Interleukin-10 promoter polymorphism is associated with the predisposition to the development of IgA nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in Korea.

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the effects of recombinant human growth hormone replacement on somatic growth and cognitive function in hypophysectomized (HYPOX) female Sprague-Dawley rats. Rats (5 per group) were randomized by weight to 3 experimental groups: group 1, administered 200 microg/kg of GH once daily fo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwak MJ,Park HJ,Nam MH,Kwon OS,Park SY,Lee SY,Kim MJ,Kim SJ,Paik KH,Jin DK

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). According to the new IPF guidelines, high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is an essential means of diagnosing IPF. We investigated the relationship between IPF and DM in patients treated between 2003 and 2007. N...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YJ,Park JW,Kyung SY,Lee SP,Chung MP,Kim YH,Lee JH,Kim YC,Ryu JS,Lee HL,Park CS,Uh ST,Lee YC,Kim KH,Chun YJ,Park YB,Kim DS,Jegal Y,Lee JH,Park MS,Jeong SH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and mortality of distal radius fracture among patients 50 years of age and older with diagnosis code (ICD10; S52.5, S52.6) and treatment code using a nationwide claims database from 2008 to 2012. All patients were followed using patient identification code to ident...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon GD,Jang S,Lee A,Park CM,Lee YK,Kim TY,Kim HY,Park EJ,Ha YC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy remains regarding the effect of obesity on the survival of patients with ovarian cancer in Asia. This study examined the impact of obesity on the survival outcomes in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) using Asian body mass index (BMI) criteria. The medical records of patients undergoing surgery for ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae HS,Hong JH,Ki KD,Song JY,Shin JW,Lee JM,Lee JK,Lee NW,Lee C,Lee KW,Kim YM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a large volume of publications, a barrage of non-reviewed preprints on various professional repositories and a slew of retractions in a short amount of time. METHODS:We conducted an e-survey using a cloud-based website to gauge the potential source...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Gupta L,Gasparyan AY,Misra DP,Agarwal V,Zimba O,Yessirkepov M

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scan (BS) and serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) concentration are used to detect bone metastasis in malignancy, although whole-body fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) is being used increasingly. But BS is still used for the detection of metastatic bone lesion. So we comp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Min JW,Um SW,Yim JJ,Yoo CG,Han SK,Shim YS,Kim YW

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though several pathogenetic theories concerning the frequent association of Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus with myeloschisis have been suggested, none of them explains all the aspects of the disorder. To investigate whether myeloschisis is the direct cause of Chiari malformation and hydrocephalus or these condi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sim KB,Hong SK,Cho BK,Choi DY,Wang KC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to define characteristics of children with acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Eighty children hospitalized with acute carbon monoxide poisoning were recruited prospectively over a period of 12 months. Sociodemographic features, complaints and laboratory data were recorded. When the patient w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Unsal Sac R,Taşar MA,Bostancı İ,Şimşek Y,Bilge Dallar Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:The aim of this study was to compare the impacts of terazosin and tamsulosin, on prostate activity, i.e., serum prostate-specific antigen, total prostate volume (TPV), and transition zone volume (TZV). A total of 90 patients who presented with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplas...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Paick JS,Cho MC,Song SH,Kim SW,Ku JH

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor shortage is a major limitation in organ transplantation. Several studies have reported that extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-assisted organ donation can be successfully completed without inducing warm ischemia in patients with brain death. The present report described clinical experience of three patie...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee H,Cho YH,Sung K,Yang JH,Chung CR,Jeon K,Suh GY

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:A case of nerve sheath myxoma also called as neurothekeoma in a 33-year-old woman is described. The lesion appeared as a painful, elevated nodule on the scalp for several months, without an appreciable increase in size. Microscopically, it showed typical histologic characteristics of nerve sheath myxoma, and tumor cel...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Suh YL,Song KY,Kim JM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was done to evaluate the stemness of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) derived from placenta according to the development stage and to compare the results to those from adult bone marrow (BM). Based on the source of hMSCs, three groups were defined: group I included term placentas, group II included firs...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sung HJ,Hong SC,Yoo JH,Oh JH,Shin HJ,Choi IY,Ahn KH,Kim SH,Park Y,Kim BS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis remains one of the most prevalent and fatal infectious diseases in spite of considerable improvements in medical science. The diagnosis and treatment of extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving the abdomen is still complicated owing to vague or non-specific clinical features. Although rare, isolated splenic ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lim J,Yu JS,Hong SW,Chung JJ,Kim JH,Kim KW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some patients, eosinophilic gastroenteritis(EG) occurs in those with food allergy. We experienced a non-atopic asthmatic who had an EG associated with food allergy to fish and eggs, and blood eosinophilia. A skin prick test and RAST to causative food allergens showed a negative result. A fiber-optic endoscopic biop...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park HS,Kim HS,Jang HJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study aimed to identify the gender-specific characteristics of the surrogate measures of insulin resistance and to establish valid cut-off values for metabolic abnormalities in a representative sample in Korea. Methods:Data were collected from the datasets of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Ex...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Moon S,Park JH,Jang EJ,Park YK,Yu JM,Park JS,Ahn Y,Choi SH,Yoo HJ

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the relationship between the progression of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and the A1818T polymorphism in intron 2 of Angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) gene, which might play protective roles in the pathogenesis of IgAN. Patients with biopsy-proven IgAN were recruited from the registry of the Pr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon HJ,Chin HJ,Na KY,Chae DW,Kim S,Jeon US,Chung WK,Lee HH,Yang J,Kim S,Kwon YJ,Kim HC,Park SB,Kim HY,Lee TW,Progressive REnal disease and Medical Informatics and gEnomics Research (PREMIER) members.

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the ongoing novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of individuals that need to be tested for COVID-19 has been rapidly increasing. A walk-through (WT) screening center using negative pressure booths that is inspired by the biosafety cabinet has been designed and implemented in Korea for ea...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SI,Lee JY

更新日期：2020-04-20 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：:In order to investigate the expression patterns of the transforming growth factor (TGF)beta isoforms in the internal ear, an immunohistochemical study of rat embryos was performed. Rat embryos were taken on the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th day after conception and their internal ears were immunohistochemically stained a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HJ,Kang KY,Baek JG,Jo HC,Kim H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the mediator releasability between atopic and nonatopic asthmatics, we measured basophil histamine releasability (BaHR) using a calcium-ionophore A23187 and anti-IgE in 137 subjects who were treated at Seoul National University Hospital. Subjects were categorized into atopic (group AA, n=77) or nonatopic as...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Son JW,Kim YK,Chung JW,Lee SR,Cho SH,Min KU,Koh YY,Kim YY

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between birth characteristics and childhood cancer mortality, a retrospective cohort study of Korean children was conducted using data collected by the national birth register between 1995 and 2006, which were then individually linked to death data. A cohort of 6,479,406 children was follow...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cha ES,Kong KA,Moon EK,Khang YH,Lee WJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationship of high emotional demands and low job control to suicidal ideation among service and sales workers in Korea. A total of 1,995 service and sales workers participated in this study. Suicidal ideation and level of emotional demand and job control were assessed by self-reported questionnaire i...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon JH,Jeung D,Chang SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionized hypocalcemia is a common finding in critically ill patients, but the relationship between ionized hypocalcemia and mortality risk in trauma patients has not been well established. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of initial ionized calcium (iCa) in predicting mortality in the trauma populatio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi YC,Hwang SY

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We validated the basic life support termination of resuscitation (BLS TOR) rule retrospectively using Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) data of metropolitan emergency medical service (EMS) in Korea. We also tested it by investigating the scene time interval for supplementing the BLS TOR rule. OHCA database of Seou...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim TH,Shin SD,Kim YJ,Kim CH,Kim JE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical research registration is required in many countries to improve transparency of clinical research and to ensure subject safety. Developed in February 2010, the Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) is an online registration system for clinical studies in Korea and one of the primary registries of the Wo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi EK,Kim MJ,Lim NK,Park HY

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the accuracy for determining the precise localization, the findings of the compound nerve action potentials (CNAPs) of the common peroneal nerve (CPN) were investigated in patients with common peroneal mononeuropathy (CPM) in the knee, and the sural sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) were also analyzed...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon HK,Kim L,Park YK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the numbers of lung transplantation (LT) has been increased in Korea. However, post-LT outcome has not been successful in all patients, which may be partially affected by the primary lung disease. Therefore comprehensive understanding in original pathological diagnosis of patients with LT would be needed for...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim H,Jeon YK,Lee HJ,Kim YT,Chung DH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cadaveric study was performed to investigate the relationship between disc degeneration and morphological changes in the intervertebral foramen of cervical spine, including the effect on the nerve root. Seven fresh frozen human cadavers were dissected from C1 to T1, preserving the ligaments, capsules, intervertebral...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sohn HM,You JW,Lee JY

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00