Advisor: Dr. Nathalie Khoueiry Zgheib, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology --Committee Members : Dr. Joseph Simaan, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology ; Dr. Ramzi Sabra, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology ; Dr. Ali Shamseddine, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine ; Dr. Rami Nasr, Instructor, Department of Clinical Surgery.
Thesis, (M.Sc)--American University of Beirut, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine , A.U.B.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-94)