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Original article English el-Kadi AO, Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Life Sci. 1995;57(5):511-6. Abstract The effects of methysergide and cyproheptadine on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal symptoms were studied in morphine-dependent mice. The effects of these drugs were investigated both in normal mice and also mice injected with 6-OHDA intracerebrally …

The role of 5-HT in the expression of morphine withdrawal in mice. Read More »

Original article English Elzouki AN, Bushala M, Tobji RS, Khfaifi M. Department of Medicine, University of Lund, Malmo University Hospital, Sweden. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1995;10(4):475-6. Abstract Keywords: Prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus antibodies and hepatitis C virus viraemia in chronic haemodialysis patients in Libya. Link/DOI: http://ndt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/10/4/475

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:

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 …

Ten-year incidence (1981-90) of insulin-dependent diabetes in the 0-29-year-old age group in Benghazi, Libya. Read More »

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, …

Libyan family with hypercholesterolemia and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in plasma. 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. …

Duodenal atresia: its occurrence in siblings. Read More »

Case report English el-Zunni S, Prakash PS, Saitti M, Busnaina IA. Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine Al-Arab Medical university, Benghazi, Libya. Cent Afr J Med. 1996 Mar;42(3):77-80. Abstract Eighteen cases of MG admitted to the Neurology Unit, 7th April Hospital, Benghazi, Libya, over a period of three years October 1991 to December 1994 were …

Myasthenia gravis (MG): a preliminary report. Read More »

Original article English el-Maraghy SS. Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt. Folia Microbiol (Praha). 1996;41(1):53-60. Abstract Fungi of 19 genera, 30 species, and one variety were isolated from 25 samples of sheep-, cattle- and camel feedstuffs collected from different farms in the Beida Governorate, Libya. Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium were the most common …

Fungal flora and aflatoxin contamination of feedstuff samples in Beida Governorate, Libya. Read More »

Original article English Mukhtar MS, Rao GM. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 1996 Jan;40(1):98-102. Abstract Ventilatory capacities of 73 Libyan men working in the Asbestos-Cement Pipe factory in Jenzur, a residential area near Tripoli, Libya and those of 73 age-matched healthy Libyan …

Respiratory effects of occupational exposure to asbestos. Read More »

Case report English Adalla SA, Garmole B. Department of Surgery, Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Br J Clin Pract. 1996 Jan-Feb;50(1):62-3. Abstract Two patients with tuberculous parotitis are described. This condition is rare, and has not previously been recorded in Libya. Unilateral tuberculous parotitis is clinically indistinguishable from a parotid tumour, and imaging techniques may also …

Tuberculous parotitis: two cases in Libyan patients. Read More »