Original article English Jain RC. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1985;79(1):132-3. Abstract An electrophoretic study of haemolysates from 1350 subjects from the indigenous population of Libya was carried out to find the incidence of abnormal haemoglobins and thalassaemia. Sickle cell disease was detected in five (0.37%), sickle cell trait in 61 (4.51%), sickle cell …
Original article English el Kassaby SM, Roy S, Sen NK, Faizuddin M. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 1985 Jan;28(1):29-38. Abstract Keywords: Prevalence of tumours in Libya. Link/DOI:
Case report English Singh M, Bharija SC, Belhaj MS, Mangoush EA. Dermatologica. 1985;170(3):145-6. Abstract A first case of Romberg’s syndrome from Libya is reported. Romberg’s syndrome is a rare disease causing progressive facial hemiatrophy. It was first described by Parry in 1825 and then by Romberg in 1846. Since then there have been sporadic case …
Original article English Singh M, Singh G, Kanwar AJ, Belhaj MS. Int J Dermatol. 1985 May;24(4):233-5. Abstract Patients with vitiligo attending the polyclinics of Benghazi during a 9-month period were reviewed. The proportionate case ratio was 0.33% of all skin cases. The mean age at onset of the disease was 19.38 years; mean age at …
Original article English Soni AL, Mir NA, Kishan J, Faquih AM, Elzouki AY. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1985 Jun;5(2):69-71. Abstract The present study was undertaken to evaluate the magnitude of risk factors associated with brachial plexus in infants born in hospital in Benghazi. A total of 7829 babies were examined over a period of 6 months. …
Original article English Cathala F, Brown P, LeCanuet P, Gajdusek DC. Neurology. 1985 Jun;35(6):894-5. Abstract During the 15-year period 1968-1982, 328 French residents died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); 273 had been born in France (annual mortality rate of 0.38 per million inhabitants). Of the 55 foreign-born cases, 12 came from Tunisia and 11 from Algeria …
High incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in North African immigrants to France. Read More »
Letter English Kishan J, Soni AL, Elzouki AY, Mir NA. Indian Pediatr. 1985 Jul;22(7):545-7. Abstract Keywords: Neural tube defects. Link/DOI:
English Madani MO, Yagoub BA, Zawia MT. Br Vet J. 1985 Jul-Aug;141(4):401-8. Abstract Keywords: The mating of Libyan fat-tailed ewe lambs. Link/DOI:
Original article English Gebreel AO, Gilles HM, Prescott JE. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1985 Aug;79(4):341-7. Abstract Indirect fluorescent antibody studies were conducted in order to determine possible risk to Libyan communities of malaria, particularly relapsing forms, as a direct result of the presence of large teams of immigrant labour. Two groups of Indians (100 and …
Studies on the sero-epidemiology of endemic diseases in Libya, IV. Malaria. Read More »
Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Ashok PP, Sridharan R, Mousa ME. J Neurol Sci. 1985 Aug;70(1):39-46. Abstract A search for Libyan patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) was made in Benghazi, located on the southern Mediterranean coast at a latitude of 32 degrees N. Twenty-one clinically definite and probable cases were detected during the period July …
Prevalence and pattern of multiple sclerosis in Benghazi, north-eastern Libya. Read More »