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Hepatitis virus (HCV), seropositivity, and diabetes in Benghazi, Libya

Original article English R B M Roaeid 1, A S M Giasuddin 2, A A Shakmak 3, S M Qurashi 3 and M Saefan 3 1-Department of medicine, 7thOctober Teaching hospital and Benghazi Diabetes Centre 2- Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of Derna, Libya 3- Laboratory Department, 7thOctober Teaching hospital, Benghazi, Libya Diabetes International Vol. …

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Oesophageal Candidiasis Among Libyan Dyspeptic Patients A Retrospective Study Of 14 Cases

Original article English Tawfik M. Shembesh, Fakhri M. Akhleifa Dept. of medicine, faculty of medicine, Garyounis university, Libya. Arab J Gastroenterol. Vol. 5, No. 2, December 2004 Abstract Objective: To discuss the prevalence, predisposing factors and symptornatology of esophageal candidiasis in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy from 1994 to 1998 …

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Immunohistochemical Detection of Cyclin dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27 does not have Prognostic Significance in Breast Cancer

Original article English Elzagheid Adam 2, Madarova Jana 2, Kuopio Teijo 2, Kronqvist Pauliina 1, Ehrmann Jiri 3, Collan Yrjo 2. 1-Departments of Pathology and Oncology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 10 20520 Turku, Finland 2-Department of Pathology, Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, FIN-40620, Jyvaskyla, Finland 3-Department of Pathology & Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, …

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Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies Of The Prostate: Evidence Of DNA Cytometric Abnormalities In Cytologically Benign Lesions

Original article English AbdelBaset Buhmeida, Yrjo Collan Department of Pathology and MediCity Research Laboratory, University of Turku, Fin – 20520 Turku, Finland. Electronic Journal Of Pathology And Histology 2001;7(4) Abstract 59 FNAB samples from normal or hyperplastic prostates were stained with Feulgen stain. Different cell groups were evaluated. The intensity of the Feulgen stain was …

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Specialist training in general surgery: Essential requirements and Standards

Editorial English Ali Elhamel Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring 2006): 05-07 Abstract The changing patterns in health care and patient’s expectations and the recent proliferation of elaborate technologies and medical specialisation have revolutionised the practice of surgery and prompted the need to train surgeons …

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Delayed presentation of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture of right side with herniation of stomach and colon. A case report.

Case report Elhamel A, Khan F, Murthy BS. Ital J Surg Sci. 1986;16(4):283-6. Abstract A case of post-traumatic diaphragmatic rupture with herniation of viscera on the right side is reported. The simple procedure of insertion of a nasogastric tube and subsequent chest X-ray were diagnostic. Methods of diagnosis, treatment and a short review of the …

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Bleeding pseudocysts and pseudoaneurysms in chronic pancreatitis

Original article English El Hamel A, Parc R, Adda G, Bouteloup PY, Huguet C, Malafosse M. Centre de Chirurgie Digestive, Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France. Br J Surg. 1991 Sep;78(9):1059-63. Abstract Spontaneous haemorrhage associated with chronic pancreatitis in 17 patients was related to a pseudocyst in 15 (88 per cent) patients and to pancreatic lithiasis (one …

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Handling of biliary complications following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the setting of Tripoli Central Hospital

Original article English Elhamel A., Nagmuish S., Elfaidi S., Dalal H.B. HPB Surgery 2002; 4(3):105-110 Abstract Background:Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has an increased incidence of bile duct injury and bile leak when compared with open cholecystectomy. This study reviews management of these complications in a general hospital setting. Data collected from patients diagnosed and treated in …

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