1.Congenital coronary artery fistula
Yeon Hee OH ; Hong KIM ; Seockil ZEON ; Soo Jhi SUH
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1986;22(6):1083-1086
Congenital coronary artery fistula(CCAF) is communication of a coronary artery or its main branch with one ofthe atria or ventricles, the coronary sinus, the superior vena cave, or the pulmoanry artery. In Korean peoples,only 4 cases of the CCAF were reported as rare as worldwide and authors want to report another case of CCAF,confirmed by operation. 10-years-old girl shows a fistula between sinus node artery of the right coronary arteryand right atrium on root aortogram with left-to-right shunt and Qp/Qs=1.58, in which simple ligation of the originof the sinus node atery from right coronary artery was performed. All of the 5 Korean CCAF(4 were previouslyreported and 1 of authors) were originated from right coronary artery, and of which 4 weee opening into rightventricle and 1 of authors were into right atrium. Associated cardiac anomaly was noted in only 1 case as singlecoronary artery, Ages were from 9 months of age to 10 years old and no adult left case were found. 3 were femaleand 2 were male patients.
Adult
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Arteries
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Coronary Sinus
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Coronary Vessels
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Female
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Fistula
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Heart Atria
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Humans
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Ligation
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Male
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Sinoatrial Node
2.Basophil histamine releasability in children with atopic asthma.
Jung Yeon SHIM ; Won Chul BYUN ; Jeong Soo HONG ; Hee Bom MOON ; Soo Jong HONG
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1998;18(3):494-503
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the basophil histamine releasability in response to IgE- and non- IgE-mediated stimuli in children with atopic asthma. Met: Basophil histamine releasability was measured in Dermatophagoides farinae (D. farinae)-sensitive atopic asthmatics, D.farinae-sensitive healthy atopics, non-atopic asthmatics, and healthy non-atopics. Basophils were stimulated with D.farinae, goat antihuman IgE antibody, formyl-Met-Leu-Phe(fMLP), and Calcium ionophore A23187. Histamine was measured by automated fluorometric technique. RESULTS: Sponianeous histamine release was higher in atopic asthmatics compared to healthy non-atopics. Histamine release by D.farinae and by anti-IgE antibody was higher in atopic asthmatics compared to the other groups. There was no difference in histamine release by fMLP among all groups. Histamine release by Calcium ionophore was higher in healthy atopics and non-atopic asthmatics compared to healthy non-atopics. The atopics showed correlation between histamine release by D.farinae, by anti-IgE antibody and total serum IgE levels. CONCLUSIONS: Spontaneous and IgE-mediated histamine release were related to the presence of both atopy and asthma, whereas non-IgE mediated histamine release was different depending on the stimuli.
Asthma*
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Basophils*
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Calcimycin
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Calcium
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Child*
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Dermatophagoides farinae
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Goats
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Histamine Release
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Histamine*
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin E
3.Body Image Recognition and Dietary Behaviors of College Students According to the Body Mass Index.
Si Yeon KIM ; Hong Mie LEE ; Kyung Hee SONG
Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2007;12(1):3-12
This study was performed to investigate the body image perception by BMI and the dietary behaviors in 803 college students (408 males and 395 females). The degree of obesity was divided into an underweight group with BMI less than 18.5 kg/m(2), a normal group with BMI of 18.5~22.9 kg/m(2), an overweight group with BMI of 23~24.9 kg/m(2) and an obese group with BMI over 25.0 kg/m(2). The average ages of subjects were 22.9 years in males and 20.2 years in females. The average weight and height of male subjects were 175.3 cm and 69.6 kg, respectively and those of female subjects were 162.5 cm and 52.0 kg, respectively. The average BMIs of male and female subjects were 22.6 kg/m(2) and 19.7 kg/m(2), respectively. The distribution of subjects who perceived their current body image as ideal body image was 25.7% in males and 10.9% in females, showing that the body image satisfaction of male subjects was 1.5 times higher than that of female subjects. Body image perception for their own bodies was mostly shown as the average or standard shape both in males and females with 64.2% and 54.2%, respectively, but males showed a higher perception rate than females and 31.1% of females and 19.5% of males perceived their bodies as lean shape (p < 0.01). The body image satisfaction was 4.20 in males and 3.70 in females, showing more satisfaction in the male subjects (p < 0.001). The correlation between body image and physical variables in male subjects indicated that CBI and IBI showed statistically significant correlation and also BMI showed statistically significant correlation with IBI (p < 0.001) and CBI (p < 0.001). The frequency of eating out increased as the frequency of skipping meals increased (p<0.001) and the frequency of having snacks increased as the frequency of eating out increased (p < 0.01). The correlation between body image and physical variables in female subjects showed that CBI and IBI (p < 0.001) had statistically significant correlation. Body weight showed statistically significant correlation with CBI (p < 0.001), BMI (p < 0.001) and height (p < 0.001). The frequency of eating out increased as height (p < 0.01) and the frequency of skipping meals (p < 0.001) increased. When both male and female subjects wanted leaner body shapes, they preferred much leaner shapes despite their current body images belonging in the normal range. Additionally subjects preferred the body image in the normal range in cases when their current body images were lean. In particular, more female subjects had strong desires to become leaner in their body images than male subjects, which could be analyzed as a risk factor for physical harm. From the above results, it is considered that both male and female subjects need to establish proper recognition and dietary behaviors for their body images and also need nutritional education and counseling for desirable weight control methods.
Body Image*
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Body Mass Index*
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Body Weight
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Counseling
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Eating
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Education
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Meals
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Obesity
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Overweight
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Reference Values
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Risk Factors
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Snacks
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Thinness
4.The compliance of hyperlipidemic patients according to therapeutic methods.
Soon Hee JEONG ; Kum Yae HAN ; Young Mi HAN ; Yeon Joo LEE ; Hong Soo LEE
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1993;14(1):1-8
No abstract available.
Compliance*
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Humans
5.The compliance of hyperlipidemic patients according to therapeutic methods.
Soon Hee JEONG ; Kum Yae HAN ; Young Mi HAN ; Yeon Joo LEE ; Hong Soo LEE
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1993;14(1):1-8
No abstract available.
Compliance*
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Humans
6.Alzheimer's Disease: Report of two cases.
Hee Sung KIM ; Yeon Lim SUH ; Kyung Sue HONG ; Duk Lyul NA
Korean Journal of Pathology 1997;31(2):167-173
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common etiology of dementia, that has not been previously reported in Korea. We have experienced two cases of Alzheimer's disease, one occurred in a 53-year-old man with dementia and the other occurred in a 36-year-old woman with a family history of early onset dementia. A neocortical biopsy was done to rule out the cause of dementia and showed diffusely scattered numerous senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in cortex of both cases. Interestingly, GFAP, an immunohistochemical stain showed strong positivity in neuritic plaques and the surrounding fibrillary gathering.
Adult
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Alzheimer Disease*
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Biopsy
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Dementia
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Female
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Humans
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Korea
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Middle Aged
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Neurofibrillary Tangles
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Plaque, Amyloid
7.Alzheimer's Disease: Report of two cases.
Hee Sung KIM ; Yeon Lim SUH ; Kyung Sue HONG ; Duk Lyul NA
Korean Journal of Pathology 1997;31(2):167-173
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common etiology of dementia, that has not been previously reported in Korea. We have experienced two cases of Alzheimer's disease, one occurred in a 53-year-old man with dementia and the other occurred in a 36-year-old woman with a family history of early onset dementia. A neocortical biopsy was done to rule out the cause of dementia and showed diffusely scattered numerous senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in cortex of both cases. Interestingly, GFAP, an immunohistochemical stain showed strong positivity in neuritic plaques and the surrounding fibrillary gathering.
Adult
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Alzheimer Disease*
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Biopsy
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Dementia
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Female
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Humans
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Korea
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Middle Aged
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Neurofibrillary Tangles
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Plaque, Amyloid
8.Differentially expressed genes of Acanthamoeba castellanii during encystation.
Eun Kyung MOON ; Dong Il CHUNG ; Yeon Chul HONG ; Hyun Hee KONG
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2007;45(4):283-285
To examine the expressed gene profile during encystation of Acanthamoeba castellanii Castellani, we used differentially expressed gene (DGE) screening by RT-PCR with 20 sets of random primers. From this analysis, we found that approximately 16 genes showed upregulation during encystation. We chose 6 genes, which had relatively higher expression levels, for further investigation. Based on homology search in database, DEG2 showed 55% of similarity with xylose isomerase, DEG9 showed 37% of similarity with Na P-type ATPase, and DEG14 showed 77% of similarity with subtilisin-like serine proteinase. DEG3 and DEG26 were identified as hypothetical proteins and DEG25 exhibited no significant similarity to any known protein. Encystation of Acanthamoeba has been suggested to be a process to resist adverse environmental or nutritional conditions. Further characterization studies of these genes may provide us with more information on the encystation mechanism of Acanthamoeba.
Acanthamoeba castellanii/*genetics/*growth & development
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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*Gene Expression Profiling
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Gene Expression Regulation
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*Life Cycle Stages
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Protozoan Proteins/*genetics
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Alignment
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Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Up-Regulation
9.Endocrine Disruptor and Menopause.
The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause 2010;16(1):1-5
An endocrine disruptor is an exogenous substance or mixture that alters the function of the endocrine system and causes adverse health effects in the population and progeny. Estrogen is an important hormone during puberty and menopause of reproductive life. An endocrine disruptor mainly effects the homeostasis of sex steroids. The present study focused on plant-derived dietary components with estrogenic activity (phytoestrogen), soy, and other endocrine disruptors. This article will review the current issues involved in understanding endocrine disruptors in the postmenopause.
Endocrine Disruptors
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Endocrine System
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Estrogens
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Female
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Homeostasis
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Menopause
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Phytoestrogens
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Postmenopause
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Puberty
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Steroids
10.Endocrine Disruptor and Menopause.
The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause 2010;16(1):1-5
An endocrine disruptor is an exogenous substance or mixture that alters the function of the endocrine system and causes adverse health effects in the population and progeny. Estrogen is an important hormone during puberty and menopause of reproductive life. An endocrine disruptor mainly effects the homeostasis of sex steroids. The present study focused on plant-derived dietary components with estrogenic activity (phytoestrogen), soy, and other endocrine disruptors. This article will review the current issues involved in understanding endocrine disruptors in the postmenopause.
Endocrine Disruptors
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Endocrine System
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Estrogens
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Female
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Homeostasis
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Menopause
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Phytoestrogens
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Postmenopause
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Puberty
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Steroids