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Anxiety Disorders* ; Anxiety* ; Humans ; Lymphocyte Subsets* ; Lymphocytes*

Fibronectin(FN) is a major component of the extracellular matrix and is able to bind to cells and other components of the matrix. Although the cell producing the largest amounts of fibronectin is fibroblast, the pro duct,ion on FN also has been described in cultured keratinocyt,e and epithelial tumor cells of basal cell carcinoma(BCC). Recently, functional role nf FN in relation to biologic behavior of BCC and squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) is open to speculation. The authors investigated the localization of FN in the lesional skin of 5 cases of BCC, 4 of SCC, 5 of psoriasis and 5 normal skin using direct immunofluorescence technique with antifibronectin antibody to find out the production of FN in keratinocytes and tumor cells. 1. In the skin of BCC, FN was presented in a thick, linear depositions along the margin of tumor lobules in all cases, and as fillamentous deposits or scattered points in the nest of tumor cells in 3 cases. 2. In the skin of SCC, FN was presented in a thin, coarse depositions around the margin of tumor but not presented within the tumor nest in all cases. R. In psoriasis, FN was observed in horney layer and upper part of epidermis. It was presented more abundantly in dermo-epidermal junction, papillary and reticular dermis than in normal skin. 4. In normal skin, FN was absent in the epidermis but presented in dermo-epidermal junction and blood vessel wall of upper dermis, the amount of FN was decreased from papillary to lower dermis.
Blood Vessels ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Dermis ; Epidermis ; Extracellular Matrix ; Fibroblasts ; Fibronectins* ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct ; Keratinocytes ; Psoriasis* ; Skin*

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Kidney Transplantation*

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Kidney Transplantation*

The concentration of serum triglyceride values were studied at department of pediatrics, Chungnam National University Hospital. With the total 742 cases, among them 462 boys and 280 girls who were at the age of 2 months through 15 years old. Serum triglycerde values were measured to determine the distribution of values and evaluated on the basis of sex, age, height and weight percentile. The following results were obtained: 1) The mean value of the serum triglycerides were 88.11+/-35.76 mg/dl in boys and 94.82+/-34.56 mg/dl in girls. 2) In distribution of trglyceride level by percentile, the value of 90th percentile was 136 mg/dl. 3) The values of the serum triglyceride from 6 to 11 year old age group were significant low values in boys and girls.
Adolescent ; Child* ; Chungcheongnam-do ; Female ; Humans ; Pediatrics ; Triglycerides*

Darier's disease is a congenital dyskeratosis and is as an autosomal dominant reait but a case with a family history is relatively rare and only 2 such cases have been reported in Korea. We present typical Darier's disease occuring in a mother and her 2 daughters. A 45 year-old female has shown muitiple, confluent, dirty verrucous keratotic papules on the seborrheic area and whitish papules on the sotf palate since the age of 7 year-ole. Histologically there, are corps ronds, grains and suprabssal lacunae in the epidermis.
Edible Grain ; Darier Disease* ; Epidermis ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Middle Aged ; Mothers ; Nuclear Family ; Palate

Fibronectin(FN) is a physiologic glycoprotein presenton cell surface and in connective tissue, extracellular matrix and plasma. Increased plasma FN levels have been reported in the patients with psoriasis, connective tissue disease, internal malignancy, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. The author investigated the plasma FN levels in 30 patients (males 13, female 17) with psoriasis and 23 healthy subjects (male 13, female 10) by gelatin sepharose 4B affinity chromatography and Laurells rocket immunoelectrophoresis method. The results were as follows : Plasrna JN levels were 450.4+/-80.3pg/ml in the patients with psoriasis and 334.0-51.3pg/ml in healthy subjects. There was no relationship between age graups and sex. Plasrna FN levels in the patients with psoriasis were higher than those of healthy subjects(p<0.001). There was no relationship between the levels of plasma FN and clinical severity of psoriasis.
Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Chromatography, Affinity ; Connective Tissue ; Connective Tissue Diseases ; Extracellular Matrix ; Female ; Fibronectins* ; Gelatin ; Glycoproteins ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Plasma* ; Psoriasis* ; Sepharose

Fifty seven consecutive trochanteric hip fracture treated with Smith-Petersen nail and Thornton plate who were treated at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Marys Hospital Catholic Medical College, during the period of January 1969 to September 1975 were reviewed. This covered a period of six years and nine months. Of the fifty seven cases treated with this method, only thirty four cases were able to be analysed completely. Of these thirty four cases, in two cases the nail penetrated to the hip joint, four cases showed a loosening bolt of the S-P nail, one case involved a delayed union and three cases resulted in malunion, showing a total failure rate of 29.4%. In addition, four cases of intertrochanteric hip fractures of children were reviewed. 1) The sex ratio was 2.1:1 (male to female). Those in their fifth decade showed the highest incidence at 26.3%, next came those in their third decade. 2) The most common cause of the trochanteric hip fractures was traffic accidents (57.9%), other cause were slipping or falling down, direct trauma and pathological fractures. 3) The ratio of left trochanteric hip fractures to right was 7:6. 4) In the group which received external immobilization with Buck's extension skin traction and delayed weight bearing method, the results were better than that group to which external immobilization was not applied and early weight bearing was allowed. 5) The group which received the external immobilization and delayed weight bearing method showed a total failure rate of 21.8% 6) The group to which external immobilization was not applied and early weight bearing was allowed a total failure rate of 64%.
Accidental Falls ; Accidents, Traffic ; Child ; Clinical Study ; Femur ; Fractures, Spontaneous ; Hip ; Hip Fractures ; Hip Joint ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Incidence ; Methods ; Orthopedics ; Sex Ratio ; Skin ; Traction ; Weight-Bearing

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Drug Therapy*