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Histiocytosis*

The myofascial pain syndrome patients usually have characteristic personalities. The purpose of this study is to investigate the psychological characteristics of myofascial pain syndrome patients. We reviewed medical records of fifty-four patients with myofascial pain syndrome for their Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Visual Analogue Scale, and psychological interview notes. On MMPI profile, the patients scored high in hypochondriasis, hysteria and depression scales, which are the triad of neurosis. According to stress factors and occupations, the psychologic responses were different. We have compared the severity of pain according to different life stress and occupations. VAS scores of the student group were higher statistically in the occupation comparison and of the marital problem group were higher in the life stress comparison. It is suggested that psychologic intervention on myofascial pain syndrome patients should be stressed for the management of pain.
Depression ; Humans ; Hypochondriasis ; Hysteria ; Interview, Psychological ; Medical Records ; MMPI ; Myofascial Pain Syndromes* ; Occupations ; Psychology ; Rehabilitation ; Stress, Psychological ; Weights and Measures

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a global action plan for dementia and aimed to have 75% of their member states formulating National Dementia Plans (NDPs) by 2025. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) proposed the ten key objectives of dementia policy in 2015. Among previous studies on NDPs, few studies have investigated measures for proper implementation of NDPs. This study aimed to compare the implementation basis and specific action plans of NDPs between the G7 countries and South Korea. Methods: We investigated the measures for proper implementation of the NDPs of G7 countries and South Korea. To compare the specific policy approaches, the seven action areas of the WHO action plan and the ten key objectives of dementia policy proposed by the OECD were integrated into 11 targets (prevention, diagnosis, awareness, caregiver support, appropriate environments, long-term care, health service, end-of-life care, care coordination, research and technology, information systems). Results: Although most NDPs included specific action plans of the 11 targets, caregiver support, safe environments, healthcare services, and end-of-life care were lacking in some NDPs. For implementation, some countries reinforced the policy priority of their NDPs by timely updates, evaluation, legislations, or head-of-state leadership. However, only three countries had a legislative basis, and three countries included outcome measures in their latest NDP. Conclusion Effective measures for feasible implementation are needed. The WHO should promote not only the establishment of NDPs, but also their proper implementation.

OBJECTIVE: This study was to investigate the factors that influence the propensity of Koreans in choosing care settings of dementia patients. METHODS: This study analyzed the data from the '2014 Nationwide Survey on Dementia Awareness of Koreans' that was conducted by the National Institute of Dementia. Korean's perception of care burden for dementia was measured with grading on its types. Also its influences on preference for care between facilities and homes were evaluated using multivariate analysis with socio-demographic characteristics. RESULTS: In terms of preferred care settings, respondents preferred facilities over homes in case of themselves and their family, respectively 77.5% and 68.2%. The preference for facilities was significantly influenced by the respondents' age for both themselves and their family. Additionally, the perception of relatively higher emotional and physical burden compared to economic burden significantly influenced preference for facilities for their family. CONCLUSION: Improving public awareness and setting-up a practical social supporting system are needed to reduce emotional and physical burden as well as economic burden of dementia. Furthermore, building up an appropriate and safer communities for dementia patients and their caregivers is much demanded for reducing their burdens.
Caregivers ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Dementia* ; Humans ; Multivariate Analysis

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Animals ; Horns* ; Keratoacanthoma*

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Acneiform Eruptions*

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B), a subtype of autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (ARLGMD), is characterized by a relatively late onset and slow progressive course. LGMD2B is known to be caused by the loss of the dysferlin protein at sarcolemma in muscle fibers. In this study, the clinical and pathological characteristics of Korean LGMD2B patients were investigated. Seventeen patients with ARLGMD underwent muscle biopsy and the histochemical examination was performed. For the immunocytochemistry, a set of antibodies against dystrophin, alpha, beta, gamma, delta-sarcoglycans, dysferlin, caveolin-3, and beta-dystroglycan was used. Four patients (24%) showed selective loss of immunoreactivity against dysferlin at the sarcolemma on the muscle specimens. Therefore, they were classified into the LGMD2B category. The age at the onset of disease ranged from 9 yr to 33 yr, and none of the patients was wheelchair bound at the neurological examination. The serum creatine kinase (CK) was high in all the patients (4010-5310 IU/L). The pathologic examination showed mild to moderate dystrophic features. These are the first Korean LGMD2B cases with a dysferlin deficiency confirmed by immunocytochemistry. The clinical, pathological, and immunocytochemical findings of the patients with LGMD2B in this study were in accordance with those of other previous reports.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Age of Onset ; Child ; Creatine Kinase/blood ; Disease Progression ; Female ; Human ; Immunohistochemistry ; Korea ; Male ; Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis ; Muscle Proteins/biosynthesis ; Muscles/pathology ; Muscular Dystrophies/*diagnosis/*metabolism ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Time Factors

BACKGROUND: Dystrophin deficient muscular dystrophies (dystrophinopathies) are the most common form of muscular dystrophy with variable clinical phenotypes from the severe Duchenne to the milder Becker forms (DMD/BMD). Dystrophinopathies are X-linked recessive diseases caused by the mutation of the dystrophin gene. Western blot and immunohistochemical staining for dystrophin, and exon deletion analysis by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are important diagnostic tools. We investigated the relationship between the clinical characteristics, immunohistochemistry for dystrophin, and the pattern of exon deletions in patients with dystrophinopathy. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical and laboratory findings of 35 male patients diagnosed as DMD/BMD. Genomic DNA of the 35 patient was analyzed by multiplex PCR using 19 primer sets of dystrophin gene. Immunohistochemistry for dystrophin of muscle biopsy tissue was performed in all cases. RESULTS: The mean age of symptom onset in 35 patients was 4.6 +/- 2.7 years [range, 2-15 years]. Twenty-four of 35 (68.6%) patients showed complete loss (C-, Rod-, N terminal), and 11 of 35 (31.4%) patient showed incomplete loss of dystrophin in immunohistochemistry. Of the 35 patients, 20 had deletions (57%) by multiplex PCR analysis. Sixteen of 20 patients (80%) had exon deletions between exon 45 and 52. CONCLUSIONS: Immunohistochemistry of biopsied muscle specimen is an important diagnostic method for expression and localization of dystrophin. The exon deletion analysis by multiplex PCR using peripheral blood is also a simple and useful test for the diagnosis of dystrophinopathies, although it has limited sensitivity.
Biopsy ; Blotting, Western ; Diagnosis ; DNA ; Dystrophin ; Exons ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Muscular Dystrophies ; Phenotype

Myotonic dystrophy is a muscular disorder characterized by muscle weakness and myotonia. Myotonia manifests with abnormally slow relaxation after strong voluntary contraction of the muscles. In our previous study we reported that quinine sulfate provided therapeutic benefit to myotonia and a home exercise program based on muscle strengthening exercises improved muscle strength. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a multi-therapeutic program in patients with myotonic dystrophy. For six months, seven patients with myotonic dystrophy received heat therapy, were given psychologic intervention using relaxation techniques, were trained at home, and were given quinine sulfate. The changes in muscle strength and relaxation time between the post-six-months home exercise program combined with quinine sulfate therapy, and the post-six months multi-therapeutic program, were assessed from the first dorsal interossei, the elbow flexors, and the knee extensors. The results were as follows: 1) The mean muscle strength of the each of the three muscles after the six months multi-therapeutic program was improved but was not significant compared with the post-six-months home exercise program combined with quinine sulfate therapy. 2) The mean relaxation time of each of the three muscles after the six months multi-therapeutic program was significantly reduced compared with the home exercise program combined with quinine sulfate therapy. In conclusion, the multi-therapeutic program undertaken in this study was the better program for the patients with myotonic dystrophy.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Heat/therapeutic use ; Human ; Male ; Middle Age ; *Muscle Relaxation ; Muscles/*physiopathology ; Myotonic Dystrophy/*physiopathology/*rehabilitation ; Relaxation Techniques ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Time Factors

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Exanthema* ; Humans ; Infant* ; Leukemia* ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute