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Radiculopathy*

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Muscle, Skeletal* ; Prednisolone*

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Animals ; Cats* ; Muscle Spindles* ; Muscle Weakness*

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Humans*

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Rehabilitation* ; Stroke*

Myotonia dystrophica or myotonia atrophica is inheritant disease which appears usually from 2nd or 3rd decade. This disorder is characterized by an impaired ability to relax a previously contracted muscle, muscle weakness and atrophy, cataract and multiple system involvement including the endocrines. The electrophysiological characteristics of myotonia dystrophica show a essential, differential features from the other myotonias with myopathic EMG changes. This paper describes 3 siblings with myotonia dystrophica and a case with no members of families clinically affected, and they were studied by clinically and by electromyographically.
Atrophy ; Cataract ; Humans ; Muscle Weakness ; Myotonia* ; Myotonic Dystrophy* ; Siblings

In clinical practice a serious sciatic nerve injury may result from an errornous injection of commonly used antibiotics and other therapeutic or prophylactic agents into the gluteal region which can occur at any age, especially common in infants, children and small debilitated patients. Although many isolated cases and several large series of injuries have been reported, the pathogenesis, pathology and its physiology of injection injury of the peripheral nerves in man have been poorly studied. This experimental study was conducted in order to observe the changes and degree of the functional disability of the sciatic nerve following injection of various drugs such as Rheumapyrine, Chloromycetin, Penicillin and physiological normal saline solution. Fourty-three normal adult rabbits were divided into four groups depending on injected materials and also divided into two groups of acute and chronic stages. The drugs were injected into the right sciatic nerve intraneurally and around the left sciatic nerve perineurally. For the functional study in the nerve, contractability of the calf muscle was recorded on a physiograph at intervals of 1, 3, 5, 15 and 30 minutes after the injection of the drugs. Rheobase, chronaxie and strength-duration curve of both extensor and flexor muscles of fet were recorded and measured on a chronaxie meter at intervals of 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after the injection. The physiogram showed the greatest reduction in contractability of the muscles in Rheumapyrine, moderate reduction in Penicillin and the least reduction in Chloromycetin group. In the measurements of rheobase and chronaxie there were marked increase of values in group of Rheumapyrine injection. There was no significant differences in values among the group of Penicillin, Chloromycetin and saline injections in comparison with those in the control group. In the analysis of strength-duration curve, it showed a pattern of complete denervation in 3 cases and a pattern of partial denervation in 3 out of 8 cases with Rheumapyrine injection, and a pattern of partial denervation in 3 out of 6 cases with Penicillin and 2 out of 8 cases with Chloromycetin injection. There was no significant differences in values of rheobase, chronaxie and strength-duration curve as time elapsed following the injury. It was postulated the functional and physiological disabilities were developed after the injection when there was a severe degree of nerve damages on the basis of histopathological study.
Adult ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Buttocks ; Child ; Chloramphenicol ; Chronaxy ; Denervation ; Humans ; Infant ; Muscles ; Pathology ; Penicillins ; Peripheral Nerves ; Physiology ; Rabbits ; Sciatic Nerve* ; Sodium Chloride

BACKGROUND: H. pylori-associated gastrointestinal diseases have been widely recognized. The aim of this study was to investigate the seropositivity of H. pylori in health check-up subjects and to find out the relating factors. METHODS: From November 2004 through June 2005, total 7,676 health check-up subjects (age > or =20) responded to the self administered questionnaires. The prevalence of H. pylori was assessed by measuring anti-H. pylori IgG antibodies. RESULTS: The overall seropositivity was 56.7% in 7,676 and 1,137 (14.8%) has been found to have history of H. pylori eradication therapy. The seropositivity rate of H. pylori was 61.3% (2,653) in 4,328 subjects without history of H. pylori eradication and current gastrointestinal symptoms. Seroprevalence of H. pylori was significantly lower in 20~29 years old, female, high income and subjects from Seoul respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The seropositivity of H. pylori in 2004~2005 is found to be 61.3% in subjects without history of H. pylori eradication and current gastrointestinal symptoms. This seems to be lower than 66.9%, the seroprevalence rate in asymptomatic Korean population in the age of > or =16 years in 1998. This decrease might be caused by improvement of socioeconomic status.
Antibodies ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Diseases ; Helicobacter pylori* ; Helicobacter* ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Prevalence ; Seoul ; Seroepidemiologic Studies* ; Social Class ; Surveys and Questionnaires

OBJECTIVE: It is widely believed that pregnancy accounts for a significant impact upon maternal as well as fetal health. Nevertheless, the correlation between pregnancy and cerebrovasular disease has not been fully understood due to few data available in Republic of Korea. METHODS: We have reviewed clinical diagnosis and impressions of 7,879 patients who were admitted inpatients to the Korea University Anam Hospital either for delivery or for pregnancy between 1995 and 2000, retrospectively. Four identified as patients with cerebrovascular disease were analyzed with medical records, results of blood tests and radiologic tests, as well as neurologic findings. RESULTS: In 4 patients with cerebrovascular diseases, we found 2 subarachnoid hemorrhages, 1 intracranial hemorrhage, and 1 cerebral infarction. Among 7,879 inpatients, the incidences of subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, and cerebral infarction were 0.03%, 0.01%, and 0.01% respectively. CONCLUSION: In our study, the incidence of cerebrovascular disease during pregnancy was as low as 0.05%. But cerebrovascular disease was related to maternal and fetal health, therefore much attention should be focused on the precise evaluation of the pregnancy with cerebrovascular disease.
Cerebral Infarction ; Diagnosis ; Hematologic Tests ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Incidence ; Inpatients ; Intracranial Hemorrhages ; Korea ; Medical Records ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Pregnancy* ; Republic of Korea ; Retrospective Studies ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage