Three-year outcomes of the innovative replacement of incontinence surgery procedure for treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: comparison with tension-free vaginal tape procedure.

abstract：:We evaluated alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in Korean adults by evaluating alcohol consumption and responses to the CAGE questionnaire obtained from the second Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The age-adjusted prevalence of males who consumed 0, 0.1-20, 20.1-40, or >40 g/day of...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JT,Kim BG,Jhun HJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a contiguous gene syndrome characterized by uncontrollable eating or hyperphagia. Several studies have confirmed that plasma ghrelin levels are markedly elevated in PWS adults and children. The study of anorexigenic hormones is of interest because of their regulation of appetite by negat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Paik KH,Jin DK,Lee KH,Armstrong L,Lee JE,Oh YJ,Kim S,Kwon EK,Choe YH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes (HSCTGR) is a recently described tumor, which is regarded as an unusual variant of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. Proof of a metastatic potential was lacking. The patient in the report was a 35-yr-old woman who showed multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules with massive ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chang E,Lee A,Lee E,Shin O,Kang C,Kim JM,Chu YC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stent fracture (SF) has been implicated as a risk factor for in-stent restenosis, but its incidence and clinical characteristics are not well established. Therefore we investigated the conditions associated with stent fracture and its clinical presentation and outcome. Between 2004 and 2007, consecutive cases of SF we...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park KW,Park JJ,Chae IH,Seo JB,Yang HM,Lee HY,Kang HJ,Cho YS,Yeon TJ,Chung WY,Koo BK,Choi DJ,Oh BH,Park YB,Kim HS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the pathogenesis of hepatolithiasis. Thirty-one patients with primary hepatolithiasis were enrolled in this study. Expressions of E-cadherin, alpha-catenin, alpha-SMA, vimentin, S100A4, TGF-beta1 and P-smad2/3 in hepatolithiasis ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Zhao L,Yang R,Cheng L,Wang M,Jiang Y,Wang S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maspin is a unique serine proteinase inhibitor that has tumor suppressor activity. It has been reported that maspin is expressed in normal human mammary epithelial cells and it is down-regulated during the progression of cancer. However, to date, there is very limited data on the clinical significance of maspin expres...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee MJ,Suh CH,Li ZH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced an unusual case of cardiac tamponde caused by a rupture of the coronary arteriovenous aneurysm in a 54-year-old woman. The patient was suffered from sudden chest pain and syncope, and was initially managed by pericardiocentesis following an echocardiogram which revealed a massive pericardial effusion wi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ryu JC,Choe YH,Park PW,Park JE,Chae H,Lee WR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since a nationwide childhood vaccination with tetanus toxoid, tetanus has become a rare disease in Korea. However, we recently experienced 17 cases of adult tetanus in a university hospital during a 21-month period. Seventy percent of the patients were female, and the mean age was 63 yr (range, 29-87). The majority (8...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Shin DH,Yu HS,Park JH,Shin JH,Kim SJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transportation costs can be a barrier to healthcare services, especially for low-income, disabled, elderly, and geographically isolated populations. This study aimed to estimate the transportation costs of healthcare service utilization and related influencing factors in Korea in 2016. METHODS:Transportatio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang SY,Seon JY,Oh IH

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis usually presents as a primary lung affliction with secondary metastatic spread to the central nervous system(CNS), and its initial manifestation purely as a CNS disease is rare. A 57-year-old man with histologically proven lymphomatoid granulomatosis of the brain as the sole manifestation o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae WK,Lee KS,Kim PN,Kim IY,Lee BH,Lee KS,Bae HG,Yun IG,Kim EH

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare and potentially fatal complication of rheumatic disorders in children. We describe a 13-month-old boy in whom MAS developed as a complication of systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (S-JRA). He suffered from fever and generalized rash followed by multiple joints swellin...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hur M,Kim YC,Lee KM,Kim KN

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) of the liver is a rare entity and has also been termed nodular lymphoid lesion or pseudolymphoma of the liver. We report a case of hepatic RLH exhibiting unusual histiocyte-rich histologic features in a 47-yr-old woman in conjunction with a renal cell carcinoma. A follow-up computed...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park HS,Jang KY,Kim YK,Cho BH,Moon WS

更新日期：2008-02-01 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 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：:The purpose of the present study was to find novel loci associated with hyperuricemia using data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) conducted on healthy Koreans. We conducted a GWAS using data from a community-based cohort study where 3,647 subjects aged 40-89 were recruited by the Korea National Institute of...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Son CN,Bang SY,Kim SH,Sung YK,Bae SC,Jun JB

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：: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：: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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) is universal and progressive. Here, we report recent results of response-guided therapy for HCV recurrence based on early protocol biopsy after LT. We reviewed patients who underwent LT for HCV related liver disease between 2010 and 2012. Protocol bio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim H,Lee KW,Yi NJ,Lee HW,Choi Y,Suh SW,Jeong J,Suh KS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unintentional environmental exposure to toxicants is associated with an aggravated health status of the general population. Involuntary smoking (IS) exposure is one of the main routes to involuntary toxicants exposure. However, few studies have attempted to understand the environmental cadmium exposure by IS exposure ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee W,Lee S,Roh J,Won JU,Yoon JH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the correlations between BMI, fasting glucose, insulin, testosterone level, insulin resistance, and prostate size in non-diabetic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients with normal testosterone levels. Data from 212 non-diabetic BPH patients with normal testosterone levels, who underwent transurethra...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim WT,Yun SJ,Choi YD,Kim GY,Moon SK,Choi YH,Kim IY,Kim WJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the possible anti-inflammatory mechanisms of gabapentin in the attenuation of neuropathic pain and the interaction between the anti-allodynic effects of gabapentin and interleukin-10 (IL-10) expression in a rat model of neuropathic pain. The anti-allodynic effect of intrathecal gabapentin was examined over...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee BS,Jun IG,Kim SH,Park JY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1) is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder with a multisystem involvement, caused by an abnormal expansion of the CTG sequence of the dystrophic myotonia protein kinase (DMPK) gene. DM1 is a variable multisystem disorder with muscular and nonmuscular abnormalities. Increasingly, endocr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ko WJ,Kim KY,Kim SM,Hong SJ,Lee SH,Song R,Yang HI,Lee YA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies can be conducted to gather real world evidence (RWE) not available from randomized controlled trials, providing new information and knowledge. Although the concept of RWE emerged relatively recently, numerous clinical studies are utilizing it. However, many researchers are engaging in trial and error ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Kim JH

更新日期：2019-01-16 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：:The aim of this study was to develop a new simple method for measuring the vaporized volume and to evaluate the outcome of high-power potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) photoselective laser vaporization. A total of 65 patients, with a mean age of 67.7 yr (range 53 to 85), were included in the primary analysis. The vapo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ku JH,Cho JY,Cho SY,Kim SW,Paick JS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 gp41 is an envelope protein that plays an essential role in virus entry. The mutation of gp41 affects HIV-1 entry and susceptibility to the fusion inhibitor T-20. Therefore, we analyzed the natural polymorphism of gp41 of 163 HIV-1 isolates from T-20-naïve Koreans infected with HIV-1. This study of gp41 polymorp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang DH,Yoon CH,Choi BS,Chung YS,Kim HY,Chi SG,Kim SS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a very rare genetic disorder of the peripheral nervous system characterized by recurrent episodes of unexplained fever, generalized anhidrosis, insensitivity to pain and temperature, and accompanied by self-mutilating behavior and mental retardation. We report...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JS,Woo YJ,Kim GM,Kim CJ,Ma JS,Hwang TJ,Lee MC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) are loops of DNA which occur in the nucleoli of cells and which possess ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. The numbers and/or configurations of NORs have been thought to be related to cellular activities. To assess the applicability of NORs associated protein (Ag-NORs) in the field of diagn...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim I,Park SH,Paik SY

更新日期：1988-09-01 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