Original article English Madani MO, Ali TM, Yagoub BA, Zawia MT. Br Vet J. 1984 Jan-Feb;140(1):27-33. Abstract Keywords: The influence of prostaglandin analogue and PMS treatment on the lambing performance of Libyan fat-tailed ewes. Link/DOI:
Original article English Abdulla AS, Al-Rubeai MA, Gray E. J Hered. 1984 Jan-Feb;75(1):76-8. Abstract During 1982, 600 Arabian students (300 females, 300 males) at the University of Garyounis (Benghazi, Libya) were surveyed to determine their preferences for family size and for combination and permutation of sexes of children. For families of the projected generation, the …
Desired family size and sex of children in Libya. Read More »
Original article English El Nageh MM. J Trop Med Hyg. 1984 Feb;87(1):1-5. Abstract Keywords: Shigella dysentery in Tripoli, Libya. Link/DOI:
Original article English Rahman J, Al-Sibai MH, Rahman MS. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1985;64(4):311-5. Abstract Ninety-six cases of ruptured uterus in labor treated in the University Teaching Hospitals, Benghazi, Libya between 1977 and 1980 are reported. An incidence of 1 in 585 deliveries remained unchanged during the period of study. Twenty uterine ruptures occurred in …
Rupture of the uterus in labor. A review of 96 cases. Read More »
Original article English Gebreel AO, Gilles HM, Prescott JE. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1985 Feb;79(1):31-41. Abstract An ELISA system showed a positive rate for Schistosoma mansoni infections of 33.4% in Tauorga school-children; qualitative stool examination detected only 6.9%. Subsequent sampling of the school population indicated that a mollusciciding programme involving the major water body in …
Studies on the sero-epidemiology of endemic diseases in Libya. III. Schistosomiasis. Read More »
Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Ashok PP, Sridharan R, Mousa ME. Neuroepidemiology. 1986;5(1):47-54. Abstract A total of 23 patients with motor neuron disease (MND), encompassing 17 cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 4 of progressive muscular atrophy and 2 of progressive bulbar palsy, was diagnosed in Benghazi, north-eastern Libya, between 1980 and 1985. The male to …
Descriptive epidemiology of motor neuron disease in Benghazi, Libya. Read More »
Original article English Shebani BL, Wass H, Guertin WH. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1986-1987;24(1):19-28. Abstract Two hundred fifteen Libyans-106 young male and female undergraduate students and 109 aged male and female relatives–responded to a questionnaire designed to measure correlates of life satisfaction in old age. It was predicted that current cultural and social changes …
Original article English Kanwar AJ, Belhaj MS. J Dermatol. 1984 Feb;11(1):93-6. Abstract Keywords: Lichen planus among Arabs–a study from Libya. Link/DOI:
Original article Polish Piotrowski M, Ihnatowicz A. Wiad Lek. 1984 Feb 1;37(3):241-3. Abstract Keywords: Various hazards of helio-balneology, fishing and underwater hunting in the Mediterranean near the shores of Cyrenaika, Libya Link/DOI:
Original article English Elzouki AY, Amin F, Jaiswal OP. Arch Dis Child. 1984 Mar;59(3):253-5. Abstract We studied 134 Arab children with primary nephrotic syndrome. The annual incidence was 11.6/100 000 children and the ratio of boys to girls was 1.3:1. Ninety eight per cent were responsive to steroids and the mean age of the children …