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 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 »
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 …
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 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:
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 …
Original article English Elwaer OR, Elowni EE. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Parasitol Res. 1991;77(1):48-9. Abstract The American screwworm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax has recently been reported in Libya (El-Azazy 1989). Fly larvae were cultured on blood agar at different temperatures (-5 degrees, 5 degrees, 18 degrees, 20 degrees, 30 degrees, 37 degrees, …
Original article English Sebetan IM. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Hum Hered. 1991;41(2):138-40. Abstract The genetic polymorphism of human plasminogen (PLG) was investigated in Libyans using wide-scale ultrathin-layer polyacrylamide isoelectric focusing with subsequent immunoblotting. The 2 common alleles, PLG*A and PLG*B, and 4 previously reported rare ones, PLG*A3, PLG*M4, …
Plasminogen polymorphism in Libyans: description of a new rare variant. Read More »
Original article English Baccush MM, Nayak CS. Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1991;25(1):11-5. Abstract Seven hundred and twenty school children of primary school grades 5 and 6 in Hadba Sargia area in Tripoli were examined for dental caries. The mean DMFT index for the whole sample of children was 1.58. …
Prevalence of dental caries in school children from a suburban area in Tripoli, Libya. Read More »
Original article English Abbas HL. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya. Acta Physiol Hung. 1991;78(3):235-9. Abstract Osteomyelitis was induced artificially by injecting Staphylococcus aureus culture in the tibiae of young rabbits. Weekly estimations of hydroxyproline in urine were done for six weeks. It was found that the osteomyelitic rabbits excreted …