No abstract available.
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital* ; Adrenogenital Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Laryngectomy* ; Rehabilitation* ; Voice*

No abstract available.
Fever* ; Mucous Membrane* ; Tongue*

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate luteinizing hormone(LH) in patients with infertility and recurrent spontaneous abortion. MATERIAL AND METHOD: LH was tested by solid phase immunoradiometric assay based on monoclonal and polyclonal anti-LH antibodies. RESULTS: Of 100 infertile patients, the number of less than 5 mIU/ml, 5~10 mIU/ml, greater than 10 mIU/ml in LH level was 67(67%), 22(22%), 11(11%), respectively. Of 100 patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion, the number of less than 5 mIU/ml, 5~10 mIU/ml, greater than 10 mIU/ml in LH level was 79(79%), 18(18%), 3(3%), respectively. There was a significant difference between patients with infertility and recurrent spontaneous abortion only in the group with LH level greater than 10 mIU/ml(p=0.325). CONCLUSIONS: High LH in the follicular phase is known to decrease pregnancy rate and increase abortion rate. But in this study the incidence of high LH in patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion was low. On the contrary, there was a significant increase of LH in infertile patients. So recurrent spontaneous abortion does not seem to be related to high LH level.
Abortion, Induced ; Abortion, Spontaneous* ; Antibodies ; Female ; Follicular Phase ; Humans ; Immunoradiometric Assay ; Incidence ; Infertility* ; Lutein* ; Luteinizing Hormone* ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Rate

OBJECTIVE: To report the efficacy of vaginally administered bromocriptine. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: The prolactin level was significantly decreased after the administration of bromocriptine vaginally. CONCLUSIONS: The vaginal administration of bromocriptine can be an alternative to oral administration in patients with hyperprolactinemia who show severe side effects.
Administration, Intravaginal ; Administration, Oral ; Bromocriptine* ; Humans ; Hyperprolactinemia* ; Prolactin

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Child* ; Humans ; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic*

The authors perforrned the posterior tibial somatosensory evoked potentials(PTSEP) on 37 patients who had typical symptoms and signs of thoracic myelopathy to evaluat the value of the PTSEP in diagnosing and differentiating among the thoracic lesions The result showed the abnormal PTSEP features which were suggestive of thoraci myelopathy in 33 of 37(89.2%). The most frequent abnormalities were the prolonged central conduction(59.5%), which were either the only one(40.6%) or combined with poor wave formation (18.9%). The second comrnon abnorrnal PTSEP findings were the decreased P1 amplitude relative to TN1 amplitude with hanng nonnal value of TN1-P1 interwave latencies (29.7%). When we divided those 37 subjects into the demyelinating (N =19) and the non-demyelinating group(N=18), the prolonged TN1-P1 interwave latencies were more prominent in the demyelinating(68.4%) than in the non-demyelinating group (50.0%). In contrast, the only relative reduction of P1 amplitude with normal central conduction was more marked in the non-demyelinating(38.9%) than in the demyelinating group(21.1%). However, both of them did not show statistical significances (p<0.254, p<0.235, respectively). The PTSEP methods were found superior to spine MRI in sensitivity in the demyeli nating group, as the PTSEP revealed abnormal findings in 12 subjects with normaI spine MRI. Therefor it is concluded that the PTSEP studies would be helpful in diagnosing the thoracic lesions, especially in patients with the demyelinating lesions. However. Those pararnmters of the prolonged central conduction(TNl-P1) or the relative amplitude redu ction of cortical patentials(P1) were not significant in differentiating the demyelinating from the non-demyelinating lesions.
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory* ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Spinal Cord Diseases* ; Spine

Fox-Fordyce disease is a chronic pruritic papular eiruption, usually appearing in women and presenting a strict localization to the areas bearing apocrine sweat glands. More than 90g, of the cases were seen in women, the majority being in the age group of 13 to 35 years. The present report deals with unusual case of 14-year-old boy who developed Fox-Fordyce disease 6 years ago. To our knowledge, it is extremely rare case in Korea.
Adolescent ; Female ; Fox-Fordyce Disease* ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Sweat Glands

PURPOSE: Fat embolism syndrome is caused by traumatic and nontraumatic conditions, and most commonly associated with fractures of long bones of the lower extremity. Clinical manifestation of the fat embolism syndrome occurs in a minority of patients with fat emboli. The incidence of fat emboilsm has been reported 5-10%. The pulmonary symptoms of fat embolism are clinically important but hard to diagnose, so treatment was often delayed. The purpose of this study is to search for the development of fat embolism after long bone fracture of rabbit, and to demonstrate pulmonary fat embolism by high resolution computerized tomograhy (HRCT) and pathologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twelve rabbits (Newzealand, 2.5-3 Kg) were divided into 2, 24, 72 hours and control groups after closed tibiofibular fracture. The presence of involvement was classified by high resolution computerized tomography with ground glass opacity, consolidation and focal hyperlucency. The extent was measured by 10% grading scale. Gross inspection, histologic examination and histochemistry (Oil red 0) were performed in removed lungs. RESULTS: Ground glass opacity was found in 100% of test subjects, consolidation was found in 89%, bronchovascular bundle thickening was found in 78% and focal hyperlucency was found in 33%. Fat embolism was developed in all groups with the 24-hour group showing maximal changes. Microscopically the vessel was occluded with fat globule which was stained with Oil red 0 stain. CONCLUSIONS: The abnormal density lesion on HRCT was correlated with pathologic finding and was induced by fat emboli after long bone fracture of the rabbit
Embolism, Fat* ; Fractures, Bone* ; Glass ; Humans ; Incidence ; Lower Extremity ; Lung ; Pathology ; Rabbits

No Abstract Available.
Rupture* ; Tendons*