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Insulin pump therapy in Moslem patients with type 1 diabetes during Ramadan fasting: an observational report.

Original article English Benbarka MM, Khalil AB, Beshyah SA, Marjei S, Awad SA. Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology , Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. mbenbarka@skmc.gov.ae Diabetes Technol Ther. 2010 Apr;12(4):287-90. Abstract Background: Many Moslem patients do observe the fast during Ramadan. There are limited data on insulin pump therapy during Ramadan. …

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The extent and pattern of organ damage in small vessel vasculitis measured by the Vasculitis Damage Index (VDI).

Original article English Mohammad AJ 1,2, Bakoush O 2, Sturfelt G 3, Segelmark M 2. 1-Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg 2-Departments of Nephrology 3-Departments of Rheumatology, Lund University Hospital, LundSweden Scand J Rheumatol. 2009;38(4):268-75. Abstract Objectives: To assess the extent and pattern of irreversible organ damage in patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis …

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Transdermal delivery of anticancer drug caffeine from water-in-oil nanoemulsions.

Original article English Shakeel F, Ramadan W. Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi 5341, Libya Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2010 Jan 1;75(1):356-62. Abstract Recently caffeine has been investigated for the treatment of various types of cancers upon oral administration. There is also some evidence that dermally applied caffeine can protect the …

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Image DNA cytometry in FNABs of Libyan breast disease.

Original article English Abdalla FB, Boder JM, Buhmeida A, Elzagheid AI, Collan Y. Department of Pathology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland. Anticancer Res. 2010 Jan;30(1):175-81. Abstract BACKGROUND: The sensitivity for identification of malignant cells in conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) investigation is about 80%. This percentage is dependent on the number of …

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Outcome of medical and surgical management in intractable idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia.

Original article English Hassan Salama 1,2 Hesham Ben-Khayal 1, Mohamed Abdel Salam Mohamed 2, Ashraf El-Mitwalli 2, Ashraf Ahmed Zaher 2, Ashraf EzzEldin 3, Hatem Badr 3, Peter Vorkapic 1,4 1-Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Sebea Hospital, Tripoli, Libya 2-Department of Neurology Mansoura University, Egypt 3-Department of Neurosurgery, Mansoura University, Germany 4-Department of Neurosurgery, Hanover …

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International collaborations in cancer control and the Third International Cancer Control Congress.

English Micheli A, Sanz N, Mwangi-Powell F, Coleman MP, Neal C, Ullrich A, Travado L, Santini LA, Grassi L, De Lorenzo F, Costa A, Dangou JM, Bisanti L, Seniori Costantini A, Abu-Rmeileh N, Kamal M, Federico M, Saracci R, Rennert G, Stefanini A, Cavalli F, Cazap E, Redmond K, O’Reilly S, Muti P, Casali P, …

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Mutations/polymorphisms in the 55 kDa subunit of DNA polymerase epsilon in human colorectal cancer.

Original article English Zhou Q, Talvinen K, Sundstrِm J, Elzagheid A, Pospiech H, Syvنoja JE, Collan Y. Department of Pathology, University of Turku, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2009 Nov-Dec;6(6):297-304. Abstract BACKGROUND: Defects of some DNA polymerases have shown associations with cancer, but data on DNA polymerase epsilon are limited. This study investigated mutations …

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Differentiating vascular parkinsonism from idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review.

Review English Kalra S, Grosset DG, Benamer HT. Department of Neurology, Royal Infirmary, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom. kalraseema@doctors.org.uk Mov Disord. 2010 Jan 30;25(2):149-56. Abstract Vascular parkinsonism (VP) remains a loose constellation of various clinical features. We systematically reviewed studies comparing clinical, neuroimaging and other investigations that might distinguish VP …

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Severe hypercalcemia secondary to factitious thyrotoxicosis.

Case report English Ashawesh K, Murthy NP, Fiad TM. Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK Am J Med. 2010 Feb;123(2):e1-2. Abstract Keywords: Severe hypercalcemia secondary to factitious thyrotoxicosis. Link/DOI: http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2809%2900104-1/abstract