No abstract available.
Animals ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Mice* ; RNA Precursors*

The effect of Minizide(R) (prazosine 1mg and polythiazide 0.5mg) was studied in 34 hypertensive patients (female 16 cases, male 18 cases) at the Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, In-Je Medical College between July, 1979 and August 1980 for 14 months. The patients didn't take the any drugs for one week before the clinical trial with Minizide(R), and thereafter they took minizide 1 tablet 3 times daily for 2 weeks. The blood pressure was checked before and after the trial in the supine and standing position. The results were as followings: 1) The systolic blood pressure before the treatment with Minizide in the supine position was 196+/-24mmHg and in the standing position 188+/-22mmHg. The systolic blood pressure after the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 148+/-16mmHg and in the standing position 139+/-9mmHg. 2) The diastolic blood pressure before the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 118+/-11mmHg, and in the standing position 113+/-10mmHg. The diastolic blood pressure after the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 87+/-6mmHg and in the standing position 84+/-5mmHg. 3) There was no significant orthostatic hypotension after the 34 patients. 4) There was no changes of laboratory findings after the treatment. 5) 3 of 34 hypertensive patients after the treatment complained of headache, 3 palpitation, 2 edema, 2 drowsiness, and 1 fatigability and 1 patient complained of weakness.
Blood Pressure ; Edema ; Headache ; Humans ; Hypotension, Orthostatic ; Internal Medicine ; Male ; Polythiazide ; Sleep Stages ; Supine Position

Differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia(VaD) has an important bearing on the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia. This article provides a guideline for the differential diagnosis through 1) history taking, 2) neurological examination, 3) neuropsychological tests, and 4) neuroimaging studies. VaD consists of etiologically and clinically heterogeneous subtypes that include multi-infarct dementia (MID), single strategic infarct dementia, and subcortical vascular dementia. Patients with MID and single infarct dementia con be easily differentiated from patients with AD. However, clinical manifestations of subcortical vascular dementia can mimic those of AD, which may lead primary physicians to misdiagnose subcortical vascular dementia as AD. The issue of differential diagnosis is further complicated by the fact that many patients may have AD with concomitant VaD (mixed dementia).
Alzheimer Disease* ; Dementia ; Dementia, Multi-Infarct ; Dementia, Vascular* ; Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential* ; Humans ; Neuroimaging ; Neurologic Examination ; Neuropsychological Tests

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Receptors, LHRH*

The bony spur formation without degenerative change in the lumbar spines in the young age group is quite interesting and not uncommon. This bony spur is different from the degenerative spur in the old age group in shape and mechanism of formation. The authors analyzed 111 patients with such posterior lumbar bony spur for recent 3 years and 9 months. The authors concluded that posterioly located Schmorl's node is a main cause of the bony spur without degenerative change at lumbar region. The authors advocated 'Juvenile spur' as a new disease entity.
Humans ; Lumbosacral Region ; Spine*

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Emergencies* ; Humans

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Emergencies* ; Humans

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Adult* ; Humans ; Intussusception* ; Korea*

The truncated E1192-283 and E2384-649 genes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) linked to the gene for glutathione 5-transferase (GST) were constructed and their expressions were analyzed. The GST-E1192-283 fusion gene overexpressed the fusion protein in E. coli as a soluble form, while the GST-E1192-383 plasmid did not express expected fusion protein. The purified GST-E1192-283 fusion protein was efficiently cleaved by thrombin. More than 90% pure, HCV E1192-283 protein was obtained by GST-agarose chromatography. The truncated GST-E2384-649 fusion gene expressed the fusion protein mainly as an insoluble form, whereas the GST-E2384-740 did not express the fusion protein. The truncated GST-E1 182-283 and GST-E2384-649 fusion proteins reacted specifically with an HCV patient serum. In addition, mice immunized with either the purified E1192-283 or GST-E2384-649 proteins generated specific antibodies to each antigen. The results suggested that hydrophobic carboxyl portions of the E1 and E2 proteins might affect expression levels as well as the solubility of each fusion protein in bacteria. Also, the truncated E1 protein with Tyr-192 to Ser-283 contained antigenic epitope(s) which could be specifically recognized by an HCV patient serum.
Animals ; Antibodies ; Bacteria ; Chromatography ; Glutathione ; Hepacivirus* ; Hepatitis C* ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Mice ; Plasmids ; Solubility ; Thrombin

Leiomyosarcoma of small intestine is an uncommon tumor, comprising less than 20 percent of all primary malignant tumors of small intestine. Duodenal leiomyosarcoma is rare disease which amount to about 20 percent of all small bowel malignancy but potentially curable tumors often diagnosed at an advanced age, so its five-year survival following resection approximates 50% in reported series. Recently, several cases of leiomyosarcomas of duodenum were diagnosed by hypotonic duodenograhy in Korea. We experienced a woman with duodenal leiomyosarcoma that was diagnosed by endoscopic duodenal biopsy and received currative resection of the tumor(Whipple's operation). We report the case with review of the literatures.
Biopsy ; Duodenum ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Humans ; Intestine, Small ; Korea ; Leiomyosarcoma* ; Rare Diseases