BACKGROUND: Although treament with PUVA or etretinate is effective for psoriasis, both treatment regimens have limitation because of the risk of long-term toxicity. OBJECTIVE: The present study was performed to compare the clinical effects of PUVA and retinoid-PUVA. METHODS: Twenty five chronic plaque psoriasis patients with more than 20% involvement of the skin suface were included in this study. Sixteen patiens were treated with the PUVA therapy and nine patients were treated with retinoid-PUVA. RESULTS: the number of phototherapy and cumulative UVA doses of retinoid-PUVA were significantly smaller than those of PUVA therapy. CONCLUSION: Combining PUVA with etretinate in the tretment of psoriasis may lead to lowering of total number of PUVA treatments and the cumulative dosage and it may be possible to shorten the duration of using etretinate.
Acitretin ; Etretinate ; Humans ; Phototherapy ; Psoriasis* ; PUVA Therapy ; Skin

Copper fragment was introduced into the vitreous body of fourteen albino rabbits through the scleral incision at equatorial region. Both photopic and scotopic ERGs were recorded for 30 days thereafter stimulated by the electronic photoflash of 2 msec duration.The changes in scotopic b-potential were roughly classified into 3 types. The first type (5 eyes) showed acute, severe reduction, extinguishing from 6 to 24 days. The second type (3 eyes) was characterized by the absence of any remarakble changes during the whole observation period, the final b'potential being 82,4% of the original value. In the third type (6 eyes), the b-potential decreased gradually and 24.3% of the pre' operative value was attained after 30 days. The latent time and the implicit time of the b-potential increased proportionally to the reduction of the b-wave. The scotopic a-wave behaved parallel to the b-wave, and in later stage, negative (-) type of ERGs were frequently encountered. The photopic a- and b-waves changed in the similar way as the scotopic a- and b-waves, respectively. The slitlamp biomicroscopy and ophthalmoscopy revealed the fibrous tissue proliferation around the copper fragment in relatively early stage. When the proliferation progressed and extended into the vitreous body, ERG showed reduction in b-potential, and sometimes increase in b-potential was noted In cases in which connective tissue encapsulated the copper and did not extend into the vitreous body, ERG changes were much milder and slower. In histological sesctions performed 2 weeks and 3 weeks after the insertion of copper fragment, the degeneration of the retina began both in the visual cell layer and ganglion cell layer almost simultaneously. When the ERG was extinguished, the retinal tissue showed complete destruction.
Connective Tissue ; Copper* ; Ganglion Cysts ; Ophthalmoscopy ; Rabbits ; Retina ; Retinaldehyde ; Vitreous Body

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Cerebrospinal Fluid* ; Humans ; Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Streptococcus pneumoniae* ; Streptococcus*

Calcipotriol, a synthetic analogue of calcitriol(1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) is as active as calcitriol in inducing cell differentiation and inhibiting cell pralifiration but at least 100 times less active than calcitriol in its effect on calcium metabolism. We report a case of psoriasis in a 28 year old male who was treated with calcipotriol ointment on the right forearm. The therapeutic effect of calcinoipotriol ointment was compared with desoxymethason, cream applied on the left forearm. Both topical agents reduced equally the degrees of scale, erythema and thickness of the lesions. We observed that the calcipotriol ointment was effective in the treatment of psoriasis n this case.
Adult ; Calcitriol ; Calcium ; Cell Differentiation ; Erythema ; Forearm ; Humans ; Male ; Metabolism ; Psoriasis*

In tiis study, an expenmental model of glaucoma filtering surgery in rabblts was used to evaluate the effect of single intraoperative application of Mitomycin Full-thickness filtering surgery, posterior lip sclerectomy, was performed after application of 0.5mg/ml Mitomycin-soaked Week-Cel(TM) sponge for 5 minutes in one eye of 15 pigmented rabbits and was irrigated copiously with balanced salt solution(BSS(TM)). The same procedure was done in the contralateral eye as a control, using BSS(TM). In Mitomycin-treated group, the filtering blebs were more prominent with sparse vascular tissues and were maintained through postoperative 8 weeks or more. Histologically, there loas was amount of inflammatory reactions in Mitomycin-treated group. The fibroblastic activity and proliferations of the collagen were also suppessed markedly in Mitomycin-treated group. These results suggest that a single intraoperative application of Mitomycin can be used adjunctively to improve the success rate of glaucoma filtering surgery.
Blister ; Collagen ; Fibroblasts ; Filtering Surgery* ; Glaucoma ; Lip ; Loa ; Mitomycin* ; Porifera ; Rabbits

This st;udy was to obtain psychosomatic factors influencing cause of chronic ureicaria and alopecia areata with comparison of dermatophytosis. This survey was carried out by Cornell Medical Index from March 1975 to- September 1976 on total 93 persons which constitute 22 chronic urticaria,38 alopecia areata and 33 dermatophytosis at; the out patient clinic of dermatology department of St. Mary hospital Findings were as follow: 1. The average numbr of complaints of over-all section was 47.36+26.89, the somatic section (31. 73+16. l4) and the psychic (l5. 64+-12. 64) in the chranic urticaria. The average number of complaints of over-all section was R8.50+20.89, the somatic section (22. 63+-13. 10) and psychic section (15. 87+-9. 90) in the alopecia areata, For the control, over-all section was 25. 18+18. 87, the somatic section (16. 30+l2. 38) and the psychic(8. 88+8. 96) in the dermatophytosis. Consquently, there was an increased number of complaints in the group of chronic urticaria and alopecia areata than the control group. 2. There was increased complaint of both the somatic and psychic section in the chronic urticaria. 3. There was increased complaint of psychic section than the somatic section in the alopecia areata.
Alopecia Areata* ; Alopecia* ; Cornell Medical Index* ; Dermatology ; Humans ; Tinea ; Urticaria*

No abstract available.
Animals ; Iproniazid* ; Monoamine Oxidase* ; Rats* ; Tyramine*

No abstract available.
Autoradiography* ; DNA* ; Ultraviolet Rays*

No Abstract Available.
Adenoviridae* ; Coinfection* ; Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Humans ; Synovial Fluid* ; Synovitis*

PURPOSE: Neonatal surgical conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract are varied, can affect any part of the intestinal tract, and frequently require urgent surgical intervention. Unfortunately, nonspecific and overlapping symptomatology exists among the conditions affecting the intra-aMominal intestinal tract and requires of the evaluating physician a thorough understanding of their pathophysiology. So we studied signs and symptoms, frequency and incidence, ages at diagnosis, and diagnostic method of the neonatal gastrointestinal obstructions. METHOD: We reviewed retrospectively the charts of patients, who had been diagnosed as gastrointestinal obstruction during the neonatal period, and had been admitted to Gyeongsang National University Hospital from Feb. 1988 to Feb. 1997. RESULT: Total 77 cases were enrolled in this study. There were 59 rnales (76.796) and female 18 cases (23.4%). The male to female ratio was 3.28: 1. Twenty-two cases of imperforate anus (28.6%), 18 cases of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (23.4%), 15 cases of congenital megacolon (19.5%) were observed. Other diseases causing the neonatal gastrointastinal obstruction were annulus pancreas (7.8%), jejunal atresia (6.5%), duodenal atresia (1.3%), duodenal web (2.6%), ileal atresia (2.6%), midgut volvulus (2.6%), intussusception (1.3%), and trachoesophageal fistula (2.6%). The rnost common symptom was vomiting with 32 cases (41.6%), followed by abdominal distension with 31 cases (40.3%), absence of anus with 17 cases (22.1%), and delayed meconium passage with 9 cases (11.7%). Associated other anomalies were observed in 18 cases (23%). Imperforate anus was seen with the highest rate of associated anomalies. The most common associated anomaly was the cardiac anomaly. Colon study (26%), physical examination (24.7%), abdominal sonography (15.6%), upper GI series (11.7%), and simple abdomen (9.1%) were diagnostic in the neonatal gastrointestinal obstructions. Seventeen cases (22%) were died before or after the surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: Neonatal gastrointestinal obstructions were associated with the high mortality rate. Abdominal distension and vomiting were the specific symptoms of neonatal gastrointe- stinal obstructions. Extensive search for the associated anomalies are reqiured because of its high frequency in the patients of the neonatal gastrointestinal obstructions. Thorough physical examination, colon study, abdominal sonography, upper GI series, and simple abdomen were essential in the diagnosis of the neonatal intestinal obstructions.
Abdomen ; Anal Canal ; Anus, Imperforate ; Colon ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Fistula ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Hirschsprung Disease ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant, Newborn ; Intestinal Atresia ; Intestinal Obstruction ; Intestinal Volvulus ; Intussusception ; Male ; Meconium ; Mortality ; Pancreas ; Physical Examination ; Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic ; Retrospective Studies ; Vomiting