Neuroblastoma originating from extra-abdominal sites: association with favorable clinical and biological features.

abstract：Background:Burden of disease can be used to prioritize the healthcare budget allocation. We analyzed the research and development (R&D) budget of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) in 2018 and compared the results with those of the 2015 Korean National Burden of Disease (KNBD) study. Methods:The 2018 MOHW R&D P...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park SY,Yoon SJ,Park H,Jo MW,Oh IH

更新日期：2019-03-07 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：:Though the pathogenic significance and the reservoir of Ewingella americana have not been clarified, this organism has caused several pathogenic infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report a pneumonia in a patient with chronic renal failure, who had chronic rejection of transplanted kidney. E. amer...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ryoo NH,Ha JS,Jeon DS,Kim JR,Kim HC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of alcohol consumption on the risk of ocular trauma. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1,024 patients who visited emergency department and received ophthalmologic examination from January 1 to December 31, 2009. The patients were divided into 2 groups...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Han SB,Yang HK,Woo SJ,Hyon JY,Hwang JM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the methods of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analyses, we have examined 33 cases of human gliomas with various malignant grades to detect the deletions of putative tumor suppressor gene loci, chromosome 10, 13q(retinoblastoma gene, Rb), 17p, an...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SH,Kim JH,Rhee CH,Kang YS,Lee JH,Hong SI,Choi KS

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis, as well as the risk factors of wheezing among young adults in the Korean military. Young military conscripts in five areas completed a modified International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SM,Ahn JS,Noh CS,Lee SW

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the function and regulation mechanism of ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G, member 2 (ABCG2) in retinoblastoma cancer stem cells (RCSCs), a long-term culture of RCSCs from WERI-Rb1 cell line was successfully established based on the high expression level of ABCG2 on the surface of RCSCs. To further expl...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jia M,Wei Z,Liu P,Zhao X

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarray analysis was used to investigate the lack of identified mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway downstream genes to overcome cross-talk at non-muscle invasive high-grade (HG)-urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the bladder, gene expression patterns, gene ontology, and gene clustering by triple (p70S6K, S6K, a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jin S,Chang IH,Kim JW,Whang YM,Kim HJ,Hong SA,Lee TJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a lethal respiratory disease - caused by MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) which was first identified in 2012. Especially, pregnant women can be expected as highly vulnerable candidates for this viral infection. In May 2015, this virus was spread in Korea and a pregnant woman was c...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jeong SY,Sung SI,Sung JH,Ahn SY,Kang ES,Chang YS,Park WS,Kim JH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased epithelial cell proliferation is associated with an increased risk of gastric carcinoma. Helicobacter pylori infection is an established risk factor for gastric cancer and the organism has recently been classified as a group I carcinogen by an IARC working group. In this study, we describe differences in gas...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang TJ,Lee JI,Kim JR,Kim DH,Bae SH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-yr-old woman presented with a right pleural effusion. Destruction of 9th through 12th ribs, adjacent vertebral bodies, and transverse processes was noted on plain radiograph and a large low-attenuated, irregular shaped mass lesion with peripheral rim enhancement, destroying vertebral body and transverse process, ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee WS,Kim SH,Kim I,Kim HK,Lee KS,Lee SY,Heo DS,Jang BS,Bang YJ,Kim NK

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become of great concern in both hospital and community settings. To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus, blood isolates in our Emergency Department (ED) were collected. All pa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Heo ST,Peck KR,Ryu SY,Kwon KT,Ko KS,Oh WS,Lee NY,Song JH

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old female diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis was found to have multiple polyps in the fundus of stomach. On histologic examination, the lesions were hamartomatous polyps. In tuberous sclerosis, many lesions occur in multiple organs and there are several reports about the frequent association of hamartomatous...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim BK,Kim YI,Kim WH

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the calreticulin gene, CALR, have recently been discovered in subsets of patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) or primary myelofibrosis (PMF). We investigated Korean patients with ET and PMF to determine the prevalence, and clinical and laboratory correlations of CALR/JAK2/MPL mutations. Among 84 E...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim BH,Cho YU,Bae MH,Jang S,Seo EJ,Chi HS,Choi Y,Kim DY,Lee JH,Lee JH,Lee KH,Park YM,Lee JK,Park CJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) administration has been used as an adjuvant therapy after transurethral resection for superficial bladder cancer, but the exact mechanisms of its antitumor activity are not yet known. The aim of this study was to characterize the immunologic aspects of antitumor activity of ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chung JY,Lee ES,Lee WJ,Kim HH,Min KJ,Lee C

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced two unusual cases of tumor-like polypoid lesions involving the rectosigmoid colon. They could not be readily classified into any well known polypoid tumors of the rectosigmoid colon, but appeared to have some similarities to the previously documented "eroded polypoid hyperplasia (EPH)". A collective rev...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho NH,Park CI,Ahn HJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the surfactant protein (SP)-C gene (SFTPC) have been associated with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and childhood interstitial lung disease (ILD). If accurate diagnosis and proper management are delayed, irreversible respiratory failure demanding lung transplantation may ensue. A girl was bo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JS,Choi YJ,Kim YT,Park S,Chae JH,Park JD,Cho YJ,Kim WS,Seong MW,Park SH,Kwon D,Chung DH,Suh DI

更新日期：2018-05-02 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：:We report a 39-yr-old man with neuro-Behçet's disease (NBD) in remission who developed left-sided ataxia with a sensory deficit about 10 days after tooth extraction. Several years ago, he experienced a similar episode of relapse after tooth extraction. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a newly developed right th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi SM,Choi YJ,Kim JT,Lee SH,Park MS,Kim BC,Kim MK,Cho KH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation studies about the clinical differences according to the type of donors are mostly conducted in western countries with rare reports from Asians. The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical impacts of the type of donor, and the predictors of 1-year mortality in patients who underwent liver trans...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim EJ,Lim S,Chu CW,Ryu JH,Yang K,Park YM,Choi BH,Lee TB,Lee SJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Despite the increasing use of the rectal balloon in prostate cancer radiotherapy, many issues still remain to be verified objectively including its positional reproducibility and relevance to treatment morbidity. We have developed a custom rectal balloon that has a scale indicating the depth of insertion and dilates s...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho JH,Lee CG,Kang DR,Kim J,Lee S,Suh CO,Seong J,Suh YG,Lee I,Kim GE

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:To determine the relationship between the oral ingestion volume of xylene and methyl hippuric acid (MHA) in urine, we measured MHA in 11 patients whose ingested xylene volume was identified. The best-fit equation between urine MHA and ingested amount of xylene was as follows: y (ingested amount of xylene, mL/kg) = -0....

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi CY,Cho N,Park SY,Park S,Gil HW,Hong SY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-yr-old female was admitted to our hospital with fever, seizure, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Laboratory data showed pancytopenia, elevation of serum transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase, triglyceride, and ferritin levels. Lymph node biopsy revealed features of Kikuchi's disease and there were signs of histiocytos...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YM,Lee YJ,Nam SO,Park SE,Kim JY,Lee EY

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:Acute phlegmonous infection of the gastrointestinal tract is characterized by purulent inflammation of the submucosa and muscular layer with sparing of the mucosa. The authors report a rare case of acute diffuse phlegmonous esophagogastritis, which was well diagnosed based on the typical chest computed tomographic (CT...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Hwang JH,Hong SS,Chang WH,Kim HJ,Chang YW,Kwon KH,Choi DL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency surgical repair for acute traumatic aortic ruptures has been associated with a high peri-procedural mortality rate. Endovascular stent-grafting, as a less invasive procedure, has shown encouraging results. This report describes a patient with a short landing zone, who was treated by transposing the supra-aor...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ryu YG,Choo SJ,Lim JY,Yoon HK,Chung CH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00