Original article English Fauzi A. Sagher Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, El-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:80-83 Abstract Every country in the world found a way to deliver healthcare for its citizens. There are a variety of ways in which these countries have achieved universal healthcare, each of which reflect …
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Review English Ahmed A Toweir Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Aarb Medical University, Benghazi, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:84-87 Abstract In developed countries, the decline of human and bovine tuberculosis has helped to unmask nonspecific sensitization to tuberculins or purified protein derivatives (PPDs) in individuals exposed to various species of …
Review English Abdalla. F. Saghar, Jumma Ahmed Madi Department of Medicine, Al- Fateh University, Tripoli, Tripoli Medical Centre, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:88-96 Abstract Wegener’s granulomatosis is a multisystemic, rare and fatal grasnulomatous vasculitis distinguished from other vasculitides by the pattern of organ involvement and by the histological features. There are several criteria …
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Original article English Dhandapani Prem Kumar, Momen Abdou Alkhir, Premkumar Remya Teaching Staff, Faculty of Public Health, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:97-100 Abstract Objective: Many patients suffer from severe shoulder complaints after breast cancer treatment. Physiotherapy has been clinically observed to improve treatment of these patients. Shoulder and arm exercises …
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Original article English Manal El-Habbash, Abdulfattah Elturki, Naji Jurnaz Department of Oncology, Tripoli Medical Centre, Department of Medicine, Al Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:101-104 Abstract Study objective: To review Tripoli Medical Centre experience in aplastic anaemia (AA) in adults over seven years period. Design and Setting: Retrospective study of patients with …
Original article English Nagat Bousifi ¹, Ibrahim Baghdadi ¹, Mohamed Abubaker ², Ali Tumi ² 1-Department of Infectious Diseases, 2-Department of Medicine, Central Hospital of Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:105-108 Abstract Background and Aims: Therapy of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection results in lower sustained virological response in patients infected with (HCV) genotypes …
Original article English Rafa A.Gehani, Galal M. S. Omami Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Al-Arab Medical University, Faculty of Dentistry, Benghazi, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:109-113 Abstract Introduction: Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) involves fusion of the mandibular condyle and/or coronoid process to the skull base. When it occurs in a …
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Original article English Mohamed Nor Azlin ¹, Zaleha Mahdy¹, Muhd Jamil ¹, Abd Wahad Norasyikin ², Kamaradin Nor Azmi ² 1-Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, 2-Department of Medicine, Kebangsaan University Hospital, Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:114-117 Abstract Background: Thyroid disorders are not uncommon and not without complication …
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Original article English Abdulbasit Shallwi, Mohammed Al-Gabsy Department of Surgery, Al Wahda Hospital, Derna Faculty of Medicine, Omar Al Mokhtar University, Derna, Libya. JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:118-121 Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the validity of a new scoring system in predicting the outcome of diabetic foot ulcers. The scoring system …
Original article English Abdelfettah S Abushaala, Mool C Songra Department of Orthopaedics and Spinal Surgery, Col. Ali Omar Askar Hospital and Neurocentre, Sbea, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol.8, No.2 (Summer) 2008:122-125 Abstract A total of 70 patients with fracture lower dorsolumbar and lumbar spine. were treated with posterior spinal fusion with transpedicular screw fixation. Patient selection …
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