BACKGROUND: Platelet aggregation and thrombus formation within the coronary artery are major factors in acute coronary syndrome. The platelet glycoproteinIIb/IIIa receptor is a pivotal mediator of platelet aggregation. Recently there have been reports that the genetic polymorphism of GPIIIa is an inherited risk factor for coronary artery thrombosis. This study investigated the relation between the Pl(A) polymorphism and coronary artery disease in Korean patients. METHODS: One hundred patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina were enrolled. Coronary angiogram was performed in eighty-one cases. Genomic DNA from peripheral blood was amplified by polymerase chain reaction. Allele-specific restriction digestion was used to determine the Pl(A) genotype. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of Pl(A2) genotype was zero percent in our study group. All patients had the Pl(A1/A1) genotype. These results suggest that Pl(A) genetic polymorphism of GPIIIa is not an inherited risk factor for coronary artery diseases in Koreans.
Acute Coronary Syndrome ; Angina, Unstable ; Blood Platelets* ; Coronary Artery Disease* ; Coronary Vessels* ; Digestion ; DNA ; Genotype ; Humans ; Integrin beta3* ; Myocardial Infarction ; Platelet Aggregation ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Genetic* ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Thrombosis

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Photochemotherapy* ; Porokeratosis*

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Carcinoma, Merkel Cell* ; Epidermal Cyst* ; Immunosuppression

No abstract available.
Ear* ; Pilomatrixoma*

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Adult* ; Colloids* ; Humans ; Scalp*

No abstract available.
Poroma* ; Warts*

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Jaw*

Fusional amplitudes can be measured using various clinical techniques and targets. But the vergence ranges are different according to the used instruments and the environmental conditions. Currently, measurement with the prism is usually llsed but this method have wide vardabele ranges by the used targets and environmental settings. The authors measured the vertical and horizontal fusional amplitudes of 135 normal Korean men with rotary prism in a well-lit office and compared the group using dim light targer with the group using small letter target. In the group using dim light target, true far convergence value was 14.67 +/- 6.24 delta, true far divergence was 6.64 +/- 3.48 delta, true near convergence was 24.96 +/- 7. 33 delta, true near divergence was 11.05 +/- 5.13delta, far vertical vergence was 2.93 +/-0.95 delta, and near vertical vergence was 3.40 +/- 1.15 delta, There was no statistical differences among are groups(p>0.05), and between the groups using small letter target and dim light target in true near and far convergence amplitudes (p>0.05). This study shows that the method using dim light target is simple and valuable method in measuring the fusional vergences.
Humans ; Male

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Meningitis

Three-dimensional solid model has not been widely used in surgical prediction of orthognathic surgery because freque from occlusal restorations or prosthesis limited the usefulness of simulated surgery involving occlusion. We prepared three-dimensional(3D) solid model from CT data and integrated the 3D solid model with dental cast using a face-bow transfer technique combined with skeletal reference measurement and confirmation with cephalometric radiographs. With this simple and easy method, it was possible to predict bony interference between the proximal and distal segment of the mandible so that we can prevent condylar displacement after sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible with prominent asymmetry. The method error was within 2mm and it seemed to be useful in preoperative planning for maxillofacial surgery with maxillo-mandibular occlusal change
Mandible* ; Orthognathic Surgery* ; Osteotomy, Sagittal Split Ramus ; Prostheses and Implants ; Surgery, Oral