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English el-Gheriani AS. Department of Prosthodontics, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Oral Rehabil. 1992 Sep;19(5):535-8. Abstract There is no definitive method for the arrangement of artificial teeth in complete denture construction. A new method is introduced whereby the maxillary posterior teeth have been set in approximate positions mediolaterally similar to their natural predecessors. The …

A new guide for positioning of maxillary posterior denture teeth. Read More »

Original article English Khan MA. Department of Pediatrics, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1992 Sep;46(9):268-74. Abstract The psychometric evaluations in 60 cases of Down’s syndrome non-institutionalized children in the age group 1-15 years drawn after random selection was compared with 60 children with mental handicap from a residential institution drawn by …

Development outcome of Down’s syndrome in eastern Libya. Read More »

Original article English Abdel-Gayoum AA, Haider SS, Tash FM, Ghawarsha K. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Pharmacol Toxicol. 1992 Sep;71(3 Pt 1):161-4. Abstract Adult male rats were treated intraperitoneally with chloroquine (5 mg/kg/day) for 9 days. A reduction in the fasting plasma glucose level by 17.6% and ascorbic acid …

Effect of chloroquine on some carbohydrate metabolic pathways: contents of GHS, ascorbate and lipid peroxidation in the rat. Read More »

Original article English el Sheikh MH, Gupta MK. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Benghazi, Libya. J Pierre Fauchard Acad. 1992 Sep;6(3):75-9. Abstract Keywords: Faciomaxillary fractures in Libya–retrospective analysis of 14 years. Link/DOI:

Original article English el-Ghawi UM, Bahal BM, al-Arbi SK. Tajura Nuclear Research Centre, Tripoli, Libya. Radiat Res. 1992 Sep;131(3):243-8. Abstract The present analysis concentrates on the utilization of low-energy proton accelerators of several hundred kilovolts for particle-induced X-ray emission microanalysis. Experiments on stainless-steel and carbon matrices for thick target conditions have been carried out at …

Possibility of using a low-energy proton beam for particle-induced X-ray emission microanalysis. Read More »

Original article English Shambesh MK, Macpherson CN, Beesley WN, Gusbi A, Elsonosi T. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, U.K. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1992 Aug;86(4):381-6. Abstract A total of 4103 people were screened in an ultrasound survey of the prevalence of hydatid disease (Echinococcus granulosus) in five areas of northwestern Libya; hydatid cysts …

Prevalence of human hydatid disease in northwestern Libya: a cross-sectional ultrasound study. Read More »

Original article English Krajewski R, Stelmasiak Z. Salahuddin University Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Childs Nerv Syst. 1992 Aug;8(5):279-80. Abstract Brain abscesses are rare in infants and their clinical presentation is specific for this age group. Seven cases of brain abscess in infants aged 2-11 months are reported. The underlying cause was meningitis in four, sepsis in …

Brain abscess in infants. Read More »

Original article English Sebetan IM. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Int J Legal Med. 1993;106(1):51-2. Abstract The genetic polymorphism of transferrin (TF) was investigated in 110 unrelated Libyans, using ultrathin layer polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing followed by staining with Coomassie brilliant blue R250. Five common and one rare phenotypes …

Transferrin (TF) polymorphism in Libyans. Read More »

Original article English Khan MA. Department of Pediatrics, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1992 Aug;46(8):235-8. Abstract This study was undertaken to evaluate the pattern of cerebral palsy (CP) cases seen at Children’s Hospital, benghazi, Libya, in respect of age and sex distribution and developmental outcome according to the type of CP …

Intellectual and developmental assessment of cerebral palsy cases in Libyan city. Read More »

Original article English el-Mangoush M, Singh NK. Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Assoc Physicians India. 1992 Jul;40(7):452-4. Abstract The efficacy of low-dose cytarabine given as 10 mg sub-cutaneously 12 hourly for 2 weeks and repeated at 2 to 3 weekly intervals was evaluated prospectively in 15 consecutive patients of myelodysplastic syndrome over a 3 …

Efficacy of low-dose cytarabine therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes. Read More »