISI)

 

8.     Lee WS, Puthucheary SD, Omar A. Salmonella meningitis and its complications in infancy. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1999;35:379-82. (ISI)

 

9.     Lee WS, Davidson GP, Butler RN, Moore DJ. Analysis of the breath hydrogen test for carbohydrate malabsorption: validation of a pocket breath test analyser. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2000;36:340-2. (ISI)

 

10.  Lee WS. Gastrointestinal infections in Children in the Southeast Asia region: Emerging Issues. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2000;30:241-5. (ISI)

 

11.  Lee WS, Puthucheary SD, Parasakthi N. Extraintestinal non-typhoidal Salmonella  infections in children. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 2000;20:125-9. (ISI)

 

12.  Chua KB, Lam SK, AbuBakar S, Lim ST, Paranjothy M, Koh MT, Lee WS. The predictive value of uvulo-patatoglossal junctional ulcers as an early clinical signs of examthem subitum due to human herpesvirus 6. Journal of Clinical Virology 2000;17:83-90. (ISI)

 

13.  Lee WS, Chong LA, Begum S, Ariffin WA, Koh MT, Lim EJ. Neonatal intracranial hemorrhage secondary to congenital Factor V deficiency and Factor V inhibitor.  American Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology 2001;23:244-6. (ISI)

 

14.  Lee WS, Chan TL, Ariffin WA, Koh MT, Lin HP. Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome presenting as childhood non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Singapore Medical Journal 2001;42:482-4. (ISI)

 

15.  Lee WS, Puthucheary SD. Retrospective study of Aeromonas infection in a Malaysian urban area: a 10 year experience. Singapore Medical Journal 2001;42:15-19. (ISI)

 

16.  Lee WS, McKiernan PJ, Beath SV, Preece MA, Baty D, Kelly DA, Burchell B, Clarke DJ. Bile bilirubin pigment analysis in disorders of bilirubin metabolism in early Infancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2001;85:38-42. (ISI)

 

17.  Lee WS, McKiernan PJ, Kelly DA.  Serum ferritin levels in neonatal fulminant hepatitis. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2001;85:F225. (ISI)

 

18.  Lee WS, Ng KP.  Seroprevalence of anti-HCV in an urban child population: a preliminary study from Kuala Lumpur. Singapore Medical Journal 2001;42:100-1. (ISI)

 

19.  Lee WS, McKiernan PJ, de Ville de Goyet J, Tanner MS, PR John. Successful treatment of refractory ascites in a child with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Acta Paediatrica 2001;90:1352-1355. (ISI)

 

20.  Lee WS, John P, McKiernan P, de Vile de Goyet J, Kelly DA. Inferior vena cava occlusion and protein-losing enteropathy after liver transplantation in children. Journal of Pediatric Gasteoneterology and Nutrition 2002; 34:413-416. (ISI)

 

21.  Lee WS, Kelly DA, Tanner MS, Al-Salti W, Ramani P, de Ville de Goyet J, McKiernan PJ. Liver transplantation for neonatal Herpes simplex virus – type 2 fulminant hepatitis. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenteroogy and Nutrition 2002;35:220-223. (ISI)

 

22.  Lee WS, Grundy R, Milford DV, Taylor CM, de Ville de Goyet J, McKiernan PJ, Beath SV, Kelly DA. Renal function following liver transplantation for unresectable hepatoblastoma. Pediatric transplantation 2003;7:270-6. (ISI)

 

23.  Lee WS, Veerasingam PD, Goh AYT, Chua KB. Hospitalization of childhood rotavirus gastroenteritis from a Southeast Asian country. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health  2003;39:518-522. (ISI)

 

24.  Lai PS, Low SL, Lee WS, Aw M, Quek SC, Quak SH. Novel de novo mutations in JAG1 gene. American Journal of Human Genetics 2003;73:558. (ISI)

 

25.  Lee WS, Puthucheary SD, Choo KE. Antimicrobial susceptibility and distribution of non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars isolated in Malaysian children. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2003;49:37-41. (ISI)

 

26.  Lee WS. The use of infliximab in Asian children with severe Crohn’s disease. Pediatrics International 2004;46:198-201. (ISI)

 

27.  Lee WS, Hafeez A, Hassan H, Raja NS, Puthucheary SD. Focal non-typhoidal Salmonella infections from a single center in Malaysia.  Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2005;36:235-239. (ISI)

 

28.  Lee WS, Saw CB, Sarji SA. Autoimmune hepatitis / primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome in a child: Diagnostic: usefulness of magnetic cholangio-pancreatography. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2005;41:225-227. (ISI)

 

29.  Lee WS, McKiernan PJ, Kelly DA.  Etiology, outcome and prognostic indicators of childhood fulminant hepatic failure in the United Kingdom. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2005;40:575-581. (ISI)

 

30.  Lee WS, Teh CM, Chan LL. Risks of seroconversion of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus in children with multitransfused thalassaemia major. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2005;41:265-268. (ISI)

 

31.  Lee WS, Ganeswrie R; Karunakaran R, Hassan HH, Puthucheary SD. Rotavirus and other enteropathogens in childhood acute gastroenteritis requiring hospital admission in Malaysia – a study of two centres. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2006;42:509-514. (ISI)

 

32.  Lee WS, Poo MI, Shyamala Nagaraj. Estimates of Economic Burden of Providing In-patient Care in Childhood Rotavirus Gastroenteritis from Malaysia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007;43:818-825. (ISI)

 

33.  Lee WS, Yap SF, and Looi LM. a1-antitrypsin deficiency is not an important cause of childhood liver diseases in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian population. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007;43:560-563. (ISI)

 

34.  Lee WS, Sokol RJ. Mitochondrial hepatopathies: recent advances in genetics and management. Hepatology 2007;45:1555-1565. (ISI)

 

35.  Lee WS, Sokol RJ. Liver disease in mitochondrial disorders. Seminars in Liver Disease 2007;27:259-273. (ISI)

 

36.  Lim LH, Lee WS, Navaratnam Parasakthi. Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease: a hospital-based study from Malaysia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007;43:366-369. (ISI)

 

37.  Lee WS. Pre-admission consultation and late referral in infants with neonatal cholestasis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008;44:57-61. (ISI)

 

38.  Bhutta ZA, Nelson EA, Lee WS, Tarr PI, Zablah R, Phua KB, Lindley K, Bass D, Phillips A. Recent Advances and Evidence Gaps in Persistent Diarrhea. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2008;47:260-265. (ISI)

 

39.  Ng YJ, Lo YL, Lee WS. Preadmission therapy for childhood acute gastroenteritis – a hospital-based study. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2009;34:55-60. (ISI)

 

40.  Lee WS, Chai PF, Lim KS, Lim LH, Looi LM, Ramanujam TM. Outcome of Biliary Atresia in Malaysia - a single centre study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2009:45:279-285. (ISI)

 

41.  Lee WS, Looi LM. Diagnostic usefulness of a 7-feature, 15-point scoring system in the interpretation of liver histology in neonatal cholestasis. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2009;15:5326-5333. (ISI)

 

42.  Chai PF, Lee WS. Out-of-pocket expenditure associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia. Vaccine 2009;27S:F112-F115. (ISI)

 

43.  Chua KH, Ida Hilmi, Ng CC, Eng TL, Palaniappan S, Lee WS, Goh KL. Identification of NOD2/CARD15 mutations in Malaysian patients with Crohn Disease. Journal of Digestive Disease 2009;10:124-130. (ISI)

 

44.  Chai PF, Lee WS, Brown RM, McPartland JL, Foster K, Davies P, McKiernan PJ, Kelly DA. Childhood Autoimmune Liver Disease: Indications and Outcome of Liver Transplantation. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2010;50(3):295-302. (ISI)

 

45.  Lee WS, Chai PF, Boey CM, Looi LM. Aetiology and outcome of neonatal cholestasis in Malaysia. Singapore Medical Journal 2010;51:434-439. (ISI)

 

46.  Lee WS, Chai PF. Clinical features differentiating biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal cholestasis. Annals of Academy of Medicine of Singapore 2010;39:648-654. (ISI)

 

47.  Ling-Sing Ch’ng, Lee WS, Carl D Kirkwood. Detection and characterisation of rare rotavirus G3P[9] strains in children admitted to hospital with severe diarrhoea in Malaysia during 2008 rotavirus season. Emerging Infectious Disease 2011;17:948-950.

 

48.  Lee WS, Toh TH, Chai PF, Soo TL. Self-reported level of and factors influencing the compliance to desferrioxamine in multi-transfused thalassaemias. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2011;47:535-40.

 

49.    Chua KH, Lian LH, Kee BP, Thum CM, Lee WS, Ida H, Goh KL. Identification of DLG5 and SLC22A5 gene polyporphisms in Malaysian patients with Crohn’s disease. Journal of Digestive Diseases 2011;12:459-66.

 

50.    Chua KH, Hilmi I, Lian LH, Patmanathan SN, Hoe SZ, Lee WS, Goh KL. Association of the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD5) and Interleukin-23 receptor (IL23R) genetic polymorphisms in Malaysian patients with Crohn’s disease. Journal of Digestive Diseases 2012:9;459-65.

 

51.    Lee WS, Lim BTY, Chai PF, Kirkwood CD, Lee JKF. Rotavirus genotypes in Malaysia and universal rotavirus vaccination. Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 2012;10:1-6.

 

52.    Lee WS, Chai PF, Ismail Z. Impact on parents during hospitalization for severe acute gastroenteritis in young children. Singapore Medical Journal 2012;53:755-9.

 

53.    Lian LH, Lau TP, Lee VL, Lee WS, Hilmi I, Goh KL, Chua KH. Lack of association between TYK2, STAT3 genes and Crohn’s disease in the Malaysian population. Genetics and Molecular Research 2013;12:167-74.

 

54.    Gan CS, Chong SY, Lum LCS, Lee WS. Regular paracetamol in severe dengue: a lethal combination? Singapore Medical Journal 2013;54(2):e35-e37.

 

55.    Cheang HK, Wong HT, Ho SC, Chew KS, Lee WS. Immune response after universal hepatitis B vaccination in the newborn: a community-based study in Malaysia. Singapore Medical Journal 2013;54(4):224-6.

 

56.    Lee WS, Sokol RJ. Mitochondrial Hepatopathies: Advances in Genetics, Therapeutic Approaches and Outcome. Journal of Pediatrics 2013;163(4):942-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.05.036.

 

57.    Lee WS, Hafizah Z, Boey CCM, Chai PF. Appropriateness, Endoscopic Findings and Contributive Yield of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2013;19(47);9077-9083.

 

58.    Chatchatee P, Lee WS, Carrilho E, Yavuz Y, Logtens-de Graaff P, Szajewska H. Beneficial effect of growing up milk (GUM) containing scGOS/icFOS/n-3 LCPUFA on the occurence of infections in young children attending day care centres: a randomised, double-blind controlled study. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2014;58:428-437.

 

59.    Jayanath S, Lee WS, Chinna K, Boey CC. Depressive Symptoms in Children with Chronic Gastrointestinal Disorders. Pediatrics International 2014;56(4):583-7. doi: 10.1111/ped.12335.

 

60.    Lee WS, Lum SH, Lim CB, Chong SZ, Khoh KM, Ng RT, Teo KM, Boey CM, Pailoor J. Characteristics and outcome of autoimmune liver disease in Asian children. Hepatology International 2015;9:292-302.

 

61.    Chua KH, Lian LH, Khor WC, Lee WS, Hilmi I, Goh KL, Kee BP. Association between genetic polymorphisms in interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) gene and Malaysian patients with Crohn's disease. Journal of Digestive Diseases 2015;16:205-216. doi: 10.1111/1751-2980.12229.

 

62.    Tharani Loganathan, Way-Seah Lee, Kok-Foo Lee, Chiu-Wan Ng, Mark Jit. Effect of universal rotavirus vaccination on financial risk protection and healthcare inequities in Malaysia. Submitted to PLoS One 2015 DOI:10:1371/journal.pone.0125878 (May 2015)

 

63.    Lee WS, RJ Sokol. Intestinal Microbiota, lipids and the pathogenesis of intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD). Journal of Pediatrics 2015;167;519-526.

 

64.    Vandenplas Y, Alarcon P, Fleischer D, Hernell O, Kolacek S, Laignelet H, Lönnerdal B, Raman R, Rigo J, Salvatore S, Shamir R, Staiano A, Szajewska H, Van Goudoever J, von Berg A, Way S Lee. Partial hydrolysates as standard infant formula? A working group consensus. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2016;62:22-35.

 

65.    Tharani Loganathan, Chiu-Wan Ng, Way-Seah Lee, Mark Jit. The hidden health and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Malaysia: an estimation using multiple data sources. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2016;35:601-606.

 

66.    Lee WS, Ong SY. Health-related quality of life in children with biliary atresia surviving with their native livers. Annals of Academy of Medicine of Singapore 2016;45:61-68.

 

67.    Underwood AP, Kaakoush NO, Sodhi N, Merif J, Lee WS, Riordan SM, Rawlinson WD, Mitchell HM. Campylobacter concisus pathotypes are present at significant levels in patients with gastroenteritis. Journal of Medical Microbiology 2016;65:219-226. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000216.

 

68.    Lee WS, Teo KM, Ng RT, Chong SY, Kee BP, Chua KH.. Novel mutations in SKIV2L and TTC37 genes in Malaysian paediatric patients with Trichohepatoenteric syndrome. Genes 2016;506(1):1-6.

 

69.    Ruey Terng Ng, Way Seah Lee, Hak Lee Ang, Kai Ming Teo, Yee I Yik, Nai Ming Lai. Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) for treatment of constipation in children. Cochrane Systematic Review 2016 Jul 5;7:CD010873. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010873.pub2.

 

70.    Loganathan T, Jit M, Hutubessy R, Ng CW, Lee WS, Verguet S. Rotavirus vaccines contribute towards universal health coverage in a mixed public-private healthcare system. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2016;21:1458-1467.

 

71.    Lee WS, Ng RT; Chan WK; Lau YL. Variable Outcome in Infantile-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease in an Asian Cohort. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2016 Dec 28;22:10653-10662.

 

72.    Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez, Nadeem O Kaakoush, Way Seah Lee, Hazel M Mitchell. Does Helicobacter pylori infection modify the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gut 2017;66:235-249.

 

73.    Koay CL, Zahari M, Lee WS. Kayser-Fleisher ring and sunflower cataract in a child with Wilson's disease. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2017;58:97-98.

 

74.    Lee WS, Ahmad Z. The prevalence of undernutrition upon hospitalization in children in a developing country: a single hospital study from Malaysia. Pediatrics and Neonatolology 2017;58:415-420.

 

75.    Lee WS, Ong SY, Foo HW, Wong SY, Chen XK, Seah RB, Ng RT. Chronic liver disease is universal in children with biliary atresia living with native liver. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2017;Nov21;23(43):7776-7784.

 

76.    Lee YY, Siti Asma Hassan, Intan Hakimah Ismail, Chong SY, Raja Affendi Raja Ali, Syafinaz Amin Nordin, Lee WS, Noorizan Abdul Majid. Gut microbiota in early life and its influence on health and disease: A Position Paper by the Malaysian Working Group on Gastrointestinal Health. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2017;53:1152-1158.

 

77.    Lee WS, Tee CW, Koay ZL, Wong TS, Zahraq F, Foo HW, Ong SY, Wong SY, Ng RT. Quality indicators in pediatric colonoscopy in a low-volume center: Implications for training. World Journal of Gastroenterology 2018;24(9):1013-1021.

 

78.   Kotlarz D, Marquardt B, Baroy T, Lee WS, Hollizeck S, Magg T, Lehle AS, Walz C, Borggrafe I, Hauck F, Bufler P, Uhlig HH, Hopfner KP, Muise AM, Snapper SB, Frengen E, Klein C. Human transforming growth factor Beta-1 deficiency. Nature Genetics 2018;50:344-348.

 

79.   Tharani Loganathan, Chiu-Wan Ng, Way-Seah Lee, Raymond Hutubessy, Stéphane Verguet, Mark Jit. Thresholds for decision-making: Informing the cost-effectiveness and affordability of rotavirus vaccines in Malaysia. Health Policy and Planning 2018;33:204-214.

 

80.    Lee WS, Wong SH, D. Dunbar Ivy, Sokol RJ. Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension in children: recent advances in diagnosis and management. Journal of Pediatrics 2018;196:14-21.e1.

 

81.    Ong F, Lee WS, Lin C, Ng RT, Yee Wong S, Lim SL, Quak SH, Aw M. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices and dietary patterns in children with inflammatory bowel disease in Singapore and Malaysia. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2018;59:494-500.

 

82.    Tan KA, Lum SH, Abqariyah Yahya, Krishnan S, Jalaludin MY, Lee WS. Prevalence of growth and endocrine disorders in a cohort of Malaysian children with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. Singapore Medical Journal 2019;60:303-308.

 

83.  Lee WS, Wong SY, Ong SY, Foo HW, Jalaludin MY, Ng RT. Vitamin D non-sufficiency is prevalent in children with chronic liver disease in a tropical country. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2019;60:12-18.

 

84.  Chan KJ, Ong SY, Foo HW, Mahadeva S, Singaravel S, Lee WS. Peutz-Jegher Syndrome with endoscopic polypectomy for subacute biliary obstruction. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2019;68(2):e34.

 

85.  Lee WS, Karthik SV, Ng RT, Ong SY, Ong C, Chiou FK, Quak SH, Aw MM. Characteristics and outcome of childhood primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease: a multi-center from Southeast Asia. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2019;60:396-404.

 

86.  Lee WS, Tee CW, Tan AGS, Wong SY, Subramaniam BS, Cheang HK, Lim T, Lum LCS, Aw MM. Parental concern on symptoms of feeding difficulty and growth status in young children. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2019;60:676-683.

 

87.  Lee WS, Koh CT. Serosal surface vasculitis in Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2020;61:447-448.

 

88.  Lee WS, Chew KS, Ng RT, El Kasmi K, Sokol RJ. Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease (IFALD): Burden of Disease and Advances in Management. Hepatology International 2020;14:305-316.

 

89.  Koletzkho B, Fishbein M, Way Seah Lee, Moreno L, Mouane N, Mouzaki M, Verduci E. Prevention of childhood obesity: A Position Paper of the global Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (FISPGHAN). Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2020;70:702-710.

 

90.  Lau MY, Ponnampalavanar S, Lee WS, Abdul Jabar K, Chau KH, Idris N, Chong CW, Yap PSX, Teh CSJ. First detection of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae producing OXA-181 carbapenemase in Malaysia. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2020;26:1058-1061.

 

91.   Intan H Ismail, Christophe Lay, Noorizan HA Majid, Way Seah Lee, Bee Wah Lee, Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff, Hern Tze Tina Tan, Jan Knol, Yeong Yeh Lee. Can an Asian diet in early life prevent allergic diseases? Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2020;146:1005-1007.

 

92.   Chan KJ, Chew KS, Ng RT, Song ZL, Siti Hawa MT, Lee WS. Exclusive enteral nutrition as therapy in Asian Children with Crohn’s Disease. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2021;57:239-245.

 

93.   Chew KS, Em JM, Koay ZL, Jalaludin MY, Ng RT, Lum LCS, Tay CH, Lee WS. Low prevalence of infantile functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2021;62:49-54.

 

94.   Lee WS, Song ZL, Jun Min Em, Kee Seang Chew, Ruey Terng Ng. Role of primary prophylaxis in preventing variceal bleeding in children with gastroesophageal varices. Pediatrics and Neonatology 2021;62:249-257.

 

95.   Teh CSJ, Lau MY, Chong CW, Chua KH, Way Seah Lee, Thong KL. One-step detection of Salmonella typhi, Salmonella parathyphi A and other Salmonella spp. By using a quadruplex real-time PCR assay. Journal of Microbiological Methods 2021 Mar 1;183:106184.

 

98.   Lee WS, Wong Sean Yee, Wong Shin Yee, Nong Sofea Ku Safuan, Koay ZL, Sam ZH, Jalaludin MY, Fong CY, Lum LCS. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in Malaysian infants. Annals of Academy of Medicine of Singapore 2021;50:580-582.

 

99.  Mohammed Eslam1, Naim Alkhouri2, Pietro Vajro3, Ulrich Baumann4, Ram Weiss5, Piotr Socha6, Claude Marcus7, Way Seah Lee8, Deirdre Kelly9, Gilda Porta10, Mohamed A El-Guindi11, Anna Alisi12, Jake P Mann13, Nezha Mouane14, Louise A Baur15, Anil Dhawan1, Jacob George1. Defining paediatric metabolic (dysfunction) associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement. Lancet Gastroenterology Hepatology 2021 Oct;6(10):864-873.

 

100.        Laurence Don Wai Luu1, Georgia Popple1, Samuel Pok Wei Tsang1, Karla Vinasco1, Ida Hilmi2, Ruey Terng Ng3, Kee Seang Chew3, Shin Yee Wong3, Stephen Riordan4, Way Seah Lee3, Hazel M. Mitchell1, Nadeem O. Kaakoush5, Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez1* Genetic variants involved in innate immunity modulate the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases in an understudied Malaysian population. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2022;37:342-351.

 

101.         Lee WS, Song ZL, Wong Sean Yee, Gan CW, Koay ZL, Em JM, Chong SY, Lim CB, Wong Shin Yi, Kam CC. Environmental risk factors of developing inflammatory bowel disease: a case control study in Asian children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2021 epub ahead of print

 

102.Chew KS, Koay ZL, Ng RT, Lee WS. Defecation pattern in healthy Asian children. Singapore Medical Journal (in press)