X-chromosome inactivation patterns in Korean women with idiopathic recurrent spontaneous abortion.

abstract：:Epithelial membrane protein 3 (EMP3) is a trans-membrane signaling molecule with important roles in the regulation of apoptosis, differentiation and invasion of cancer cells, but the detailed is largely still unknown. We analyzed the mRNA levels and methylation statuses of EMP3 in 63 primary breast carcinomas and asse...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Zhou W,Jiang Z,Li X,Xu F,Liu Y,Wen P,Kong L,Hou M,Yu J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to evaluate the utility and diagnostic accuracy of the ossification grade of medial clavicular epiphysis on chest radiographs for identifying Korean adolescents and young adults under the age of majority. Overall, 1,151 patients (age, 16-30) without any systemic disease and who underwent chest...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon SH,Yoo HJ,Yoo RE,Lim HJ,Yoon JH,Park CM,Lee SS,Yoo SH

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical presentations, diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, and prognosis from follow-up of infants with apparent life-threatening events (ALTE). In addition, the relationship between the clinical characteristics of patients and significant intervention scores was analyzed. We enrolled patients ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi HJ,Kim YH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is associated with poor symptom control and impaired therapeutic responses in asthma. A total of 843 patients with asthma were recruited. The patients received treatment for 1 yr according to the severity of their asthma. We compared the forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), the ratio of FEV1 to forced vit...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang AS,Park JS,Lee JH,Park SW,Kim DJ,Uh ST,Kim YH,Park CS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early fetal growth delay and early oligohydramnios have been suspected as signs of embryonal jeopardy. However, little information is available for the prediction of early abortion. Sonographic examination of 111 early pregnancies between the sixth and ninth gestational week with regular, 28 day menstrual cycles was p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jun SA,Ahn MO,Lee YD,Cha KY

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asynchronous bilateral torsion of the spermatic cord in the newborn is extremely rare. We report such a case in a 4-day-old boy with subsequent operative discovery of prior in utero torsion of the contralateral spermatic cord. The diagnosis was made by physical examination, transillumination test, color Doppler ultras...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SD,Cha CS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cases of papillary cystic tumor of the pancreas (PCTP) were studied (14 female patients, one male patient; mean age: 23.5 years). Most tumors developed in the head of the pancreas as a well circumscribed large mass. The tumor had a mean diameter of 6.7 cm(range; 2 to 15 cm). Histopathologically abundant delica...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho NH,Go JH,Jung SH,Jung WH,Lee KK

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the authors investigated the management of mechanical valve thrombosis (MVT). From January 1981 through March 2006, 2,908 mechanical valve replacements were performed in 2,298 patients at our institution. Twenty (0.87%) patients presented with MVT, 14 (70.0%) were women, and the mean age of the p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn H,Kim KH,Kim KC,Kim CY

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) causes right ventricular failure and possibly even death by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy has provided an alternative treatment for ailments of various organs by promoting cell regeneration at the site of p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KC,Lee HR,Kim SJ,Cho MS,Hong YM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the characterization of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from the chorion of human full term placenta from 15 donors. Chorionic MSCs revealed homologous fibroblast-like morphology and expressed CD73, CD29, CD105, and CD90. The hematopoietic stem cell markers including HLA DR, CD11b, CD34, CD79a, ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Koo BK,Park IY,Kim J,Kim JH,Kwon A,Kim M,Kim Y,Shin JC,Kim JH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chest radiographs (CXR) are the most commonly used imaging techniques by various clinicians and radiologists. However, detecting lung lesions on CXR depends largely on the reader's experience level, so there have been several trials to overcome this problem using post-processing of CXR. We investigated the a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong GS,Do KH,Lee CW

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), the BRAF V600E mutation has been reported to be associated with several clinicopathological features and poor survival. However, the prognostic implications of BRAF V600E mutation and the associated clinicopathological characteristics in CRCs remain controversial. Therefore, w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang MH,Kim S,Hwang DY,Kim WY,Lim SD,Kim WS,Hwang TS,Han HS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been numerous reports on the relationship between eosinophilia and toxocariasis. The present study investigated seropositive rates of toxocariasis among healthy people with or without eosinophilia in urban and rural areas, and assessed risk factors for positive antibody test. A total of 610 healthy people, ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Jin Y,Choi MH,Kim JH,Lee YH,Yoon CH,Hwang EH,Kang H,Ahn SY,Kim GJ,Hong ST

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of specific intracranial parenchymal lesions of HIV-infected patients varies considerably between countries. In the Republic of Korea, the number of HIV-infected patients is increasing, but little is known regarding the spectrum of intracranial parenchymal lesions in these patients. The aim of the presen...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choe PG,Park WB,Song JS,Song KH,Jeon JH,Park SW,Kim HB,Chang KH,Oh MD,Choe KW,Kim NJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman with a long-standing systemic lupus erythematosus had multiple subcutaneous nodules on her axillae, iliac crests and limbs. Three years ago, these nodules began to appear and slowly became larger. Some of them amassed to form a large, fungating, lobulated mass on her right iliac crest. Roentgenogra...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park YM,Lee SJ,Kang H,Cho SH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the national trends in rotator cuff surgery in Korea and analyze hospital type-specific trends. We analyzed a nationwide database acquired from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) from 2007 to 2015. International Classification of Diseases, 10...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jo YH,Lee KH,Kim SJ,Kim J,Lee BG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) is a rare disorder in adults. Most often, serious forms are detected during infancy or childhood. However, mild forms of PID may not be diagnosed until later in life, and some types of humoral immunodeficiency may occur in adulthood. The purpose of this study was to identify clin...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JH,Park HJ,Choi GS,Kim JE,Ye YM,Nahm DH,Park HS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP) control is considered the most important treatment for preventing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression and associated cardiovascular complications. However, clinic BP is insufficient to diagnose hypertension (HT) and to monitor overall BP control because it does not correlate well with ambulato...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Oh YK,Chin HJ,Ahn SY,An JN,Lee JP,Lim CS,Oh KH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of gastric cancer associated with gastrojejunal and gastrocolic fistula is presented. A 56-year-old man who had been diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer(Borrmann's type III) 5 months previously was admitted due to watery diarrhea and frequent vomiting for 2 weeks. Fluoroscopic examination was visualized...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi SW,Yang JM,Kim SS,Kang SH,Ro HJ,Song KS,Ha HK,Lim KW,Kim JS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic diagnosis of atrophic gastritis can contribute to risk stratification and thereby tailored screening for gastric cancer. We aimed to evaluate the effect of training on inter-observer agreement in diagnosis and grading of endoscopic atrophic gastritis (EAG) according to the level of endoscopists' e...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jin EH,Chung SJ,Lim JH,Chung GE,Lee C,Yang JI,Kim JS

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of perforator flaps represented a significant advance in microsurgical reconstruction. However, confusion has developed due to the erroneous belief that perforator flaps are different from conventional flaps. The concept of the perforator is not new, but is an idea that evolved from the conventional f...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JT,Kim SW

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently reports on toxocariasis are increasing by serodiagnosis in Korea. A previously healthy 17-yr-old boy complained of headache, fever, dyspnea, and anorexia. He showed symptoms and signs of eosinophilic meningitis with involvement of the lungs and liver. Specific IgG antibody to Toxocara canis larval antigen was...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Noh Y,Hong ST,Yun JY,Park HK,Oh JH,Kim YE,Jeon BS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasons for the viral persistence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are unknown, but are probably related to host immune factors. Several matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) can regulate an inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of MMP-3...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cheong JY,Cho SW,Lee JA,Lee KJ,Wang HJ,Lee JE,Kim JH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrotal leiomyomas with atypical bizarre nuclei are rare, which might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumor. We describe a case of scrotal bizarre leiomyoma in a 65-yr-old man. The tumor was a 1 cm-sized, well circumscribed, oval mass arising from the tunica dartos muscle. Histologically, it was formed by whorling bundle...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim NR,Sung CO,Han J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although little attention has been paid to the less common rheumatoid involvement of the thoracic and lumbar regions, some studies have shown that rheumatoid synovitis with erosive changes can develop in these diarthrodial joints. We report a patient with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involving the thoracic a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SH,Kang YM,Park YM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase play a key role in the maintenance of telomere length and chromosome integrity. We have evaluated the association between telomerase activity and the risk of lung cancer in peripheral blood. Telomerase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was measured by a PCR-designed telomeric repeat amplificati...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jeon HS,Choi JE,Jung DK,Choi YY,Kang HG,Lee WK,Yoo SS,Lim JO,Park JY

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine candidemia incidence among patients in a medical intensive-care unit (MICU) and the associated mortality rate and to identify risk factors associated with candidemia. We retrospectively performed a 1:3 matched case-control study of MICU patients with candidemia. Controls were mat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Han SS,Yim JJ,Yoo CG,Kim YW,Han SK,Shim YS,Lee SM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience in 13 patients who underwent transcatheter closure of Fontan fenestration with the Cook detachable coils. These patients underwent the extracardiac type Fontan operation with a short conduit fenestration (n=7) or lateral tunnel type with a punch-hole fenestration (n=6). Fenestration closure wa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SH,Kang IS,Huh J,Lee HJ,Yang JH,Jun TG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may result in growth impairment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the growth during 5 yr after HSCT and to determine factors that influence final adult height (FAH). We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of acute myeloid...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chung SJ,Park SW,Kim MK,Kang MJ,Lee YA,Lee SY,Shin CH,Yang SW,Kang HJ,Park KD,Shin HY,Ahn HS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation has been known to be an important underlying condition for development of various diseases including cancer. The aims of this study were to investigate whether tobacco smoke exposure increases the level of inflammation biomarkers and the GSTM1 and GSTP1 gene polymorphisms are associated with inflammatory ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JH,Park SG,Lee KH,Choi JH,Ha EH,Myung SK,Hong YC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00