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Dental Alloys* ; Dental Porcelain*

To examine the cognitive function of elderly, the study examined the performance of Korean normal elderly population whose age over 65 using neuropsychological instruments. It was predicted that the performance of the Korean population would be different from the U, S. mainly due to their difference in language, culture, and education. Korean elderly people from the Chungchung and Daejeon Metropolitan city(n=97) participated. Two age scores were developed: below 74 years and over 75 years. The effect of age, gender and education was examined, which yield significant age, gender and education effect. The score of DSF, DSB, TMTA, and TMTB are expected to be utilized for research purposes, such as basic, clinical, epidemiological studies, as well as practice purposes such as diagnosis and assessment of the progression of cognitive decline and dementia with MMSE-K.
Aged* ; Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Education ; Epidemiologic Studies ; Humans

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of intraveneous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusion on renal function in neonates. IVIG has provided quite safe in neonates given therapeutic doses. But nephrotoxicity is not a recognized adverse events of IVIG therapy, only several previous adult cases having been described. A total twenty five neonates suspected sepsis was randomely assigned to IVIG (n=12) or control (n=13) group. Neonates assigned to IVIG group received IVIG (1g/kg, 1 dose) adjunct to ampicillin and gentamicin, and neonates assigned to control group received same antibiotics. To observe changes in renal function with IVIG therapy, serum BUN, creatinine, urine creatinine, beta2-microglobulin ( beta2MG) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosam-inidase (NAG) were obtained before and 24 hours, 3 and 7 days after initiation of therapy. There were no statistically significant changes in serum BUN and creatinine in both groups. Transient increase of urine NAG was observed at 24 hours after therapy in IVIG group. Urine beta2MG of IVIG group remained in pretreatment level, whereas decreased with age in control group, so, at 7th day IVIG group have higher urinary excretion of beta2MG compared to control group. According to these results, it was found that IVIG therapy in neonates might cause transient renal tubular damage.
Adult ; Ampicillin ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Creatinine ; Gentamicins ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins ; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous* ; Infant, Newborn* ; Sepsis

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Incisor*

In this study, the relationship between the awareness of blood program and the blood donation experience has been studied to know whether they corelate or not. The awareness of blood program was divided into 4 areas of knowledge and measured: the eligibilityt of blood donation, knowledge about blood, blood donation program, and general facts about blood donation. The experience of blood donation was divided into 3 groups: the registered donor, the non-registered donor, and the nondonor. The result in this study shows that the awareness of blood program is related with 3 factors, such as the eligibility of blood donation, blood donation program, and general facts about blnation. The difference in this case is significant at 0.05 level. However the knowledge about the blood is not corelated with blood donation experience, but only with sex(P<0.05). These results suggest that stable blood supply should be realized by securing new donors and by estsablishing of fdonor registration system. This is realized by the stir up the level of awareness and interest of blood program through strengthening public relations.
Blood Donors* ; Humans ; Public Relations ; Tissue Donors

The McCune-Albright Syndrome is characterized by polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, cafe-au-lait colored patches of the skin and endocrinological abnormalities, including precocious puberty. Affected patients progress from GnRH-independent puberty to GnRH-dependent puberty. GnRH analogues are ineffective in GnRH-independent precocious puberty. Three year and 2 month old girl with breast development(SMR B3) and irregular vaginal bleeding were seen & diagnosed as incomplete sexual precocity. Decapeptyl treatment was started for the purpose of regression of breast development & vaginal bleeding with no effect. After 10 months, cafe-au-lait skin lesion & polyostotic fibrous dysplasia were noted and diagnosed as McCune-Albright syndrome. Breast development regressed to SMR B2 and vaginal bleeding was controlled with ketoconazole. As our experience, ketoconazole treatment might be effective to delay the progression of sexual development in patients with precocious puberty in McCune-Albright Syndrome.
Adolescent ; Breast ; Female ; Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic* ; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone ; Humans ; Infant ; Ketoconazole* ; Puberty ; Puberty, Precocious ; Sexual Development ; Skin ; Triptorelin Pamoate ; Uterine Hemorrhage