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Original article English Al-Rubeai MA, Abdulla AS, Gray E. J Hered. 1983 Jan-Feb;74(1):39-42. Abstract In 1981, data were obtained on sex of children and family size for 502 University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya, students and their parents. Secondary sex ratios (males: 100 females) were 105.1 for the parental and 106.7 for the present generations. Average …

Analysis of the human sex ratio. Factors influencing family size in Libya. Read More »

Original article English Singh R, Abudejaja A. Acta Paediatr Hung. 1983;24(2):175-87. Abstract During the six year period from 1975 to 1980, at Al-Fatch Paediatric Hospital 35,488 sick children under 12 years of age were admitted for inpatient treatment; 3 009 had a fatal outcome. The mortality rate per 1000 admissions and discharges respectively, was 54.9 …

Six years mortality statistics in a Libyan paediatric hospital. Read More »

Original article Croatian Buksa M, Arslanagic A. Med Arh. 1983;37(4):199-201. Abstract Keywords: Rhythm disorders in acute myocardial infarct at the National Hospital of Zavia in Libya over a 2-year period Link/DOI:

Original article English Bughrara FA. Neoplasma. 1983;30(2):251-4. Abstract The distribution of histological types of ovarian tumors in two communities with different reproductive experience was compared. 108 cases of ovarian neoplasms diagnozed in Benghazi and 2238 cases collected in Ovarian Tumors Registry in Poland were classified according to the WHO histological typing. The difference in the …

Incidence of the histologic types of ovarian tumors in Benghazi (Libya) and Poland. Read More »

Original article English Musa-Alzubaidi I, Lombeck I, Kasperek K, Feinendegen LE, Bremer HJ. Eur J Pediatr. 1982 Dec;139(4):295-6. Abstract Hair selenium content was estimated by instrumental neutron activation analysis in Libyan infants and children. There was no significant difference between the values of young infants from North and South Libya. The hair selenium content rapidly …

Hair selenium content during infancy and childhood. Read More »

Review English Meyer ME. Int J Zoonoses. 1982 Dec;9(2):113-7. Abstract Keywords: Brucellosis of dairy cattle in Libya: proposals for a control program under an intensive husbandry system. Link/DOI:

Original article English Kalani BP, Ojha SN, Bhargava RK, Broadhead RL. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1984 Sep;4(3):195-9. Abstract Hydatid disease is a common condition in Libya. Between 1971 and 1976, hydatid disease accounted for 0.85% of total hospital admissions to Al-Jalah General Hospital, Benghazi. The incidence of hydatid disease reported in children below ten years of …

Hydatid disease in children in Libya. Read More »

Original article English Kanwar AJ, Belhaj MS, Bharija SC, Malhotra YK. J Dermatol. 1984 Aug;11(4):378-82. Abstract Keywords: Psoriasis among Arabs: a study from Libya. Link/DOI:

Original article Polish Szadkowski M. Pol Tyg Lek. 1984 Jul 2;39(27):911-4. Abstract Keywords: Clinico-statistical analysis of 1000 panendoscopies of the upper segment of the digestive tract in the population of eastern Libya (Cyrenaica) Link/DOI:

Case report English Emerson PA, Higgins E, Branfoot A. Br J Dis Chest. 1984 Jul;78(3):286-91. Abstract Two young adults, one a native of Libya and one a Sudanese from Saudi Arabia, were referred at different times to the chest service at Westminister Hospital in London with a diagnosis of tuberculosis. They both had neurological deficits …

North American blastomycosis in Africans. Read More »