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Case report English Lackmann GM, Lyding S, Scherer A, Niehues T. Outpatient Paediatric Office, Hamburg, Germany. GMLackmann.Praxis@t-online.de Neuropediatrics. 2004 Aug;35(4):253-4. Abstract A 15-year-old Libyan girl developed typical findings of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, unveiling characteristic symptoms of Behcet’s disease by months. This disease course of neuro-Behcet’s disease is quite exceptional in children, and an isolated, high-density …

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and mucocutaneous ulcerations. Read More »

Original article English Shen P, Lavi T, Kivisild T, Chou V, Sengun D, Gefel D, Shpirer I, Woolf E, Hillel J, Feldman MW, Oefner PJ. Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto, California 94305-5020, USA. Hum Mutat. 2004 Sep;24(3):248-60. Abstract The Samaritan community, which numbered more than a million in late Roman times and only 146 …

Reconstruction of patrilineages and matrilineages of Samaritans and other Israeli populations from Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA sequence variation. Read More »

Original article English Hulva P, Horacek I, Strelkov PP, Benda P. Department of Zoology, Charles University, Vinicna 7, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic. hulva@natur.cuni.cz Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2004 Sep;32(3):1023-35. Abstract Previous genetic analyses have demonstrated that two phonic types of one of the most common European bats, the Common pipistrelle, belong to distinct species, …

Molecular architecture of Pipistrellus pipistrellus/Pipistrellus pygmaeus complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): further cryptic species and Mediterranean origin of the divergence. Read More »

Original article English Ben Musa N, Dawoud HA. Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fatah University for Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2004 Aug;34(2):407-22. Abstract The rat adapted strain of bovine Babesia, B. divergens was used as a model to investigate the mechanisms of immunity to this parasite. The participation …

The protective activity of serum and fractionated serum from rats against Babesia divergens. Read More »

Review English Benomran FA. Department of Forensic Medicine, Dubai Police General Headquarters, Dubai, UAE. benomran@emirates.net.ae J Clin Forensic Med. 2002 Mar;9(1):1-4. Abstract In this paper an attempt has been made to emphasize certain facts pertinent to countries in which the legal definition of sexual crimes includes consented heterosexual relations between unmarried adults (fornication). Relevant Articles …

Sexual crimes: different perspectives. Read More »

Original article English Elgerbi AM, Aidoo KE, Candlish AA, Tester RF. Food Research Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 OBA, UK. Food Addit Contam. 2004 Jun;21(6):592-7. Abstract Forty-nine samples of raw cow’s milk and 20 samples of fresh white soft cheese were collected directly from 20 local dairy factories …

Occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in randomly selected North African milk and cheese samples. Read More »

Original article English Omar AR, Omar AM, Shaheen AN, Geryani MH. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sebha Teaching Hospital, Sebha, Libya. Saudi Med J. 2004 Jun;25(6):753-5. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to evaluate and improve the treatment strategy of inguinal hernia in children. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on the hospital notes …

Treatment strategy of inguinal hernia in infants and children in Eastern Libya. Read More »

Original article English Malaker K, Zaidi M, Franka MR. Department of Radiotherapy & Clinical Oncology, Tripoli Medical Centre, Tripoli, Libya. Kamal_Malaker@hotmail.com Ann Plast Surg. 2004 Jun;52(6):602-4. Abstract The purpose of this study was to develop an easily accessible technique for the delivery of postoperative radiotherapy for the treatment of earlobe keloids. Forty-seven earlobe keloids were …

Treatment of earlobe keloids using the cobalt 60 teletherapy unit. Read More »

Original article English Musa NB, Abdel Gawad MA. Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Fatah University, Tripoli, Libya. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2004 Apr;34(1):333-44. Abstract Three Babesia divergens isolates have been cultured continuously for 6 months in rat erythrocytes using the candle jar technique. One isolate was already rat-adapted, the other two became …

Adaptation of three Babesia divergens isolates to continuous culture in rat erythrocytes. Read More »

Case report English Sunil Natrajan, Khaled O. Hadeli, Stuart F. Quana. Respiratory Sciences Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724, USA. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Jan;30(1):31-2. Abstract Infection of a chylothorax is thought not to occur because chyle is inherently bacteriostatic. We report a case of an infected chylothorax occurring in an …

Infected spontaneous chylothorax. Read More »