No abstract available.
Catalase ; Erythrocytes* ; Glutathione Peroxidase ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Superoxide Dismutase

No abstract available.
De Lange Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Female ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic*

The Kniest syndrome is characterized by disproportionate dwarfism and Kyphoscoliosis which may be associated with flat facies with prominent eyes, cleft palate, hearing loss, myopia and limited joint motion. The skeletal abnormalities are recognizable at birth with shortening and deformity of the extremities and stiff joints. Marked lumbar lordosis and kyphoscoliosis develop in childhood, resulting in disproportionate shortening of the trunk. We experienced a case of kniest syndrome, confirmed by clinical features, radiological features, and histological examination of cartilage. A brief review of the related literature is presented.
Animals ; Cartilage ; Cleft Palate ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Dwarfism ; Extremities ; Facies ; Hearing Loss ; Joints ; Lordosis ; Myopia ; Parturition

No abstract available.
Child* ; Humans

BACKGROUND: Smoking increases the risk of respiratory, cardiac diseases and cancer. This study is to ascertain the relationship between passive smoking, the modes of residence, its location and the immunoglobulin values as well as the eosinophil counts in relation to child patients suffering from bronchial or cardiac asthma. METHODS: The research was conducted at a general hospital with cooperation of 242 patients who had been hospitalized 1991 through 1995. We compared the average values of immunoglobulin between the groups of exposed and non-exposed to smoking by T-test. A same work for residential modes was done by T-tests, while the data regarding the residing locality were processed by ANOVA. RESULTS: Each values of TEC, IgE, IgA, and IgM in both groups has been analysed but spelling no significant differences. The group residing in apartments showed lower value of IgM than those of flats. CONCLUSIONS: The reason the IgM value of apartments is lower than that of flats is due to the difference of living quarters. This signifies the modes of residence may as well affect the IgE value.
Asthma ; Child* ; Eosinophils ; Heart Diseases ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin A ; Immunoglobulin E ; Immunoglobulin M ; Immunoglobulins* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Tobacco Smoke Pollution*

No abstract available.
Cervix Uteri* ; Female ; Hysterectomy*

The management of fractures of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia is uncomplicated when the fracture has minimal displacement(type I) or when only anterior one-third or half of the eminence is elevated(type II)(Meyers and Mckeever 1959, 1970). The treatment of complete separation(type III) has been controversial. Many authors however recommended conservative treatment even for the completely separated fracture if the fracture fragment is not rotated. Two cases of non-union of the tibial spine fracture we experienced were; one in type IIl, and the other type II. They were treated conservatively by cast immobilization. One patient had severe anterolateral rotatory.instability and had lateral meniscal tear, and the other had transverse ligament impingement at the fracture gap which interfered the reduction of the fragment and also bony union. Through the clinical experience and the two listed non-union cases, we drafted a therapeutic plan for the avulsed tibial spine fractures. The authors recommend open reduction and internal fixation of the avulsion fracture of the tibial spine in following circumstance; 1) all of the type K complete separation injuries 2) tibial spine fracture with positive Lachman test and soft end point 3) fracture with associated ligament injury. We applied the above surgical indications for 13 cases. The authors reviewed 25 cases of the anterior tibial spine fracture patients treated at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Catholic Unviersity Medical College during the period from October 1982 to August 1986 and the following results were obtained. 1. The cases were classified into 3 different categories according to the Meyers and Mckeever classification; Type I(7 cases, 29%), Type II(10 cases, 40%), Type III(8 cases, 31%). 2. Associated ligament injuries on the same knee were rupture of LCL for 7 cases(28%) and MCL for 6 cases(24%). 3. Twelve out of thirteen open reduction and internal fixation cases had excellentresult in minimum 6 months follow-up period.
Classification ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Knee ; Ligaments ; Rupture ; Spine ; Tears ; Tibia

The effects of Equiseti Herba Water-heating extract on the kidey & liver of rats were studied in 25 male Sprague-Dawley rats evenly divided into five groups, i.e., 5 rats each. The group I, which served as control and the group II, III, IV, were fed 300 mg/kg, 1000 mg/kg of Eqiseti Herba water-heating extract daily for one week, respectively. The group V was fed 1000 mg/kg of Equiseti Herba extract daily for two weeks. The effect of Equiseti Herba on the kidney and liver were determined by the measurements of the serum levels of BUN, creatinine, calcium, phosporus, sodium and potassium, total protein, albumin, transaminase (GOT & GPT) and cholesterol and 24hrs urine volume and GFR(ml/min), as well as by light microscopic and ultrastructural examinations of kidney and light microscopic examinations of liver in rats. The results were as follows; The groups II, III, IV were slightly higher than the control group on serum creatinine and potassium levels, but the group V was declined on serum creatinine and potassium levels, and 24hrs urine volume in spite of increased GFR. Histologically there was no remarkable changes in groups compared with the group I, except mild vacuolization of proximal convoluted tubule in group IV and V. These results suggested that equiseti Herba water-heating extract in rats induced reversible tubular changes on the kidney of rats. But the groups administrated by Equiseti Herba water-heating extract were not significantly higher than the control group on liver function test. Histologically there was no remarkable changes in groups II, III, IV & V compared with the group I.
Animals ; Calcium ; Cholesterol ; Creatinine ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Liver Function Tests ; Liver* ; Male ; Potassium ; Rats* ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Sodium

No abstract available.
Mycobacterium*