1.The Roles of IgG and Albumin as a Predictor of Frequent Relapse in Nephrotic Syndrome.
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1994;37(9):1245-1250
The etiology of nephrotic syndrome in unknown. The characterization were proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, generalized edema and hyperlipidemia. To assess the recurrence factors in the nephrotic syncrome, we measured serum immunoglobulin (IgG, IgA, IgM), albumin, complement, cholesterol and the 24-hour total urine protein at the initial relapse of nephrotic syndrome. Each data of frequent and infrequent relapsed nephrotic syndrome were compared. In total 67 cases, 18 cases were frequent relapsers and 26 cases were infrequent relapsers and 23 cases were normal control without renal disease. The levels of IgG and albumin in frequent relapser were 304 mg/dl and 1.59 g/dl as compared with 440 mg/dl and 2.06 g/dl in infrequent relapsers. The levels of IgG and albumin were signifecantly lower in frequent relapser than infrequent relapsers (p<0.05). This study might be useful to predict that very low levels of IgG and albumin at the first relapse might be related to high risk chances of frequent relapse in children with nephorotic syncrome.
Child
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Cholesterol
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Complement System Proteins
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Edema
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Humans
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Hyperlipidemias
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Hypoalbuminemia
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Immunoglobulin A
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Immunoglobulin G*
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Immunoglobulins
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Nephrotic Syndrome*
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Proteinuria
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Recurrence*
4.A Case of Multicystic Renal Dysplasia with Chromosomal Abnormality.
Myung Jae LEE ; Soon In JUNG ; Jae Hyung NA ; Jae Hong KIM ; Jong Jae JUNG
Korean Journal of Perinatology 1999;10(1):56-60
Holoprosencephaly is a rare and complex malformation affecting the cleavage of the developing forebrain and is usually associated with defects of the mid Face. We have experienced a case of holoprosencephaly, diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound examination at 31 weeks of pregnancy in a 31-year-old primigravida woman. This case is characterized by holoprosencephaly, cleft palate, cleft lip, left renal aplasia and right renal hypertrophy. The chromosomal study showed a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7, 46, XX, del(7)(q32), We report with a terminal deletion of chromosome 7q associated with atypical clinical picture and holoprosencephaly.
Adult
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Arm
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Chromosome Aberrations*
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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
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Cleft Lip
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Cleft Palate
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Female
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Holoprosencephaly
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Humans
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Hypertrophy
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Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney*
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Pregnancy
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Prosencephalon
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Ultrasonography
5.Pregnancy following intra-tubal insemination in a woman who ovulated prior to gamete intra-fallopian transfer(GIFT).
Sang Bok LEE ; Jung Soon PARK ; Jae Seung LEE ; Seung Jae LEE ; Jong Min PARK
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1991;34(5):747-749
No abstract available.
Female
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Humans
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Insemination*
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Pregnancy*
6.Acute Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning: TWO CASES REPORT.
Jong Goo KIM ; Kyung Jong LEE ; Se Wi LEE ; Jae Beom PARK
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000;12(1):148-155
Hydrogen sulfide poisoning is frequently encountered in the workplace. Two workers lost their consciousness in an underground tank at a factory producing paper. The tank contained liquid mixture of used paper, sodium oxygenate chloride(NaOC1), and sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate(NaSO3 5H90). A worker(worker A; 36-year-old man) entered tank to remove sludge. When worker A lost his consciousness, worker B entered the tank to rescue worker A, however he lost consciousness inside the tank. We discuss in detail the clinical features of this condition. Hydrogen sulfide poisonings have occurred in industries involving petroleum refining, the manufacture of heavy water, tanning of hides, vulcanization of rubber, and the manufacture of rayon. And it is necessary to stress the health education for workers and managers in these industries.
Adult
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Consciousness
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Deuterium Oxide
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Health Education
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Humans
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Hydrogen Sulfide*
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Hydrogen*
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Oxygen
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Petroleum
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Poisoning*
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Rescue Work
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Rubber
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Sewage
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Sodium
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Tanning
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Triacetoneamine-N-Oxyl
7.Detection of Hepatitis C Virus by RIA, Recombinant Immunoblot Assay and Nested RT-PCR.
Jae Soo KIM ; Jong Wan KIM ; Yun Tai LEE
Journal of the Korean Society of Virology 2000;30(2):151-159
No Abstract Available.
Hepacivirus*
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Hepatitis C*
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Hepatitis*
8.Fibroadenoma with Formation of Epidermal Cyst: A case report.
Jong Jae JUNG ; Ji Shin LEE ; Seung HYUN
Korean Journal of Pathology 2000;34(7):537-539
Epidermal cyst in the fibroadenoma of the breast is very rare. A 29-year-old woman presented with a lump in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. Clinically it was a fibroadenoma and the excisional specimen showed an encapsulated, firm lobulated lesion with a cystic area on cut surface. The cystic area showed squamous metaplasia of the ductal epithelium and keratinous cyst formation in the fibroadenoma. We report this unusual case with review of literatures.
Adult
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Breast
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Epidermal Cyst*
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Epithelium
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Female
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Fibroadenoma*
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Humans
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Metaplasia
9.Prevalence of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum in non-HIV patients in Jeollanam-do, Korea.
Jong Kyu LEE ; Hyeon Je SONG ; Jae Ran YU
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2005;43(3):111-114
The present study investigated the prevalence rate of Cryptosporidium parvum as a cause of diarrhea. We examined 942 stools of unidentified reasons occurring in patients in whom no immunosuppression had been detected. We examined the stools for Cryptosporidium parvum via modified acid-fast staining. The clinical records of all of the positive patients were then analyzed. Nine (1%) of the stools among the 942 diarrheal patients were positive for C. parvum. The positive rate in the males was 1.1% (6/522) and the positive rate of the females was 0.7% (3/420). Age distribution revealed that the highest positive rates were in patients in their sixties, with a positive rate of 2.5% (4/158). In the clinical tests, levels of c-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rates, and neutrophil proportions were normally increased in the peripheral blood, whereas the lymphocyte proportion exhibited a tendency towards decrease. The pathological findings were compatible with an inflammatory reaction in the host.
Adult
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Aged
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Animals
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Child, Preschool
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Cryptosporidiosis/*epidemiology/immunology
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*Cryptosporidium/isolation & purification
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Cryptosporidium parvum/isolation & purification
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Diarrhea/*epidemiology/immunology/parasitology
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Feces/parasitology
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Female
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HIV Seronegativity
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Humans
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Immunocompetence
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Korea/epidemiology
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Lymphocyte Count
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Prevalence
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Staining and Labeling
10.Comparison of Weighted Needle Pinprick Sensory Thresholds and Sensory Nerve Conduction Studies in Diabetic Patients.
Jae Kwan YOO ; Seong Ah KIM ; Jong Young LEE
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine 1995;28(4):899-910
This study was conducted to determine the correlation between weighted needle pinprick sensory threshold(PPT) and sensory nerve conduction tests. The subjects were 53 healthy controls, 31 diabetic patients without peripheral neuropathic symptoms(DM) and 36 diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathic symptoms(DN). PPT was measured on the index and little fingers, bilaterally, as well as under the lateral malleolus, bilaterally. In electrophysiologic assessment the left and right median, ulnar and sural nerves were studied. Each mean PPTs was high in order of controls, DM and DN. Age adjusted PPT was significantly different among three groups on right little finger(p<0.05) and left malleolus(p<(0.05), but not significantly different between DN and DM on other sites. Each sensory nerve conduction velocity and amplitude was statistically significantly different among three groups(p<0.05). Correlations of PPT with sensory nerve conduction velocity and amplitude were statistically significant on each site and ranged from -0.4203(left malleolus) to -0.5649(right index finger) and from -0.3897(left index finger) to -0.6200(right index finger), respectively. When electrophysiological study is not feasible, measurement of PPT may be helpful for the assessment of peripheral sensory neurological function.
Fingers
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Humans
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Needles*
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Neural Conduction*
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Sensory Thresholds*
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Sural Nerve