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Original article English Owens JR, Broadhead R, Hendrickse RG, Jaswal OP, Gangal RN. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1981 Sep;1(3):135-41. Abstract Loperamide at a dose of 0 . 2 mg/kg/day was compared with placebo in the treatment of acute infantile gastro-enteritis in hospital-based double-blind clinical trials carried out in parallel in Liverpool, England and Benghazi, Libya. Fifty …

Loperamide in the treatment of acute gastroenteritis in early childhood. Report of a two centre, double-blind, controlled clinical trial. Read More »

Original article English Ghannoum MA, Moore KE, Al-Dulaimi M, Nasr M. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg [B]. 1981 Sep;173(6):501-8. Abstract The incidence of nine water-related diseases in the Brak oases of the Sahara desert, before and after the installation of water treatment plants, are reported. Immediately following installation of the plants there was a drop in …

The incidence of water-related diseases in the Brak area, Libya from 1977 to 1979, before and after the installation of water treatment plants. Read More »

Original article English Karim AK, Elfellah MS, Evans DA. J Med Genet. 1981 Oct;18(5):325-30. Abstract Acetylator phenotyping by means of a sulphadimidine tests revealed 65% of Libyan Arabs to be slow acetylators. Hence the frequency of the allele controlling slow acetylation (As) is estimated as q = 0.81 +/- 0.05. This estimate is similar to …

Human acetylator polymorphism: estimate of allele frequency in Libya and details of global distribution. Read More »

Original article English Abdel-Gayoum AA, Ali BH, Ghawarsha K, Bashir AA. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Hum Exp Toxicol. 1993 Sep;12(5):371-5. Abstract 1. Administration of gentamicin to rats at doses of 20, 40 or 80 mg kg-1 d-1 for 6 days induced nephrotoxicity exhibited by elevated plasma creatinine concentration …

Plasma lipid profile in rats with gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity. Read More »

Original article English Ali BH, Bashir AA. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Gen Pharmacol. 1993 Sep;24(5):1279-83. Abstract 1. Nephrotoxicity was induced in rats by injecting gentamicin intramuscularly (i.m.) at a dose of 80 mg/kg/day for 6 days. Treated animals demonstrated a typical pattern of aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity characterized histopathologically by …

Comparative modulating effects of captopril, diltiazem, dietary calcium and pyridoxal-5′-phosphate on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in the rat. Read More »

English Gupta MK, el-Sheikh MH, Sherif AM, el-Sharani F. Faculty of Dentistry, Benghazi, Libya. J Pierre Fauchard Acad. 1993 Sep;7(3):101-6. Abstract Keywords: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome (MPDS) non-surgical management. Link/DOI:

Case report English Ripoll L, Laplanche JL, Salzmann M, Jouvet A, Planques B, Dussaucy M, Chatelain J, Beaudry P, Launay JM. Service de Biochimie, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France. Neurology. 1993 Oct;43(10):1934-8. Abstract We screened 16 cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and 28 healthy control subjects to detect possible polymorphisms in their prion protein gene …

A new point mutation in the prion protein gene at codon 210 in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Read More »

Original article English Benomran FA. Head of Department of Forensic Medicine, Alarab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Med Sci Law. 1993 Oct;33(4):315-24. Abstract This work presents important information about the medicolegal systems in two different countries through the author’s personal experience during his work. In Libya, the Medicolegal Centres, attached to the Justice Department, receives all …

An objective study of two medicolegal Systems–Libyan and British. Read More »

Original article English Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1993 Nov;45(11):967-70. Abstract Potassium chloride (K+) produced dose-dependent contractions of the rat isolated seminal vesicle with no sign of tachyphylaxis. The contractile response was biphasic in nature and composed of an early rapid phasic contraction and …

KCl contractions in the rat isolated seminal vesicle. Read More »

Original article English Kadiki OA, Moawad SE. Benghazi Diabetic Clinic, Benghazi, Libya. Diabet Med. 1993 Nov;10(9):866-9. Abstract The mean annual incidence rates of Type 1 diabetes mellitus in Arab children and adolescents in Benghazi, Libya were assessed as based on prospective registration of patients during the period 1981-1990. Results showed an annual incidence (per 100,000) …

Incidence and prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents in Benghazi, Libya. Read More »