Original article English Ben Ismail TH, Ali BH, Bashir AA. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Gen Pharmacol. 1994 Oct;25(6):1249-52. Abstract 1. Nephrotoxicity was induced in rats by injecting gentamicin intramuscularly (i.m.) at a dose of 80 mg/kg for 6 days. Treated animals demonstrated a typical pattern of nephrotoxicity characterized …
Original article English Mehabresh MI. El-Fateh Children’s Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Oct;97(5):282-5. Abstract Although cases of visceral leishmaniasis in Libya have been reported for over 80 years, all these reports were from the northern coastal areas near Tripoli and the Green Mountain area. Since 1985, there have been new cases of …
Visceral leishmaniasis: new foci of infection in Libya. Read More »
Original article English Elhwuegi AS. Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Pharmacology. 1994 Nov;49(5):308-13. Abstract The hypnosis and hypothermia induced by phenobarbitone (100 mg/kg i.p.) were greatly potentiated by combined treatment with alpha-methylparatyrosine (alpha-MPT, 250 mg/kg i.p.). alpha-MPT per se produced sedation and hypothermia. Measurement of blood and …
Original article English el-Kadi AO, Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Gen Pharmacol. 1994 Nov;25(7):1505-10. Abstract 1. Physical dependence was induced in mice by repeated injections of increasing doses of morphine for either 4 or 7 days. 2. Withdrawal symptoms induced by naloxone (1 mg/kg, i.p.) given 3 …
Original article English Sharif SI, Ali BH. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Food Chem Toxicol. 1994 Dec;32(12):1169-71. Abstract The effect of grapefruit juice on in vivo drug metabolism was investigated in rats. The juice (4 ml or 8 ml/kg) was given orally once daily for 2 consecutive days …
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Review English Sherif FM. Department of Pharmacology, University for Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1994 Dec;18(8):1219-33. Abstract Several lines of evidence suggest that the major inhibitory neuro-transmitter, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is involved, both directly and indirectly, in the pathogenesis of certain neurological and psychiatric disorders. The main enzyme responsible for GABA catabolism …
GABA-transaminase in brain and blood platelets: basic and clinical aspects. Read More »
Case report English Gahukamble DB, Khamage AS, Shaheen AQ. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Pediatr Surg. 1994 Dec;29(12):1599-600. Abstract The authors describe a case of duodenal atresia occurring in two siblings. It is possible that the third sibling also died after complications of the same malformation. …
Case report English Sheriff DS, el Fakhri M, Ghwarsha K. Department of Biochemistry, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Chem. 1994 Dec;40(12):2313-6. Abstract Genetic deficiencies of cholesteryl ester transport protein (CETP) and hepatic lipase activities have been associated with hyperalpha-lipoproteinemias. Here we present a family of 11 members, of which 9, including the father, mother, …
Original article English Kadiki OA, Moawad SE. Benghazi Diabetic Clinic, Libya. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1994 Dec 31;26(3):223-8. Abstract The incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Benghazi, Libya in the < 30-years age group was prospectively studied during the period 1981-1990. A total of 161 male and 150 female new cases were diagnosed during the …
Letter English Elzouki AN, Beeching NJ, Mutton KJ, Garson JA. Vox Sang. 1995;68(1):65. Abstract Keywords: Anti-HCV antibodies and HCV RNA in Libyan blood donors. Link/DOI: