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Ultrasound Wall-Sign in Pulmonary Echinococcosis (New Application)

Original article English El Fortia M 1, El Gatit A 2, Bendaoud M 3. 1-Department of Radiology, Misurata Teaching Hospital, Misurata, Libya 2-2 Department of Surgery, Albatnan Medical Center AMC, Faculty of Medicine, Omar Al Mokhtar University, Tobrouk – Libya 3-3 Service de Radiologie, Hopital de Bologhine, Alger – Algerie Ultraschall Med. 2006 Dec;27(6):553-7. Abstract …

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Management of diabetes during open heart surgery.

Short communication English Gill GV, Sherif IH, Alberti KG. Br J Surg. 1981 Mar;68(3):171-2. Abstract The management of 5 insulin-dependent diabetics following open heart surgery was studied and compared with a group of 5 similar diabetics who had undergone urological or orthopaedic operations. The patients were all treated with a glucose/insulin/potassium infusions regimen, but the …

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Autoantibodies to IGF-1 binding sites in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy.

Original article English Weightman DR, Perros P, Sherif IH, Kendall-Taylor P. Endocrine Unit, University of Newcastle Department of Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Autoimmunity. 1993;16(4):251-7. Abstract Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder but the nature of the association between hyperthyroidism and ophthalmopathy is not yet understood. Serum autoantibodies to orbital tissues have previously been identified and …

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A tonsillolith seen on MRI.

Case report English el-Sherif I, Shembesh FM. Al-Arab Medical University, Libya. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1997 May-Jun;21(3):205-8. Abstract A case of a large tonsillolith visualized by magnetic resonance imaging is presented. Although otolaryngologists are well aware of this entity, few radiologists are. The importance of distinguishing tonsilloliths from other structures by MRI is discussed. Keywords: …

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Prevalence of metronidazole-resistant Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients.

Original article English Xia HX, Daw MA, Beattie S, Keane CT, O’Morain CA. Department of Clinical Microbiology, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Ir J Med Sci. 1993 Mar;162(3):91-4. Abstract Susceptibility to metronidazole of 213 clinical strains of H. pylori from dyspeptic patients was determined by a plate dilution method. Seventy two (33.8%) of the strains …

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Gas liquid chromatography of amines produced by the Enterobacteriaceae.

Original article English Ghenghesh KS . , Drucker DB. Department of Bacteriology and Virology, University of Manchester, Medical School, UK. Braz J Med Biol Res; 1989;22(6):653-65. Abstract 1. Gas liquid chromatography (GLC) was used to test the production of amines by 85 strains of Enterobacteriaceae. 2. The strains tested produced cadaverine, beta-phenylethylamine, putrescine, iso-amylamine, 2-methylbutylamine …

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