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Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Brain* ; Humans

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Asian Continental Ancestry Group* ; Brain* ; Humans

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Animals ; Epidermal Growth Factor* ; Mesangial Cells* ; Rats*

The authors performed prospectively the transcranial Doppler monitoring of bilateral anterior and middle cerebral arteries in 15 patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysm. The entry criteria for the study were confined to the patients who were admitted within 3 days after bleeding and had clinical grades of I, II, or III. The mean frequency shifts of bilateral anterior and middle cerebral arteries were increased immediately after ictus and showed continous further elevation between the 3rd and 8th rupture days. After that, they normalized slowly. The increase of frequency shift preceded clinical ischemic symptoms and an early steep increase of frequency shift was correlated to a high chance for suffering delayed ischemic deficits. The thick clots in subarachnoid cisterns shown on CT scans taken within the third rupture day were correlated well to the severe increase of frequency shifts. The aggressive treatment was done on asymptomatic patients who showed relatively rapid increase of frequency shifts, and they had shown no or trasient mild ischemic symptoms.
Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm* ; Middle Cerebral Artery ; Prospective Studies ; Rupture ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

PURPOSE: The present study investigated the validity of personality classification using four pillars theory, a tradition in China and northeastern Asia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four pillars analyses were performed for 148 adults on the basis of their birth year, month, day, and hour. Participants completed two personality tests, the Korean version of Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised-Short Version (TCI) and the Korean Inventory of Interpersonal Problems; scores were correlated with four pillars classification elements. Mean difference tests (e.g., t-test, ANOVA) were compared with groups classified by four pillars index. RESULTS: There were no significant correlations between personality scale scores and total yin/yang number (i.e., the 8 heavenly or earthly stems), and no significant between-groups results for classifications by yin/yang day stem and the five elements. There were significant but weak (r=0.18-0.29) correlations between the five elements and personality scale scores. For the six gods and personality scales, there were significant but weak (r=0.18-0.25) correlations. Features predicted by four pillars theory were most consistent when participants were grouped according to the yin/yang of the day stem and dominance of yin/yang numbers in the eight heavenly or earthly stems. CONCLUSION: Although the major criteria of four pillars theory were not independently correlated with personality scale scores, correlations emerged when participants were grouped according to the composite yin/yang variable. Our results suggest the utility of four pillars theory (beyond fortune telling or astrology) for classifying personality traits and making behavioral predictions.
Adolescent ; Adult ; *Character ; China ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Personality/*classification ; Personality Inventory/*statistics & numerical data ; Reproducibility of Results ; Republic of Korea ; *Temperament ; Young Adult

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Humans ; Microcomputers*

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Dacryocystorhinostomy*

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Kidney* ; Perfusion* ; Radionuclide Imaging*

Hepatic involvement of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been considered to occur rarely. Viral hepatitis or previous treatment with potentially hepatotoxic drugs has usually been implicated as the major causes of liver diseases in patients with SLE. After careful exclusion of these etiologies, the difference between the hepatic involvement of SLE and autoimmune hepatitis is not clear due to similarities in clinical and biochemical features. We describe a 37-year-old female with SLE who simultaneously satisfied the criteria of autoimmune hepatitis.
Adult ; Female ; Hepatitis ; Hepatitis, Autoimmune* ; Humans ; Liver Diseases ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*

Hepatic involvement of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been considered to occur rarely. Viral hepatitis or previous treatment with potentially hepatotoxic drugs has usually been implicated as the major causes of liver diseases in patients with SLE. After careful exclusion of these etiologies, the difference between the hepatic involvement of SLE and autoimmune hepatitis is not clear due to similarities in clinical and biochemical features. We describe a 37-year-old female with SLE who simultaneously satisfied the criteria of autoimmune hepatitis.
Adult ; Female ; Hepatitis ; Hepatitis, Autoimmune* ; Humans ; Liver Diseases ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*