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Giant juvenile papillomatosis of the breast: report of two cases.

Case report English Farid MK, Sarma HN, Ramesh K, al Fituri O, Visveswara RN. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Beaghazi, Libya. East Afr Med J. 1997 Feb;74(2):116-7. Abstract Two cases of giant juvenile papillomatosis of the breast, a rare disease occurring in adolescent girls, are reported from Libya. Both cases …

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Basic aspects of GABA-transmission in alcoholism, with particular reference to GABA-transaminase.

Review English Sherif FM, Tawati AM, Ahmed SS, Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 1997 Feb;7(1):1-7. Abstract Neuronal dysfunction is the neurobiological basis for alcoholic behaviour, and ethanol craving seems related to hypofunction of the GABA-ergic activity. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous …

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Prospective study among cutaneous leishmaniasis cases in Tripoli Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya.

Original article English El Buni AA, Edwebi H, Ben Darif AL. Medical Microbiology and Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis. 1997 Jan-Apr;74(1-2):3-4. Abstract One hundred and nine cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were referred to Dermatology unit, Tripoli Central Hospital from 24 localities in north-west Libya during the …

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Female-headed households in Turkey and socio-demographic and economic characteristics of female household heads.

Original article English Koc I. Nufusbil Derg. 1997;19:73-99. Abstract PIP: This study examines the welfare of female-headed households in Turkey during 1978-93. Data were obtained from the 1978 Turkish Fertility Survey, the 1987 Household Income and Consumption Expenditures Survey, the 1988 Turkish Population and Health Survey, and the 1993 Turkish Demographic and Health Survey. Duben …

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Liver resection versus transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients

Original article English F. Abufalgha , A. Iannelli, J. Gugenheim Department of hepatobiliary surgery, Archet 2 Hospital, University of Nice – France JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 39-42 Abstract Surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients remains controversial because of a high reported recurrence rate. This study compared resection to transplantation in …

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Maternal mortality in the three university teaching hospitals in Tripoli-Libya

Original article English Huda S Gashut*, Sagier Alzahra*, Mustapha Gawas**, A. Ltaif*** *Aljal Maternity Hospital,**Tripoli Medical Center, ***Alkhadra Hospital JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 43-48 Abstract For obstetricians and midwives practising in the developing countries, maternal mortality is not about statistics. It is about women who have faces, women who have names. Faces …

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Quantitative coronary analysis and visual estimation of Balloon size; incidence of coronary artery dissection

Original article English Naserdeen Mehana1, Tysir Garadah2, Abdulla Al Naeemi1 1) Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE; 2) Tabouk Military Hospital KSA JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 49-51 Abstract Intimal dissection is a complication of coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Balloon over sizing increases this complication. Forty patients were prospectively randomized for visual estimation of …

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Serum level of immunoglobulin E, soluble C.D23 and interleukin -12 in atopic dermatitis

Original article English Amal S. Matmati*, Abdalla I. El-Sherif**, Abu S. M. Giasuddin* * Departments of Laboratory Medicine and **-Medicine (Dermatology Unit), Faculty of Medicine,Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 52-56 Abstract Serum levels of IgE, sCD23 and IL-12 were studied in 24 female Libyan patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) …

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The role of high resolution CT Scan in cholesteatoma surgery

Original article English Khaled Mesalaty * , Reda Darwish ** *Otorhinolaryngology Department, Tripoli Central Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, El-Fatteh University, Tripoli, Libya. **Diagnostic Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 57-62 Abstract The use of routine imaging for chronic otitis media remains more controversial, with …

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