BACKGROUND: In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE), LE-specific cutaneous lesions include malar rashes, widespread/morbilliform erythema, oral ulcer and bullous lesions. OBJECTIVE: Clinical observations were carried out to define cutaneous features of morbilliform erythema and to see possible relevancy of this erythema to disease activity of SLE. METHODS: Examinations were performed on 7 SLE patients with morbilliform erythema regarding the distribution and course of the cutaneous lesions; some SLE-activity related hematologic/immunologic data taken during/around the time of this skin disease were also assessed in each patient. RESULTS: In most of those patients with morbilliform erythema, which covered the trunk and extremities, the skin lesions lasted for about 2 weeks until their disappearance. At or around the time of suffering from this skin disease of acute eutaneous LE, activities of systemic disease were recognized as "in a state of flare-up or aggravation" with hypocomplementemia and high titers of anti-nDNA autoantibodies. CONCLUSION: As with malar rashes, morbilliform erythema of acute cutaneous LE seems to develop more frequently at the time of severe systemic involvement of immunopathological processes of SLE.
Autoantibodies ; Blister ; Erythema* ; Exanthema ; Extremities ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Oral Ulcer ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

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Immunocompromised Host* ; Kluyvera* ; Sepsis*

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Bilirubin* ; Brain Stem* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Kernicterus*

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Genes, myc* ; Neuroblastoma* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction*

PURPOSE: Seizures arising from the frontal area are the second most common type of partial seizure disorder. As many of them showes various clinical manifestations, they are often misdiagnosed in children. This studies was performed to correlate clinical characteristics of children with electroencephalographic abnormal findings in the frontal area. METHODS: The clinical manifestations were analysed in 81 children with seizures showing interictal paroxysmal activities on scalp electroencephalography at frontal lobe area. This clinical manifestation involves type of seizure, frequency and duration of seizure, mental retardation, speech and motor development as well as medication. RESULTS: The abnormal electrical activities of frontal lobe were classified to spike or sharp waves in 56 cases, spike and waves in 16 cases, slow waves in 9 cases. 34 children had generalized tonic clonic seizures, 19 had partial seizure disorders, 8 had absence seizures, and 6 had atonic seizures, 12 had generalized tonic seizures, 2 had myoclonic seizures. Accompanying developmental disorders were mental retardation in 20 cases, speech delay in 27 cases, motor delay in 11 cases. Polytherapy is more common in children with specific etiology and absence seizure. CONCLUSION: Epileptic children with frontal paroxysmal activities in their EEG clinically manifestes partial and generalized seizure, and speech delay is the most frequent in developmental delay. Patents with frontal lobe epilepsy manifest various unpredictable clinical features.
Child* ; Electroencephalography ; Epilepsies, Partial ; Epilepsy, Absence ; Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe ; Frontal Lobe ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability ; Language Development Disorders ; Scalp ; Seizures

In 2008, Korea has enacted new ordinances about the role of estheticians, but this law can be interpreted ambiguously, restricting hiring of estheticians in medical clinics. The purpose of the study is to obtain information about medical-esthetic systems in other countries. We have taken a survey of this object from 30 OECD & Asian countries, and the questionnaires returned from a total of 22 countries (Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Israel, and Thailand), were used for the final analysis. The results are summarized as follows. In most countries, estheticians working independently deal with only healthy, normal skin. In most countries, estheticians working independently have no right to operate any medical instruments. In all 17 countries that returned the questionnaires medical clinics can employ estheticians, and only theses estheticians who belong to the medical clinics can handle the non-invasive medical instruments under the supervision of doctors. In 17 countries that have related legal regulations, nurses, under the control of doctors, can perform wider range of duties in various settings than estheticians. The survey concludes that the duties of estheticians are closely related with medical skin care services and estheticians can perform various non-invasive medical procedures only under the control of doctors. From consulting a variety of medical-esthetic systems in other countries, we propose that the estheticians be allowed to work in medical clinics to provide better medical services for the patients and to make more chances of employment for themselves.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Austria ; Canada ; Denmark ; Employment ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; Humans ; Hungary ; Israel ; Japan ; Jurisprudence ; Korea ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Norway ; Organization and Administration ; Portugal ; Questionnaires ; Singapore ; Skin ; Skin Care ; Slovakia ; Social Control, Formal ; Spain ; Switzerland ; Turkey ; United States

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Bilirubin* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Kernicterus*

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Eyelids* ; Sarcoidosis* ; Skin