No abstract available.
Drug Therapy* ; Germ Cells* ; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal*

To assess the efficacy of amiodarone on chronic atral fibrillation(AF) and to evaluate the relation between the ability to convert AF to sinus rhythm (SR) with amiodarone therapy and left atrial(LA) size and atrial fibrillatory wave forms, 22 patients with AF, aged 40 to 60 years(mean 47.5 years), were studied. Nine patients(40.9%) had mitral valvaular heart disease, 6(27.3%) hypertension, 5(18.2%) lone AF and 2 (9.1%) cadiomyopathy. Amiodarone therapy with either 600mg for 1 week, 200mg for 4 weeks in 5 consecutive patients, or 800mg for 1 week, 400mg for 4 weeks and 200mg for 6 weeks in 17 patients, converted AF to SR in 9(40.9%) patients 3 to 6 weeks after amiodarone was started on. In either group, patients who achieved conversion had smaller LA size(mean 43.7mm) than those who failed conversion(mean50.2mm)(P<0.05). Those who had LA size less than 45mm achieved conversion of AF to SR in 70%, comparing to 16.7% in patients with LA size more than 46mm(P<0.05). Among patients who achieved conversion, LA size was less than 46mm in 77.8% comparing to 23.1% in patients who failed conversion on Amiodarone. Those with coarse AF(46.2mm), althogh the difference was not significant statistically. There was no converstion in patients with LA size greater then 58mm and in patients with coarse AF who concomittantly had MVD. These findings suggest that the efficacy of amiodarone was related to LA size, and to the atrial fibrillation wave form in patients with mitral valvular heart disease.
Amiodarone* ; Atrial Fibrillation* ; Heart Diseases ; Heart Valve Diseases ; Humans ; Hypertension

Tardive dyskinesia(TD) is a serious side effect of long-term treatment with neuroleptic medications. To investigate if glutamatergic hyperfunction is associated with TD, effect of MK-801 on the prevention and treatment of TD was studied using a rat model, i.e., vacuous chewing movements(VCM). When comparing VCM scores of Group I(haldol decanoate+MK-801) with that of Group II(hadol decanoate+phosphate buffer saline), late measured VCM scores of former were significantly lower than that of latter, meaning that MK-801 is effective in the prevention of VCM. Furthermore, when MK-801 is also effective in the treatment of VCM. From the above results, it is suggested that glutamatergic hyperfunction might be involved in the development of TD and MK801 could be effective in the prevention and treatment of it.
Dizocilpine Maleate* ; Mastication ; Models, Animal ; Movement Disorders*

No abstract available.
Gestational Age* ; Humans ; Infant*

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Curettage* ; Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic*

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The reservoir hosts of Thelazia callipaeda were examined. The eyes of the 76 dogs raised at farm, 78 military dogs (shepherds), 96 cattle, and 105 pigs were investigated for the presence of eyeworm. Among them, six worms of T. callipaeda were collected from two dogs raised at farm (2.7%), and 188 worms from 26 shepherds (33.5%). No worms were recovered from the cattle or pigs. These results suggest that the dogs, especially the military dogs are serving as a reservoir host of T. callipaeda. in Korea.
Animals ; Cattle ; Disease Reservoirs/*veterinary ; Dog Diseases/epidemiology/*parasitology ; Dogs ; Eye/parasitology ; Female ; *Host-Parasite Interactions ; Korea/epidemiology ; Male ; Prevalence ; Spirurida Infections/epidemiology/parasitology/*veterinary ; Swine ; Thelazioidea/*isolation & purification

PURPOSE: We examined the changes in background and characteristics in freshmen in graduate medical school from 2009 to 2011. METHODS: We analyzed the responses to a self-questionnaire which were about sex, age, graduation, major, religion and etc. The data were analyzed by t-test, chi-square test. RESULTS: The freshman population in 2009 and 2011 year was 44% and 58.4% male, and 56% and 41.6% female; had a mean age of 27.3 and 27.4; 41.6% and 32.0% Christian, 33.6% and 47.2% atheist, 76.0% and 68.8% graduates; and 48.0% and 50.4% in the capital region, respectively. With regard to future career, 43.2% and 43.2% of freshmen responded clinical professor, 29.6% and 27.2% private clinics, 8.0% and 13.6% medical researcher, 8.8% and 6.4% public officer, 6.4% and 3.2% basic science faculty, and 4.0% and 6.4% others. With regard to future majors, 20.0% and 20.0% answered internal medicine, 11.2% and 8.0% psychiatrics, 8.8% and 8.8% general surgery, 8.0% and 8.8% pediatrics, 4.8% and 4.8% chest surgery, 33.6% and 36.0% others, and 13.6% and 13.6% undecided, respectively. CONCLUSION: The populations of males, atheists, graduation candidate, and medical researchers increased, those of females, Christian, and those born in Gwangju and Jeonnam decreased, and those of mean age, future careers and majors, birth place in the capital region were unchanged.
Female ; Humans ; Hypogonadism ; Internal Medicine ; Male ; Mitochondrial Diseases ; Ophthalmoplegia ; Pediatrics ; Population Characteristics ; Residence Characteristics ; Schools, Medical ; Thorax

No abstract available.
Coronary Vessels* ; Pulmonary Artery*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Measles*