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122 cases of the genitourinary tract tumors admitted to the Department of Urology, National Medical Center, during the period, Aug. 1968 to July 1975 and the followings are the results. 1. 122-cases(12.8%) were tumor patient among 954 (male 702, female 252) Total admitted patients during 7 years. 2. Age distribution was from 5 months to 83 years showing the highest incidence in the 7th decade (30.3%) and cases over 41 years of age were 99(81.1%) 3. Sex ratio of male and female was 5.4:1(103:19) 4. In 122 cases, 42 cases{34.4%) were benign, 77 cases(63. 1%) were malignant and remainders were uncertain pathologically. 5. Among 122 cases, 57 cases(46.7%) were vesical, 35 cases(28.7%) prostatic, 19 cases(15.6%) renal, 5 cases(4.1%) penile. 3 cases(2.5%) testicular and 3 cases(2.5%) were urethral tumors. 6. Operations were performed in 114 patients (93.5%).
Age Distribution ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Sex Ratio ; Urology

A 56 year-old female presented with dysphagia 8 weeks ago and newly developed dysphonia 2 weeks ago. The radiology study and swallowing difficulty evaluation study revealed the esophagus and the posterior wall of the laryngopharynx to be severely compressed by the mass of the anterior 4th and 5th vertebral body of cervical spine. En bloc excisional biopsy of the bony mass was performed, which completely resolved the clinical symptoms. We report a rare case of osteochondroma occurring at the anterior portion of cervical spine leading to dysphasia and dysphonia with a review of relevant literature.
Aphasia ; Biopsy ; Deglutition ; Deglutition Disorders ; Dysphonia ; Esophagus ; Female ; Humans ; Hypopharynx ; Osteochondroma ; Spine

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Neostriatum*

The prevalence for the development of dementia is about 10% and 20% in people over the age of 65 and 80, respectively. Underlying causes for its development are various. With the progress of modem medicine, the mean survival age is dramatically increased and for the consequence, greater number of people suffer from dementia. According to the postmortem studies, 70% of the dementia patients were of the Alzheimer's type. In recent times, active research on the relationship between the Alzheimer's disease and the neurochemical changes is being conducted and much progress has been made. In addition to the consistant deficiency of cholinergic system, abnormal ities in noradrenergic and GABAergic systems and reductions of somatostatin have been reported. In the same areas of brain of patients who suffered from Alxheimer's disease where these changes of neurotransmitters were found, there were massive accumulation of aluminium. Therefore, this review discusses the specific changes of various neurotransmitters in the brain and the potential therapeutic agents in Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer Disease* ; Brain ; Dementia ; Humans ; Modems ; Neurotransmitter Agents ; Prevalence ; Somatostatin

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Calcium* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Metabolism*

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Corrosion* ; Metals*

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Humans

This study was done on 171 volunteers in order to investigate the present status of cutaneous normal flora of Candida species and the distribution of Candida species on the normal human skin in dermatologic clinic of Korea University Hospital from January, ]984 to December, 1984. Among the 171 volunteers, 115 strains of Candida species were identified by culture on the Sabouraud's dextrose agar media, germ tube test, sugar assimilation test, sugar fermentaion test and culture on corn meal with Tween 80 media, The results were summarized as follows: 1. The incidence of cutaneous normal flora of Candida species was 13, 5,5 (115 species among 855 sites) 2. Candida species were distributed in oral cavity(45 species), 4th interdigital toe web(39 species), groin(12 species), axilla(11 species) and 4th interdigital finger web(8 species) in order of frequency. 3, Of ll5 species, 45 species were cultured in summer, 27 species in autumn, 18 species in winter and 14 species in spring. 4 Of 115 Candida species, C. albicans(88 species), C. parapsilosis(12 species), C, tropicalis(8 species), C. guilliermondii(3 species) and C. stellatoidea(2 species) were identified. Two species could not be identified.
Agar ; Candida* ; Fingers ; Glucose ; Humans* ; Incidence ; Korea ; Meals ; Polysorbates ; Skin* ; Toes ; Volunteers ; Zea mays