Dizziness is one of the most frequent symptoms encountered by a physician. Moreover, the term denotes different sensations for different people. It is essential to clarify what the patient means by asking for examples. There are several common subgroups of dizziness ; vertigo, multisensory dizziness, presyncopal lightheadedness, psychophysiological dizziness, etc. There are many causes of dizziness ; labyrinthine disorders including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, eight cranial nerve disorders including vestibuloneuronitis, brainstem stroke, cerebellar and temporal lesions. The new diagnostic tools-rotating chair test, videooculography, computerized dynamic posturography have been introduced in assessing the dizziness. Systemic approach is essential for diagnosis of dizziness.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo ; Brain Stem Infarctions ; Cranial Nerve Diseases ; Diagnosis ; Dizziness* ; Humans ; Sensation ; Vertigo

BACKGROUND: The 5α-reductase inhibitor finasteride blocks the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone(DHT), the androgen responsible for androgen- etic alopecia in genetically predisposed men. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of finaster- ide treatment according to the type of androgenetic alopecia in Korea. METHODS: 196 patients with finasteride(1.25mg/day) were registered in this study and 68 patients were followed over 8 months. Efficacy was evaluated by globa1 photographs, investigator assessment of clinical change,and patients' self assessment via self administered hair growth questionnaire. RESULTS: Patients' self-assessment demonstrated that finasteride treatment slowed hair loss, increased hair growth, and improved appearance of hair. These improvements were corroborated by objective assessments after 4 months of treatment. Adverse effects such as sexual dysfunction were minimal. CONCLUSION: Oral finasteride 1.25mg/day slowed the progression of hair loss and increased hair growth in clinical tria1s of men with androgenetic alopecia over 8 months. With its generally good tolerability profile, finasteride is a new approach to the management of this condition, for which treatment options are few.
Alopecia* ; Finasteride* ; Hair ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Research Personnel ; Self-Assessment ; Testosterone

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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure* ; Ventilation*

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Rheumatic Diseases* ; Spondylarthropathies

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Erectile Dysfunction* ; Humans ; Male

OBJECTIVE: To study normal values of wnwry organimtion test(SOT) and motor control test(MCT) of computerized dynamic posturography(CDP) in the healthy Koreans. BACKGROUND: Balance is made up of three biological functions ; sensory input, motor output, and CNS integration. But, there has been no method for assessing the sensory, motor, and CNS integration function quantitatively. CDP is a tool for assessing the balance function quantitatively under a variety of tasks. METHODS: To assess the balance using CDP, I studied equilibrium score(ES) of SOT and weight symmetry, latency, and adaptation seems of MCT in 112 Korean healthy population. Arbitarily I divided the population into two groups, under 60 years and over 60 years of age. In SOT, I studied the contribution of each sense to maintaining equilibrium when other senses were either absent or provided with inaccurate information. MCT provoked autonomic postural reactions through a series of sudden anterior and posterior support surface translations. In MCT, I studied latencies in sudden translation of fact plate. RESULTS: The study group was 112 Korean healthy population with a mean age of 47 +/- 26 years. In SOT, the range of median equilibrium seems were from 68 to 93 under 60 years group, 58 to 91 over 60 years group. In MCT, during sudden anterior and posterior pertubation, weight symmetries were 101 +/- 24.8 under 60 years group and 104 + 30. 1 over 60 years group. Median latencies were 116 to 141msec under 60 years, 127 to 130msec over 60 down test of MCT the mean adaptation scores were 60 years. 64 to 75 and 48 to 73 over 60 years, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study could be a baseline control data in sensory, motor, and CNS integration function of balance in dizziness patient using CDP.
Cytidine Diphosphate ; Dizziness ; Humans ; Posture* ; Reference Values ; Translations

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Anxiety* ; Depression* ; Humans ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Kidney* ; Renal Dialysis*

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Gastric Emptying* ; Pancreaticoduodenectomy*