1.Morphometric Study of the Thickness and the Angles of Long Axes of the Vertebral Laminae of Korean Adults.
Korean Journal of Physical Anthropology 1996;9(2):117-122
Few morphometric data on the thickness and the inclination of vertebral lamina are found with its frequent involvement in many surgical procedures. The thickness in the middle of right vertebral lamina and the angle between the superior border of lamina and sagittal plane were measured in 90 dried vertebral columns. 1. The laminae of the cervical vertebrae were generally thin and they became gradually thicker down to the lumbar vertebrae. The lamina of the fifth lumbar vertebra was the thickest (9.4mm) and that of the fifth cervical was the thinnest (2.9mm). The thickest lamina appeared in second cervical, twelfth thoracic and fourth lumbar vertebrae in 71%, 44% and 36%, respectively. 2. The angles between superior border of long axes of the laminae and the sagittal plane were the widest in thoracic vertebrae, and narrower in lumbar, the narrowest in cervical vertebrae. The angle of eithth thoracic was the widest (59.8°) and that of the fifth lumbar was the narrowest (48.6°). Widest angle of lamina appeared in seventh cervical, sixth thoracic and fifh lumbar vertebra in 27%, 20% and 48%, respectively. 3. No significant differences were found in the thicknesses and the angles of inclination of vertebral laminae between males and females.
Adult*
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Cervical Vertebrae
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Female
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Humans
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Lumbar Vertebrae
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Male
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Spine
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Thoracic Vertebrae
2.Biochemical and Molecular Changes in Response to Environmental Hormones.
Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology 2000;15(2):150-157
No Abstract Available.
3.The Effects of Body Mass Index on Baseline Hormonal Status and Glucose Metabolism in Women with Chronic Anovulation.
Jeong Ho RHEE ; Eun Jeong JEONG ; Jong In KIM
Korean Journal of Fertility and Sterility 2002;29(1):67-76
OBJECTIVE: To assess the difference of baseline hormonal status and pathophysiology, and confirm the risk factors for long term complication according to Body Mass Index in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Serum level of LH, FSH, Estradiol, Prolactin, Testosterone, DHEA-S, fasting insulin were measured and 100 gm oral glucose tolerance test and endometrial biopsy were performed in total 75 chronic anovulation patients and 20 normal cycling infertility patients. 95 evaluated patients were divided into 3 groups including patients with chronic anovulation having BMI below 25, BMI beyond 25.1, normal cycling infertility patients, Group 1 (n=39), Group 2 (n=36), Group 3 (n=20), respectively. Statistical analysis was performed respect to relationship between BMI and measured hormone level, sum of glucose level during 100 gm OGTT, insulin resistance using t-test, ANOVA test, Post Hoc test, Mann-Whitney test. p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULTS: Serum LH level and LH/FSH ratio was significantly higher in Group 1, compared than Group 2 or 3 (p<0.05), BMI and LH, LH/FSH ratio was negatively correlated (r=-0.351, r=-0.318). There was no significant difference according to BMI in FSH, testosterone, estradiol, prolactin, DHEA-S level. Fasting insulin and sum of glucose level during 100 gm OGTT were significantly higher in Group 2 compared than Group 1 or Group 3 (p<0.05), there was no significant difference between Group 1 and Group 3. Insulin resistance was more frequently identified in Group 2 compared than Group 1 (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: BMI and LH, LH/FSH ratio were negatively correlated, so clinical significance of LH, LH/FSH ratio in diagnosis of PCOS may be attenuated by increasing body weight. Overweight patients with chronic anovulation may be the risk group for developing insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, glucose intolerance, later type 2 DM. Hyperinsulinemia may operate mainly in overweight chronic anovulation patients in development of hyperandrogenism.
Anovulation*
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Biopsy
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Body Mass Index*
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Body Weight
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Diagnosis
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Estradiol
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Fasting
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Female
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Glucose Intolerance
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Glucose Tolerance Test
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Glucose*
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Humans
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Hyperandrogenism
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Hyperinsulinism
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Infertility
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Insulin
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Insulin Resistance
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Metabolism*
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Overweight
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Prolactin
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Risk Factors
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Testosterone
4.Enteric Cyst in the Tongue.
Korean Journal of Pathology 1997;31(11):1237-1239
A case of enteric cyst in the anterior two-thirds of the tongue is reported. The patient, a 42 day-old female infant, presented with a protruding tongue mass since birth. Under the impression of ectopic thyroid gland or leiomyoma, complete resection was performed. The mass proved to be an enteric cyst, lined by small intestinal mucosa with an underlying coat of smooth muscle. Enteric cysts arising in the tongue is rare and only 8 such cases have been reported in the literature.
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Intestinal Mucosa
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Leiomyoma
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Muscle, Smooth
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Parturition
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Thyroid Dysgenesis
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Tongue*
5.Result of use of the autosuture in pulmonary resection.
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1991;24(10):1033-1038
No abstract available.
6.Electroencephalographic Findings in Moyamoya Disease.
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society 1997;5(1):76-85
BACKGROUND: "Rebuild-up" phenomenon, induced by hyperventilation, is a characteristic finding on EEG in children with Moyamoya disease. Its mechanism, however, remains obscure. In this study, we examined the relationship between cerebral lesions on MRI, stenosis or occlusion of cerebral vessel on cerebral angiography, and EEG findings in children with Moyamoya disease. METHODS: We have reviewed medical records of 33 patients, who were confirmed as Moyamoya disease by cerebral angiography at Asan Medical Center. EEG and brain MRI were carried out in all subjects. RESULTS: 1) Epidemiologic data were : the male to female ratio was 1:1.1; highest rate(90.7%) of onset in age group below 10 years; mean age at clinical onset was 7.4 years; average diagnostic interval from clinical onset to diagnosis was 1.9 years. 2) The most common initial and recurrent or residual symptoms were motor deficit. 3) The most common site of occlusion or stenosis of cerebral vessel on cerebral angiography was anterior cerebral area(>97%) and the most common cerebral infarction area on brain MRI was anterior cerebral area, too. 4) The hyperventilation(for 3 minutes) on EEG were carried out in 25 patients and the prolonged build-up or rebuild-up phenomenon was observed in 13 patients(52%). 5) The prolonged build-up or rebuild-up phenomenon on EEG was observed in 6 of 15 patients who were occlusion of cerebral vessel, and in 7 of 10 patients who were stenosis of cerebral vessel on angiography. CONCLUSION: 1) The background slowings on EEG maybe suggestive of the infarction stage of Moyamoya disease in children. 2) The prolonged build-up or rebuild-up phenomenon might indicate the preinfarction stage of Moyamoya disease in children.
Angiography
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Brain
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Cerebral Angiography
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Cerebral Infarction
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Child
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Chungcheongnam-do
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Diagnosis
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Electroencephalography
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Female
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Humans
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Hyperventilation
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Infarction
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Medical Records
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Moyamoya Disease*
7.A clinical study on children with delayed language development.
Jeong Ho KIM ; Han Ku MOON ; Jeong Ok HAH
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 1991;8(2):24-34
Delayed emergence of speech or language are frequent causes for concern about development during early childhood. Delay in evaluation and proper management until school entry in more likely to result in frustration, anxiety and school failure. Many language disturbances and their attendant behavior disorders respond to intensive language therapy. Authors analyzed the medical records of 52 children with delayed language development evaluated during 30 months from January 1986 through June 1988. The results were as follows: 1. The majority of cases were evaluated at the age of 2-2.9 year old (16 cases, 30.8%) and 3-3.9 year old (11 cases, 21.2%) 2. Male to female ratio was 3:1 3. The most common cause was mental retardation (53.8%), followed by developmental language disorder (23.1%) and autism (13.5%) 4. The most common associated condition was dysarticulation (17.3%), followed by strabismus (9.6%) and seizures (7.7%) 5. Special education was recommended in cases of 23 (44.2%), speech therapy in 12 cases (23.1%) and consultation to child psychiatry in 7 cases (13.5%) Making diagnosis of underlying disorders in not simple because assessment of intelligence in young children in difficult and only a few tests are standardized. More detailed study on children with delayed language development and development of psychometric tests for handicapped children are necessary, especially in Korea.
Anxiety
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Autistic Disorder
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Child Psychiatry
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Child*
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Clinical Study*
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Diagnosis
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Disabled Children
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Education, Special
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Female
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Frustration
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Humans
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Intellectual Disability
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Intelligence
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Korea
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Language Development Disorders
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Language Development*
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Language Therapy
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Male
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Medical Records
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Mental Disorders
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Psychometrics
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Seizures
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Speech Therapy
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Strabismus
8.Two Cases of Recovery of Ovarian Function and Spontaneous Pregnancy in Women Who Were Diagnosed as Premature Ovarian Failure.
Mi Jeong KIM ; Hyun Jin KIM ; Soo Jeong RYU ; Jong In KIM ; Jeong Ho RHEE
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000;43(1):145-149
Hepatoid carcinoma is a rare type of malignant tumor resembling hepatocellular carcinoma that arises in extrahepatic sites.(stomach, lung, ovary, pancreas, bladder and renal pelvis). Hepatoid carcinoma of the ovary is an extremely rare ovarian tumor, first described by Ishikura and Scully in 1987. Histologically it is important to differentiate this entity from other oxyphil tumors of the ovary as it requires aggressive treatment. We have experienced a case of hepatoid carcinoma of the ovary in 69-year-old postmenopausal woman, who has been treated with operation and adjuvant Taxol - cisplatin chemotherapy. We present this case with brief review of literatures.
Aged
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
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Cisplatin
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Drug Therapy
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Female
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Humans
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Lung
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Ovary
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Paclitaxel
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Pancreas
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Pregnancy*
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Primary Ovarian Insufficiency*
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Urinary Bladder
9.Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis in EEG of Alzheimer's Dementia: A Preliminary Report Using Correlation Dimension.
Jeong Ho CHAE ; Dai Jin KIM ; Jaeseung JEONG ; Soo Yong KIM ; Hyo Jin GO ; In Ho PAIK
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry 1997;4(1):67-73
The changes of electroencephalogram(EEG) in patients with dementia are most commonly studied by analyzing power or magnitude in certain traditionally defined frequency bands. However because of the absence of on identified metric which quantifies the complex amount of information, there are many limitations in using such a linear method. According to chaos theory, irregular signals of EEG cal also result from low dimensional deterministic chaos. Chaotic nonlinear dynamics in the EEG can be studied by calculating the correlation dimension. The authors have analyzed EEG epochs from three patients with dementia of Alzheimer type and three matched control subject. The result showed that patients with dementia of Alzheimer type had significantly lower correlation dimension than non-demented controls on 12 channels. Topographic analysis showed that the correlation dimensions were significantly lower in patients with Alzheimer's disease on frontal, temporal, central, and occipital head regions. These results show that brains of patients with dementia with dementia of Alzheimer type have a decreased complexity of electrophysiological behavior. We conclude that the nonlinear analysis such as calculating correlation dimension can be a promising tool for detecting changes in the complexity of brain dynamics.
Alzheimer Disease
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Brain
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Dementia*
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Electroencephalography*
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Head
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Humans
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Nonlinear Dynamics*
10.Computerization of Surgical Pathology Reporting and Data Storage by Automatic Coding System using Personal Computer.
Woo Ho KIM ; Jeong Wook SEO ; Yong Il KIM
Korean Journal of Pathology 1989;23(4):410-415
The authors developed a computer program for use in report printing as well as data storage and retrieval system at the surgical pathology and its efficacy was evaluated at the Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital. This program used IBM PC XT and was written in DBASE III plus language. The main features of the program included an automatic coding and decoding of the diagnosis, automatic searching of the previous biopsy during gross dictation, powerful word processing function and flexibility of the program. The data storage was carried out during the typewriting of the report, so that the typist's workload became markedly reduced. Two kinds of data files wer stored in the hard disk ; the temporary file contained full informations and the permanent file contained the core data only. Searching of a specific case was performed by pathology accession number, chart number, patient's name or by SNOMED code within a second. All the cases were arranged by copied to the diskette during the daily service automatically, with which data were easily restored in case of hard disk failure. The advantages of this program using a persosnal computer were discussed with comparison to those of larger computer system. Based on the experience of 8 months usage in Seoul National University, we assume that this program gives a sufficient solution to the surgical pathology service of many institutes where a large computer system with well designed software is not available yet.
Biopsy