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Original article English Ashok PP, Radhakrishnan K, Sridharan R, Mousa ME. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1986;88(2):109-13. Abstract An epidemiological study of Parkinsonism was carried out in Benghazi situated in North-Eastern Libya. On the prevalence day, January 1, 1985, a total of 163 patients with Parkinson’s disease were found living in the investigated area, which had a …

Epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease in Benghazi, North-East Libya. Read More »

Original article English Rao GM, Morghom LO. Clin Physiol Biochem. 1986;4(4):277-80. Abstract Fasting blood glucose, erythrocyte count and hemoglobin levels of obese and nonobese Libyan diabetic women were determined. The mean values of fasting blood glucose, erythrocyte count and hemoglobin of obese diabetic women were 209.55 +/- 8.85 mg/dl, 4.986 +/- 0.04 X 10(6)/mm3 and …

Effect of obesity on erythrocyte count and hemoglobin levels in Libyan diabetic patients. Read More »

Original article English Sridharan R, Radhakrishnan K, Ashok PP, Mousa ME. Epilepsia. 1986 Jan-Feb;27(1):60-5. Abstract An epidemiologic study of adult patients (aged greater than 15 years) with epilepsy was made over a 2-year period, through the policlinics, EEG laboratory, and university hospitals in Benghazi, northeastern Libya. Based on a total of 568 patients (310 male …

Epidemiological and clinical study of epilepsy in Benghazi, Libya. Read More »

Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Sridharan R, Ashok PP, Mousa ME. Eur Neurol. 1986;25(2):117-24. Abstract The present documentation of 23 female patients with pseudotumour cerebri seen in Benghazi, North-Eastern Libya, over a period of 2 years constituted 21 cases with idiopathic pseudotumour and 2 patients with associated endocrine diseases. The clinical, laboratory and CT scan …

Pseudotumour cerebri: incidence and pattern in North-Eastern Libya. Read More »

Original article English Elhamel A, Murthy BS. Br J Surg. 1986 Feb;73(2):125-7. Abstract A series of 50 patients with hepatic hydatid disease all treated at the Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya is presented to show the advantage of ultrasonography in pre-operative diagnosis and the advantages of complete resection or omentoplasty compared with removal of the endocyst …

Hepatic hydatid disease in Libya. Read More »

Original article English Packer DE, Ali TM. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1986 Feb;80(1):137-9. Abstract Keywords: Echinococcus granulosus in dogs in Libya. Link/DOI:

Case report English Shembesh NM, Sehgal KC, el Mauhoub M, Elzouki AA. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1986 Mar;6(1):47-50. Abstract We report three Libyan children from one family with the syndrome diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy and deafness, (DIDMOAD). Two children presented with diabetic ketoacidosis while one was discovered during screening of the family. All three …

DIDMOAD syndrome in a Libyan family. Read More »

Original article English Khadre MA, el Nageh MM. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Al Fateh, Tripoli, S.P.L.A.J. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1987;81(5):761-3. Abstract Toxoplasma antibodies were found at a titre of 1:16 or above in 51.6% of 2000 adult males, in 43.4% of 300 adult females, and in …

Serological survey for toxoplasmosis in Tripoli, S.P.L.A.J. Libya. Read More »

Original article English Maslowski J. Department of Occupational Physiology and Psychology, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia. Bull Inst Marit Trop Med Gdynia. 1987;38(1-2):126-32. Abstract A study of 97 cases of schizophrenia in Libya and 100 in Malta. Clinical analyses have showed differences of the content of the delusions and hallucinations as a …

Cross cultural study of productive phenomenology of schizophrenia. Read More »

Original article English Maslowski J. Department of Occupational Physiology and Psycholgy, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia. Bull Inst Marit Trop Med Gdynia. 1987;38(1-2):133-8. Abstract The study aimed at investigation of the influence of the cultural and racial factors upon therapeutic response of the schizophrenic patients in Libya and Malta. The study revealed …

Characteristic differences in the use of psychotropic drugs as a stigma of cultural influences. Read More »