1.Favus Diagnosed in Siblings in 1979.
Ki Hong KIM ; Yong Jun BANG ; Jae Bok JUN ; Hyojin KIM
Korean Journal of Medical Mycology 2017;22(4):178-181
Favus is a chronic dermatophyte infection of the scalp presented by thick yellow crusts within the hair follicles which leads to scarring alopecia. Favus is associated with poor hygiene and malnutrition so that it is seen almost exclusively in Africa, the Middle East and parts of South America with abruptly decreased incidence nowadays. The last report referring favus was published in 1996 in Korea, which might have historical significance. Herein, we report favus diagnosed in siblings in 1979.
Africa
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Alopecia
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Arthrodermataceae
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Cicatrix
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Hair Follicle
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Humans
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Hygiene
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Incidence
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Korea
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Malnutrition
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Middle East
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Scalp
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Siblings*
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South America
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Tinea Favosa*
2.Sister chromatid exchange induced by diethylstilbestrol in lymphocytes from pregnant, premenopausal & postmenopausal women.
Hyun Ju BANG ; Hyun Mi PARK ; Young Deug CHOI ; Heung Gon KIM ; Ki Suk KIM
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1992;35(7):1018-1024
No abstract available.
Diethylstilbestrol*
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Female
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Humans
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Lymphocytes*
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Siblings*
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Sister Chromatid Exchange*
3.Influence of Acute or Subacute Attack on Peripapillary Atrophy in Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma.
Sung Jin KIM ; Ki Bang UHM ; Chul HONG
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2001;42(10):1415-1420
PURPOSE: To determine whether acute or subacute attack influences the peripapillary atrophy in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG). METHODS: Thirty-three eyes with PACG that had an acute or subacute attack (symptomatic PACG group) and 30 eyes with chronic PACG that had no attack (asymptomatic chronic PACG group) were studied. The rim/disc area ratio were matched in both groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the age, sex, refractive error, optic disc area, and visual field mean deviation between the two groups. RESULTS: Nineteen of 33 eyes (57.6%) with symptomatic PACG group and 20 of 30 eyes (66.7%) with asymptomatic chronic PACG group had zone beta. The mean zone beta/disc area ratio was 0.31 in symptomatic PACG group and was 0.52 in asymptomatic chronic PACG group. There were no statistically significant differences regarding the prevalence of zone beta (P=0.63) and the zone beta/disc area ratio (P=0.09) between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that the peripapillary atrophy in PACG is almost independent of acute or subacute attack.
Atrophy*
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Glaucoma, Angle-Closure*
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Humans
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Prevalence
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Refractive Errors
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Visual Fields
4.Reproducibility of Optic Disc Measurements with Computer Graphic Program.
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1995;36(9):1548-1554
Computerized image analysis of simultaneous stereoscopic videographic images has been used to study structural parameters of the optic nerv head. Although these instruments are of great interest as research tools, the current economic climate and the great cost make their utility for the average ophthalmologist unlikely. Seventy unselected optic nerve heads of 44 normal subjects(22 men, 22 women, mean age 45.8) were evaluated by magnification-corrected morphometry of optic disc photographs. The radius and angle were measured by a computer graphic program(Adobe Photoshop(TM)). The mean disc area(2.48 +/- 0.46 mm2), the mean cup area(0.59 +/- 0.25mm2), and the mean rim area(1.90 +/- 0.35mm2) were evaluated. The coefficients of variation of intraobserver determination were as follows: vertical disc diameter 0.92%. horizontal disc diameter 1.40%, vertical cup diameter 3.64, horizontal cup diameter 3.14%, disc area 1.33%, cup area 3.28%, and neuroretinal rim area 1.82%. The median interobserver percentage differences were as follows: vertical disc diameter 0.80%, horizontal disc diameter 0.83%. vertical cup diameter 3.75%, horizontal cup diameter 1.59%, disc area 1.57%. cup area 3.03%, and neuroretinal rim area 2.53%. While it is similar to the method of measuring the manual planimetry. the measuring of optic nerve head can be done directly on the monitor of personal computer by scanning the photograph. This method of measurement can be used clinically since it has a high reproducibility.
Climate
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Computer Graphics*
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Female
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Head
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Humans
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Male
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Microcomputers
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Optic Disk
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Radius
5.Long-term effects of HLA matching on graft survivals in cyclosporine treated living kidney transplants.
Young Suk YOON ; Byung Ki BANG ; Won Il KIM ; Yong Bok KOH
The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation 1993;7(1):129-139
No abstract available.
Cyclosporine*
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Graft Survival*
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Kidney*
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Transplants*
6.Treatment of Erythrodermic Psoriasis with Etretinate.
Bang Soon KIM ; Ki Shik SHIN ; Jai Il YOUN ; Yoo Shin LEE
Annals of Dermatology 1991;3(2):107-111
We have investigated the clinical response of 12 patients with erythrodermic psoriasis to therapy with etretinate. Initial dosage of etretinate was 20-60mg/day. The time for complete disappearance of scales averaged 19.9 days. In 10 of 12 patients(83.3%) satisfactory results were obtained after 2 to 11 months of treatment. Cheilitis was the most common side effect. Three patients had mild elevation of blood lipids, which was corrected by dose reduction. Remission period, of ten patients who showed good result, averaged 4.2 months.
Acitretin*
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Cheilitis
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Etretinate*
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Humans
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Psoriasis*
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Weights and Measures
7.Retinal Vessel Diameter: 2. Its Correlation with Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Damage.
Ji Taek KIM ; Ki Bang UHM ; Chul HONG
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1998;39(7):1485-1493
Generalized narrowing of the retinal vessels has been recognized for glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous optic neuropathies. To evaluate how closely peripapillary retinal vessel diameters were related to functional and structural optic nerve damage in primary open-angle glaucoma, the data of the vessel diameters were correlated with intra- and peripapillary morphometric parameters and visual field indices. The diameters of the superior temporal and inferior temporal retinal artery and vein were measured at the opticdisc border from optic disc photographs of 234 eyes of 141 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and 139 eyes of 86 normal subjects. Only one eye per patient and subject was taken for statistical analysis. The diameters of the inferior temporal and superior temporal retinal artery were significantly correlated with the intrapapillary parameters, the peripapillary parameters and the visual field indices. The correlation coefficients were highest for the neuroretinal rim data (r>0.37, p=0.0001), followed by mean deviation, vertical cup to disc ratios, whereas total peripapillary atrophy data, zone beta and zone alpha data were relatively low. Concerning the vessel diameter, the highest correlation coefficients were calculated for the inferior temporal artery, followed by the superior temporal artery. No correlation was found with age and refraction. The results indicate that, in primary open-angle glaucoma, the vessel diameter redduces with decreasing area of the neuroretinal rim, increasing visual field defects and increasing peripapillary atrophy. Its evaluation can be helpful for the diagnosis of glaucoma and possibly also for follow-up.
Atrophy
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Diagnosis
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Glaucoma
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Glaucoma, Open-Angle
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Humans
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Optic Nerve Diseases
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Optic Nerve*
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Retinal Artery
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Retinal Vessels*
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Retinaldehyde*
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Temporal Arteries
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Veins
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Visual Fields
9.Characteristics of Pain Threshold and Pain Experience in Elderly Patients with Dementia.
Hyeon Cheol BANG ; Ki Chang PARK ; Min Hyuk KIM ; Yeong Bok LEE ; Hyun Jean ROH
Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 2013;21(2):140-146
OBJECTIVES: We compared the characteristics of the pain threshold and pain experience between demented group and non-demented group. METHODS: This study was part of Gangwon projects for early detection of dementia in 2010. We recruited 8302 local resident ages over 65 years old. Of theses, 1259 people who scored low MMSE were selected and 365 of them completed CERAD-K(Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease). Finally, 90 in non-demented group and 57 in demented group(mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease) were analyzed. Pain threshold was experimentally measured by pressure algometer and we investigated the pain experience, by Brief pain inventory (BPI), a self-report test. RESULTS: In the demographic characteristics, there are more female, higher ages, lower education in the demented group. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the pain threshold. On the BPI results, 'shoulder pain', 'the number of pain' and 'interference of working' were significantly more prevalent in non-demented group. However, there are no significant differences between the groups in the 'pain severity', 'prevalence of pain' and 'pain treatment'. CONCLUSIONS: Demented group report less pain experience but, still perceived pain. It support previous studies that patient with dementia have increased pain tolerance but preserved pain threshold. Thus, active pain assessment and treatment for patients with dementia is needed.
Aged*
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Dementia*
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Education
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Female
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Gangwon-do
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Humans
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Pain Measurement
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Pain Threshold*
10.Clinical Studies on 40 Cases of Postpartum Heart Failure.
Jong Seung KIM ; Won Jae CHO ; Young Ki SHIN ; Bang Hyun LIU
Korean Circulation Journal 1971;1(2):35-42
Fourty cases of postpartum heart failure occuring in Korean women in the Dept. of Int. Med., Pusan University Hospital are reported, with and analysis of clinical data including frequency, age, time of onset, clinical features, hemoglobin, liver function, electrocardiographic and chest X-ray findings. The following results were obtained. 1. The cases were mostly found in 20-29 years age group, 50% of the total cases. 2. Eighteen cases of fourty patients experienced the symptoms during the 2nd week after delivery and 12 cases complained the symptoms during 4th week. 3. Only six cases noted onset of heart disease following the 4th pregnancy, whereas sixteen patients experienced this phenomenon after the first gestation, eight patients after the 2nd gestation and ten patients after the 3rd pregnancy. 4. At the admission the patients were suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, exertional dyspnea and generalized edema. Physical findings revealed cardiomegaly, gallop rhythm, edema, pulmonary fine rales and systolic murmur in frequency. 5. Electrocardiograms were available at the time of presentation in thirty patients. Twenty four patients had left ventricular hypertrophy, 18 patients sinus tachycardia, 3 patients lower voltage. 6. The chest X-ray film showed the cardiomegaly in 15 cases, 83.3% of the obtained 18 cases, 12 cases pulmonary edema, 3 cases pericardial effusion. 7. The venous pressure was measured in 15 patients. In 5 cases the venous pressure was normal and in 10 increased above 150mmH2O. 8. With prompt treatment by rest, salt restriction, diuretics and digoxin the clinical symptoms improved in 31 cases but 9 patients died at the admission.
Busan
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Cardiomegaly
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Digoxin
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Diuretics
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Dyspnea
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Edema
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Electrocardiography
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Female
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Heart Diseases
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Heart Failure*
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Heart*
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Humans
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
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Liver
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Pericardial Effusion
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Postpartum Period*
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Pregnancy
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Pulmonary Edema
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Respiratory Sounds
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Systolic Murmurs
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Tachycardia, Sinus
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Thorax
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Venous Pressure
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X-Ray Film