Carine Sebaaly, Sahar Kassem, Elena Grishina , Hussein Kanaan, Alaa Sweidan, M. Said Chmit, Hussein M. Kanaan* Laboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Substances and Health Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, Laboratory of the Medical Analyses Center, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine STATE SCI...

1Department of Health Behaviour and Education; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. 3Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Received: 26/03/02; accepted: 16/03/03 ABSTRACT We studied patterns of antenatal care in lowversus high-risk pre...

McMaster University; Hamilton, Canada; Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program; Hamilton, Canada; Universitaetsklinikum; Freiburg, Germany; National Center for Rare Diseases; Istituto Superiore di Sanit a; Rome, Italy; National Research Council; Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies; Rome, Italy; National Research Council; Institute of Clinical Physiology; Lecce, Italy;...

Clinical experience with fetal hemoglobin induction therapy in patients with b-thalassemia Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T. Taher, Maria Domenica Cappellini, and Vijay G. Sankaran Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, B...

Methodological issues in modelling time-of-travel preferences Moshe Ben-Akiva & Maya Abou-Zeid a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11 – 0236, FEA-CEE, Room 2M3, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Leban...

a Department of Gynecology, Martin-Luther-University, Halle/Saale, Germany; b Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; c Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; d Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gda ’ nsk; Gdansk, Poland; e Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Univers...

Lebanon's higher education is the oldest in the region. It goes back to 1866 when the American University of Beirut (AUB) was founded under the name of the Syrian Evangelical College, followed by the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in 1875, then by the Lebanese American University (LAU) in 1947 as a Beirut College for Women. The Lebanese University (LU) which is the only public university in t...

BACKGROUND Omalizumab is a monoclonal antibody, indicated for the treatment of severe allergic asthma. In Europe, there have been concerns about the cardiovascular safety of omalizumab. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between omalizumab and arterial thrombotic events in a spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting database in the US. METHODS AND MATERIALS Reports o...

Short-acting 2-agonists (SABA) are used in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment because of their capacity to relax smooth muscle, their rapid symptoms relief and their acceptable safety profile. Salbutamol and terbutaline are the most frequently used SABA. Although SABA present an acceptable safety profile as above-mentioned, several adverse effects have been descri...