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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 »

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 …

Conjugal motor neurone disease. Read More »

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 »

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 …

A case of the unstable Hb Genova (beta 28 Leu—-Pro) in an Arab child associated with severe haemolytic anaemia and growth retardation. Read More »

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 …

Fluorotic radiculomyelopathy in a Libyan male. Read More »

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. …

Glutathione and ascorbic acid concentrations in the duodenum of rats with cysteamine-induced ulcers: influence of cysteine and ascorbic acid pretreatments. Read More »

Original article English Naghmi R, Subuhi R. Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Al Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Horm Metab Res. 1990 Jan;22(1):38-40. Abstract The third and sixth cranial nerves are most frequently affected in diabetic extraocular mononeuropathies. In diabetic oculomotor involvement the pupil is undisturbed. Of the 21 patients of diabetic oculomotor paralysis 4 patients …

Diabetic oculomotor mononeuropathy: involvement of pupillomotor fibres with slow resolution. Read More »

Original article English Sheriff DS, el Fakhri M. Dept. of Biochem., Al Arab Med Univ., Benghazi, Libya. Clin Chem. 1990 Feb;36(2):393-4. Abstract Keywords: Serum lipoprotein profile and concentration of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient subjects. Link/DOI:

Case report English Gang RK. Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Hand Surg [Br]. 1990 Feb;15(1):84-8. Abstract A Chinese flap, based on the radial artery, has been used in 29 patients who presented with problems of reconstruction in the hand. The merits and complications of this procedure are discussed. Keywords: The Chinese forearm flap in …

The Chinese forearm flap in reconstruction of the hand. Read More »

Original article English Verma IC, Mathews AR, Faquih A, el-Zouki AA, Malik GR, Mohammed F. Department of Pediatrics, Al Arab University of Medicine, Benghazi, Libya. Indian J Pediatr. 1990 Mar-Apr;57(2):245-8. Abstract The frequency of Down syndrome in Libya was 1 in 516 live births. The mean age of Down mother was 35.62 years. Eighty two …

Cytogenetic analysis of Down syndrome in Libya. Read More »