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

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 …

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Ehlers Danlos syndrome–masquerading as primary muscle disease.

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 …

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Screening of clonidine effect on brain acetylcholine content, anticonvulsant and local anaesthetic properties.

Original article English Ahmed KZ, Crossl J, Pendse VK, Akkad IN. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Pak J Pharm Sci. 1988 Jan;1(1):11-7. Abstract Clonidine, a potent centrally acting antihypertensive drug was screened for effect on ” free ” and ” bound ” acetylcholine (Ach) in brain of morphine dependent …

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Descriptive epidemiology of some rare neurological diseases in Benghazi, Libya.

Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Thacker AK, Maloo JC, Gerryo SE, Mousa ME. Department of Medicine, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Neuroepidemiology. 1988;7(3):159-64. Abstract During a 4-year study period, January 1983 to December 1986, 24 patients (18 index cases) with spinal muscular atrophy (hereditary motor neuropathy, HMN), 9 with myasthenia gravis (MG), 6 with progressive …

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Juvenile type of chronic myeloid leukaemia in a four year old boy.

Case report English el Mauhoub M, Sudarshan G, Baloch R. El Fatah Childrens’ Hospital, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. Klin Padiatr. 1988 Jan-Feb;200(1):15-9. Abstract Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a rare disease in children. Three varieties of CML occur in childhood. Juvenile (Infantile), adult and familial types, each with distinct clinical and laboratory findings. Prognosis …

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Electrophysiologic evaluation for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with angioaccess for haemodialysis.

Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Thacker AK, Maloo JC, Ben Dardef A, Bubtana AG. Neurology Unit, Seventh April Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. Int Urol Nephrol. 1989;21(4):425-7. Abstract The corrected distal motor latency along the median nerve in 50 upper limbs with the forearm Cimino-Brescia fistula for haemodialysis, when compared to that of the contralateral limb and …

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Genetic polymorphism of the B subunit of coagulation factor XIII in Libyans: occurrence of a fourth common allele, FXIIIB*6.

Original article English Sebetan IM, Azadeh B. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Z Rechtsmed. 1989;103(2):125-8. Abstract FXIIIB phenotypes were determined in neuraminidase-pretreated serum samples by using isoelectric focusing in ultrathin-layer polyacrylamide gels containing 1 M urea and subsequent immunoblotting. In a Libyan population sample from Tripoli, (n = 108) …

Genetic polymorphism of the B subunit of coagulation factor XIII in Libyans: occurrence of a fourth common allele, FXIIIB*6. Read More »