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Original article English Elhamel A. Faculty of Medical Sciences, Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Surgery. 1990 Mar;107(3):316-20. Abstract Management of the pericystic membrane is still a major problem in the treatment of hepatic hydatid disease. In a series of 23 patients with 45 cysts, complicated forms constituted 51% of all cysts. Radical removal, mainly by pericystectomy, …

Pericystectomy for the treatment of hepatic hydatid cysts. Read More »

Review English Ali BH, Bashir AA. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Arab Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Benghazi, Libya. Vet Hum Toxicol. 1990 Apr;32(2):110-3. Abstract Keywords: ivermectin in human filariasis: a mini-review. Link/DOI:

Original article English Banerjee G, Chugh JC, Singh H, el-Mauhoub M, Shembesh N. Department of Pediatrics, Al-Fatah Children’s Hospital, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian Pediatr. 1990 Apr;27(4):390-3. Abstract Keywords: Accidental poisoning in Benghazi, Libya. Link/DOI:

Original article English Sharif SI, Gokhale SD, Chandranath SI. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 1990 May;341(5):425-31. Abstract In an attempt to define the pharmacological characteristics of the postjunctional alpha-adrenoceptors of the rat seminal vesicle, responses to certain phenylethanolamine and imidazoline agonists were investigated, in vitro, …

Pharmacological characterization of the postjunctional alpha-adrenoceptors of the rat isolated seminal vesicle. Read More »

Original article English el Mangoush M, Singh NK, Kumar S, Basha A, Gupta BS, Bolya YK, Gamati A. Department of Medicine, Hawari Hospital, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Postgrad Med J. 1990 Jun;66(776):446-9. Abstract The effect of enalapril was evaluated in 67 patients with essential hypertension, and its therapeutic efficacy was compared with atenolol in …

Efficacy of enalapril in essential hypertension and its comparison with atenolol. Read More »

Original article English Ali BH. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1990 Jun;17(6):463-6. Abstract 1. Rats were pretreated with dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) at concentrations of 2, 4 and 6% v/v in the drinking water for 7 days, then injected with a single subcutaneous dose of cysteamine (28 …

Effect of dimethylsulphoxide on cysteamine-induced duodenal ulceration in rats. Read More »

Original article English Singh R, Legnain MM. Malays J Reprod Health. 1990 Jun;8(1):5-12. Abstract The present study at Benghazi, Libya was carried out to identify the profiles of Oral Contraceptive (OC) and Intrauterine Device (IUD) users and to gain insight into their experiences. Family Planning Files were used to collect information on socio-biological features such …

Profile of oral contraceptive and intrauterine device users at Benghazi. Read More »

Original article English Gahukamble DB, Rakas FS. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian J Pediatr. 1990 Jul-Aug;57(4):545-50. Abstract 920 children below the age of 12 years were admitted with complaints of pain in the right lower abdomen and a suspected diagnosis of acute appendicitis. In 720 patients, …

Hospital observation for right lower quadrant abdominal pain with questionable acute appendicitis in children. Read More »

Case report English Jain S, el Mangoush MA, el-Bouri K, Mahfouz MO. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Arab University of Medicine, Benghazi, Libya. Trop Geogr Med. 1990 Jul;42(3):283-5. Abstract Less than 30 confirmed cases of kala azar have been reported from Libya in this century. Many of the reported patients had stayed outside Libya and the …

Kala azar in an adult Libyan and review of visceral leishmaniasis in Libya. Read More »

Case report English Ben-Musa AA, Singh H, Shembesh AH, Chugh JC. Department of Pediatrics, Al Fatah Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1990 Jul;29(7):409-11. Abstract Presentation of hydatid disease is uncommon in children, and cardiac hydatid cyst is rare at any age. The authors discuss a pediatric …

Cardiac hydatid cyst in a child. Read More »