Although hepatitis B virus is usually transmitted parenterally, many cases of in fection occur in which overt parenteral contact with the virus cannot be shown. Skin is cansidered to be one route of it and there have been a few related reports recently. As Korea is one of the endemic areas of hepatitis B virus infection, I have checked HBsAg,Anti-HBs, Anti-HBc by radioimmunoassay in patients with hand eczerna to confirm other authors recent report which suggested hand skin lesion is one of the risk factors of hepatitis B virus infection. Total 41 patients were included in this study and all patients were female except one. The study results were as follows. The total prevalence rate of HBsAg was 4, 9% which is not significant different from the control. 2 The total prevalence rate kers including HBsAg was control. of the patients showed positive for one or more markers 5g 5%, which was not significant different from the contorl.
Eczema* ; Female ; Hand* ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; Hepatitis B virus* ; Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Korea ; Prevalence ; Radioimmunoassay ; Risk Factors ; Skin

Since the foundation of Korean Contact Dermatitis Resear Group in 1980, many reports related to contact dermatitiis have been published. In this articl, 94 Korean references related to epidemiology and clinical aspect of contact dermatitis which have been published for the past 2 decades were reviewcied apers about medicaments were mos 1 equent(53) and, plants and animals(25), occupation(33), cosmetics(23), metals(19) loere in order of frequency. lhe general incidences of contact dermatitis were 5.3% 13.5% in the general out-patients. The main allergens which showed high positive rates in rovin. patch tests were a little different according to the different authors. In common allergens reckel sulfate and cobalt chloride showed increasing tendencies, while ammoniated mercury, first alldehyde, paraphenylene diamine and rubber chemicals showed decreasing tendendies. Potassiun a chromate, neomycin sulfate, and fragrance related allergens which are also commonly encountred showed variable positive rates according to the different authors. In MOHL indices less occuational and few leg ulcer cases have been observed. Obtaining informations are the key point of publication becteria, there have been more aborted studies which were presented at the annual contact dermatit ymposia in Korea, however not published.
Allergens ; Cobalt ; Dermatitis, Contact* ; Epidemiology ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea* ; Leg Ulcer ; Neomycin ; Outpatients ; Patch Tests ; Publications ; Rubber

Translation of terminology into Korean in the field of medicine has been one of the important tasks for the last several decades in Korea. Translation of medical terminology is deeply indebted to the Japanese scholars and direct adaptation of their work by the Korean scholars was the main trend since long time ago. This is because we share Chinese characters and the grammar structure. Although some modification and addition of new translation which is more suitable for the Korean language system has been tried in different aspects in the past editions of English-Korean medical terminology books, extensive works has been performed for the 4th edition which was published by the Korean Medical Association in 2001. The Korean Dermatological Association published the first editon of dermatology terminology book in 1983 and the 2nd edition in 1993. Many of them have been adapted in the 4th edition by the Korean Medical Association. However, many changes are noticed representing new trials with innovative ideas. This special article covers some changes of dermatological terminology between the old and new editions of terminology book published by the Korean Medical Association. Major examples are summarized in several tables.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Dermatology ; Humans ; Korea

Fifty-five patients completed a questionaire to assess disability caused by atopic dermatitis. The eleven most relevant questions were identified and an Atopic Dermatitis Disability Index (ADDI) calculated. The index correlated with the clinical severity score (rs=0.273, 0.01 <0.05). The index may be used as a simple repeatable record of disability caused by atopic dermatitis and may potentially aid management decisions.
Dermatitis, Atopic* ; Humans

Formaldehyde and its derivatives are used to improve the wet strength, waterresistance, shrink-resistance, grease-resistance and other characteristics of paper and. paper products. We have recently analyzed 78 different kinds of paper sources which are being used in Korea by the lutidine method. The forma.ldehyde concentrations of the most paper sources were under 50 ug/gm ranges except 4 copying paper sources which were in the 50 to 100 ug/gm ranges.
Formaldehyde* ; Korea

No abstract available.
Alopecia Areata* ; Alopecia* ; Scalp*

The effect of an allergic contact dermatitis on the irritant was studied using DNCB(2. 5% in acetone) as the sensitizing agent and sodium lauryl sulfate of various concentrations (0. 5, 1. 0, 2. 0% in Vaseline) as the irritant. Three groups of 30 albino Hartley strain female guinea pigs weighing between 350 g and 500 g were used. The results were as follows: 1. The animals which were sensitized with DNCB were shown to be significantly(p<0.05) more irritable than control animals. 2. The animals which were sensitized and challenged with DNCB were shown to be significantly(p<0. 05) more irritable than control and sensitized animals. These data suggest that allergic contact sensitivity as well as allergic contact dermatitis lower the threshold to a nonspecific irritant in guinea pigs, which may explain a mechanism of 'angry back syndrome.
Animals ; Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* ; Dermatitis, Contact ; Dinitrochlorobenzene ; Female ; Guinea Pigs* ; Guinea* ; Humans ; Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

This study was undertaken to investigate the optimal conditions for challenge testing with DNCB in 3 vehicles applied to guinea pigs in standardized amount/ area (pg/cm2) The results are sumrnarized as follows: 1) All test reactions were negative when tested in 10 unsensitized animals. 2) There were significant difference in positive rate between 0. 05%, DNCB in alcohol and 0.1% DNCB in alcohol, but there were no significant difference between 0. l%, DNCB in alcohol and 0, 2% DNCB in alcohol. Same results were obtaincd when DNCR was dissolved in acetone. 3) Acetone gives the significantly higher degree of positive reactions, indicating that alcohol may be the safer vehicle in eliciting a response than acetone. 4) With DNCB in olive oil, relatively few animals reacted compared to the results obtained with alcohol and acetone. Furthermore, olive oil is slippery and difficult to utilize when attempting to delineate surface area. 5) With alcohol, we obtained a good correlation between the amount applied and the resulting response, showing that this vehicle might be a superior vehicle in eliciting contact allergy.
Acetone ; Animals ; Dinitrochlorobenzene* ; Guinea Pigs* ; Guinea* ; Hypersensitivity* ; Olea ; Olive Oil

No abstract available.
Acantholysis* ; Captopril* ; Penicillamine* ; Rifampin* ; Skin*

No abstract available.
DNA* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction*