Safety of accelerated schedules of subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy with house dust mite extract in patients with atopic dermatitis.

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：:X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome (XHIM) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder, caused by mutations of the gene encoding CD40 ligand (CD40L; CD154). We report the clinical manifestations and mutational analysis of the CD40L gene observed in a male patient from a XHIM family. Having hypogammaglobulinemia and elevated I...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jo EK,Kim HS,Lee MY,Iseki M,Lee JH,Song CH,Park JK,Hwang TJ,Kook H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of identifying the sentinel lymph nodes (SNs) as well as to evaluate factors that might influence the SN detection rate in patients with cervical cancer of the uterus. Eighty nine patients underwent intracervical injection of 1% isosulfan blue dye at the time ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Seong SJ,Park H,Yang KM,Kim TJ,Lim KT,Shim JU,Park CT,Lee KH

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional boundaries between public and private sectors has been blurred, and questions raised regarding how publicness could be conceptualized. The empirical study on the concept of publicness can reveal greatly diversified views on publicness, and help to reduce confusion over publicness. For the content analy...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Min HS,Park Y,Kim CY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disease-specific factors that predispose patients to diverse cardiac diseases in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been established. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for cardiac involvement in patients with SLE drawn from the Korean Lupus Network (KORNET) registry. METHODS:A total of...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choe JY,Lee SS,Kwak SG,Kim SK

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:We investigated the association between socioeconomic status and hypertension in Korea, a country that has experienced a dynamic socioeconomic transition. We analyzed participants of a prospective cohort study-the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study-enrolled between 2001 and 2003. We recruited 7,089 subjects who unde...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park CS,Ha KH,Kim HC,Park S,Ihm SH,Lee HY

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to validate Baveno VI and expanded Baveno VI criteria using two dimensional shear-wave elastography (2D-SWE) in compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD) patients with alcohol as the main etiology. METHODS:Clinical data from 305 patients with cACLD who underwent a liver stiffness measureme...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kang SH,Baik SK,Kim MY

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Size selection of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) Classic based on actual body weight remains a common practice. However, ideal body weight might allow for a better size selection in obese patients. The purpose of our study was to compare the utility of ideal body weight and actual body weight when choosing the approp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim MS,Lee JS,Nam SB,Kang HJ,Kim JE

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Thirty-six cases of necrotizing lymphadenitis--including 33 cases of unknown etiology, 1 typhoid lymphadenopathy, and 2 cases of suspicious lupus lymphadenopathy--were clinico-pathologically reviewed and analyzed with immunostaining for s-100 and lysozyme. All cases histologically showed architectural effacement by pa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho KJ,Kim CW,Park SH,Lee SK

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:Aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of transplantation by donor source and to help select the best alternative donor in children with leukemia. Donor sources included matched related donor (MRD, n = 35), allele-matched unrelated donor (M-UD, n = 10) or -mismatched (MM)-UD (n = 13) or unrelated umbilical cord...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Baek HJ,Kook H,Han DK,Hwang TJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of fetal atrial flutter associated with severe fetal hydrops which were unresponsive to digoxin but were successfully treated with flecainide acetate. Two cases of fetal atrial flutter were identified in fetuses with severe fetal hydrops on 3rd trimester ultrasonogram(28 weeks' gestation and 30 w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Won HS,Lee IS,Yoo HK,Yoo SJ,Ko JK,Lee PR,Kim A,Mok JE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of previous pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) on the risk of obstructive lung disease. We analyzed population-based, the Second Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001. Participants underwent chest X-rays (CXR) and spirometry, and qualified radiologists interpreted the presence o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SW,Kim YS,Kim DS,Oh YM,Lee SD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma ghrelin has been reported to be elevated in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and modulated by insulin. It was hypothesized that insulin might have a more pronounced effect on reducing plasma ghrelin in PWS patients, which would influence appetite. This study investigated the degree of ghrelin suppression using a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Paik KH,Lee MK,Jin DK,Kang HW,Lee KH,Kim AH,Kim C,Lee JE,Oh YJ,Kim S,Han SJ,Kwon EK,Choe YH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture of the Leptospira species and the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) are considered as the reference standard for the diagnosis of leptospirosis, but both tests are imperfect for early diagnosis. We describe 4 patients diagnosed with leptospirosis using nested polymerase chain reaction (N-PCR) that targete...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Na YS,Kim HL,Kim CM,Yun NR,Kim DM

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS) is a promising method of treatment for gastric or esophageal variceal bleeding. This study was performed to determine the prognostic factors contributing to the survival of patients after TIPSS for gastric or esophageal variceal bleeding. One hundred and fifty-five...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YT,Jung MK,Cho CM,Tak WY,Kweon YO,Kim SK,Choi YH,Chung JM

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical, laboratory, and pathologic characteristics of dense deposit disease (DDD) in Korean children and to determine whether these characteristics differ between Korean and American children with DDD. In 2010, we sent a structured protocol about DDD to pediatric neph...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park SJ,Kim YJ,Ha TS,Lim BJ,Jeong HJ,Park YH,Lee DY,Kim PK,Kim KS,Chung WY,Shin JI

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recommended infant vaccination in Korea includes DTaP-IPV and Hib vaccines administered as separate injections. In this randomized, open, controlled study we assessed the non-inferiority of immunogenicity of DTaP-IPV//Hib pentavalent combination vaccine (Pentaxim™) compared with licensed DTaP-IPV and Hib (PRP~T) vacci...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kang JH,Lee HJ,Kim KH,Oh SH,Cha SH,Lee J,Kim NH,Eun BW,Kim CH,Hong YJ,Kim HH,Lee KY,Kim YJ,Cho EY,Kim HS,Guitton F,Ortiz E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastomas originating from different sites might have different clinical and biological characteristics. In the present study, the clinical (age, sex and stage) and biological (N-myc amplification, Shimada pathology and levels of lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin and neuron-specific enolase) characteristics of pati...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sung KW,Yoo KH,Koo HH,Kim JY,Cho EJ,Seo YL,Kim J,Lee SK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 frequently involves the central nervous system and may present with a variety of neurologic manifestations. Here, we aimed to describe the clinical features, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profiles of patients presenting with neurologic complications of enterovi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee KY,Lee MS,Kim DB

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The aim of the study was to examine the characteristics of alpha wave peak frequency, power, and coherence in patients with schizophrenia. Methods:Thirty-one patients with schizophrenia and age- and sex-matched subjects with no psychopathology were enrolled. All study participants underwent quantitative ele...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yeum TS,Kang UG

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A santorinicele is defined as a focal cystic dilatation of the terminal portion of the dorsal pancreatic duct at the minor papilla. Most cases reported previously were associated with pancreas divisum and a santorinicele without pancreas divisum is known to be rare. We recently experienced a typical case of a santorin...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Nam KD,Joo KR,Jang JY,Kim NH,Lee SK,Dong SH,Kim HJ,Kim BH,Chang YW,Lee JI,Chang R

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:Intraspinal bronchogenic cysts are rare congenital cystic lesions. In all the reported cases, the cysts have been located in the cervical, upper thoracic or thoracolumbar segments. We report the case of an intraspinal bronchogenic cyst in the sacral location. We present the case of a 5-month-old female with a skin dim...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ko KS,Jeun SS,Lee YS,Park CK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concern about bisphosphonate-associated subtrochanteric and femoral shaft (ST/FS) fractures has been raised. However, its real risk is still debatable, because there is no study to estimate risk and benefit of bisphosphonate. The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of typical hip fractures and S...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Won SH,Ahn S,Ji E,Park JW,Kim JK,Lee YK

更新日期：2020-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Blowflies, especially species belonging to the subfamily Luciliinae, are the first insects to lay eggs on corpses in Korea. Fast and accurate species identification has been a key task for forensic entomologists. Because conventional morphologic identification methods have many limitations with respect to forensic pra...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park SH,Zhang Y,Piao H,Yu DH,Jeong HJ,Yoo GY,Chung U,Jo TH,Hwang JJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early fetal growth delay and early oligohydramnios have been suspected as signs of embryonal jeopardy. However, little information is available for the prediction of early abortion. Sonographic examination of 111 early pregnancies between the sixth and ninth gestational week with regular, 28 day menstrual cycles was p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jun SA,Ahn MO,Lee YD,Cha KY

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00