Acute and chronic changes of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in induced sputum of toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced asthma patients.

abstract：:Seasonal influenza is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality of children in Korea. However, few data are available on parental perception and action toward childhood influenza. This study aimed to characterize parental perception and patterns of action in response to influenza and influenza-like illnesses (ILI...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hwang JH,Lim CH,Kim DH,Eun BW,Jo DS,Song YH,Kim YK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GSTP1 and NQO1 have been reported to be associated with an increased risk for smoking related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of these metabolic gene polymorphisms on the risk of HNSCC. The study population included 294 histologically confirmed H...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho CG,Lee SK,Nam SY,Lee MS,Lee SW,Choi EK,Park HJ,Kim SY

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immune cells express the vitamin (vit) D receptor, and vit D is a potent immune-modulator. A negative correlation between serum vit D levels and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity has been reported. Therefore, we aimed to investigate if the sufficient serum vit D level is helpful to control disease a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim H,Baek S,Hong SM,Lee J,Jung SM,Lee J,Cho M,Kwok SK,Park SH

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) of the gallbladder are representative of an extremely rare group of tumors. We have encountered a patient with a malignant GIST of the gallbladder and presented it with a review of some articles. A 72-yr-old woman initially presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, fev...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JK,Choi SH,Lee S,Min KO,Yun SS,Jeon HM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-yr-old young woman was referred to our hospital with a 2-yr history of claudication of the lower extremities and severe arterial hypertension. Physical examination revealed significantly different blood pressures between both arms (160/92 and 180/95 mmHg) and legs (92/61 and 82/57 mmHg). The hematological and bio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Shim BJ,Youn HJ,Kim YC,Kim WT,Choi YS,Lee DH,Park C,Oh YS,Chung WS,Kim JH,Choi KB,Hong SJ,Jung SE,Hahn ST

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing interest in healthcare and health screening events is revealing additional cases of asymptomatic isolated microscopic hematuria (IMH). However, a consensus of the evaluation and explanation of the IMH prognosis is controversial among physicians. Here, we present the natural course of IMH together with t...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HM,Hyun JI,Min JW,Lee K,Kim YK,Choi EJ,Song HC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keloids are pathologic proliferations of the dermal layer of the skin resulting from excessive collagen production and deposition. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) increases the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 and suppresses collagen synthesis to modulate extracellular matrix turnover. To investigate the ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee WJ,Park SE,Rah DK

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of interleukin-10 (IL-10) have been emphasized in several models of glomerulonephritis (GN). Three biallelic polymorphisms within the IL-10 promoter region, at positions -1,082, -819, and -592 from the transcription initiation site, were shown to affect the level of IL-10 production. To investigate the effec...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chin HJ,Na KY,Kim SJ,Oh KH,Kim YS,Lim CS,Kim S,Chae DW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vivax malaria was endemic on the Korean peninsula for many centuries until the late 1970's when the Republic of Korea (ROK) was declared "malaria free". Since its re-emergence in 1993, the number of malaria cases in the military increased exponentially through 2000 near the demilitarized zone. Chemoprophylaxis with ch...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yeom JS,Ryu SH,Oh S,Choi DH,Song KJ,Oh YH,Lee JH,Kim YA,Ahn SY,Yang HY,Cha JE,Park JW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research focuses on the analysis regarding disclosure of financial conflicts of interest (FCOI) after Gelsinger v. University of Pennsylvania (Penn). The main legal issue was that the participants did not have enough opportunity to make an autonomous decision about participating in the research because he was not...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The corporeal blood gas changes in accordance with the duration of the prolonged erection which developed after intracorporeal pharmacotherapy with papaverine and phentolamine were investigated in 62 impotence patients. The picture of the corporeal blood taken from 15 psychogenic impotence patients (a control group) a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SC,Seo KK,Oh CH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to elucidate the effect of bilirubin on dyslipidemia and nephropathy in a diabetes mellitus (DM) type I animal model. Sprague-Dawley rats were separated into control, DM, and bilirubin-treated DM (Bil) groups. The Bil group was injected intraperitoneally with 60 mg/kg bilirubin 3 times per week and hepatoma c...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Xu J,Lee ES,Baek SH,Ahn SY,Kim S,Na KY,Chae DW,Chin HJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In this prospective cohort study, we investigated the association between fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in meconium as biomarkers of prenatal ethanol exposure and growth deficits, as birth outcomes, that constitute several of the key cardinal features of fetal alcohol syndrome. Methods:A total of 157 meco...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HS,Kim YH,Kwak HS,Han JY,Jo SJ,Lee HK

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of cancer in patients treated with dialysis in Korea has not been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and mortality of cancer among patients on dialysis in Korea. The study subjects were 106 cancer patients (2.3%) out of 4,562 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients maintained on...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee JE,Han SH,Cho BC,Park JT,Yoo TH,Kim BS,Park HC,Kang SW,Lee HY,Han DS,Ha SK,Choi KH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On February 2, 2017, the surgical team of ten board-certified hand specialists of W Hospital in Korea successfully performed the nation's first hand transplantation at Yeungnam University Medical Center (YUMC). This paper reports on the legal, financial, and cultural hurdles that were overcome to open the wa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Woo SH,Kim YW,Cheon HJ,Jang S,Do JY,Choi JH,Kang DH,Nam HJ,Yoo MJ,Lee YS,Choi JH

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose was to compare the efficacy between tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and lamivudine (LMV) in children with nucleos(t)ide-naive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. Patients with CHB were treated with TDF in the immune-reactive phase and compared with a historical control group of patients trea...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choe JY,Ko JS,Choe BH,Kim JE,Kang B,Lee KJ,Yang HR

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile neutropenia (FN) is the major toxicity of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) regimen in the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The prediction of neutropenia and FN is mandatory to continue the planned R-CHOP therapy resulting in successful anti-c...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi YW,Jeong SH,Ahn MS,Lee HW,Kang SY,Choi JH,Jin UR,Park JS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the p53 expression might be a predictor for treatment response and overall survival in nodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), we analyzed the expression of p53 in 69 NHL patients. p53 protein expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry with long-term follow up (1-148 months: median 12.2). p53 exp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn MJ,Kim H,Kim IS,Park JK,Ki MR,Park CK

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that the impact of social factors on harmful alcohol use between men and women may be different. We aimed to explore the gender-based difference in temporal trend and social risk factors associated with harmful alcohol use. METHODS:The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choe SA,Yoo S,JeKarl J,Kim KK

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis A virus (HAV) has been the leading cause of viral hepatitis in Korea since the 2000s. We aimed to describe the current status and regional differences in hepatitis A incidence. We studied the total number of hepatitis A cases reported to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Na...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Moon S,Han JH,Bae GR,Cho E,Kim B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of ertapenem, 1 g once daily, were compared with that of ceftriaxone, 2 g once daily, for the treatment of adults with acute pyelonephritis (APN) and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) in a prospective, multicenter, double-blinded, randomized study. After ≥ 3 days of parenteral study ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park DW,Peck KR,Chung MH,Lee JS,Park YS,Kim HY,Lee MS,Kim JY,Yeom JS,Kim MJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid increases in childhood obesity and physical inactivity are linked to the incidence of diabetes among young individuals. However, few studies have evaluated the prevalence of diabetes among this population. Therefore, we used Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) data to evaluate th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho EH,Shin D,Cho KH,Hur J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which genes are regulated by thyroid stimulating hormone (thyrotropin, TSH), insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the rat thyroid, we used the microarray technology and observed the changes in gene expression. The expressions of genes for bone morphogenetic protein 6, the glucagon receptor,...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee YJ,Park DJ,Shin CS,Park KS,Kim SY,Lee HK,Park YJ,Cho BY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dominant inflammatory cytokines might be different depending on the underlying causes of acute lung injury (ALI). The role of kertinocyte-derived chemokine (KC), a potent chemoattractant for neutrophils, has not been clearly established in hemorrhage-induced ALI. In this study, lung injury and cytokine expression were...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee BH,Lee TJ,Jung JW,Oh DJ,Choi JC,Shin JW,Park IW,Choi BW,Kim JY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease is a vector-borne infection, primarily transmitted by Ixodes ticks, and caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. It has a wide distribution in the northern hemisphere. In Korea, however, only one human case has been reported, although B. burgdorferi was isolated from the vector tick I. persulcatus in the region. A...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim TH,Choi EH,Lee MG,Ahn SK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multisystemic disorder characterized by various non-motor symptoms (NMS) in addition to motor dysfunction. NMS include sleep, ocular, olfactory, throat, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or musculoskeletal disorders. A range of NMS, particularly hyposmia, sleep disturbances...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi JH,Kim JM,Yang HK,Lee HJ,Shin CM,Jeong SJ,Kim WS,Han JW,Yoon IY,Song YS,Bae YJ

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an inflammatory disease that presents with a variety of clinical symptoms. Pulmonary involvement is well-known in AOSD and is seen in up to 53% of AOSD cases, with the most common pulmonary diseases being pleural effusion and transient pulmonary infiltrates. We present the first c...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sari I,Birlik M,Binicier O,Akar S,Yilmaz E,Onen F,Akkoc N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is designed to evaluate the immune status of schoolchildren with respect to Streptococcus pyogenes, and to ascertain the usefulness of antideoxyribonuclease B (ADNase B). Antistreptolysin O (ASO) and ADNase B concentrations were measured quantitatively in 266 serum samples from healthy elementary school chi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim S,Lee NY

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a feasible treatment option for high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). While patients may achieve undetectable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after RARP, the risk of disease progression is relatively high. We investigated metastasis-free survival, cancer-speci...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim DK,Koo KC,Lee KS,Hah YS,Rha KH,Hong SJ,Chung BH

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1482 in vol. 29, PMID: 25408578.]. ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi EJ,Kim SA,Kim NR,Rhee JA,Yun YW,Shin MH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00