Case report English Emmanuel Mathew, Sachin Shetty Department of Radiology, Afia Clinic, Tripoli, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3,228-229 Abstract A 9 year old female patient presented with headache. Physical examination showed, no neurological defecit, no features of raised intracranial tension, normal blood pressure and no family history of diabetes. MRI scanning of the head showed a …
Case report English Anwaar M. Bennour, Mahfoud Bashari, Salha Eltaib, Abulhamid Zawawi Department of Medicine, Neurology Unit, 7th October Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:225-227 Abstract Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is a common autosomal dominant disease that has a wide range of neurological manifestations. The gene for NF1 has been located on chromosome 17q11.2 and there …
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Short Communication English Jumma A Madi ¹, Hasan A Maghur ², Khalifa Mousbah Daib ¹, Hosnia G Sudani ¹ 1-Department of Medicine, Respiratory unit JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:221-223 Abstract Background: Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP) is a common health problem in patients referred to emergency departments. PSP occurs mainly in young adult people aged 20-30 years with …
Short Communication English Faruk Elnagar, Emad Shawish, Habib Wershefani General Surgical Unit, Tripoli Medical Centre, Tripoli, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:217-219 Abstract Rehbein’s procedure is technically simple and in experienced hands can give good results for treating patients with Hirschsprung’s disease. Between January 1985 and Jan 1995, 284 patients, their age between 8 months and 14 …
Ten Year Experience of Rehbein’s Procedure in Patients with Hirschsprung’s Disease Read More »
Short Communication English Mohammed Yousef Sedik, Meka Balaramiah, Ramesh Chandra, Pratik Bakshi Faculty of Medicine, Al-Tahady University, Sirt, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:214-216 Abstract Diabetes Mellitus and dyslipidaemias have strong and tight associations with each other. In this study of 81 diabetic patients, we observed 42% having normal or above normal H.D.L and cholesterol levels with …
Prevalence of Diabetic Dyslipidaemia in the Population of Sirt Read More »
Original article English Eman El Mehdi ¹, Rashmirekha Sahoo ¹, Musa A Ahmed, Abir Mohamed rghigh ², Abdelsalam Al Geilania, Soumendra Sahoo. 1-Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al -Arab Medical Science University, Benghazi, 2- Faculty of pharmacy, Al-fateh University, Tripoli 3-Great River Eye Hospital, Benghazi, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:210-212 Abstract Non-enzymic glycation of …
Reactive Dicarbonyls in Human Cataractous Nuclei Read More »
Original article English Omar Salhuba ¹, Luis Cuevs ², Tony Hart ², Bernard Brabin ² 1-Department of Respiratory, Tripoli Medical Centre, 2- Child Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3: 207-209 Abstract Study area: A cross-sectional prevalence study was undertaken between October 2002 and February 2004 in Tripoli Medical Centre (TMC), …
Original article English Fathi Mohamed Sherif Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:203-206 Abstract Patterns of prescribing, dispensing and availability of drugs were evaluated in healthcare centres in Tripoli and Al-zawia, over a three months period using World Health Organization (WHO) recommended indicators. …
An Evaluation of the Prescribing Patterns of Drugs in Libya Read More »
Original article English Salem M. Awami Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Omar Elmukhtar, Elbaida, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:199-202 Abstract Aims: Endoscopy procedures are now used more often for diagnostic and/ or therapeutic purposes. Sedation is frequently used during these procedures. Premedication improves patient tolerance to the procedure, but potential side …
The Use of Sedation in Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Libyan Patients Read More »
Original article English Basma El-habbash, Rajab Tarsin, Khaled El-Muntaser Department of Rheumatology, Tripoli Medical Centre, Tripoli, Libya JMJ 2008,Vol.8, No.3:195-198 Abstract The aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is unknown, but autoantibodies, especially anti-double strand DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) are thought to play an essential part in the pathogenesis of this disease (1). Objectives: 1-To determine …
Significance of Anti-dsDNA Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Read More »