Original article English Jaber MA, Porter SR. Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Healthcare Sciences, London, England. Int J Paediatr Dent. 1997 Mar;7(1):39-40. Abstract Keywords: Maxillofacial,Mandibular Injuries,Alveolar Process Link/DOI:
Original article English Bosch E, Calafell F, Perez-Lezaun A, Comas D, Mateu E, Bertranpetit J. Laboratori d’Antropologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Hum Biol. 1997 Jun;69(3):295-311. Abstract After an intensive bibliographic search, we compiled all the available data on allele frequencies for classical genetic polymorphisms referring to North African populations and synthesized …
Population history of north Africa: evidence from classical genetic markers. Read More »
Original article English El-Kadi AO, Sharif SI. Al-Arab Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Benghazi, Libya. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1997 Jul;132(1):67-73. Abstract Numerous previous attempts have been made to study the involvement of alpha2-adrenoceptors in the expression of morphine withdrawal by studying the effects of selective alpha2-agonists and antagonists administered immediately before precipitation of …
Review English Meiner Z, Gabizon R, Prusiner SB. Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco 94143, USA. Medicine (Baltimore). 1997 Jul;76(4):227-37. Abstract Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is the most prevalent of the human prion diseases, a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders afflicting both humans and animals. The unique characteristic of these diseases, whether sporadic, dominantly …
Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Codon 200 prion disease in Libyan Jews. Read More »
Original article English Shembesh NM, Elbargathy SM, Kashbur IM, Rao BN, Mahmoud KS. Department of Pediatrics, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian J Pediatr. 1997 Jul-Aug;64(4):517-22. Abstract This study was conducted on 77 Libyan infants and children aged month to 10 years with acute bacterial meningitis. Upon admission, the patients were divided randomly in two …
Dexamethasone as an adjunctive treatment of bacterial meningitis. Read More »
Comment English Tovey F. Trop Doct. 1997 Oct;27(4):194-5. Abstract Keywords: diabetic foot,diabetes Link/DOI:
Comment English Lester FT. Trop Doct. 1997 Oct;27(4):195. Abstract Keywords: diabetes, Diabetic Foot,Diabetic Hand,Sepsis Link/DOI:
Original article English Balow JE Jr, Shelton DA, Orsborn A, Mangelsdorf M, Aksentijevich I, Blake T, Sood R, Gardner D, Liu R, Pras E, Levy EN, Centola M, Deng Z, Zaks N, Wood G, Chen X, Richards N, Shohat M, Livneh A, Pras M, Doggett NA, Collins FS, Liu PP, Rotter JI, Kastner DL, et …
Case report English Yahya AI, Przybylski J, Foud A. Surgical Department, Zliten Central Hospital, Libya. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1997 Dec;42(6):423-4. Abstract A 16-year-old Libyan male was admitted to the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) of Zliten Central Hospital after he had been hit on the abdomen by a football, his main symptom was upper …
Case report English Visweswara RN, Osman AR, Majeed SA, Sherghin AS, Muttardi MA. Department of Pathology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1997 Dec;31(6):569-71. Abstract Xeroderma pigmentosum is an uncommon skin disorder associated with increased incidence of skin tumours and, less often, internal malignancies. Wilms’ tumour is a common paediatric tumour, observed …
Xeroderma pigmentosum with adult Wilms’ tumour. A rare association. Read More »