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Risk assessment and remediation suggestion of impacted soil by produced water associated with oil production.

Original article English Abdol Hamid HR 1,3, Kassim WM 2, El Hishir A 3, El-Jawashi SA 3. 1-International Technological University, London, UK 2-Al Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya Environ Monit Assess. 2008 Oct;145(1-3):95-102. Abstract Produced water is water trapped in underground formations that is brought to the surface along with oil or gas production. Oilfield impacted …

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Arsenic induces oxidative stress, sphingolipidosis, depletes proteins and some antioxidants in various regions of rat brain.

Original article English Haider SS, Najar MS. Department of Biochemistry, Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj, Nepal. syedsaleemhaider@gmail.com Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2008 Jan-Mar;6(1):60-9. Abstract OBJECTIVES: To seek an interrelationship, if any, between oxidant stress and neurochemical changes in various rat brain regions after arsenic exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was carried out at the …

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Living related donor kidney transplantation in Libya: a single center experience.

Original article English Elusta A 1, Shawish T 1, Mishra A 2, Ajaj H 3, Milud N 3, Shebani A 4, Abdulmola TS 1, Altajori O 1, Ethuish EF 1. Departments of 1-Surgery 2-Radiology 3-Anesthesia 4-Nephrology, National Organ Transplant Program, Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libya Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2008 Sep;19(5):831-7. …

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Geroderma osteodysplastica maps to a 4 Mb locus on chromosome 1q24.

Original article English Newman WG, Clayton-Smith J, Metcalfe K, Cole R, Tartaglia M, Brancati F, Morara S, Novelli A, Liu X, Siminovitch KA, Mundlos S, Tassabehji M, Black GC. Department of Medical Genetics, St Mary’s Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 0JH, UK. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Dec 1;146A(23):3034-7. Abstract Important insights into …

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Intense cytoplasmic ezrin immunoreactivity predicts poor survival in colorectal cancer.

Original article English Elzagheid A 1,2, Korkeila E 1, Bendardaf R 1, Buhmeida A 1, Heikkilن S 1, Vaheri A3, Syrjنnen K 1, Pyrhِnen S 1, Carpén O 2. 1-Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Turku University Hospital, FIN-20521 Turku, Finland 2-Department of Pathology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland 3-Department of …

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Parkinson’s disease is overdiagnosed clinically at baseline in diagnostically uncertain cases: a 3-year European multicenter study with repeat [123I]FP-CIT SPECT.

Original article English Marshall VL, Reininger CB, Marquardt M, Patterson J, Hadley DM, Oertel WH, Benamer HT, Kemp P, Burn D, Tolosa E, Kulisevsky J, Cunha L, Costa D, Booij J, Tatsch K, Chaudhuri KR, Ulm G, Pogarell O, Hِffken H, Gerstner A, Grosset DG. Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, …

Parkinson’s disease is overdiagnosed clinically at baseline in diagnostically uncertain cases: a 3-year European multicenter study with repeat [123I]FP-CIT SPECT. Read More »

Solubility and dissolution improvement of Rofecoxib using solid dispersion technique.

Original article English Rahamathulla M, Hv G, Rathod N. Al Arab Medical Sciences University, Dept. of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of pharmacy, Benghazi 5341, Libya. rahmathmsu@yahoo.com Pak J Pharm Sci. 2008 Oct;21(4):350-5. Abstract Rofecoxib (RXB) is a potent and selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, highly effective in the treatment of various pains, inflammatory condition, post-operative pain, rheumatoid arthritis, …

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Parkinson’s disease in Arabs: A systematic review

Review English Benamer HT 1, de Silva R 2, Siddiqui KA 3, Grosset DG 4. 1-Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Neuroscience Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom 2-Department of Neurology, Essex Centre for Neurological Sciences, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, Essex, United Kingdom 3-Section of Neurology, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of …

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