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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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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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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 …

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

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 …

Maternal mortality in the three university teaching hospitals in Tripoli-Libya Read More »

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 …

Liver resection versus transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients Read More »

Original article English Abdurauf M. Zagdani, Rabia M. Gwedar, Fauzi A. Sagher Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, TMC, Tripoli, Libya JMJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2005): 36-38 Abstract The search for a suitable, reliable and non- invasive serologic test is worth-while in order to develop a uniform practical approach. Serum Samples from fifty patients, of …

Further screening in Libyan childhood coeliac; A practical diagnostic approach Read More »

Case report English Schiemann R, Glasmacher A, Bailly E, Horre R, Molitor E, Leutner C, Smith MT, Kleinschmidt R, Marklein G, Sauerbruch T. Medizinische Klinik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhems-Universitat Bonn, Germany. Mycoses. 1998 Mar-Apr;41(3-4):113-6. Abstract We report a case of systemic infection with Geotrichum capitatum in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia. Three days before death, the …

Geotrichum capitatum septicaemia in neutropenic patients: case report and review of the literature. Read More »

Original article English al-Tawaty AI, Elbargathy SM. Department of Paediatrics, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1998 Mar;18(1):27-30. Abstract We studied 243 children aged between 6 months and 18 years presenting with features suggestive of coeliac disease to Al-Fateh Children’s Hospital, Benghazi, Libya from 1976 to 1993. The diagnosis of coeliac disease was …

Coeliac disease in north-eastern Libya. Read More »

Review English Rao GM. Grat Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1997 Dec;51(12):470-8. Abstract Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus,Type 2,complications Link/DOI: http://www.indianjmedsci.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5359;year=1997;volume=51;issue=12;spage=470;epage=8;aulast=Rao;type=0

Original article English Giasuddin AS, El-Sherif AI, El-Ojali SI. Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Dermatology. 1998;197(2):119-22. Abstract BACKGROUND: The aetiopathogenesis of psoriasis is still not fully understood. Recently, it has been reported that prolactin (PRL) exerts a proliferative effect on human keratinocytes in vitro. PRL …

Prolactin: does it have a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis? Read More »