No abstract available.
Tenosynovitis*

No abstract available.
Lower Extremity*

No abstract available.
Hand Injuries* ; Hand*

No abstract available.
Humans ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets*

BACKGROUND: Both atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia may progress to gastric dysplasia. This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing progression of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia to dysplasia. METHODS: People diagnosed with atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia for the first time received a follow-up endoscopy and were investigated for the cumulative incidence rate of gastric dysplasia by age, gender, smoking habit, alcohol intake, rice consumption and family history of stomach cancer. RESULTS: The cumulative incidence rate increased with age, consuming > or =3 bowls of rice per day and family history of stomach cancer. Multivariate analysis showed that the cumulative incidence rate of gastric dysplasia increased in subjects >61 years (RR=2.54, P=0.014), in those consuming > or =3 bowls of rice per day (RR=1.46, P=0.021) and in those with a family history of stomach cancer (RR=1.31, P=0.037). CONCLUSIONS: More active management, such as intensive endoscopic follow-up examinations, lifestyle change and education regarding gastric dysplasia, are required in those older than 61 years, having a higher intake of grain or with a family history of stomach cancer.
Edible Grain ; Endoscopy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gastritis, Atrophic ; Humans ; Incidence ; Life Style ; Metaplasia ; Multivariate Analysis ; Risk Factors ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Stomach ; Stomach Neoplasms

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia(NAIT) is a rare disease caused by maternal alloimmunization against fetal platelet surface antigen, which is mainly platelet specific alloantigen or human leukocyte antigen(HLA). During routine hemotology, we accidentally discovered thrombocytopenia in a female fullterm newborn admitted due to jaundice. We excluded NAIT due to human platelet alloantigen(HPA), because the HPA of the mother and baby were the same on PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism). Mother's serum was tested for lyrnphocytotoxity against 36 donor lymphocytes, and anti-HLA A2, A24 and B58 were found. HLA typing of the father and baby revealed A2 antigen which was not present on the mothers lymphocytes. The patient received concentrated platelet and intravenous globulin. Her platelet count increased to 222,000/mm from 3,000/mm on the 11th day of life. We described a case of NAIT due to anti-HLA A2 antibody with a detailed clinical feature. (J Korean Pediatr Soc 1999;43:861-865)
Antigens, Surface ; Blood Platelets ; Fathers ; Female ; Histocompatibility Testing ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Isoantigens ; Jaundice ; Leukocytes ; Lymphocytes ; Mothers ; Platelet Count ; Rare Diseases ; Thrombocytopenia ; Thrombocytopenia, Neonatal Alloimmune* ; Tissue Donors

Cyclotorsion is a well known feature of oblique muscle disorders in the eye, usually associated with vertical and/or horizontal strabismus. Its presence and amount of deviation are not easy to detect, therefore requiring more sensitive and accurate tests. But the present measuring devices such as the double Maddox rod test and Bagolini lens test, known to be the standard tests used for cyclodeviation in these days have some limitations. We developed a new computerized test for the measurement of cyclodeviation that remedies the weak points of the existing tests. The cyclotorsion at any eye position can be measured accurately. It is based on subjective response of the examinee. The examinee wears the red-green glasses and identifies when the two lines on the monitor are parellel while the examiner rotates the red or green line with keystroke of computer keyboard. It is possible to test the deviations in all directions. We hope this computerized application will be accepted widely as an useful subjective torsion test in near future.
Eyeglasses ; Glass ; Hope ; Muscular Diseases ; Strabismus

No abstract available.
Colorectal Neoplasms*

Nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn is a hamartoma of the skin with the potential to develop benign and malignant neoplasms. This case was characterixed by multiple basal cell epitheliomas, clinically one reddish nodule and multiple pigmented papules, arising in the nevus sebaceus. Histologically, epithelial papillomatous hyperplasia and high-positioned hyperplastic sebaceous glands were found, and tumor nests consisting of basaloid cells with peripheral palisading arrangements were mainly situated in the upper dermis without significant infiltrative growth. We report a rare case of nevus sebaceus with multiple basal cell epitheliomas in the right cheek of a 49-year-old woman.
Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Cheek ; Dermis ; Female ; Hamartoma ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; Middle Aged ; Nevus* ; Nevus, Sebaceous of Jadassohn* ; Sebaceous Glands ; Skin