Faculty Publications -1996 
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 Kibbi AG, Hassouna L, Rubeiz NG. Cutaneous leishmaniasis. an old disease with a new face. Acta Derm Venereol. 1996 Mar;76(2):171-2.  .
 Abdella N, Khogali M, al-Ali S, Gumaa K, Bajaj J. Known type 2 diabetes mellitus among the Kuwaiti population. A prevalence study. Acta Diabetol. 1996 Jul;33(2):145-9.
 Abu-Musa A, Takahashi K, Kitao M. Effect of serum from fertile and infertile patients with endometriosis on the development of mouse embryos. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1996 Aug;75(7):605-7.
 Seoud M, el-Kak F, Kaspar H, Khalil A. Premenarchal ovarian serous borderline tumor: a case report and review of the literature. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1996 Sep;75(8):762-4.
 Bleasel A, Comair Y, Luders HO. Surgical ablations of the mesial frontal lobe in humans. Adv Neurol. 1996;70:217-35.
 Comair YG, Hong SC, Bleasel AF. Invasive investigation and surgery of the supplementary motor area. The Cleveland Clinic experience Adv Neurol. 1996;70:369-78.   .
 Gillams AR, Fuleihan N, Grillone G, Carter AP. Magnetization transfer contrast MR in lesions of the head and neck. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1996 Feb;17(2):355-60.
 Khoury NJ, el-Khoury GY, Saltzman CL, Brandser EA. Rupture of the anterior tibial tendon: diagnosis by MR imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 Aug;167(2):351-4.  .
 Haddad MC, Youssef BA, Sammak BM, Duff A. Right intrathoracic stomach secondary to congenital hiatal hernia and organoaxial torsion. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 Jul;167(1):66-8.  .
 Khoury NJ, el-Khoury GY, Saltzman CL, Brandser EA. Intraarticular foot and ankle injections to identify source of pain before arthrodesis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 Sep;167(3):669-73.
 Khoury NJ, el-Khoury GY, Saltzman CL, Brandser EA. MR imaging of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 Sep;167(3):675-82.
 He ZX, Dakik HA, Vaduganathan P, Qureshi U, Mahmarian JJ, Verani MS. Clinical and angiographic significance of a normal thallium-201 tomographic study in patients with a strongly positive exercise electrocardiogram. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Sep 15;78(6):638-41.
 Carson KL, Tran TT, Cotton P, Sharara AI, Hunt CM. Pilot study of the use of naltrexone to treat the severe pruritus of cholestatic liver disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 May;91(5):1022-3.  .
 Levy V, Rio B, Bazarbachi A, Hunault M, Delmer A, Zittoun R, Blanc V, Wolff Two cases of epidemic mucormycosis infection in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Am J Hematol. 1996 May;52(1):64-5.  .
 Kanazi GE, Thompson JS, Boskovski NA. Effect of epidural analgesia on postoperative ileus after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Am Surg. 1996 Jun;62(6):499-502.
 Baraka A. Can succinylcholine antagonize mivacurium-induced neuromuscular block? Anesth Analg. 1996 Jul;83(1):200-1.  .
 Lang DJ, WafaiY,SalemMR, Czinn EA, Halim AA, Baraka A. Efficacy of the self-inflating bulb in confirming tracheal intubation in the morbidly obese. Anesthesiology. 1996 Aug;85(2):246-53.
 Musharafieh R, Bu-Haka R. Development of emergency medicine in Lebanon. Ann Emerg Med. 1996 Jul;28(1):82-6.
 Sharara AI, Hunt CM, Hamilton JD. Hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med. 1996 Oct 15;125(8):658-68.
 Rio B, Marjanovic Z, Belhocine R, Vekhoff A, Andrieu V, Klaren J, BoccaccioC, Delmer A, Ajchenbaum-Cymbalista F, Hunault M, Bazarbachi A, Levy V, Andreu G, [Difference in costs of autologous transplantation of peripheral and bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells. A retrospective analysis over 1 year of transplantation in lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma in a Center]. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1996;147(5):313-9.
 Atiyeh BS, Tawil A, Kaddoura IL, Zaatari AM, Hamdan AM. Giant cell tumor (osteoclastoma) of the mandible: a diagnostic dilemma and a therapeutic challenge Ann Plast Surg. 1996 Aug;37(2):195-200.
 Atiyeh BS, Wazzan WC, Kaddoura IL, Saghir MB, Zaatari AM, Hamdan AM. Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-itis of the hand: a potential hazard for health workers. Ann Plast Surg. 1996 Mar;36(3):325-9.
 Atiyeh BS, Hamdan AM, Nassar SI, Hanbali FS, Hashim HA. Vascularized fascial patch for repair of suboccipital dural defect. Ann Plast Surg. 1996 Oct;37(4):422-7.
 Cohen AS, Beaconsfield T, al-Kutoubi A, Handler CE, Glenville BE. Pulmonary artery reconstruction for tuberculosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Apr;61(4):1257-9.
 Hassouna L, Nabulsi-Khalil M, Mroueh SM, Zaynoun ST, Kibbi AG. Multiple erythematous tender papules and nodules in an 11-month-old boy. Sweet syndrome (SS) (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis). Arch Dermatol. 1996 Dec;132(12):1507, 1510. .
 al-Amin HA, Schwarzkopf SB. Effects of the PCP analog dizocilpine on sensory gating: potential relevance to clinical subtypes of schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 1996 Oct 15;40(8):744-54.
 Levy V, Azoulay D, Rio B, Vincent F, Rabbat A, Hunault M, Bazarbachi A, Successful treatment of severe hepatic veno-occlusive disease after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPS). Bone Marrow Transplant. 1996 Aug;18(2):443-45.
 Bachmeyer C, Hunault M, Bazarbachi A, Hamant N, Aractingi S, Le Tourneau A, Specific cutaneous involvement in B-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia. Br J Dermatol. 1996 May;134(5):979-80.  .
 Tandon P, Liu Z, Stafstrom CE, Sarkisian M, Werner SJ, Mikati M, Yang Y,Holmes GL. Long-term effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists NBQX and MK-801 on the developing brain. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1996 Sep 2;95(2):256-62.
 Safieh-Garabedian B, Jalakhian RH, Saade NE, Haddad JJ, Jabbur SJ, KanaanSA. Thymulin reduces hyperalgesia induced by peripheral endotoxin injection in rats and mice. Brain Res. 1996 Apr 22;717(1-2):179-83.
 Alexandre J, Levy V, Hunault M, Bazarbachi A, Delmer A, Rio B, Zittoun R. [Bladder neoplasms and cyclophosphamide. Apropos pf 3 cases amd review of the literature]. Bull Cancer. 1996 Nov;83(11):945-50.
 Warrak E, Khoury P. Orbital abscess secondary to acute dacryocystitis. Can J Ophthalmol. 1996 Jun;31(4):201-2.
 DeLaney TF, Afridi N, Taghian AG, Sanders DA, Fuleihan NS, Faller DV,Nogueira CP. 13-cis-retinoic acid with alpha-2a-interferon enhances radiation cytotoxicity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in vitro. Cancer Res. 1996 May 15;56(10):2277-80.
 Sfeir R, Khoury S, Khoury G, Rustum J, Ghabash M. Ischaemia of the hand after radial artery monitoring. Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Aug;4(4):456-8.
 Khoury G, Sfeir R, Khalifeh M, Khoury SJ, Nabbout G. Penetrating trauma to the abdominal vessels. Cardiovasc Surg. 1996 Jun;4(3):405-7.
 Christ GJ, Spray DC, el-Sabban M, Moore LK, Brink PR. Gap junctions in vascular tissues. Evaluating the role of intercellular communication in the modulation of vasomotor tone Circ Res. 1996 Oct;79(4):631-46.
 Dakik HA, Mahmarian JJ, Kimball KT, Koutelou MG, Medrano R, Verani MS. Prognostic value of exercise 201Tl tomography in patients treated with thrombolytic therapy during acute myocardial infarction Circulation. 1996 Dec 1;94(11):2735-42.
 Kanj SS, Sharara AI, Clavien PA, Hamilton JD. Cytomegalovirus infection following liver transplantation: review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Mar;22(3):537-49.
 Raad I, Hachem R, Leeds N, Sawaya R, Salem Z, Atweh S. Use of adjunctive treatment with interferon-gamma in an immunocompromised patient who had refractory multidrug-resistant tuberculosis of the brain. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Mar;22(3):572-4.
 Prayson RA, Morris HH, Estes ML, Comair YG. Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 11 tumors including MIB1 immunoreactivity. Clin Neuropathol. 199 Jan-Feb;15(1):47-53.
 al-Kutoubi A, de Jode M, Gibson M. Radial artery approach for outpatient peripheral arteriography. Clin Radiol. 1996 Feb;51(2):110-2.  .
 Clavien PA, Sharara AI, Camargo CA Jr, Harland RC, Fitz JG. Evidence that ursodeoxycholic acid prevents steroid-resistant rejection in adult liver transplantation. Clin Transplant. 1996 Dec;10(6 Pt 2):658-62.
 Mansour AM. Ocular manifestations of various systemic diseases. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 1996 Dec;7(6):96-8. Review.
 Araj GF, Azzam RA. Seroprevalence of brucella antibodies among persons in high-risk occupation in Lebanon. Epidemiol Infect. 1996 Oct;117(2):281-8.
 Lee DO, Steingard RJ, Cesena M, Helmers SL, Riviello JJ, Mikati MA. Behavioral side effects of gabapentin in children. Epilepsia. 1996 Jan;37(1):87-90.
 Wyllie E, Comair YG, Kotagal P, Raja S, Ruggieri P. Epilepsy surgery in infants. Epilepsia. 1996 Jul;37(7):625-37.
 Ikeda A, Terada K, Mikuni N, Burgess RC, Comair Y, Taki W, Hamano T, KimuraJ, Luders HO, Shibasaki H. Subdural recording of ictal DC shifts in neocortical seizures in humans. Epilepsia. 1996 Jul;37(7):662-74.
 Wang Y, Majors A, Najm I, Xue M, Comair Y, Modic M, Ng TC. Postictal alteration of sodium content and apparent diffusion coefficient in epileptic rat brain induced by kainic acid. Epilepsia. 1996 Oct;37(10):1000-6.
 Carmant L, Carrazana E, Kramer U, Helmers SL, Holmes GL, Black PM, MikatiMA. Pharyngeal dysesthesia as an aura in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 1996 Sep;37(9):911-3.
 Matar GM, Slieman TA, Nabbut NH. Subtyping of Bacillus cereus by total cell protein patterns and arbitrary primer polymerase chain reaction Eur J Epidemiol. 1996 Jun;12(3):309-14.
 Androulakis AE, Labropoulos N, Allan R, Tyllis TK, al-Kutoubi A, Nicolaides AN. The role of common carotid artery end-diastolic velocity in near total or total internal carotid artery occlusion Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 1996 Feb;11(2):140-7.
 Huang A, Baker DM, al-Kutoubi A, Mansfield AO. Endovascular stenting of internal carotid artery false aneurysm. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 1996 Oct;12(3):375-7.  .
 Yamout BI, Farhat WA, Nuweihed I, Hushaymi IM. Changes in migraine symptoms from childhood to adolescence. Eur Neurol. 1996;36(3):174-6.
 Youssef BA, Haddad MC, Zahrani A, Sharif HS, Morgan JL, al-Shahed M, al-Sabty Osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma: MRI appearances and the significance of ring enhancement Eur Radiol. 1996;6(3):291-6.
 Grummer R, Hellmann P, Traub O, Soares MJ, el-Sabban ME, Winterhager E. Regulation of connexin31 gene expression upon retinoic acid treatment in rat choriocarcinoma cells. Exp Cell Res. 1996 Aug 25;227(1):23-32.
 Witko-Sarsat V, Halbwachs-Mecarelli L, Almeida RP, Nusbaum P, Melchior M,Jamaleddine G, Lesavre P, Descamps-Latscha B, Gabay JE Characterization of a recombinant proteinase 3, the autoantigen in Wegener's granulomatosis and its reactivity with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies. FEBS Lett. 1996 Mar 11;382(1-2):130-6.
 Mourad FH, O'Donnell LJ, Andre EA, Bearcroft CP, Owen RA, Clark ML, Farthing L-Arginine, nitric oxide, and intestinal secretion: studies in rat jejunum in vivo. Gut. 1996 Oct;39(4):539-44.
 Perlitz Y, Oettinger M, Karam K, Lipshitz B, Simon K. Anaphylactic shock during hysteroscopy using Hyskon solution: case report and review of adverse reactions and their treatment. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1996;41(1):67-9.
 Murakami S, Bernardo JF, Branch RA, Sabra R. Adenosine does not mediate renal sodium retention and peripheral vasodilation elicited by partial portal vein ligation in rats Hepatology. 1996 Feb;23(2):346-52.
 Kalodiki EP, Hoppensteadt DA, Nicolaides AN, Fareed J, Gill K, Regan F,al-Kutoubi A, Cunningham DA, Birch R, Harris N, Hunt D, Johnson J, Marx C Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin and elastic compression in patients having total hip replacement. A randomised controlled trial. Int Angiol. 1996 Jun;15(2):162-8.
 Usta J, Durr IF. Ergocalciferol and cycloheximide in vivo stimulate protein kinase C of intestinal crypt cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 1996 Jan;28(1):91-5.
 Goetz DJ, el-Sabban ME, Hammer DA, Pauli BU. Lu-ECAM-1-mediated adhesion of melanoma cells to endothelium under conditions of flow. Int J Cancer. 1996 Jan 17;65(2):192-9.
 Garden AS, Lippman SM, Morrison WH, Glisson BS, Ang KK, Geara F, Hong WK, Peters LJ Does induction chemotherapy have a role in the management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Results of treatment in the era of computerized tomography Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Dec 1;36(5):1005-12.
 Geara FB, Peters LJ, Ang KK, Garden AS, Tucker SL, Levy LB, Brown BW. Comparison between normal tissue reactions and local tumor control in head and neck cancer patients treated by definitive radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Jun 1;35(3):455-62.
 Kordick DL, Swaminathan B, Greene CE, Wilson KH, Whitney AM, O'Connor S,Hollis DG, Matar GM, Steigerwalt AG, Malcolm GB, Hayes PS, Hadfield TL,Breitschwerdt EB, Brenner DJ. Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii subsp. nov., isolated from dogs; Bartonella vinsonii subsp. vinsonii; and emended description of Bartonella vinsonii. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1996 Jul;46(3):704-9.
 Taha AM, Shabb B, Nassar H. Surgical therapy for pulmonary hydatidosis. Int Surg. 1996                      Apr-Jun; 81(2): 187-8
 el-Khatib MF, Baumeister B, Smith PG, Chatburn RL, Blumer JL. Inspiratory pressure/maximal inspiratory pressure: does it predict successful extubation in critically ill infants and children? Intensive Care Med. 1996 Mar;22(3):264-8.
 Bazarbachi A, Hermine O. Treatment with a combination of zidovudine and alpha-interferon in naive and pretreated adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma patients J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1996;13 Suppl 1:S186-90.
 Myers LL, Letowski TR, Abouchacra KS, Kalb JT, Haas EC. Detection and recognition of octave-band sound effects. J Am Acad Audiol. 1996 Oct;7(5):346-57.
 Seoud M, Kaspar H, Khalil A, Azar G, Abu-Musa A, Kibbi AG. Subungual metastatic choriocarcinoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Mar;34(3):511-2.
 Uwaydah M, Jradeh M, Shihab Z. Antimicrobial resistance of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Lebanon. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1996 Aug;38(2):283-6.
 Haidar RK, Jones RS, Vergroesen DA, Evans GA. Simultaneous open reduction and Salter innominate osteotomy for developmental dysplasia of the hip. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1996 May;78(3):471-6.
 Baraka A. The univent tube can facilitate difficult intubation in a patient undergoing thoracoscopy. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1996 Aug;10(5):693-4.  .
 Baraka A, Nawfal M, Kawkabani N. Severe hypoxemia after suction of the nonventilated lung via the bronchial blocker lumen of the univent tube J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1996 Aug;10(5):694-5.  .
 Sayegh RA, Tao XJ, Awwad JT, Isaacson KB. Localization of the expression of complement component 3 in the human endometrium by in situ hybridization. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Apr;81(4):1641-9.
 Fuleihan GE, Brown EM, Gleason R, Scott J, Adler GK. Calcium modulation of adrenocorticotropin levels in women--a clinical research center study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Mar;81(3):932-6.
 Homayoun P, Daher R, Van Lente F, Faiman C, Gupta MK. Immunoradiometric assay measurements of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I): comparison with radioimmunoassays using native or des (1-3) IGF-I as radioligands. J Clin Lab Anal. 1996;10(6):446-50.
 Matar GM, Khneisser IA, Abdelnoor AM. Rapid laboratory confirmation of human brucellosis by PCR analysis of a target sequence on the 31-kilodalton Brucella antigen DNA. J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Feb;34(2):477-8.
 Swaminathan B, Matar GM, Reeves MW, Graves LM, Ajello G, Bibb WF, HelselLO, Morales M, Dronavalli H, el-Swify M, DeWitt W, Hunter SB Molecular subtyping of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B: comparison of five methods. J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Jun;34(6):1468-73.
 Matar GM, Sharara HM, Abdelnour GE, Abdelnoor AM. Genotyping of hepatitis C virus isolates from Lebanese hemodialysis patients byreverse transcription-PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis  of 5' noncoding region. J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Oct;34(10):2623-4.
 Murakami S, Ohno T, Bernardo JF, Pfeifer CA, Li T, Zhang Y, Dubey RK,Branch RA, Sabra R. Reduced liver function is the trigger for renal sodium retention following portal vein ligation in the rat. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1996 Sep;11(9):850-6.
 Almawi WY, Saouda MS, Stevens AC, Lipman ML, Barth CM, Strom TB. Partial mediation of glucocorticoid antiproliferative effects by lipocortins. J Immunol. 1996 Dec 15;157(12):5231-9.
 Almawi WY, Beyhum HN, Rahme AA, Rieder MJ. Regulation of cytokine and cytokine receptor expression by glucocorticoids. J Leukoc Biol. 1996 Nov;60(5):563-72.
 Khalil I. Carotid artery disease practice guidelines for the general practitioner. J Med Liban. 1996;44(1):16-20.
 Abdo RA, Araj GF, Talhouk RS. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): disease spectrum, biological characteristics, resistant mechanisms, and typing methods J Med Liban. 1996;44(1):21-30.
 Nasr FW, Mufarrij AA, el-Ashkar K. Mondor's disease. A forgotten cause of anterior chest pain. J Med Liban. 1996;44(1):41-3.
 Birbari AE. Calcium channel antagonists revisited. J Med Liban. 1996;44(2):59.  .
 Saab BR, Shararah N, Makarem M, Sarru E, Usta J, Khogali M. Data from a public school health project in Beirut. J Med Liban. 1996;44(2):63-7.
 Saleh MA, Zahed LF, Talhouk RS. The molecular basis of beta-thalassaemia in Lebanon and its neighbouring countries. J Med Liban. 1996;44(2):75-9.
 Araj GF, Abdul-Baki NY, Hamze MM, Alami SY, Nassif RE, Naboulsi MS. Prevalence and etiology of intestinal parasites in Lebanon. J Med Liban. 1996;44(3):129-33.
 Birbari AE. Analgesics and the kidney: recommendations of the National Kidney Foundation for the use of analgesics. J Med Liban. 1996;44(3):144-5.
 Fuleihan NS. Current concepts in plastic surgery of the nose. J Med Liban. 1996;44(3):150-60.
 Birbari AE. A century of blood pressure recording. J Med Liban. 1996;44(4):236.
 Ibrahim MZ, Reder AT, Lawand R, Takash W, Sallouh-Khatib S. The mast cells of the multiple sclerosis brain. J Neuroimmunol. 1996 Nov;70(2):131-8.
 Dakik HA, Vempathy H, Verani MS. Tolerance, hemodynamic changes, and safety of dobutamine stress perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 1996 Sep-Oct;3(5):410-4.
 Khurana DS, Riviello J, Helmers S, Holmes G, Anderson J, Mikati MA. Efficacy of gabapentin therapy in children with refractory partial seizures. J Pediatr. 1996 Jun;128(6):829-33.
 Hashim HA, Atiyeh BS, Hamdan AM, Musharrafieh RS. Local intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for salvage of forearm replantation. J Reconstr Microsurg. 1996 Nov;12(8):543-6.
 Khalil AM, Azar GB, Kaspar HG, Abu-Musa AA, Chararah IR, Seoud MA. Giant cervical polyp. A case report. J Reprod Med. 1996 Aug;41(8):619-21.
 Toth TL, Awwad JT, Veeck LL, Jones HW Jr, Muasher SJ. Suppression and flare regimens of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. Use in women with different basal gonadotropin values in an in vitro fertilization program. J Reprod Med. 1996 May;41(5):321-6.
 Uthman I, Soucy JP, Nicolet V, Senecal JL. Autosplenectomy in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 1996 Oct;23(10):1806-10.
 Shabb B, Taha AM, Hamada F, Kanj N. Straight pin aspiration in young women. J Trauma. 1996 May;40(5):827-8.
 Soweid AM, Zachary PE Jr. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the oesophagus. Lancet. 1996 Jul 27;348(9022):268.  .
 Dolan R, Gooey J, Cho YJ, Fuleihan N. Microvascular access in the multiply operated neck: thoracodorsal transposition. Laryngoscope. 1996 Nov;106(11):1436-7.  .
 Kanj SS, Welty-Wolf K, Madden J, Tapson V, Baz MA, Davis RD, Perfect JR. Fungal infections in lung and heart-lung transplant recipients. Report of 9 cases and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 1996 May;75(3):142-56.
 Musharafieh RS, Saghieh SS, Nassar H, Hamdan AM, Hashim HA, Atiyeh BS. Microvascular soft-tissue coverage and distraction osteosynthesis for lower-extremity salvage. Microsurgery. 1996;17(12):666-73.
 Musharafieh R, Saghieh S. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy revisited. Middle East J Anesthesiol. 1996 Feb;13(4):345-71.
Dabbous A. Postoperative nausea and vomiting--its pathophysiology and management. Middle East J Anesthesiol. 1996 Jun;13(5):495-512.
 Baraka A, Idriss N. Resistance to rocuronium in an epileptic patient on long-term carbamazepine therapy--a case report. Middle East J Anesthesiol. 1996 Oct;13(6):561-4.
 Sibai AN, Baraka A, Moudawar A. Hazards of nitrous oxide administration in presence of venous air embolism. Middle East J Anesthesiol. 1996 Oct;13(6):565-71.
 Baraka A, Sibai AN, Nawfal M, Muallem M. Underwater seal for CPAP oxygenation during one-lung ventilation by a Univent Middle East J Anesthesiol. 1996 Oct;13(6):581-3.
 Haidar JH, Neiman RS, Orazi A, Albitar M, McCarthy LJ, Heerema N. mdm-2 oncoprotein expression associated with deletion of the long arm of chromosome 12 in a case of mantle cell lymphoma with blastoid transformation Mod Pathol. 1996 Apr;9(4):355-9.
 Simon DB, Karet FE, Hamdan JM, DiPietro A, Sanjad SA, Lifton RP. Bartter's syndrome, hypokalaemic alkalosis with hypercalciuria, is caused by mutations in the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter NKCC2. Nat Genet. 1996 Jun;13(2):183-8.
 Simon DB, Karet FE, Rodriguez-Soriano J, Hamdan JH, DiPietro A, TrachtmanH, Sanjad SA, Lifton RP. Genetic heterogeneity of Bartter's syndrome revealed by mutations in the K+channel, ROMK. Nat Genet. 1996 Oct;14(2):152-6.
 Wyllie E, Comair Y, Ruggieri P, Raja S, Prayson R. Epilepsy surgery in the setting of periventricular leukomalacia and focal cortical dysplasia. Neurology. 1996 Mar;46(3):839-41.
 Safieh-Garabedian B, Poole S, Allchorne A, Kanaan S, Saade N, Woolf CJ. Zinc reduces the hyperalgesia and upregulation of NGF and IL-1 beta produced by peripheral inflammation in the rat. Neuropharmacology. 1996 May;35(5):599-603.
 Haddad MC, Aabed al-Thagafi MY, Djurberg H. MRI o f spinal cord and vertebral body infarction in the anterior spinal artery syndrome. Neuroradiology. 1996 Feb;38(2):161-2.
 Awwad JT, Isaacson K. The harmonic scalpel: an intraoperative complication. Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Oct;88(4 Pt 2):718-20.
 Mansour AM, Li HK. Congenital cystic eye. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996 Jun;12(2):104-7.
 Mansour AM, Li H, Segal EI. Picture resembling hemicentral retinal vein occlusion in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: is it related to cytomegalovirus? Ophthalmologica. 1996;210(2):108-11.
 Hadi U, Nuwayhid N, Hasbini AS. Chloroquine ototoxicity: an idiosyncratic phenomenon. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996 Mar;114(3):491-3.
 Baraka A. Oxygen enrichment of entrained room air during Venturi jet ventilation of children undergoing bronchoscopy. Paediatr Anaesth. 1996;6(5):383-5.
 Baraka A. Right bevelled tube for selective left bronchial intubation in a childundergoing right thoracotomy. Paediatr Anaesth. 1996;6(6):487-9.
 Kanaan SA, Saade NE, Haddad JJ, Abdelnoor AM, Atweh SF, Jabbur SJ, Safieh-Garabedian B Endotoxin-induced local inflammation and hyperalgesia in rats and mice: a new model for inflammatory pain. Pain. 1996 Aug;66(2-3):373-9.
 Carmant L, Kramer U, Holmes GL, Mikati MA, Riviello JJ, Helmers SL. Differential diagnosis of staring spells in children: a video-EEG study. Pediatr Neurol. 1996 Apr;14(3):199-202.
 Saade NE, Shbeir SA, Atweh SF, Jabbur SJ. Effects of cerebral cortical and striatal lesions on autotomy following peripheral neurectomy in rats. Physiol Behav. 1996 Aug;60(2):559-66.
 Gibson M, al-Kutoubi A. Imaging the spine. Postgrad Med J. 1996 Aug;72(850):478-80.
 Gibson M, Cook G, Al-Kutoubi A. Intracranial imaging. Postgrad Med J. 1996 Jul;72(849):386-90.
 Scullion D, Al-Kutoubi A. Weight loss. Postgrad Med J. 1996 Jun;72(848):373-5.  .
 Halliday KE, al-Kutoubi A. Draped aorta: CT sign of contained leak of aortic aneurysms. Radiology. 1996 Apr;199(1):41-3.
 Fraser SC, al-Kutoubi MA, Wolfe JH. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the infrapopliteal vessels: the evidence Radiology. 1996 Jul;200(1):33-6.
 Khoury NJ, el-Khoury GY, Saltzman CL, Kathol MH. Peroneus longus and brevis tendon tears: MR imaging evaluation. Radiology. 1996 Sep;200(3):833-41.
 Tucker SL, Geara FB, Peters LJ, Brock WA. How much could the radiotherapy dose be altered for individual patients based on a predictive assay of normal-tissue radiosensitivity? Radiother Oncol. 1996 Feb;38(2):103-13.
 Atiyeh BS, Zaatari AM. Fibrohistiocytic sarcoma of the thumb treated by wide resection and immediate free flap reconstruction. Case report. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 1996 Mar;30(1):75-8.
 Atiyeh BS, Zaatari AM. Fibrohistiocytic sarcoma of the thumb treated by wide resection and immediate free flap reconstruction. Case report Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 1996 Mar;30(1):75-8.
 Bulbul MA, Saker G, Salem-Shabb N, Halabi J, Bikhazi K. Liposarcoma of the spermatic cord. Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1996 Aug;30(4):333-5.
 Uthman I, Vasquez-Abad D, Senecal JL. Distinctive features of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies in French Canadians Semi Arthritis Rheum 1996 Aug;26(1):447-58
 Geara FB, Ang KK. Radiation therapy for malignant melanoma. Surg Clin North Am. 1996 Dec;76(6):1383-98.
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