Case report English Maloo JC, Radhakrishnan K, Poddar SK, Thacker AK. J Assoc Physicians India. 1989 Dec;37(12):789-90. Abstract The occurrence of motor neurone disease (MND) in a Libyan couple who lived together for 40 years and in whom the disease developed within a 15-month period is reported. This is believed to be the second documentation …
Original article English el Mangoush M, Singh MK, Kumar S, Korajkio M, Gamati A. Medicine Dpt., Hawari Hospital, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Bone Marrow Transplant. 1989 Dec;4 Suppl 3:100. Abstract Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of disorders characterised by progressive cytopenias and impaired maturation of haematopoietic cells. It carries a high mortality due …
Evaluation of low-dose cytarabine therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes. Read More »
Original article English Mir NA, Faquih AM, Legnain M. Asia Oceania J Obstet Gynaecol. 1989 Dec;15(4):351-7. Abstract Over a period of one year, 16,365 consecutively live born neonates were prospectively studied for evidence of birth asphyxia using the requirement of greater than one minute of positive pressure ventilation for identifying infants suffering from birth asphyxia. …
Case report English Singh H, Hidayat RA, Chugh JC, Elzouki AY. Department of Pediatrics, Al Fatah Children’s Hospital, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1989 Nov;28(11):541-2. Abstract Keywords: Suprahepatic interposition of colon (Chilaiditi syndrome) and congenital hemihypertrophy. An unusual association. Link/DOI:
Original article English Elzouki AY, Markestad T, Elgarrah M, Elhoni N, Aksnes L. Department of Pediatrics, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1989 Nov;9(4):507-12. Abstract Twenty-two consecutive patients with rickets were studied in Benghazi, Libya. All were less than 2 years old. Rickets was associated with traditional cultural habits that limited sunshine …
Serum concentrations of vitamin D metabolites in rachitic Libyan children. Read More »
Case report English Gang RK. Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Hand Surg [Br]. 1989 Nov;14(4):441-2. Abstract Herpetic digital infection is being diagnosed increasingly by hand surgeons. A case of herpetic infection of a digit in an eight months old child is described. Keywords: Herpes of a digit. Link/DOI:
Original article English el Nageh MM, Khadre MA. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1989 Nov-Dec;83(6):848-50. Abstract A compulsory immunization policy against measles was introduced in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in 1972. Data are presented to show that a decreased …
Case report English Elhamel A. Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya. HPB Surg. 1989 Nov;1(4):353-8. Abstract In a case operated on for calculous jaundice the right and left hepatic ducts drained directly into the gallbladder and the cystic duct was the only route by which hepatic bile reached the duodenum. Exploration of the inside of the gallbladder …
Original article English Mukhtar MS, Rao GM, Morghom LO. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 1989 Oct-Dec;33(4):223-7. Abstract Peak expiratory flow rates of 578 Libyan boys and 527 Libyan girls aged 12 to 21 years were determined. The prediction formulae that best describe …
Peak expiratory flow rates in Libyan adolescents. Read More »
Case report English Gabaj MM, Gusbi AM, Awan MA. Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1989 Oct;83(5):553-4. Abstract Keywords: First human infestations in Africa with larvae of American screw-worm, Cochliomyia hominivorax Coq. Link/DOI: