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  • Forms of safety and their impact on health 
    Mokhbat, Jacques; Kaplan, Rachel L.; Wagner, Glenn J.; Nehme, Simon; Aunon, Frances; Khouri, Danielle (2017-02-10)
    Using minority stress theory, the authors investigated risk behaviors of transgender women (trans women) in Lebanon. Using semistructured interviews, the authors explored six areas: relationships with family and friends; ...
  • The fourth slip of the flexor digitorum brevis muscle of the human foot. A systematic review and meta-analysis 
    Yammine, Kaissar (2019-07-03)
    The flexor digitorum brevis muscle, and in particular its fourth slip, has a significant clinical and surgical importance in medical practice. However, as for the majority of tendons destined to the little toe, the fourth ...
  • Fox–Fordyce Disease 
    Nasser, S.; Sammour, R.; Dehaby, N.; El Habr, C. (2017-02-02)
    Background Fox–Fordyce Disease (FFD) is a rare chronic inflammatory skin disease of the apocrine glands, mainly affecting post-pubertal women. It involves apocrine gland-bearing areas including the axilla, areola, anogenital ...
  • Fractional resurfacing 
    Tannous, Zeina (2017-11-08)
    Fractional resurfacing produces a distinctive thermal damage pattern by creating discrete columns of thermal damage referred to as microthermal treatment zones. It characteristically spares the tissue surrounding each ...
  • Full-thickness macular hole secondary to high-power handheld blue laser 
    Alsulaiman, Suleiman M.; Alrushood, Abdulaziz Adel; Almassaud, Jluwi; Alkharashi, Abdulllah S.; Alzahrani, Yahya; Abboud, Emad B.; Nowilaty, Sawsan R.; Al-Amry, Mohammad; Alrashaed, Saba; Ghazi, Nicola G. (2019-06-21)
    Purpose To report the natural history and management outcomes of full-thickness macular hole (MH) caused by momentary exposure to a high-power handheld blue laser device and highlight the dangers of such easily available ...
  • Functional localization of cAMP signalling in cardiac myocytes 
    Vandecasteele, G.; Rochais, F.; Abi-Gerges, A.; Fischmeister, R. (2017-10-19)
    The cAMP pathway is of cardinal importance for heart physiology and pathology. The spatial organization of the various components of the cAMP pathway is thought to allow the segregation of functional responses triggered ...
  • Fundus autofluorescence imaging in hereditary retinal diseases 
    Pichi, Francesco; Abboud, Emad B.; Ghazi, Nicola G.; Khan, Arif O. (2019-06-18)
    Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) is a non‐invasive retinal imaging modality used in clinical practice to non‐invasively map changes at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)/photoreceptor complex and alterations ...
  • Further evidence of plasmid-encoded bla- CTX-M-15 and bla- TEM-1 genes in Lebanese isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium that produce extended-spectrum β-lactamase 
    Mokhbat, J.; Matar, G. M.; Khairallah, M. -T.; Dandache, I.; Sabra, A. (2017-02-13)
  • Gasoline fume inhalation induces apoptosis, inflammation, and favors Th2 polarization in C57BL/6 mice 
    Nour-Eldine, Wared; Sayyed, Katia; Harhous, Zeina; Dagher-Hamalian, Carole; Mehanna, Stephanie; Achkouti, Donna; ElKazzaz, Hanan; Khnayzer, Rony S.; Kobeissy, Firas; Khalil, Christian; Abi-Gerges, Aniella (2023-01-09)
    Gasoline exposure has been widely reported in the literature as being toxic to human health. However, the exact underlying molecular mechanisms triggered by its inhalation have not been thoroughly investigated. We herein ...
  • Gastroesophageal Cancer After Gastric Bypass Surgeries 
    Chemaly, Rodrigue; Diab, Samer; Khazen, Georges; Al-Hajj, Georges (2022-11-01)
    Data comparing the occurrence of gastroesophageal cancer after gastric bypass procedures are lacking and are only available in the form of case reports. We perform in this study a systematic review and a meta-analysis of ...
  • Gastroparesis occuring post resection of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor arising from the interstitial cells of cajal (gastric pacemaker cells) 
    Azar, Riad; Saltin, Corey; Wassef, Wahid; Banner, Barbara; Strehlow, Karen; Mehta, Savant (2016-09-28)
  • Gender and care 
    Mokhbat, Jacques E.; Remien, Robert H.; Chowdhury, Jenifar; Soliman, Cherif; El Adway, Maha; El-Sadr, Wafaa (2017-02-10)
    HIV/AIDS transmission in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has been on the rise for the most of the last decade. By the end of 2007, there was an estimated 380,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the region ...
  • Genetic disorders among Arab populations 
    Teebi, Ahmad S.; Farag, Talaat I. (Oxford University Press, 2019-05-09)
  • Genetic heterogeneity of beta thalassemia in Lebanon reflects historic and recent population migration 
    Makhoul, N.J.; Wells, R.S.; Kaspart, H.; Shbaklo, H.; Taher, A.; Chakar, N.; Zalloua, P.A. (2019-07-25)
    Beta thalassemia is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by reduced (β+) or absent (β0) beta‐globin chain synthesis. In Lebanon it is the most predominant genetic defect. In this study we investigated the religious ...
  • Genetics of Pediatric Epilepsy 
    Hani, Abeer J.; Mikati, Husam M.; Mikati, Mohamad A. (2016-11-11)
  • Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations 
    Henn, Brenna M.; Botigue, Laura R.; Gravel, Simon; Wang, Wei; Brisbin, Abra; Byrnes, Abra; Bymes, Jake K.; Fadhlaoui-Zid, Karina; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Moreno-Estrada, Andres; Bertranpetit, Jaume; Bustamante, Carlos D.; Comas, David (2019-07-19)
    North African populations are distinct from sub-Saharan Africans based on cultural, linguistic, and phenotypic attributes; however, the time and the extent of genetic divergence between populations north and south of the ...
  • Ghrelin modulates intracellular signalling pathways that are critical for podocyte survival 
    El Zein, Nabil; Abdallah, Maya S.; Daher, Costantine F.; Mroueh, Mohammad; Stephan, Joseph; Bahous, Sola Aoun; Eid, Assaad; Faour, Wissam H. (2019-06-27)
    Damage to podocytes is a key event in glomerulopathies. While energy dense food can contribute to kidney damage, the role of the orixegenic hormone “ghrelin” in podocyte biology is still unknown. In the present study, we ...
  • Giant serpentine aneurysms 
    Mawad, Michel E.; Klucznick, Richard P. (2019-07-08)
    PURPOSE To describe the characteristic CT, MR, and angiographic features of giant serpentine aneurysms and discuss their endovascular treatment. METHODS Thirteen patients with giant serpentine aneurysms were studied at ...
  • Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016 
    Mokhbat, Jacques (2019-04-17)
    Background The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, existing therapies to ...
  • Glycopyrrolate induced bilateral angle closure glaucoma after cervical spine surgery 
    Jaroudi, Mahmoud; Fadi, Maalouf; Farah, Fadi; El Mollayess, Georges M. (2022-10-21)
    To report a case of bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma (AACG) that occurred after cervical spine surgery with the use of glycopyrolate. A 59-year-old male who presented with severe bilateral bifrontal headache and eye ...

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