Original article English Sheriff DS. Department of Biochemistry, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Ann Clin Biochem. 1989 Mar;26 ( Pt 2):199-200. Abstract Keywords: Erythrocyte glutathione concentration as a measure of oxidant stress in patients undergoing dapsone therapy. Link/DOI:
Original article English Rao GM, Morghom LO, Abukhris AA. Center for Health and Drug Research, Tripoli, Libya. Clin Physiol Biochem. 1989;7(3-4):161-4. Abstract Levels of fasting blood glucose, serum beta-glucuronidase and beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase in 47 Libyan diabetic patients were determined. The respective mean values were 254.5 +/- 11 mg/dl, 74 +/- 5.7 Sigma units/ml and 171.8 +/- …
Original article English Ali BH. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Pharmacology. 1989;39(2):98-102. Abstract The protective effect of dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) against stress- and indometacin-induced gastrointestinal ulcers was assessed in rats. It was found that stress (restraint at 4 degrees C for 3 h) produced mucosal lesions in the stomach antrum …
Original article English el-Mufti M, Rakas F, Glessa A, Sanallah B, Abusidra A. Department of General Surgery, Benghazi, Libya. Chemotherapy. 1989;35(5):383-8. Abstract This paper reports the results of a prospective randomized study of antibiotic prophylaxis in 200 patients over the age of 12 years undergoing emergency appendicectomy at Al-Jala Hospital for Trauma and Emergency Surgery, …
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Original article English el-Mufti M, Rakas FS, Glessa A, Abdulhadi A, Ekgam S, Fraitis F, Zaidi J. Department of General Surgery, University Teaching Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. Curr Med Res Opin. 1989;11(6):354-9. Abstract A prospective study was carried out in 200 consecutive patients undergoing biliary surgery to compare the prophylactic effectiveness of ceftriaxone and clavulanate-potentiated (CP-) …
Original article English Ben-Amer MI. Rev Int Trach Pathol Ocul Trop Subtrop Sante Publique. 1989;66(1-2):63-71. Abstract The prevalence of pterygium was estimated in a Libyan village. There seems to be an association between pterygium and cicatricial trachoma, poor housing conditions and Herbert’s Pits in this population. Keywords: Pterygium in a Libyan village. Link/DOI:
Original article English Ali BH, Abdel Gayoum AA, Bashir AA, el-Fakhri M. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Pharmacology. 1990;40(5):258-64. Abstract Duodenal ulceration in rats was induced by a single subcutaneous injection of cysteamine at doses of 7, 28, 42 and 65 mg/100 g body weight 24 h before killing. …
Case report English Maloo JC, Radhakrishnan K, Thacker AK, Mousa ME. Neurology Unit, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1990;92(1):63-5. Abstract A middle-aged male resident of Benghazi, northeastern Libya, with radiological features of skeletal fluorosis associated with cervical radiculomyelopathy is reported. This is believed to be the first documentation of such a disorder …
Case report English Hopmeier P, Binder C, Gadner H, Fischer M. Central Laboratory, Municipal Hospital Lainz, Vienna, Austria. Acta Haematol. 1990;83(1):39-41. Abstract The first case of unstable Hb Genova from North Africa is described. It was found in a 13-year-old girl from Libya suffering from chronic Heinz body haemolytic anaemia and growth retardation. The available …
Review English Shamssain MH. J Trop Pediatr. 1989 Dec;35(6):306-11. Abstract Body weight, standing height, skin-fold thicknesses at four sites (biceps, triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac) and percent fat were measured in 1800 Libyan children and adults aged 6-25 years. There was a marked difference in anthropometric measurements between boys and girls at the age of 14 …
Growth rate and anthropometry of a Libyan population. Read More »