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Case report English Banerjee G, Agarwal RK, Shembesh NM, el Mauhoub M. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Postgrad Med J. 1988 Feb;64(748):126-7. Abstract A 9 year old Libyan boy presented with a history of delayed walking and abnormal gait. The presence of marked muscle under-development with hypotonia led to …

Ehlers Danlos syndrome–masquerading as primary muscle disease. Read More »

Original article English el Mufti MB, Glessa A. Department of General Surgery, 7th of April Hospital, Hawari, Benghazi, Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. J Int Med Res. 1988 Mar-Apr;16(2):92-7. Abstract A prospective randomized study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of clavulanate-potentiated amoxycillin with that of cefotaxime as prophylactic agents for the prevention of …

Single-dose clavulanate-potentiated amoxycillin versus three-dose cefotaxime in the prevention of wound infection following elective cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized study. Read More »

Original article English Saxena SK, Jain SP, Chowdhary DS. Department of Anatomy, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Anthropol Anz. 1988 Mar;46(1):75-82. Abstract An attempt has been made to study and compare the incidence and variations in the pterion formation in the skulls of 40 Nigerians and 72 Indians obtained from the Department of Anatomy, University …

A comparative study of pterion formation and its variations in the skulls of Nigerians and Indians. Read More »

Original article English Bharija SC, Kanwar AJ, Singh G, Belhaj MS. Division of Dermatology, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Int J Dermatol. 1988 Apr;27(3):165-6. Abstract A school survey of pediculosis capitis in Benghazi, Libya, revealed an alarmingly high prevalence of 78.6%. The percentage of infestation was 67.2% for boys and 88.1% for girls. It …

Pediculosis capitis in Benghazi, Libya. A school survey. Read More »

Original article English Ben-Sreti MM, Ignatius JX. Department of Pharmacology, The Medical School, Al-Arab University of Medicine, Benghazi, Libya. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1988 May;11(5):564-7. Abstract The effects of the two enantiomers of the opioid mixed agonist-antagonist meptazinol on mean arterial pressure (MABP), heart rate (HR), and survival time were investigated in pentobarbitone-anesthetized rats subjected to …

Salutary and detrimental effects of the (+)- and (-)enantiomers of meptazinol in anesthetized rats subjected to hemorrhagic shock. Read More »

Original article English Gang RK, Makhlouf S. Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Hand Surg [Br]. 1988 May;13(2):184-6. Abstract Seventy ganglia of the wrist have been treated by a new method whereby two sutures are passed through the ganglion, at right angles to each other, and each is tied in a loop. At intervals thereafter, …

Treatment of ganglia by a thread technique. Read More »

Original article English Kishan J, Valdez ME, Mir NA, Elzouki AY. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya, SPLAJ. Afr J Med Med Sci. 1988 Jun;17(2):83-8. Abstract A 20-month experience of mechanical ventilation (MV) in the newborn infants (birth weight greater than or equal to 1500 g) from a developing country …

Mechanical ventilation in newborn infants. Read More »

Original article English Faquih AM, Mir NA, Kishan J, Legnain M. Asia Oceania J Obstet Gynaecol. 1988 Jun;14(2):171-6. Abstract Keywords: Pattern of neonatal morbidity and mortality in infants of diabetic mothers. Link/DOI:

Case report English Kishan J, Mir NA, Elzouki AY, Wood BP. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Am J Dis Child. 1988 Jun;142(6):687-8. Abstract Keywords: Radiological case of the month. Klebsiella multifocal osteomyelitis. Link/DOI:

Original article English Kishan J, Soni AL, Elzouki AY, Mir NA, Magoub MR. Indian J Pediatr. 1988 Jul-Aug;55(4):611-5. Abstract Using 1984 perinatal mortality rates as indicators of the level of maternal and newborn health care service quality and efficiency, Libya’s high perinatal loss is compared to perinatal losses of 9 other developing countries. Timely antenatal …

Perinatal outcome at Benghazi and implications for perinatal care in developing countries. Read More »