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Case report Italian Tozzi MC, Bruni L, Grisolia A, Lampariello S, Marcolongo P. Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza. Minerva Pediatr. 1993 Jan-Feb;45(1-2):35-9. Abstract The authors report the case of an 8-year-old Libyan boy who presented with hypertension, episodes of vomiting and headaches during the past year. Routine blood tests, …

Hypoplasia of the renal artery as a cause of renovascular hypertension. A case report Read More »

Original article English Green CH, Hall MJ, Fergiani M, Chirico J, Husni M. Tsetse Research Laboratory, ODA/Bristol University, Langford, U.K. Med Vet Entomol. 1993 Jan;7(1):59-65. Abstract A field study in Libya investigated aspects of Cochliomyia hominivorax behaviour relevant to the operation of a target-based control system. Flies were readily caught by electrified targets, but only …

Attracting adult New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, to odour-baited targets in the field. Read More »

Case report English Moskowitz SM, Tieu PT, Neufeld EF. Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1737. Hum Mutat. 1993;2(1):71-3. Abstract Keywords: A deletion/insertion mutation in the IDUA gene in a Libyan Jewish patient with Hurler syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis IH). Link/DOI: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110508140/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Case report English Collinge J, Palmer MS, Campbell T, Sidle KC, Carroll D, Harding A. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London. BMJ. 1993 Jan 30;306(6873):301-2. Abstract OBJECTIVE–To identify cases of inherited prion diseases in Britain and to assess their phenotypic features. DESIGN–Screening study of patients suspected clinically to have …

Inherited prion disease (PrP lysine 200) in Britain: two case reports. Read More »

Original article English Rao GM, al-Ageli NA. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1993 Feb;47(2):34-8. Abstract Levels of fasting plasma glucose, body mass index, serum total lipids, serum total cholesterol, serum triglycerides and blood pressure of 177 Libyan diabetic patients were determined. The …

Blood pressure levels in diabetes mellitus. Read More »

Original article English Akhtar SS, Abu Bakr MA, Dawi SA, Huq IU. Department of Oncology, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Afr J Med Med Sci. 1993 Mar;22(1):17-24. Abstract Between 1981 and 1985, 1124 patients with histopathologically confirmed malignant disease were registered at the sole oncology clinic of Libya, 664 (59%) were males and 460 (41%) were …

Cancer in Libya–a retrospective study (1981-1985). Read More »

Original article English Giasuddin AS, Chugh JC, Shembesh AA, Abusedra A, el-Bargathy S. Department of Immunology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian Pediatr. 1993 Mar;30(3):382-5. Abstract Keywords: Radial immunodiffusion versus serum protein electrophoresis as a tool for diagnosis of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. Link/DOI:

Original article English Gabaj MM, Beesley WN, Awan MA. Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, U.K. Med Vet Entomol. 1993 Apr;7(2):138-40. Abstract This first report on the lice of farm animals in Libya lists a total of fifteen species, as follows: Haematopinus quadripertusus and Linognathus vituli from cattle, Bovicola ovis, Linognathus pedalis, …

Lice of farm animals in Libya. Read More »

Original article English Gabaj MM, Beesley WN, Awan MA. Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK. Trop Anim Health Prod. 1993 May;25(2):65-8. Abstract The heads of 1,489 sheep and 320 goats were examined for larvae of Oestrus ovis at 17 abattoirs in northern Libya in July to November 1988. The prevalence of …

Oestrus ovis myiasis in Libyan sheep and goats. Read More »

Original article English Gameel SE, Mohamed SO, Mustafa AA, Azwai SM. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tripoli, Libya, Italy. Trop Anim Health Prod. 1993 May;25(2):91-3. Abstract Sera of 967 camels of both sexes were tested for antibodies to Brucella using the Rose Bengal plate test, serum agglutination test and the complement fixation test. …

Prevalence of camel brucellosis in Libya. Read More »