1.Alterations of Food-specific Serum IgG4 Titers to Common Food Antigens in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2017;23(4):578-584
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The role of dietary factors in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is still unclear. The aim of this study was to compare IgG4 levels to common food antigens between patients with IBS and healthy controls. METHODS: Thirty-two patients diagnosed as IBS according to the Rome III criteria (12 diarrhea subgroup; 20 non-diarrhea subgroup) and 32 sex and age-matched healthy controls participated in the study. Serum IgG4 titers to 90 common foods were measured in each subject. The number of subjects with positivity defined as the cut-off value ≥ 0.7 U/mL was compared. RESULTS: Patients with IBS had significantly higher IgG4 titers to wheat, leek and taro compared to those of controls. Serum IgG4 titers to ginger, cocoa, walnut, white radish, onion, and lettuce in IBS patients tended to be higher than controls. IgG4 titers to wheat, gluten and gliadin in the diarrhea subgroup, and lettuce, leek and taro in the non-diarrhea subgroup tended to be higher compared with controls. The number of subjects with positivity to apple, orange, lettuce, and leek was significantly higher in IBS patients than controls. The number of subjects with positivity to apple, orange, gluten, and gliadin in the diarrhea subgroup, and egg white, pineapple, soybean, lettuce, and leek in the non-diarrhea subgroup was significantly higher compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS: Serum IgG4 antibody levels to some common foods are abnormally elevated in IBS patients. The type of foods with abnormally elevated serum IgG4 titers in the diarrhea subgroup may be different from that in the non-diarrhea subgroup.
Ananas
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Cacao
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Citrus sinensis
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Colocasia
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Diarrhea
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Egg White
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Ginger
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Gliadin
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Glutens
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin G*
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome*
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Juglans
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Lettuce
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Onions
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Raphanus
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Soybeans
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Triticum
2.A Case of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Kee Don HONG ; In Chul YOO ; Hung Sub CHOI ; Dong Hwan LEE ; Snag Jhoo LEE
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1988;31(3):375-380
No abstract available.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders*
3.MR Cholangiography: Usefulness in Obstructive Jaundice.
Sang Hoon BAE ; In Jae LEE ; Sook NAMKUNG ; Myung Sun HONG ; Kyung Hwan LEE ; Ku Sub YUN
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1994;30(1):149-154
PURPOSE: Three-dimensional(3D) magnetic resonance(MR) projection imaging was evaluated as a noninvasive alternative to direct cholangiography for the assessment of its reliability in patients with obsructive jaundice. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A heavily T2-weighted gradient-echo sequence(PSIF) was used for 3D MR projecion imaging of the biliary system in five healthy volunteers and 25 patients with obstructive jaundice. The 3D images of the bile ducts were formed by stacking consecutive coronal MR images obtained with a fast imaging method to a maximum-intensity projection algorithm. RESULTS: In the volunteers, MR cholangiography could demonstrate the anatomy of the biliary tract in only two subjects. The extrahepatic and intraheparic bile ducts were well visualized in 23 patients with obstructive jaundice. The leve of obstruction and the grade of dilatation were dipicted with MR cholangiography in all cases. And the cause of obstruction could be determined with MR cholangiography in 18 cases, MR cholangiography was successful in two patients in whom ERCP failed. The gallbladder or dilated pancreatic duct not demonstrated by means of direct cholangiography was demonstrated with MR cholangiography in six cases.
Bile Ducts
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Biliary Tract
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Cholangiography*
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Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
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Dilatation
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Gallbladder
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Healthy Volunteers
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Humans
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Jaundice
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Jaundice, Obstructive*
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Pancreatic Ducts
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Volunteers
4.Clinical Study of Patients with Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia in Children.
Kyun Woo LEE ; Young Ok SEO ; Hong Bae KIM ; Ji Sub OH
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1988;31(2):167-176
No abstract available.
Child*
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Humans
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae*
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Mycoplasma*
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Pneumonia*
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Pneumonia, Mycoplasma*
5.Left pulmonary artery agenesis: one case report.
Yong Hwan KIM ; Keon Hyon JO ; Moon Sub KWACK ; Se Wha KIM ; Hong Kyun LEE
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1991;24(1):83-87
No abstract available.
Pulmonary Artery*
6.Clinical evaluation of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy(EIS) in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Duk Min HONG ; Doo Sub KIM ; Jung Kun YOON ; Jong In KIM ; Sung Joo LEE
Korean Journal of Medicine 1993;45(1):62-68
No abstract available.
Humans
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Liver Cirrhosis*
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Liver*
7.Efficacy of Stented Pancreaticojejunostomy and Jejunojejunostomy after Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Chul CHOI ; Jae Hong KIM ; Seung Bae LEE ; Ju Sub PARK
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 2000;58(5):708-715
PURPOSE: A pancreaticoduodenectomy is the procedure of choice for patients with resectable carci nomas of the pancreatic head, duodenum, or periampullary region. Although the morbity and the mortality are decreasing now, but there are still high. Leakage of the pancreatic duct remains the major source of death and complications after a pancreaticoduodenectomy. Thus, the authors used a stented pancrea ticojejunostomy and jejunojejunostomy after a pancreaticoduodenectomy to decrease leakage of the pancreatic duct. METHODS: The authors studied retrospectively 44 consecutive patients who had a pancrea ticoduodenectomy with a stented pancreaticojejunostomy and jejunojejunostomy at Kwangju Christian Hospital between 1993 and 1998. RESULTS: Leakage of the pancreaticojejunostomy was diagnosed in one of the 44 patients (2.5%). There were two deaths after the pancreaticoduodenectomy, one from compli cation of leakage of the pancreaticojejunostomy and the other from UGI bleeding. CONCLUSION: The stented pancreaticojejunostomy and jejunojejunostomy is an effective and safe method for use with a pancreaticoduodenectomy. However, the leakage that might occur despite the stented pancreaticojeju nostomy and jejunojejunostomy can be managed less invasively.
Duodenum
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Gwangju
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Head
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Mortality
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Noma
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Pancreatic Ducts
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy*
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Pancreaticojejunostomy*
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Retrospective Studies
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Stents*
8.Meconium Staining; A Five Year Retrospective Review.
Kei Hag SON ; Kyun Woo LEE ; Hong Bae KIM ; Soom Ok BYUN ; Ji Sub OH
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1987;30(1):26-34
No abstract available.
Meconium*
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Retrospective Studies*
9.The case reports of laparoscopic assisted right hemicolectomy.
Bong Hwa LEE ; Hyo GONG ; Kyoung Sub YOON ; Ze Hong WOO
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 1993;44(6):916-922
No abstract available.
10.Measurement of the Morphologic Changes of Intercondylar Notch by Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Nam Hong CHOI ; Chang Goo SHIM ; Ryuh Sub KIM ; Taek Kuen LEE
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1997;32(2):428-433
The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the morphology of the intercondylar notch of the knee in 72 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) intact group and 30 acute and chronic ACL tear group by plain radiographs and MRI, and to find the predisposing factors of ACL tear. The ACL tear group was divided into acute and chronic ACL tear group. In plain lateral radio-graphs, beta angle, angle between extension line from anterior cortical line of distal femur and from Blumensaat s line, was measured. In magnetic resonance imaging, the width of intercondylar notch (NB), the widest width of both femoral condyle (NW), intercondylar notch width from lower one third point of notch basal line (NB1), intercondylar notch width from upper one third point of notch basal line (NB2), depth of intercondylar notch from notch basal line (ND), and intercondylar angle which made from both end point of notch basal line and apex of intercondylar notch (alpha) were measured. Three groups were compared with each other by statistical analysis. Stastistically, the acute ACL tear group had narrow upper portion of intercondylar notch than chronic ACL tear group and more acute angle of roof of the intercondylar notch than intact ACL group. So in notchplasty, the upper one-third of intercondylar notch should be carefully widened. And after fixation of femoral interference screw, arthroscopic observation should be done whether reconstruced graft touchs the roof of the intercondylar notch during the extension of the knee.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
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Causality
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Femur
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Knee
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
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Retrospective Studies
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Transplants