1.The clinical study of intra uterine fetal death.
Seung Sig SUH ; Ju Won CHOI ; Eun Sin CHUNG ; Doo Soo JEONG ; Hyeong Yul LEE ; Young Hae LEE
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1992;35(5):662-673
No abstract available.
Fetal Death*
2.A Sirolimus: Eluting Stent Fracture Combined with a Coronary Artery Aneurysm.
Seung Yul LEE ; Eui IM ; Woo In YANG ; Jung Sun KIM ; Yun Hyeong CHO ; Won Heum SHIM
Korean Circulation Journal 2008;38(1):69-71
A stent fracture combined with a coronary artery aneurysm is a rare event. As these events can lead to a harmful outcome, such as the development of myocardial ischemia by in-stent restenosis or thrombosis, repeated coronary intervention may be required. We report a case of a stent fracture combined with a coronary artery aneurysm. The fracture was thought to have developed by mechanical stress produced from a change of regional wall motion after an anteroseptal myocardial infarction. As detected by the use of intravascular ultrasound, neither in-stent restenosis nor a thrombus in the fractured stent was present. A cardiac magnetic resonance image showed that no viable myocardium in the anteroseptal wall was present. Therefore, the patient underwent medical treatment without intervention of the fractured stent.
Aneurysm
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Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction
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Coronary Vessels
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Myocardial Ischemia
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Myocardium
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Stents
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Stress, Mechanical
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Thrombosis
3.Parental Alcohol Problems and Children's Behavior & Psychosocial Characteristics.
Seok Hyeong KIM ; Min Seong KOO ; Dong Yul OH ; Il Ho PARK ; Kang Soo LEE ; Ji Yeon KIM ; Jungeun SONG
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2011;22(3):162-168
OBJECTIVES: Alcohol problems of parents have an influence on not only their psychological problems but also on their children's psychosocial adaptation. The purpose of this study was to compare the emotional and behavioral problems, including school bullying and social skills, between children of alcoholics (COAs) and children of non-alcoholics (non-COAs). METHODS: We recruited 4th grade children (n=741) from 7 primary schools in Seoul and their parents as subjects. The self-rated psychiatric symptoms were assessed with the Korean version of the Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST-K), the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), the Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale (RSES), the School Bullying Scale, the Social Skill Rating Scale and the Korean version of Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire-Adolescent (AEQ-A). The Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale-IV (ARS) was completed by the parents. RESULTS: 518 children were non-COAs and 223 were COAs. The COAs showed higher CDI and ARS-IV scores and lower RSES scores than the non-COAs. Especially, the COAs also showed higher school bullying scale scores and lower cooperative scale scores on the social skill rating scales. But there was no difference of alcohol expectancy between the COAs and non-COAs. CONCLUSION: It was plausible that the COAs had more behavioral & psychosocial problems than the non-COAs among the school aged children. It is important to identify and intervene to solve the problems of peer relationships of school age COAs in order to prevent victimization by bullying and to improve psychosocial adaptation.
Aged
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Alcoholics
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Bullying
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Child
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Crime Victims
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Depression
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Humans
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Mass Screening
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Parents
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Weights and Measures
4.Annual Fluctuation in Chigger Mite Populations and Orientia Tsutsugamushi Infections in Scrub Typhus Endemic Regions of South Korea
Seong Yoon KIM ; Byoungchul GILL ; Bong Gu SONG ; Hyuk CHU ; Won Il PARK ; Hee Il LEE ; E hyun SHIN ; Shin Hyeong CHO ; Jong Yul ROH
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 2019;10(6):351-358
OBJECTIVES: Chigger mites are vectors for scrub typhus. This study evaluated the annual fluctuations in chigger mite populations and Orientia tsutsugamushi infections in South Korea.METHODS: During 2006 and 2007, chigger mites were collected monthly from wild rodents in 4 scrub typhus endemic regions of South Korea. The chigger mites were classified based on morphological characteristics, and analyzed using nested PCR for the detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi.RESULTS: During the surveillance period, the overall trapping rate for wild rodents was 10.8%. In total, 17,457 chigger mites (representing 5 genera and 15 species) were collected, and the average chigger index (representing the number of chigger mites per rodent), was 31.7. The monthly chigger index was consistently high (> 30) in Spring (March to April) and Autumn (October to November). The mite species included Leptotrombidium pallidum (43.5%), L. orientale (18.9%), L. scutellare (18.1%), L. palpale (10.6%), and L. zetum (3.6%). L. scutellare and L. palpale populations, were relatively higher in Autumn. Monthly O. tsutsugamushi infection rates in wild rodents (average: 4.8%) and chigger mites (average: 0.7%) peaked in Spring and Autumn.CONCLUSION: The findings demonstrated a bimodal pattern of the incidence of O. tsutsugamushi infections. Higher infection rates were observed in both wild rodents and chigger mites, in Spring and Autumn. However, this did not reflect the unimodal incidence of scrub typhus in Autumn. Further studies are needed to identify factors, such as human behavior and harvesting in Autumn that may explain this discordance.
Globus Pallidus
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Humans
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Incidence
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Korea
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Mites
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Orientia tsutsugamushi
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rodentia
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Scrub Typhus
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Trombiculidae
5.Uremic Encephalopathy Associated with Bilateral Basal Ganglia and Cerebellar Lesion in a Non-diabetic Hemodialysis Patient.
Soung Rok SIM ; Sang Hun LEE ; Jae Hoon JAHNG ; Jae Yun LIM ; You Kyoung CHOI ; Ki Sun BAE ; Woo Il PARK ; Ki Joong KIM ; Kyung Yul LEE ; Hyeong Cheon PARK ; Sung Kyu HA
Korean Journal of Nephrology 2006;25(6):1061-1066
Involvement of central nervous system is a well- known compication in uremic patients. However, development of acute extrapyramidal symptoms with bilateral basal ganglia involvement (acute basal ganglia syndrome), especially in non-diabetic hemodialysis patient is very rare. We report a case of acute basal ganglia syndrome in a non-diabetic hemodialysis patient. A 45-year-old man with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) on chronic hemodialysis treatment for the last 4 years was admitted due to generalized myalgia. On admission, the patient was found to have rhabdomyolysis and intractable metabolic acidosis. Nine days after admission, he suddenly developed dysarthria, lateralizing ataxia, and bradykinesia. Brain MRI demonstrated low and high signals in bilateral basal ganglia and cerebellar vermis in T1-weighted and T2-weighted images, respectively. Intensified hemodialysis treatment combined with general supportive therapy resolved the severe metabolic acidosis and the neurologic manifestations gradually improved. Follow up brain CT scan taken 3 months later showed decreased size of initial low attenuation lesions in bilateral basal ganglia and cerebellar vermis. Although no definite pathophysiology is yet established, severe metabolic disorder is believed to play an important role in development of acute basal ganglia syndrome. Correction of metabolic acidosis and hypoglycemia in our patient lead to improvement in neurologic manifestations and organic brain lesions. Our case suggests that severe metabolic acidosis and hypoglycemia in uremic patient may act as risk factors for acute basal ganglia syndrome even in non-diabetic patient.
Acidosis
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Ataxia
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Basal Ganglia*
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Brain
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Central Nervous System
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Dysarthria
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Hypoglycemia
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Hypokinesia
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Middle Aged
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Myalgia
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Neurologic Manifestations
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Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant
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Renal Dialysis*
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Rhabdomyolysis
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Risk Factors
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
6.Association between endotoxin levels in dust from indoor swine housing environments and the immune responses of pigs
Katharine ROQUE ; Kyung Min SHIN ; Ji Hoon JO ; Gyeong Dong LIM ; Eun Seob SONG ; So Jung SHIN ; Ravi GAUTAM ; Jae Hee LEE ; Yeon Gyeong KIM ; Ah Rang CHO ; Chang Yul KIM ; Hyun Ji KIM ; Myung Sook LEE ; Hyeong Geu OH ; Byung Chul LEE ; Jung Hee KIM ; Kwang Ho KIM ; Hyun Kyu JEONG ; Hyoung Ah KIM ; Yong HEO
Journal of Veterinary Science 2018;19(3):331-338
Indoor animal husbandry environments are inevitably contaminated with endotoxins. Endotoxin exposure is associated with various inflammatory illnesses in animals. This cross-sectional study evaluated the relationship between the degree of endotoxin exposure and the cellular and humoral immune profiles of fattening pigs. Blood samples were taken from the jugular vein of 47 pigs from ten pig farms in Korea. Whole blood cell counts and plasma immunoglobulin (Ig) classes were determined. Peripheral-blood mononuclear cells were stimulated in vitro with concanavalin A for 48 h, and cytokines released into culture supernatants were measured. The barns in which the pigs lived were assessed for endotoxin levels in the total and respirable dust by using the limulus amebocyte lysate kinetic QCL method. Low and high endotoxin exposures were defined as ≤ 30 and > 30 EU/m³, respectively. Compared to pigs with low endotoxin exposure (n = 19), highly exposed pigs (n = 28) had higher circulating neutrophil and lymphocyte (particularly B cells) counts, IgG and IgE levels, interferon-gamma (IFNγ) and interleukin (IL)-4 productions, and lower IgA levels and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) production. The IL-4, IFNγ, and TNFα levels significantly correlated with endotoxin level and/or pig age. Constant exposure of pigs to high levels of airborne endotoxins can lead to aberrant immune profiles.
Agriculture
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Animal Husbandry
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Animals
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Blood Cell Count
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Concanavalin A
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Cytokines
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Dust
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Endotoxins
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Horseshoe Crabs
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Housing
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Immunity, Cellular
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Immunoglobulin A
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Immunoglobulin E
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Immunoglobulin G
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Immunoglobulins
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In Vitro Techniques
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Interferon-gamma
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Interleukin-4
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Interleukins
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Jugular Veins
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Korea
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Lymphocytes
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Methods
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Neutrophils
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Plasma
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Swine
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
7.The Results of Nation-Wide Registry of Age-related Macular Degeneration in Korea.
Kyu Hyung PARK ; Su Jeong SONG ; Won Ki LEE ; Hee Sung YOON ; Hyoung Jun KOH ; Chul Gu KIM ; Yun Young KIM ; Se Woong KANG ; Ha Kyoung KIM ; Byung Ro LEE ; Dong Heun NAM ; Pill Young LEE ; Hyoung Su KIM ; Hyeoung Chan KIM ; Si Yeol KIM ; In Young KIM ; Gwang Su KIM ; Kuhl HUH ; Jae Ryung OH ; Shin Dong KIM ; Sang Jun LEE ; Young Duk KIM ; Soon Hyun KIM ; Tae Gon LEE ; Sung Won JOE ; Dong Cho LEE ; Mu Hwan CHANG ; Si Dong KIM ; Young Wok JOE ; Sun Ryang BAE ; Ju Eun LEE ; Boo Sup OUM ; Ill Han YOON ; Soon Ill KWON ; Jae Hoon KANG ; Jong In KIM ; Sang Woong MOON ; Hyeong Gon YU ; Young Hee YOON ; Gwang Yul CHANG ; Sung Chul LEE ; Sung Jin LEE ; Tae Kwan PARK ; Young Hun OHN ; Oh Woong KWON ; Woo Hyok CHANG ; Yeon Sik YANG ; Suk Jun LEE ; Su Young LEE ; Chang Ryong KIM ; Jung Hee LEE ; Yeon Sung MOON ; Jae Kyoun AHN ; Nam Chun JOE ; Gwang Ju CHOI ; Young Joon JOE ; Sang Kook KIM ; Sung Pyo PARK ; Woo Hoo NAM ; Hee Yoon JOE ; Jun Hyun KIM ; Hum CHUNG
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2010;51(4):516-523
PURPOSE: To evaluate the incidence and clinical features of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in Korea. METHODS: Web-based (www.armd-nova.or.kr) registration was conducted for AMD patients aged 50 or more who were newly diagnosed by retinal specialists in Korea from August 20, 2005 to August 20, 2006. Patient data including ophthalmologic examination, fundus photography, fluorescein angiogram and/or indocyanin green angiogram (ICG), past medical history, behavioral habit, combined systemic diseases were up-loaded. RESULTS: Among finally enrolled 1,141 newly diagnosed AMD patients, 690 patients (60.5%) were male and 451 patients (39.5%) were female. The average age of AMD patients was 69.7+/-8.0. Early AMD was observed in 190 patients and 951 patients had late AMD. Classic choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) was observed in 18.6% of exudative AMD patients and 63.4 % had occult CNVM. Subfoveal CNVM was observed in 80.4% of the patients with CNVM. Among the 580 exudative AMD eyes that performed indocyanin green angiography (ICG), 184 eyes (31.7%) had polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and 36 eyes (6.2%) showed retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP). Age, male gender, smoking, diabetes and hypertension significantly increased the risk of the AMD among Koreans. CONCLUSIONS: Because of the low rate of participation by retinal specialists, definite incidence of AMD was not obtainable. However, the estimated 1-year AMD incidence in the Pusan area of Korea is at least 0.4%. In contrast to Western people, 31.7% of exudative AMD cases were revealed to be PCV and 6.2% were revealed to be RAP. This discrepancy between ethnic groups should be considered in the diagnosis and treatment modality selection of Korean AMD patients.
Aged
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Angiography
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Choroid
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Ethnic Groups
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Eye
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Female
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Fluorescein
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Humans
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Hypertension
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Incidence
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Korea
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Macular Degeneration
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Male
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Membranes
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Photography
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Retinaldehyde
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Smoke
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Smoking
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Specialization