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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* ; Blood Platelets* ; Child* ; Humans ; Iron* ; Platelet Count*

Herpes zoster is a acute viral infection of nerve structures manifesting cutaneous lesions in the form of groups of vesicles distributed along one or more peripheral sensory nerves. Sometimes involve motor nerves. The skin lesions usually appear on unilateral, but some on bilateral. And caused by variella-zoster virus, which is the same virus, with varicella. The most important etiologic mechanism is the reactivation of the latent virus; a latent virus infection is set up in spinal and cranial sensory ganglion as a result of hematogenous dissemination during the initial varicella infection and is activated in later life so that the virus spread down to the peripheral nerve into the skin. Durig last 5 years (1968-1972) 94 cases of Herpes zoster, of Dermatology Dept. in N.M.C. were investigated by statistics of sex, age, predilection site of skin eruptions, seasonal variation, and of its complications or associated diseases. The reults were following; In sex, age distribution, female is rather common than male and more commonly affected after 40's. In predilection site, more than half cases, involved thoracic cutaneous nerves, and the least were sacral and lateral cutaneous nerves. Right and left side proportion was about same (40: 49), bilateral or mid-zone involvement were 5 cases. In seasonal distribution, there was no relation between epidemic of varicella and Herpes zoster, The most were at Summer, and the least at Autumn. In complications and associated diseases, complication noted in 4 cases, 3 were Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and 1 case was Ramsey-Hunt syndrome. The most frequent associating disease was pulmonary tuberculosis, otherwise were diabetes, asthma etc.
Age Distribution ; Asthma ; Chickenpox ; Dermatology ; Female ; Ganglia, Sensory ; Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Male ; Peripheral Nerves ; Seasons ; Skin ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

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Pityriasis Circinata is a rare, symptomless, etiologically uncertain disease, but often associated with chronic illness such as Tuberculosis, diseases of uterus and ovaries. It was first described- in Japan by Toyama(1906), Matsura(1906), then reported in South Africa, France, England, Germany, and North-Africa. However, much more frequent evidence noted in Far East. Many authers agree that this condition is a specific localized type of acquired ichthyosis. This disease is manifested by strictly round scaly, light or dark brownish ichthyotic patches of variable number and diameter. Mainly distributed on trunk, and extremities with freedom of flexure. And having history of winter exacerbation and summer remission. These two cases of pityriasis Circinata are, although Toyama quoted 4 Korean patients reports and 2 cases of Manchuria, the first report in Korea, which have been associated with tuberculous empyema and meningitis, respectively.
China ; Chronic Disease ; Empyema, Tuberculous ; England ; Extremities ; Far East ; Female ; France ; Freedom ; Germany ; Humans ; Ichthyosis ; Japan ; Korea ; Meningitis ; Ovary ; Pityriasis* ; South Africa ; Tuberculosis ; Uterus

Porokeratosis (mibelli's disease) is a chronic, heritable disorder of the skin, which has a regular dominant limitation to the male sex. This is characterized by localized areas of faulty keratinization resulting in the cornoid lamella, the morphologic and histologic hallmakr of the disease process. Histogenesis is best explained as a mutant clonal keratosis of epidermis, these clonal cells are probably ingerited. A case of porokeratosis Mibelli is reported with its clinical, histological evaluation and review of articles.
Epidermis ; Humans ; Keratosis ; Male ; Porokeratosis* ; Skin

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related disorder. Both the prevalence and the incidence of AD double approximately every 5 years after the age of 60. This is a particularly serious problem considering that the Korean elderly population is rapidly growing. We present three illustrative cases of AD in mild, moderate, and advanced stages, respectively. Their initial symptoms were memory impairment which was followed by language disturbance and visuospatial dysfunction. Abnormal behaviors such as delusion and aggression occurred in moderate and severe cases. The presence and severity of dementia in these cases were established by history taking, neurological examination, standardized mental status assessment, and neuropsychological test. Laboratory investigations showed no abnormalities that could account for the cognitive deficits. Brain CT or MRI findings of the patients wee not remarkable except for a diffuse atrophy demonstrated by increased ventricular volume, narrowed gyri, and widened sulci, As an addendum, risk factors, clinical symptoms, clinical diagnosis, and natural history of AD were reviewed.
Aged ; Aggression ; Alzheimer Disease* ; Atrophy ; Brain ; Cognition Disorders ; Delusions ; Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Incidence ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Memory ; Natural History ; Neurologic Examination ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors

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This erratum is being published to revise the website address of the Korean Reference Genome Database (KRGDB) and correct two typographical errors in the article.

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Low Back Pain*