First case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in Korea.

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：:Rearrangements of the subtelomeric regions of chromosomes account for a significant proportion of the underlying genetic defects in both idiopathic mental retardation (MR) and multiple congenital anomalies. To detect the rearrangements, a set of subtelomeric fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes has been de...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park HK,Kim HJ,Kim HJ,Han SH,Kim YJ,Kim SH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social distancing has been adopted as one of basic protective measures against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). During 2019-2020 season, influenza epidemic period was exceptionally short and epidemic peak was low in comparison with previous seasons in Korea. Influenza epidemic pattern was bimodal in 2016-2017 and ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Noh JY,Seong H,Yoon JG,Song JY,Cheong HJ,Kim WJ

更新日期：2020-05-18 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：:Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinct subset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is distinguished from other subsets of AML by its distinctive morphology, specific chromosomal abnormality, associated consumptive coagulopathy, and response to treatment. Interestingly, patients with APL frequently enter compl...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SW,Lee KH,Lee JS,Suh C,Ahn MJ,Kim SW,Chi HS,Kim SH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been numerous reports on the relationship between eosinophilia and toxocariasis. The present study investigated seropositive rates of toxocariasis among healthy people with or without eosinophilia in urban and rural areas, and assessed risk factors for positive antibody test. A total of 610 healthy people, ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Jin Y,Choi MH,Kim JH,Lee YH,Yoon CH,Hwang EH,Kang H,Ahn SY,Kim GJ,Hong ST

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to examine changes in the prevalence of cytotoxic-associated gene A (CagA) positive Helicobacter pylori infection in Jinju, Korea, over the last 20 years. METHODS:Three cross-sectional analyses were conducted concurrently. A total of 1,305 serum samples were collected from 19...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JS,Jun JS,Ryu EY,Yeom JS,Park ES,Seo JH,Lim JY,Park CH,Woo HO,Baik SC,Lee WK,Cho MJ,Rhee KH,Youn HS

更新日期：2020-08-17 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：:Continuous efforts have been made by the organ donation and transplantation community in Korea to increase organ donation by the deceased. The authors detailed trends of organ donation and utilization over the past 10 yr using data provided by the KONOS. The yearly number of deceased donors has grown gradually since 2...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Min SI,Kim SY,Park YJ,Min SK,Kim YS,Ahn C,Kim SJ,Ha J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive bacterial infections in apparently immunocompetent children were retrospectively analyzed to figure causative bacterial organisms in Korea. METHODS:A total of 947 cases from 25 university hospitals were identified from 2006 to 2010 as a continuance of a previous 10-year period study from 1996 to 20...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Rhie K,Choi EH,Cho EY,Lee J,Kang JH,Kim DS,Kim YJ,Ahn Y,Eun BW,Oh SH,Cha SH,Hong YJ,Kim KN,Kim NH,Kim YK,Kim JH,Lee T,Kim HM,Lee KS,Kim CS,Park SE,Kim YM,Oh CE,Ma SH,Jo DS,Choi YY,Lee HJ

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine overall detection rates of lung cancer by low-dose CT (LDCT) screening and to compare histopathologic and imaging differences of detected cancers between high- and low-risk groups, this study included 6,406 asymptomatic Korean adults with >or=45 yr of age who underwent LDCT for lung cancer screening. All ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chong S,Lee KS,Chung MJ,Kim TS,Kim H,Kwon OJ,Choi YH,Rhee CH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On February 2, 2017, the surgical team of ten board-certified hand specialists of W Hospital in Korea successfully performed the nation's first hand transplantation at Yeungnam University Medical Center (YUMC). This paper reports on the legal, financial, and cultural hurdles that were overcome to open the wa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Woo SH,Kim YW,Cheon HJ,Jang S,Do JY,Choi JH,Kang DH,Nam HJ,Yoo MJ,Lee YS,Choi JH

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Korean national health security system covers the entire population and all medical facilities. We aimed to estimate epilepsy prevalence, anticonvulsant utilization pattern and the cost. We identified prevalent epilepsy patients by the prescription of anticonvulsants under the diagnostic codes suggesting seizure o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SY,Jung KY,Lee IK,Yi SD,Cho YW,Kim DW,Hwang SS,Kim S,Korean Epilepsy Society.

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing interest in healthcare and health screening events is revealing additional cases of asymptomatic isolated microscopic hematuria (IMH). However, a consensus of the evaluation and explanation of the IMH prognosis is controversial among physicians. Here, we present the natural course of IMH together with t...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HM,Hyun JI,Min JW,Lee K,Kim YK,Choi EJ,Song HC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine the incidence and serogroups of meningococcal disease in the Korean Army. From August 2000 to July 2001, we identified prospective cases in the Korean Army. Meningococcal disease was confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis or detection of its antigen by latex agglutinatio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SO,Ryu SH,Park SJ,Ryu J,Woo JH,Kim YS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, acute loss of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia) was not considered important symptoms for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To determine the prevalence of these symptoms and to evaluate their diagnostic significance, we (approximately 150 physicians of the Daegu Medical Association) prospectively colle...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee Y,Min P,Lee S,Kim SW

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of diastolic heart failure increases dramatically with age. We investigated the impact of long-term exercise training on age-related diastolic dysfunction. Old (25-month-old) male Fischer 344 rats were studied after 12 weeks of treadmill exercise training or sedentary cage life (N=7, in each group). We d...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi SY,Chang HJ,Choi SI,Kim KI,Cho YS,Youn TJ,Chung WY,Chae IH,Choi DJ,Kim HS,Kim CH,Oh BH,Kim MH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is designed to evaluate the immune status of schoolchildren with respect to Streptococcus pyogenes, and to ascertain the usefulness of antideoxyribonuclease B (ADNase B). Antistreptolysin O (ASO) and ADNase B concentrations were measured quantitatively in 266 serum samples from healthy elementary school chi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim S,Lee NY

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiency disease (PID) is a rare disorder in adults. Most often, serious forms are detected during infancy or childhood. However, mild forms of PID may not be diagnosed until later in life, and some types of humoral immunodeficiency may occur in adulthood. The purpose of this study was to identify clin...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JH,Park HJ,Choi GS,Kim JE,Ye YM,Nahm DH,Park HS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder, caused by homozygous absence of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN1) in approximately 94% of patients. Since most carriers have only one SMN1 gene copy, several SMN1 quantitative analyses have been used for the SMA carrier detection. We developed a rel...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee TM,Kim SW,Lee KS,Jin HS,Koo SK,Jo I,Kang S,Jung SC

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Cardiovascular mortality is associated with vascular calcification (VC) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The present study was designed to find factors related with medial artery calcification on the plain radiography of feet by comparing C-reactive protein (CRP), plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) and lipid...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： An WS,Kim SE,Kim KH,Bae HR,Rha SH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1482 in vol. 29, PMID: 25408578.]. ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi EJ,Kim SA,Kim NR,Rhee JA,Yun YW,Shin MH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pericarditis has been recognized as a rare disease since the development of antibiotics. Usually, the disease is associated with underlying conditions or a seeding of infection elsewhere to the pericardium. Here we describe a case of group G streptococcal pericarditis as an initial presentation of colon canc...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim NH,Park JP,Jeon SH,Lee YJ,Choi HJ,Jeong KM,Lee JG,Choi SP,Lim JH,Kim YH,Kim YS,Kim YM,Hwang MH,Cho JW,Moon Y,Oh SK,Jeong JW

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research focuses on the analysis regarding disclosure of financial conflicts of interest (FCOI) after Gelsinger v. University of Pennsylvania (Penn). The main legal issue was that the participants did not have enough opportunity to make an autonomous decision about participating in the research because he was not...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of perforator flaps represented a significant advance in microsurgical reconstruction. However, confusion has developed due to the erroneous belief that perforator flaps are different from conventional flaps. The concept of the perforator is not new, but is an idea that evolved from the conventional f...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JT,Kim SW

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid carcinomas are uncommon in childhood and adolescence. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical features and clinical outcomes of thyroid cancer in the pediatric population treated in the Yonsei University Health System. From September 1982 to June 2009, 90 patients (75 females, 15 males; female:male ratio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park S,Jeong JS,Ryu HR,Lee CR,Park JH,Kang SW,Jeong JJ,Nam KH,Chung WY,Park CS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Working status is identified as a major risk factor of poor breastfeeding practices among workers. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and factors associated with breastfeeding practice among white-collar and blue-collar workers in Indonesia. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed i...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Basrowi RW,Sulistomo AW,Adi NP,Widyahening IS,Vandenplas Y

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a multi-functional cytokine involved in inflammation, repair and angiogenesis in asthmatic airway. This study aimed to evaluate the role of VEGF in immediate bronchoconstriction induced by TDI inhalation, and in chronic TDI-asthma patients. 11 newly diagnosed TDI-asthma pat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi JH,Suh YJ,Lee SK,Suh CH,Nahm DH,Park HS

更新日期：2004-06-01 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