Original article English Mohamed NN, Shembesh NM, Singh R. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. East Mediterr Health J. 1999 May;5(3):606-10. Abstract Keywords: Lipoproteins,VLDL,HDL,Triglycerides,Hemoglobin,Hematocrit,Erythrocyte Indices,Reference Values Link/DOI:
Original article English Najam FI, Giasuddin AS, Shembesh AH. Department of Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Immunological Unit), Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Indian J Pediatr. 1999 May-Jun;66(3):337-44. Abstract Immunoglobulin isotypes (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE) in serum were investigated in 64 Libyan children with mild to moderately severe asthma (age: 1-12 years; sex: …
Original article English Lucotte G, Aouizerate A, Berriche S. International Institute of Anthropology, Paris, France. Hum Biol. 2000 Jun;72(3):473-80. Abstract The frequency distribution of Y-chromosome haplotypes at DNA polymorphism p49/TaqI was studied in a sample of 505 North Africans from Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. A particularly high frequency (55.0%) of Y-haplotype 5 …
Y-chromosome DNA haplotypes in north African populations. Read More »
Letter English Colombo R. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Aug;67(2):528-31. Abstract Keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease ,PRNP E200K mutation Link/DOI: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v67n2/001845/001845.html
Original article English Ghenghesh KS, Bara F, Bukris B, el-Surmani A, Abeid SS. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. J Diarrhoeal Dis Res. 1999 Jun;17(2):75-80. Abstract During September 1992-August 1993, stool samples from 157 children with diarrhoea and 157 matched healthy controls were examined for the presence …
Original article English Gahukamble DB, Khamage AS, Gahukamble LD. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2000 Jun;20(2):147-51. Abstract Analysis of 30 children with hydatid cysts of the liver who were treated by partial pericystectomy and external tube drainage showed that five (21%) of 24 cases …
English Colombo R. Human Biology and Genetics Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 1, Milan, 20123, Italy. rcolombo@aixmiced.mi.unicatt.it Genomics. 2000 Oct 1;69(1):131-4. Abstract Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive disorder of the transepithelial transport of amino acids, clinically manifested by the development of kidney stones. Mutations in the …
Arabic El-Boni A, Abou-Shaala M, Waley-Eldin TM, Waley-Eldin K. East Mediterr Health J. 1999 Sep;5(5):1045-9. Abstract Keywords: Malaria,Benghazi Link/DOI:
Case report English Khatri ML, Stefanato CM, Benghazeil M, Shafi M, Kubba A, Bhawan J. Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Int J Dermatol. 2000 Nov;39(11):853-6. Abstract A 26-year-old Libyan woman presented with asymptomatic nodulo-ulcerative skin lesions present for 1 year. Three years prior to presentation, she had …
Cutaneous and paranasal aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient. Read More »
Original article English Rosenberg NA, Woolf E, Pritchard JK, Schaap T, Gefel D, Shpirer I, Lavi U, Bonne-Tamir B, Hillel J, Feldman MW. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. noah@charles.stanford.edu Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jan 30;98(3):858-63. Abstract Unlinked autosomal microsatellites in six Jewish and two non-Jewish populations …
Distinctive genetic signatures in the Libyan Jews. Read More »