Faculty Publications - 2002
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Atiyeh BS, Al-Amm CA, El-Musa KA.   The transverse intra-areolar infra-nipple incision for augmentation mammaplasty. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2002 Mar-Apr;26(2):151-5.
Jama AH, Salem AH, Dabbous IA. Massive splenic infarction in Saudi patients with sickle cell anemia: a unique manifestation. Am J Hematol. 2002 Mar;69(3):205-9.
Azar ST, Salti I, Zantout MS, Shahine CH, Zalloua PA.    Higher serum leptin level in women than in men with type 1 diabetes. Am J Med Sci. 2002 Apr;323(4):206-9.
Seoud MA, Nassar AH, Usta IM, Melhem Z, Kazma A, Khalil AM.   Impact of advanced maternal age on pregnancy outcome. Am J Perinatol. 2002 Jan;19(1):1-8.
Ayoub C, Lteif A, Rizk M, Khalily Z, Aoude S.   Pump activated by a foot switch pedal for controlled administration of local anaesthetic drugs. Anaesthesia. 2002 Apr;57(4):369-73.
Nawfal M, Baraka A.    Propofol for relief of extubation laryngospasm. Anaesthesia. 2002 Oct;57(10):1036. .
Ayoub C, Lteif A, Rizk M, Khalili Z, Aoude S.    A peripheral nerve stimulator for nerve location controlled by the scrubbed anaesthetist. Anaesthesia. 2002 Oct;57(10):995-8.
Siddik-Sayyid SM, Aouad MT, Jalbout MI, Zalaket MI, Berzina CE, Baraka AS.   Intrathecal versus intravenous fentanyl for supplementation of subarachnoid block during cesarean delivery. Anesth Analg. 2002 Jul;95(1):209-13, table of contents.
Ayoub CM, Lteif AM, Rizk MS, Abu-Jalad NM, Hadi U, Baraka AS.    Facilitation of passing the endotracheal tube over the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope using a Cook airway exchange catheter. Anesthesiology. 2002 Jun;96(6):1517-8. .
Chehal A, Haidar JH, Jabbour R, Yammout B, Bazarbachi A.    Obstructive sleep apnea secondary to chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Ann Oncol. 2002 Nov;13(11):1833. .
Atiyeh BS, Ioannovich J, Magliacani G, Masellis M, Costagliola M, Dham R, Al-Farhan M.    Efficacy of moist exposed burn ointment in the management of cutaneous wounds and ulcers: a multicenter pilot study. Ann Plast Surg. 2002 Feb;48(2):226-7. No abstract available
Matar GM, Abdo D, Khneisser I, Youssef M, Zouheiry H, Abdelnour G, Harakeh HS.   The multiplex-PCR-based detection and genotyping of diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in diarrhoeal stools. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Apr;96(3):317-24.
Ramia S, Koussa S, Taher A, Haraki S, Klayme S, Sarkis D, Naman R.   Hepatitis-C-virus genotypes and hepatitis-G-virus infection in Lebanese thalassaemics. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002 Mar;96(2):197-202.
Ma'luf RN, Zein WM, El Dairi MA, Bashshur ZF.    Bilateral subperiosteal orbital hematomas and Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Arch Ophthalmol. 2002 Oct;120(10):1398-9. .
El-Bitar MA, Zalzal GH.    Powered instrumentation in the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: an alternative to the carbon dioxide laser. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Apr;128(4):425-8.
El-Bitar MA, Pena MT, Choi SS, Zalzal GH.    Retained ventilation tubes: should they be removed at 2 years? Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Dec;128(12):1357-60.
Uthman I, Taher A, Khalil I, Bizri AR, Gharavi AE.    Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome associated with typhoid fever: comment on the article by Hayem et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 Mar;46(3):850. .
Taher A, Badreddine R, Deeb J, Uthman I.    Close relationship between systemic lupus erythematosus and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood: comment on the article by Brunner et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2002 May;46(5):1410. .
Garcia-Campayo J, Sanz-Carrillo C, Jimenez Ausejo L, El-Khatib M.    [Effectiveness of cannabis in treatment of somatomorphic pain] Aten Primaria. 2002 May 15;29(8):522-3. Spanish. .
Akel SR, Rassi A, Tawil A, Musallam S, Makhlouf Akel M.    Isolated renal haemangioma in children: presentation and management. BJU Int. 2002 Nov;90(7):758-60. Review. .
Arnulf B, Villemain A, Nicot C, Mordelet E, Charneau P, Kersual J, Zermati Y, Mauviel A, Bazarbachi A, Hermine O.    Human T-cell lymphotropic virus oncoprotein Tax represses TGF-beta 1 signaling in human T cells via c-Jun activation: a potential mechanism of HTLV-I leukemogenesis. Blood. 2002 Dec 1;100(12):4129-38.
El-Sabban ME, Merhi RA, Haidar HA, Arnulf B, Khoury H, Basbous J, Nijmeh J, de The H, Hermine O, Bazarbachi A.   Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1-transformed cells induce angiogenesis and establish functional gap junctions with endothelial cells. Blood. 2002 May 1;99(9):3383-9.
Matar GM, Ramlawi F,Harakeh S, Hadi U Comparative analysis between virulence factors produced by various Pseudomonas aeruginosa genotypes and severity of symptoms  in patients with otitis externa. BMJ (ME), 9(89): 7-9, 2002
Abdelnoor AM, Nassar NT. Gene vaccines for infectious agents. BMJ (ME), 9(90): 9-13, 2002
Abdelnoor AM. My intimate encounter with the anthrax bacillus. BMJ (ME), 9(92): 9-15, 2002
Dakik HA, Salti I, Haidar R, Uthman IW.  Drug points: Ticlopidine associated with acute arthritis. BMJ. 2002 Jan 5;324(7328):27. .
Uthman IW, Dakik HA, Salti I, Haidar R.    Authors' refute careless talk about ADP receptor antagonists. BMJ. 2002 Nov 2;325(7371):1036. No abstract available.
Al-Ali H, Yabis AA, Issa E, Salem Z, Tawil A, Khoury N, Fuleihan Gel-H.   Hypercalcemia in Langerhans' cell granulomatosis with elevated 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol) level. Bone. 2002 Jan;30(1):331-4.
El-Hajj Fuleihan G, Baddoura R, Awada H, Salam N, Salamoun M, Rizk P.    Low peak bone mineral density in healthy Lebanese subjects. Bone. 2002 Oct;31(4):520-8.
Safieh-Garabedian B, Dardenne M, Pleau JM, Saade NE.    Potent analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions of a novel thymulin-related peptide in the rat. Br J Pharmacol. 2002 Jul;136(6):947-55.
Kanaan SA, Safieh-Garabedian B, Karam M, Khansa H, Jabbur SJ, Jurjus AR, Saade NE.    Thymulin reduces the hyperalgesia and cytokine upregulation induced by cutaneous leishmaniasis in mice. Brain Behav Immun. 2002 Aug;16(4):450-60.
Bitar FF, el Sabban M, Bitar H, Diab K, Mroueh S, Nasser M, Mikati M, Dbaibo GS.    Lack of apoptosis in the hypoxic brain of a rat model mimicking cyanotic heart disease. Brain Inj. 2002 Oct;16(10):891-900.
Atiyeh BS, Dham R, Kadry M, Abdallah AF, Al-Oteify M, Fathi O, Samir A.    Benefit-cost analysis of moist exposed burn ointment. Burns. 2002 Nov;28(7):659-63.
Baraka A, Siddik-Sayyid S, Jalbout M, Yaacoub C.    [Variable hemodynamic fluctuations during resection of multicentric extraadrenal pheochromocytomas.] Can J Anaesth. 2002 Aug-Sep;49(7):682-6.
Baraka A, Rizk M, Muallem M, Bizri SH, Ayoub C.    Posterior-beveled vs lateral-beveled tracheal tube for fibreoptic intubation. Can J Anaesth. 2002 Oct;49(8):889-90. .
Haddad JJ, Saade NE, Safieh-Garabedian B.    Redox regulation of TNF-alpha biosynthesis: augmentation by irreversible inhibition of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and the involvement of an IkappaB-alpha/NF-kappaB-independent pathway in alveolar epithelial cells. Cell Signal. 2002 Mar;14(3):211-8.
El-Khatib MF, Jamaleddine GW, Khoury AR, Obeid MY.   Effect of continuous positive airway pressure on the rapid shallow breathing index in patients following cardiac surgery. Chest. 2002 Feb;121(2):475-9.
Daher R, Haidar JH, Al-Amin H.    Rifampin interference with opiate immunoassays. Clin Chem. 2002 Jan;48(1):203-4. 
Salman SM, Kibbi AG.  Vascular reactions in children. Clin Dermatol. 2002 Jan-Feb;20(1):11-5. Review. .
Rubeiz N, Kibbi AG.   Disorders of pigmentation in infants and children. Clin Dermatol. 2002 Jan-Feb;20(1):4-10. Review. .
Sidani MS, Khalil AM, Tawil AN, El-Hajj MI, Seoud MA.   Primary umbilical endometriosis. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2002;29(1):40-1.
Awwad JT, ElHajj M, Usta I, Nassar A, Awwad ST, Khalil A.   A unilateral twin extrauterine pregnancy occurring in a solitary fallopian tube: therapeutic choices. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2002;29(1):67-8.
Mansour AM.    Epithelial corneal oedema treated with honey. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2002 Apr;30(2):149-50. .
Mansour AM, Shoughari AT, Ghazi NG, Mokdad F, Ghosn M.    Health status of Lebanese ophthalmologists. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2002 Feb;30(1):60-1. 
Zahed L, Darwiche N, Batanian JR, Awwad J.    Homologous telomere association of 19q in a female with premature ovarian failure. Clin Genet. 2002 Oct;62(4):310-4.
Bulbul MA, Haddad MC, Khauli RB, Hemady K, Shaar A, Khouzami R, Wazzan W.   Periprostatic infiltration with local anesthesia during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy is safe, simple, and effective: a pilot study. Clin Imaging. 2002 Mar-Apr;26(2):129-32.
Mikati MA, Lepejian GA, Holmes GL.   Medical treatment of patients with infantile spasms. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2002 Mar-Apr;25(2):61-70. Review.
Haddad MC, Hawary MM, Khoury NJ, Abi-Fakher FS, Ammouri NF, Al-Kutoubi AO.   Radiology of perinephric fluid collections. Clin Radiol. 2002 May;57(5):339-46.
Mansour AM, Saad AJ, Haque AK, Campbell GA, Frangieh GT.    Ocular pathology in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Compr Ther. 2002 Summer;28(2):155-9.
Mansour AM, Haddad RS.    Corneal topography after ocular rubbing. Cornea. 2002 Nov;21(8):756-8.
Matar GM, Ramlawi F, Hijazi N, Khneisser I, Abdelnoor AM.    Transcription levels of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin a gene and severity of symptoms in patients with otitis externa. Curr Microbiol. 2002 Nov;45(5):350-4.
Atiyeh BS, Ioannovich J, Al-Amm CA, El-Musa KA.    Management of acute and chronic open wounds: the importance of moist environment in optimal wound healing. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2002 Sep;3(3):179-95. Review.
Homaidan FR, Chakroun I, Haidar HA, El-Sabban ME.    Protein regulators of eicosanoid synthesis: role in inflammation. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2002 Aug;3(4):467-84. Review.
Sharara AI, Rockey DC.    Pyogenic Liver Abscess. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 2002 Dec;5(6):437-442.
Musharrafieh UM, Nuwayhid IA, Hamadeh GN, Steitieh SW, Bizri AR.    Immunity to chickenpox among school adolescents in Lebanon and options for vaccination. Epidemiol Infect. 2002 Dec;129(3):607-15.
Hamdan AL, Moukarbel RV, Farhat F, Obeid M.   Vocal cord paralysis after open-heart surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002 Apr;21(4):671-4. Review.
Gharzuddine WS, Kazma HK, Nuwayhid IA, Bitar FF, Koussa SF, Moukarbel GV, Taher AT.   Doppler characterization of left ventricular diastolic function in beta-thalassaemia major. Evidence for an early stage of impaired relaxation. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2002 Mar;3(1):47-51.
Mroueh AM, Seoud MA, Kaspar HG, Zalloua PA.    Prevalence of genital human papillomavirus among Lebanese women. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2002;23(5):429-32.
Chehal A, Seoud M, Taher A, Salem N, Khalil A, Shamsseddine A.    Endometrial metastasis from signet-ring breast carcinoma: case report. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2002;23(6):563-4.
Chidiac JJ, Rifai K, Hawwa NN, Massaad CA, Jurjus AR, Jabbur SJ, Saade NE.    Nociceptive behaviour induced by dental application of irritants to rat incisors: a new model for tooth inflammatory pain. Eur J Pain. 2002;6(1):55-67.
Abou-Fakhr FS, Kanaan SV, Youness FM, Hourani MH, Haddad MC.   Thoracic spinal intradural arachnoid cyst: report of two cases and review of literature. Eur Radiol. 2002 Apr;12(4):877-82. Review.
Khoury NJ, Naffaa LN, Shabb NS, Haddad MC.    Juvenile ossifying fibroma: CT and MR findings. Eur Radiol. 2002 Dec;12 Suppl 4:S109-13.
Seoud M, Awwad J, Adra A, Usta I, Khalil A, Nassar A.   Primary infertility associated with isolated cervical collecting diverticulum. Fertil Steril. 2002 Jan;77(1):179-82.
Usta J, Kreydiyyeh S, Bajakian K, Nakkash-Chmaisse H.   In vitro effect of eugenol and cinnamaldehyde on membrane potential and respiratory chain complexes in isolated rat liver mitochondria. Food Chem Toxicol. 2002 Jul;40(7):935-40.
Soweid AM, El Sayed A.    Predictive value of endoscopic ultrasonography for regression of gastric low grade and high grade MALT lymphomas after eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Gastrointest Endosc. 2002 Mar;55(3):449-50; discussion 451. .
Sharara AI, Eloubeidi MA.    Endoscopic ligation compared with combined treatment with nadolol and isosorbide mononitrates to prevent recurrent variceal bleeding. Gastrointest Endosc. 2002 May;55(6):761-4. .
Zahed L, Mourad FH, Alameddine R, Aoun S, Koussa S, Taher A.   Effect of oral iron chelation therapy with deferiprone (L1) on the psychosocial status of thalassaemia patients. Haematologia (Budap). 2002;31(4):333-9.
Hermine O, Allard I, Levy V, Arnulf B, Gessain A, Bazarbachi A.    A prospective phase II clinical trial with the use of zidovudine and interferon-alpha in the acute and lymphoma forms of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Hematol J. 2002;3(6):276-82.
Chehal A, Loutfi R, Taher A.    Beta-thalassemia intermedia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Hemoglobin. 2002 Aug;26(3):219-25.
Taher A, Abou-Mourad Y, Abchee A, Zalouaa P, Shamseddine A.    Pulmonary thromboembolism in beta-thalassemia intermedia: are we aware of this complication? Hemoglobin. 2002 May;26(2):107-12.
Chehal A, Taher A, Shamseddine A.    Sicklemia with multi-organ failure syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Hemoglobin. 2002 Nov;26(4):345-51.
Abdelnoor AM, Kobeissy F, Farhat D, Hadi U.   Some immunological aspects of patients with rhinitis in Lebanon. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol. 2002 May;24(2):289-301.
Haddad JJ, Safieh-Garabedian B, Saade NE, Lauterbach R.    Inhibition of glutathione-related enzymes augments LPS-mediated cytokine biosynthesis: involvement of an IkappaB/NF-kappaB-sensitive pathway in the alveolar epithelium. Int Immunopharmacol. 2002 Oct;2(11):1567-83.
Sharara AI, Chedid M, Araj GF, Barada KA, Mourad FH.   Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori resistance to metronidazole, clarithromycin, amoxycillin and tetracycline in Lebanon. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2002 Feb;19(2):155-8.
Buchholz TA, Wu X, Hussain A, Tucker SL, Mills GB, Haffty B, Bergh S, Story M, Geara FB, Brock WA.    Evidence of haplotype insufficiency in human cells containing a germline mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2. Int J Cancer. 2002 Feb 10;97(5):557-61.
Jabbour S, Reddy KS, Muna WF, Achutti A.    Cardiovascular disease and the global tobacco epidemic: a wake-up call for cardiologists. Int J Cardiol. 2002 Dec;86(2-3):185-92.
Kobrossi R, Nuwayhid I, Sibai AM, El-Fadel M, Khogali M.    Respiratory health effects of industrial air pollution on children in North Lebanon. Int J Environ Health Res. 2002 Sep;12(3):205-20.
Yunis KA, Beydoun H, Tamim H.    Maternal predictors of small-for-gestational age in uncomplicated births. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2002 Oct;79(1):33-5. .