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Original article English Azwai SM, Carter SD, Woldehiwet Z, Wernery U. Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, U.K. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Jan;19(1):65-78. Abstract An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed, together with a Western blotting technique, for the detection of total and IgG and IgM antibodies to camelpox virus (Orthopoxvirus cameli) …

Serology of Orthopoxvirus cameli infection in dromedary camels: analysis by ELISA and western blotting. Read More »

Original article English Gokhale SD, Bashir AA, Chandranath SI. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1996 Jan;23(1):22-9. Abstract 1. Electrical field stimulation (EFS) of the rat isolated seminal vesicle elicited frequency-dependent and tetrodotoxin sensitive contractions which were unaltered by hexamethonium or mecamylamine. 2. Prazosin alone was not sufficient to …

Functional responses of the rat isolated seminal vesicle to electrical field stimulation: a pharmacological analysis. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Case report English Sieb JP, Tolksdorf K, Dengler R, Jerusalem F. Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Bonn, Germany. Neuromuscul Disord. 1996 Mar;6(2):115-9. Abstract We studied a Libyan family in which five out of seven siblings have had slowly progressive limb-girdle weakness accentuated by exercise since childhood. Ptosis or ophthalmoplegia were not observed. Pronounced decremental electromyographic …

An autosomal-recessive congenital myasthenic syndrome with tubular aggregates in a Libyan family. Read More »

Original article English Adalla SA. Department of Surgery, Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. Br J Clin Pract. 1996 Apr-May;50(3):168-9. Abstract Appendicitis is the most common acute abdominal condition in Libya. Delay can result in the presentation of a patient with generalised peritonitis or an appendiceal mass. Clinical diagnosis of an appendix mass was made in 30 …

Appendiceal mass: interval appendicectomy should not be the rule. Read More »

Case report English Sarma HN, Ramesh K, al Fituri O, Saeed SO, Majeed SA. Department of Pathology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1996 Apr;30(2):155-7. Abstract Malokoplakia of the prostate is extremely rare. We report two cases of prostatic malokoplakia in one 60-year-old and one 64-year-old Libyan man, who both were presented …

Malakoplakia of the prostate gland–report of two cases and review of the literature. Read More »

English Dihoom M, Mahmoud GS, Sudani OH. Faculty of Public Health, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Contact Dermatitis. 1996 May;34(5):366-7. Abstract Keywords: Irritant Dermatitis,Contact Dermatitis,sodium lauryl sulfate Link/DOI: