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Effects of fish oil and sunflower oil supplementations on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rat.

Original article English Abdel-Gayoum AA, Bashir AA, el-Fakhri MM. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya (SPLAJ). Hum Exp Toxicol. 1995 Nov;14(11):884-8. Abstract 1. Nephrotoxicity was induced in rats by intramuscular administration of gentamicin (80 mg k-1 d-1) for 6 days. 2. Oral supplementation with fish oil (5 ml kg-1 d-1), …

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Albendazole therapy in liver hydatidosis.

Case report English Singh H, Qasim M, Chugh JC, Shembesh AH. Department of Pediatrics, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian Pediatr. 1995 Oct;32(10):1105-6. Abstract Keywords: Albendazole therapy in liver hydatidosis. Link/DOI:

Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma with dedifferentiation.

Case report English Ramesh K, Gahukamble L, Sarma NH, al Fituri OM. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Histopathology. 1995 Oct;27(4):381-2. Abstract Keywords: Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma with dedifferentiation. Link/DOI:

Immunoblot evaluation of IgG and IgG-subclass antibody responses for immunodiagnosis of human alveolar echinococcosis.

Original article English Wen H, Craig PS, Ito A, Vuitton DA, Bresson-Hadni S, Allan JC, Rogan MT, Paollilo E, Shambesh M. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, U.K. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Oct;89(5):485-95. Abstract Antigen binding of total-IgG and IgG-subclass antibodies from patients with alveolar or cystic echinococcosis (AE and CE) was assessed …

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Branchiogenic carcinoma–a case for radiation induced carcinogenesis.

Case report English Visweswara RN, Patel MH. Department of Pathology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Cent Afr J Med. 1995 Sep;41(9):296-8. Abstract From the time the first case of bronchial cleft carcinoma was reported over a century ago, very few cases have been reported which prove to be a cancer of primary branchial origin, while …

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Testing regression equality to study the fertility differentials by child mortality in North-Eastern Libya.

Original article English Elamin MA, Bhuyan KC. Nufusbil Derg. 1997;19:127-39. Abstract PIP: The author studies “the impacts of different socio-demographic variables on fertility of couples experiencing differential child mortality in North-Eastern Libya. The test of equality of regression coefficients of any particular variable is also suggested. Results show that the regression coefficients in the fitted …

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Libya: epidemiological survey in Al-Badarna.

Original article English el-Buni A, Ben-Darif A. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Parassitologia. 1996 Dec;38(3):579-80. Abstract One hundred fifty-one cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases were recorded during the period from October 1991 to September 1992 from Al-Badarna in Jabal Nafusa, an endemic area of CL in Libya. …

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Bacteriocins: nature, function and structure.

Review English Daw MA, Falkiner FR. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Alfateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Micron. 1996 Dec;27(6):467-79. Abstract Bacteriocins are extracellular substances produced by different types of bacteria, including both Gram positive and Gram negative species. They can be produced spontaneously or induced by certain chemicals such as mitomycin …

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