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Child* ; Communicable Diseases* ; Hospitals, University* ; Humans

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Korea*

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Korea* ; Vaccination*

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Cushing Syndrome*

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Silver*

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Bone Marrow Transplantation* ; Bone Marrow*

This study was conducted to find out an appropriate means for preventing the juvenile delinquency (JD), which is supposed to be greatly realted to family environment. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey with a means of writing by themself, to 257 middle and high school students and 309 juvenile delinquents who were in confinement. The questionnaire was consisted of 27 items of juvenile delinquencies, 15 questions about personal environment in their period of childhood, 36 questions on their home atmosphere, 25 items with regard to their parental behavior to their children in the rearing of them. The extent of delinquency was calculated by summing the numbers of experienced delinquencies of the listed items. The study subjects were divided into two groups; student group (SG) and juvenile delinquent group (JDG) and the collected data were analyzed with the extent of delinquency in each group by SPSS/PC+statistical package. The extent of JD was increased as the study subjects grew older, defective families were more common, total family income was more poor, parents' educational level was lower, personal expenses were higher and the conflicts between parents were more high in JDG as compared with of SG. The differences were statistically significant. As long as the extent of delinquency is concerned, delimquent points of JDG were significantly higher as compared with that of SG in all items except one item, below the primary school item in fathers' educational level. (In order to prevent JD in our country, it is recommended that educational level and the living standared of the lower class people should be raised, the sound families which do have less conflictsshould be established as much as possible, the present educational system which is making much conflicts between parents and their offsprings should be changed so that their given temperament would be brought up to the highest level, defective families should be reduced as much as possible and adults should not do actions that are considered not to be done by youngsters and must set a good example.)
Adult ; Atmosphere ; Child ; Humans ; Juvenile Delinquency* ; Parents ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Temperament ; Writing

Achondroplasia is a rare disease and characterized by the combination of short extremities with an enlarged head and a trunk approximating normal size. We had experienced 4 cases of achondroplasia; they all showed stunted growth, short arms and legs, prominent forehead, flattening of the bridge of the nose and moderate degree of kyphcsis and one case was associated with hydrocephalus. X-ray showed the thickness of the bones and their irregular epiphyseal ends such as cupping, flaring and spurs. Intelligence seemed to be normal except one case. We had seen those patients at the age of 8 months, 6 months and 1year, 7months and 2 years, confirming achodroplasia by clinical, X-ray survey and biochemical study. Review of the references concerning achondroplasia was made briefly.
Achondroplasia* ; Arm ; Extremities ; Forehead ; Head ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Intelligence ; Leg ; Nose ; Rare Diseases

Adequate growth is the most importment and principal factor in the fields of pediatrics and also it is great concern to all parents. There are many causes of short stature, secondary to a variety of causes. Clinical evaluation of short stature requires a wide variety of clinical, radiographic, pathologic, and biochemical tools. The most important thing is early and accurate diagnosis of disease. As a first step to do so, we performed the clinical analysis of 25 short statured children who had been admitted to Severance Hospital in recent 10 years. Results were as follows; 1) In 25 cases, male were 11 and female were 14 cases. Etiologically, contitutional slow growth 2, mongolism 1, gargoylism 3, achondroplasia 3, spondylometaphyseal dsplasia 1, cretinism 12, and pitutary dwarfism 3 cases.2) Chronological age at the beginning of diagnostic approach were generally delayed. 3) Height age and bone age of dwarfism were markedly retarded than chronological age wheras weight age showed no specific relationship except in case of malnutrition. 4) skeletal dysplasia and endocrine dwarfism, bone age was retarded than height age. But in constitutional slow growth, discrepancy was not marked. 5) Head circumference in each type of short stature was variable. 6) Diagnostic methods include measurement of height and bone age, X-ray, thyroid function test, growth hormone stimulation test and chromosome study.
Achondroplasia ; Child ; Congenital Hypothyroidism ; Diagnosis ; Down Syndrome ; Dwarfism ; Female ; Growth Hormone ; Head ; Humans ; Male ; Malnutrition ; Mucopolysaccharidosis I ; Parents ; Pediatrics ; Thyroid Function Tests