No abstract available.
Child* ; Gestational Age* ; Humans ; Insulin Resistance* ; Insulin*

The electrocardiography was performed to the 95 patients(58 male, 37 female) with chronic anemia in Department of Internal Medicine, Busan City Hospital, Busan University Hospital, Busan paik Hospital In-Je Medical College, Busan korea between April 1978 and March 1981. The hemoglobin levels were 4 Gm%-10Gm%, and the symptoms such as dizziness, palpitation, weakness, and appetite loss were continued for 6 months or more. The results were as following: 1. The abnormal electrocardiographic changes were observed in 49 of the 95 chronic anemic patients. 2. Prolonged QTc interval was observed in 12(12.6%) of 95 cases, depressed ST segment in 48(50.5%), inverted T wave in 32(33.7%), LVH in 31(32.6%), low voltage in 5(5.3%), and Rt. B.B.B. in 5(5.3%). 3. In the Hb level of 4.0~5.9Gm% 20% of the total 95 patients revealed prolonged QTc interval, 86.7% depressed ST segment, 40% inverted T wave, 20% LVH, 6.7% Rt. B.B.B., in the Hb level of 6.0~7.9Gm 10.6% prolonged QTc interval, 39.3% depressed St segment, 42.9% inverted T wave, 39.3% LVH, 3.6% low voltage and in the Hb level of 8.0-9.9Gm% 11.5% prolonged QTc interval, 46.1% depressed ST segment, 27% inverted T wave, 32.7% LVH and 7.7% low voltage.
Anemia* ; Appetite ; Busan ; Dizziness ; Electrocardiography* ; Hospitals, Urban ; Humans ; Internal Medicine ; Korea ; Male

No abstract available.
Krukenberg Tumor*

No abstract available.
Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast*

One of the commonest and most serious problems of the injured hand is flexion contractures of the fingers. Such deformities not only functionally impair the digit, but also reduce or restrict the functional capability of the entire hand. We reviewed 150 digits of 73 patients with flexion contractures of the fingers which had been treated at National Medical Center from Jan. 1976 to Dec. 1985. The results were as follows: 1. The duration of flexion contractures which were scattered from 4 months to 17 years and average duration of contracture was 20.6 months. 2. The methods of treatment were Z-plasty, adhesiolysis, capsulotomy, excision of both collateral ligaments, stripping of extensor mechanism and volar plate and release of flexor tendon sheath according to injury mechanism and duration of contracture. 3. The postoperative results showed up 32 (21.3%) excellent, 78 (52%) good, 24 (16%) fair and 16 (10.7%) poor. 4. The postoperative results of burned injury which showed up-8 excellent, 11 good out of 20 cases they are supposed to have satisfactory results. 5. Crushing injury which had intraarticular fracture or comminution show up unsatisfactory results. 6. It seems obvious that the early active motion of interphalangeal joint is important to improve joint function. 7. The arc of motion was retained in a more functional position postoperatively than preoperatively.
Burns ; Clinical Study ; Collateral Ligaments ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Contracture ; Fingers ; Hand ; Humans ; Intra-Articular Fractures ; Joints ; Tendons

The authors reviewed 85 knees in 59 patients(9 males, 50 females) who had preoperative flexion contracture(FC) greater than 20° and taken total knee arthroplasty(TKA) at the Seoul National University Hospital from Jan.1987 to Dec.1992. We reviewed the surgical methods according to preoperative FC, changes of postoperative FC and range of motion, and clinical and radiologic findings. In our series, 48 knees were degenerative arthritis(average FC: 26°), 34 knees, rheumatoid arthritis(average FC: 40°)and 3 knees, others(average FC:28°). The average follow-up period was 2 years(range, 1 to 4(+8) years). Seventy three knees with FC less than 45 (Group I)had been treated with TKA accompanied with adequete soft tissue release, removal of osteophyte and appropriate bone resection. Eleven knees with FC greater than 50° (Group II) had been treated with skin traction followed by TKA. One knee with 65° of FC(Group III)was treated with posterolateral and posteromedial release including tendon lengthening at first, and then TKA in second stage. Preoperative FC was significantly greater in RA group than in DA group. Flexion contracture improved until postoperative 3 years in DA group and improved until postoperative 2 years and slightly deteriorated after then in RA group, but statistically insignificant(p>0.05). There was no difference of FC at postoperative 2 weeks and final follow-up between Group I and II. Range of motion improved until postoperative 2 years in DA group significantly(p < 0.05). In RA group, range of motion improved until postoperative 2 years(p>0.05) and deteriorated after then(p < 0.05). With TKA, range of motion increased significantly in both Group I and II and there was no difference of range of motion between Group I and II at final follow-up. Postoperative HSS score and pain score improved in DA and RA groups significantly, and final HSS score with greater in DA group than RA group(p < 0.05). Preoperative HSS score and pain score of Group I were significantly higher than those of Group II, but final follow-up, there was no difference between two groups. There was no correlation between final FC and HSS score. There was no difference in score of radiolucency between two groups in which final FC was greater and lesser than 10°. We thought that in knees with fixed flexion contracture, successful correction of moderate to severe flexion contracture and satisfactory result of total knee arthroplasty can be achieved by adequate soft tissue release, appropriate bone resection, and/or preoperative management.
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ; Contracture ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Osteophyte ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Seoul ; Skin ; Tenotomy ; Traction

No abstract available.
Cleidocranial Dysplasia

No abstract available.
Autoantibodies* ; Incidence* ; Interferon-gamma*

PURPOSE: This study was designed to identify the possible mechanism of insensitivity of DU145 prostate cancer cells to the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1-mediated growth inhibition. MATERIALS AND METHODS: DU145 cells were treated with 4, 40, 100 pM TGF-beta1 for 3, 6, 9 days. Initially we performed the growth assay. After that, we analysed the change of cell cycle using fluorescence flow cytometry. At each time point, Western blot analysis with cell pellets was performed to investigate the change of expressions of epidermal growth factor(EGF), TGF-alpha, EGF receptor(EGFR) and TGF receptorII(TbetaR-II) proteins. RESULTS: The growth rate of TGF-beta1-treated cells was initially suppressed, but over time returned to control level. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that TGF-beta1-treated cells showed an increase in apoptotic/G1 phases, and concurrent decrease in S, G2/M phases until 6days. On day 9, however, TGF-beta1-treated cells showed a persistent increase of apoptotic unclei in spite of recovery of apoptotic/G1, S and G2/M phases. Western blot analysis showed that the intensity of EGF or TGF-alpha band decreased in dose-sependent manner on day 6. However, the intensity of each band increased up to the control level on day 9. the expression of EGFR or TbetaR-II protein did not change after treatment of TGF-beta1. CONCLUSIONS: these results suggest that EGF and TGF-alpha sould mediate in part the escape fron the inhibitory effect of TGF-beta1 in DU145 cells.
Blotting, Western ; Cell Cycle ; Epidermal Growth Factor* ; Flow Cytometry ; Fluorescence ; Prostate* ; Prostatic Neoplasms* ; Transforming Growth Factor alpha ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1 ; Transforming Growth Factors ; United Nations

This study was to find out whether the rendering screen difference affect to measuring distance in a CAD program according to three types of CAD programs. Materials and methods: The model presented in ISO 12836 for dental scanner evaluation was reduced by 70%. This model was repeatedly scanned 15times using Trios II (3Shape, Denmark). Using the output STL file, 3Shape CAD, inLab 15, and ExoCAD programs were used to measure the horizontal distance (H) and vertical distance (V) between adjacent point angle, and for each experiment, three groups were set according to the CAD program type. Statistical analysis was performed using One-way ANOVA test and post hoc was performed using Dunnett T3 test. Results: In the horizontal and vertical distance measurement, there was no difference in the average of the measured values between the three groups according to the CAD program (P>.05). Conclusion: There were no effect of the difference in the rendering screen in the horizontal and vertical linear distance measurements of the inlay model on the dental CAD program.