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Original article English M. B. Elheggiagi, A. O. Shaban, M. M. Kara, M. A. Kreasta, W. M. Kara Department of Paediatrics AlFatah University Tripoli-Libya Tripoli Children Hospital JMJ Vol.3 No.2 (September) 2004: 63-65 Abstract Aims of the study: This cross sectional descriptive study was aimed to investigate the importance of Cryptosporidium as a cause of …

Cryptosporidium Infection Among Children with Acute Diarrhoeal Illness in Tripoli- Libya Read More »

Original article English M. Gremida*, K. Shalbi*, E. Pronica** Al Jalla Children’s Hospital Tripoli-Libya* Children Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw** JMJ Vol.3 No.2 (September) 2004: 66-67 Abstract Aim: The aim of the study is to find out whether the clinical features and the PTH infusion tests are useful to diagnose the various types of Hypoparathyroidism. Material/Patients: …

Evaluation of Clinical Picture and Parathyroid Hormone Infusion Test to Differentiate between the Types of Hypoparathyroidism Read More »

Original article English A. O. Deaki1, P. S. Craig2, D. Pritchard3, R. Bonifacino4 1) Department of microbiology and Immunity, Faculty of medicine, University of Alfatah, Tripoli Libya; 2) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M54 WT. UK; 3) Faculty of Medicine, Nottingham University, Nottingham NG7 2RD; 4) Department of Parasitology, Instituto de Higiene, …

IgE antibody responses in symptomatic and asymptomatic cystic hydatidosis patients Read More »

Original article English Aceijas C, Stimson GV, Hickman M, Rhodes T; United Nations Reference Group on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care among IDU in Developing and Transitional Countries. Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour (CRDHB), Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. c.aceijas@imperial.ac.uk AIDS. 2004 Nov 19;18(17):2295-303. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To …

Global overview of injecting drug use and HIV infection among injecting drug users. Read More »

Original article English Gargoom AM, Duweb GA, Elzorghany AH, Benghazil M, Bugrein OO. Dermatology Department, Jamahiriya Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. Int J Clin Pharmacol Res. : 2004;24(1):11-4. Abstract Eighteen patients with a clinical diagnosis of vitiligo, aged between three and 12 years (mean 8.9 years), were enrolled in this study in order to evaluate the efficacy …

Calcipotriol in the treatment of childhood vitiligo. Read More »

Original article English El-Gatit AM, Haw M. Annour Clinic, Red Crescent, Misurata, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. East Mediterr Health J. 2003 Jan-Mar;9(1-2):12-9. Abstract Management of anticoagulant therapy after mechanical valve replacement is difficult in developing countries because of patient non-adherence. The effect of depression on adherence to drug therapy and to a clinic visit schedule was …

Relationship between depression and non-adherence to anticoagulant therapy after valve replacement. Read More »

Original article English Carranza S, Arnold EN, Wade E, Fahd S. Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain. scarranza@ub.edu Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2004 Dec;33(3):523-32. Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (1075 bp: cytochrome b, 300 bp; 12S rRNA, 393 bp; and 16S rRNA, 382 bp) corroborates the monophyly of the genus Macroprotodon …

Phylogeography of the false smooth snakes, Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae): mitochondrial DNA sequences show European populations arrived recently from Northwest Africa. Read More »

Original article English Emhamed MO, van Rheenen P, Brabin BJ. Child and Reproductive Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. Trop Doct. 2004 Oct;34(4):218-22. Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the haematological effects of the timing of umbilical cord clamping in term infants 24 h after birth in Libya. Mother-infant pairs were …

The early effects of delayed cord clamping in term infants born to Libyan mothers. Read More »

Review English Rostami K, Malekzadeh R, Shahbazkhani B, Akbari MR, Catassi C. Department of Gastroenterology, Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B75 7RR, UK. k.rostami@medscape.com Dig Liver Dis. 2004 Oct;36(10):694-7. Abstract About 10,000 years ago domestication and farming of wheat and other cereals developed in the ‘Fertile Crescent’, an area including …

Coeliac disease in Middle Eastern countries: a challenge for the evolutionary history of this complex disorder? Read More »

Original article English Grant S, Sorokin DY, Grant WD, Jones BE, Heaphy S. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 9HN, Leicester, UK. sg23@le.ac.uk Extremophiles. 2004 Oct;8(5):421-9. Abstract Samples of sediments and surrounding soda soils (SS) from the extremely saline and alkaline lakes of the Wadi el Natrun in the Libyan …

A phylogenetic analysis of Wadi el Natrun soda lake cellulase enrichment cultures and identification of cellulase genes from these cultures. Read More »