Original article English Naghmi R, Subuhi R. Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Al Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Horm Metab Res. 1993 Jun;25(6):329-30. Abstract Keywords: Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes: clinical profile in Libya. Link/DOI:
Original article English Radhakrishnan K, Thacker AK, Bohlaga NH, Maloo JC, Gerryo SE. Department of Neurology, Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Neurol Sci. 1993 May;116(1):18-28. Abstract An epidemiologic survey of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in Benghazi, Libya, over a period from September 1982 through August 1989 ascertained 81 patients. The group was comprised of 76 …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 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 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 …
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 »
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