Meningitis due to bacillus anthracis.

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and depression among the elderly in South Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cross-section data were drawn from a community-based sample of individuals 60 years of age and older (n=1819). Respondents completed the Alcohol Us...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim SA,Kim E,Morris RG,Park WS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to explore the effects and mechanisms of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) anti-differentiation non-coding RNA (ANCR) on the osteogenesis of osteoblast cells in postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mice models of PMOP were established. ANCR expression and intracellular calcium ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Cai N,Li C,Wang F

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the Gordius worm is a parasite of crickets and several arthropods, cases of humans infected with this worm have been rare and accidental. A Gordius worm was obtained from a three-year-old girl who consulted a local clinic in Gwangju, Kyunggi-do, Korea. She lived in a rural area, and had eaten an insect that look...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee KJ,Bae YT,Kim DH,Deung YK,Ryang YS,Im KI,Yong TS

更新日期：2003-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study determined the seroprevalence of herpes virus 2 in gravidas and the differences between herpes virus 2-infected and healthy gravidas. The need to screen gravidas for herpes virus 2 was also evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis involving 500 gravidas who underwent herpes virus 2 ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim ID,Chang HS,Hwang KJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Techniques designed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in tumors have become important in modern pathology. Genefishing technique using the annealing control primer (ACP) system has recently been developed to screen for DEG transcripts. We tried to identify DEGs involved in papillary thyroid canc...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee KY,Huang SM,Li S,Kim JM

更新日期：2009-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) has a relatively fair prognosis, distant metastasis sometimes results in poor prognosis and survival. There is little understanding of the mechanisms contributing to the aggressiveness potential of thyroid cancer. We showed that hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) induc...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Yang YJ,Na HJ,Suh MJ,Ban MJ,Byeon HK,Kim WS,Kim JW,Choi EC,Kwon HJ,Chang JW,Koh YW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated whether adding bevacizumab to current platinum-based chemotherapy could improve clinical outcomes without affecting safety. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with pathologically confirmed ovarian cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) at Yons...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Park J,Eoh KJ,Nam EJ,Kim S,Kim SW,Kim YT,Lee JY

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the authors had an opportunity to treat a 73-year-old male patient who was transferred to our institution with problematic multiple strictures of the anterior urethra subsequent to a suprapubic cystostomy. A proximal urethra was reconstructed with scrotal skin, but due to the shortage of distal skin, as a la...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Choi HK,Chang SK

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankle spasticity following brain injury leads to abnormal posture and joint contracture; making standing or walking impossible. This study investigates the efficacy of selective tibial neurotomy (STN) and intensive rehabilitation in a patient who suffered ankle spasticity after brain injury. This case describes a 37-y...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Jang SH,Park SM,Kim SH,Ahn SH,Cho YW,Ahn MO

更新日期：2004-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell mediated immune responses play a prominent role in syphilis, which is caused by Treponema pallidum. The role of dendritic cells (DC) in the syphilitic infection is not well understood in human. In the present study, we studied interaction of T. pallidum with DC, generated from human peripheral blood mononuclear c...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Shin JL,Chung KY,Kang JM,Lee TH,Lee MG

更新日期：2004-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to compare the effects of ticagrelor and clopidogrel on early neointimal healing assessed with optical coherence tomography (OCT) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:AMI patients were randomly assigned to either ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim C,Kim BK,Hong SJ,Ahn CM,Kim JS,Ko YG,Choi D,Hong MK,Jang Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cytologic screening has considerably reduced the incidence of cervical cancer, there are some problems which remain to be solved, such as the low sensitivity of this procedure. HPV testing is fundamentally different from conventional cytologic testing, because it evaluates the HPV infection itself, the most i...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee HP,Seo SS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory muscle training is one of the major methods for enhancing the vocal function. Singers who must use their voice most frequently are well aware of the importance of respiration. However, most of them do not know precisely how to exercise their abdominal respiration. Using a respiratory training device, singe...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Nam DH,Lim JY,Ahn CM,Choi HS

更新日期：2004-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effects of air cleaners on the removal of airborne indoor allergens, especially house dust mites (HDM), are still controversial. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of an air cleaner with an electrostatic filter on the removal of airborne mite allergens. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A dried HDM ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Agrawal SR,Kim HJ,Lee YW,Sohn JH,Lee JH,Kim YJ,Lee SH,Hong CS,Park JW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to investigate whether Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS) in combination with calcitriol modulates proliferation and apoptosis of human ovarian cancer (OCa) cell lines (SKOV3, OVCAR3, and OVCA433) and identify the signaling pathway by which MIS mediates apoptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:OCa c...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Jung YS,Kim HJ,Seo SK,Choi YS,Nam EJ,Kim S,Kim SW,Han HD,Kim JW,Kim YT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Liver fibrosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and the outcome of various chronic liver diseases. Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is the key event in liver fibrosis. Studies have confirmed that miR-140-3p plays a potential regulatory effect on HSC activation. However, whether miR-140-3p ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Wu SM,Li TH,Yun H,Ai HW,Zhang KH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a new alignment technique. Kinematic alignment corrects arthritic deformity to the patient's constitutional alignment in order to position the femoral and tibial components, as well as to restore the knee's natural tibial-femoral articular surface, alignment, and ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim KK,Howell SM,Won YY

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary-subclavian steal through the left internal mammary graft is a rare cause of myocardial ischemia in patients who have had a coronary bypass surgery. We report a 70-year-old man who presented with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia 5 years after the surgical creation of a left internal mammary to the...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kursaklioglu H,Kose S,Iyisoy A,Amasyali B,Celik T,Aytemir K,Isik E

更新日期：2009-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate reliability of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) (RTVue), time-domain OCT (Visante), and slit-lamp adapted ultrasonic pachymetry (SL-US) in the measurement of central corneal thickness (CCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty healthy volunteers visited our clinic 3 times and fifty eyes w...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Hong JP,Nam SM,Kim TI,Seo KY,Lee SY,Meduri A,Kim EK

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenic bacteria have increasingly been resisting to antimicrobial therapy. Recently, resistance problem has been relatively much worsened in Gram-negative bacilli. Acinetobacter spp. are typical nosocomial pathogens causing infections and high mortality, almost exclusively in compromised hospital patients. Acineto...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee K,Yong D,Jeong SH,Chong Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 44-year-old male was admitted with the chief complaint of intermittent gross hematuria. On initial ultrasonographic and CT examination, a grossly protruding intravesical tumor was noted and, under the impression of a malignant bladder tumor, transurethral resection was performed. The histological ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Byun YJ,Chung BH,Kwon KW

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain is a logical target of free radical damage, considering the large lipid content of myelin sheaths and the high rate of brain oxidative metabolism. Thus, the hypothesis that free radicals may be involved in the pathogenesis of certain CNS diseases has gained increasing popularity in recent years. In CNS ischemia-...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Choi BH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To introduce a new simple technique using suture anchors and ceramic spacers to stabilize the elevated laminae in open-door cervical laminoplasty. Although ceramic spacers were placed in the opened laminae and fixed with nylon threads in this series, it was occasionally difficult to fix the nylon threads to the...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Ozawa T,Toyone T,Shiboi R,Inada K,Oikawa Y,Takahashi K,Ohtori S,Inoue G,Miyagi M,Ishikawa T,Shirahata T,Kudo Y,Inagaki K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frontal sinus has been used for personal identification since the early part of the 20th century as a result of its tremendous interindividual variation. The frontal sinus is present in approximately 90% of adults. However, some populations have a higher proportion of people without a frontal sinus. This study inv...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Aydinlioğlu A,Kavakli A,Erdem S

更新日期：2003-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided trigger point injection for myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the internal rotator muscles of the shoulder in post-mastectomy patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This pilot study was a non-controlled, prospective, clinical trial. Nineteen po...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Shin HJ,Shin JC,Kim WS,Chang WH,Lee SC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial epithelioma with sebaceous differentiation (SESD) is a rare benign neoplasm with peculiar histopathologic characteristics, which occurs in aged skin. We report upon a case of SESD occurring on the left upper back, which histopathologically is a superficial, multilobular tumor with numerous basaloid cells m...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee MJ,Kim YC,Lew W

更新日期：2003-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, a peptide hormone secreted by adipocytes in proportion of the amount of energy stored in fat, plays a central role in regulating human energy homeostasis. In addition, leptin plays a significant permissive role in the physiological regulation of several neuroendocrine axes, including the hypothalamic-pituitary...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Khan SM,Hamnvik OP,Brinkoetter M,Mantzoros CS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently immunophenotyping has become a valuable tool in the diagnostic workup of malignant lymphoma. We classified 79 consecutive cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma experienced at our hospital during the last two years according to the Working Formulation and immunologically using MT1, UCHL1 and MB2 monoclonal antibodie...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Yang WI,Jung SH,Choi IJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyogenic sacroiliitis is a relatively rare condition that often leads to surgical treatment, including debridement and arthrodesis. Here we introduce a new surgical technique using bilateral dual iliac screws to secure early ambulation and maximal fusion success rate for the treatment of pyogenic sacroiliitis. We retr...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kwon JW,Shin JK,Moon SH,Lee HM,Lee BH

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With growing evidence of an increase in the prevalence, food allergy has been emerged as a new public health problem. As treatment and management of food allergy remain challenging, more attention has been paid to the importance of prevention of food allergy. Although the exact mechanism of recent epidemic is not full...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee SE,Kim H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00