Muscular sarcoidosis detected by F-18 FDG PET/CT in a hypercalcemic patient.

abstract：:The cloning and sequencing of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor (TSHR), combined with advances in molecular techniques, have facilitated the understanding of the interaction of the TSHR antibodies (TSHRAbs) with the TSHR at the molecular level and have allowed the delineation of their clinical role. TSHRAbs i...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho BY

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal sepsis remains one of the most important causes of death and co-morbidity in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. The aim of this study was to determine the current incidences of early-onset sepsis (EOS) and late-onset sepsis (LOS), the distribution of pathogens, and the impact of infection on co-morbidities...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SM,Chang M,Kim KS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared clinical characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes of nonagenarian acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients (n=270, 92.3 ± 2.3 yr old) with octogenarian AMI patients (n=2,145, 83.5 ± 2.7 yr old) enrolled in Korean AMI Registry (KAMIR). Nonagenarians were less likely to have hypertension, diabete...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee KH,Ahn Y,Kim SS,Rhew SH,Jeong YW,Jang SY,Cho JY,Jeong HC,Park KH,Yoon NS,Sim DS,Yoon HJ,Kim KH,Hong YJ,Park HW,Kim JH,Cho JG,Park JC,Jeong MH,Cho MC,Kim CJ,Kim YJ,KAMIR (Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman with a long-standing systemic lupus erythematosus had multiple subcutaneous nodules on her axillae, iliac crests and limbs. Three years ago, these nodules began to appear and slowly became larger. Some of them amassed to form a large, fungating, lobulated mass on her right iliac crest. Roentgenogra...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park YM,Lee SJ,Kang H,Cho SH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to know the risk-stratification-based prevalence of bacterial contamination of ambulance vehicle surfaces, equipment, and materials. This study was performed in a metropolitan area with fire-based single-tiered Basic Life Support ambulances. Total 13 out of 117 ambulances (11.1%) were sampled and 33 sites per...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Noh H,Shin SD,Kim NJ,Ro YS,Oh HS,Joo SI,Kim JI,Ong ME

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Recently, genetic variants in the WNT signaling pathway have been reported to affect the survival outcome of Caucasian patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We therefore attempted to determine whether these same WNT signaling pathway gene variants had similar impacts on the survival outcome of ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoo SS,Hong MJ,Choi JE,Lee JH,Baek SA,Lee WK,Lee SY,Lee SY,Lee J,Cha SI,Kim CH,Cho S,Park JY

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miyoshi myopathy (MM) is an autosomal recessive distal muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the dysferlin gene (DYSF) on chromosome 2p13. Although MM patients and their mutations in the DYSF gene have been found from all over the world, there is only one report of genetically confirmed case of MM in Korea. Recent...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho HJ,Sung DH,Kim EJ,Yoon CH,Ki CS,Kim JW

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) are benign neoplasms that can occur at different anatomic sites with nonspecific clinical symptoms. A 48-yr-old woman presented with a 2-month history of a relapsed oral ulcer, progressive dyspnea, and a thoracic pain induced by breathing. A tumorous mass was noticed in the r...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee DH,Lee SH,Sung JK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current and primary treatment modality in overactive bladder includes the administration of anticholinergics. The demand for new agents has been rising since anticholinergics have proven to come with many side effects. This study was designed to investigate the effects of ylang-ylang essential oil (YYEO) on the relaxa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HJ,Yang HM,Kim DH,Kim HG,Jang WC,Lee YR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), a critical enzyme in folate metabolism, plays an important role in DNA methylation. It has been suggested that abnormal DNA methylation contributes to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and congenital anomalies. The previous findings regarding the genetic relationship betwee...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SG,Song JY,Joo EJ,Jeong SH,Kim SH,Lee KY,Lee NY,Ahn YM,Kim YS,Roh MS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The renal function of individuals is one of the reasons for the variations in therapeutic response to various drugs. Patients with renal impairment are often exposed to drug toxicity, even with drugs that are usually eliminated by hepatic metabolism. Previous study has reported an increased plasma concentrat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim AH,Yoon S,Lee Y,Lee J,Bae E,Lee H,Kim DK,Lee S,Yu KS,Jang IJ,Cho JY

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous musculoskeletal disorders are caused by thickened ligament, tendon stiffness, or fibrosis of joint capsule. Relaxin, a peptide hormone, can exert collagenolytic effect on ligamentous and fibrotic tissues. We hypothesized that local injection of relaxin could be used to treat entrapment neuropathy and adhesive...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JH,Lee SK,Lee SK,Kim JH,Fredericson M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose intravenous steroids are the first-line treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe and active Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO). We aimed to investigate the response rate of methylprednisolone (MPD) treatment among Korean patients with active moderate-to-severe GO and to identify predictive factors o...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn HY,Lee JK

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Since heparin is an anticoagulant commonly used in hemodialysis and the patients on hemodialysis are repeatedly exposed to heparin, heparin may be the cause of the development of heparin-dependent antibodies and thrombotic complications in patients on hemodialysis. The purpose of this study was to determine the preval...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee EY,Hwang KY,Yang JO,Hong SY

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive predictability of anti-HCV ELISA is low, especially, in blood donors and in healthy populations. False positive anti-HCV results pose some difficulties in medical practice and in blood screening. The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with true hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YS,Lee HS,Ahn YO

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which genes are regulated by thyroid stimulating hormone (thyrotropin, TSH), insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the rat thyroid, we used the microarray technology and observed the changes in gene expression. The expressions of genes for bone morphogenetic protein 6, the glucagon receptor,...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee YJ,Park DJ,Shin CS,Park KS,Kim SY,Lee HK,Park YJ,Cho BY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) requiring hemodialysis present with hypertriglyceridemia (HTG). But the exact cause of HTG in CRF is still unknown. Genetic variation of the apo AI-CIII-AIV gene cluster was reported to be associated with primary HTG, atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. This stud...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi GR,Suh SP,Song JW,Kee SJ,Shin JH,Ryang DW

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:The objective of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society-Health Index/Environmental Factor (ASAS HI/EF) and to evaluate its reliability and validity in Korean patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). A total of 43 patients participated. Translation an...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi JH,Kim TJ,Shin K,Choi CB,Kim JH,Kim SH,Kim NI,Ahn MJ,Jung HJ,Lee KE,Park DJ,Park YW,Lee SS,Kim TH

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:One important mechanism of drug resistance in acute leukemia is the overexpression of the multi-drug resistance (MDR1) gene that encodes a 170-kDa membrane protein called P-glycoprotein. To estimate the incidence and role of MDR1 gene expression in patients with acute leukemia, we investigated the expression of MDR1 b...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jiang EZ,Chang YJ,Lee JW,Lee WK,Kim JS,Sohn SK,Lee KB,Suh JS

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein C is the central component of a major anti-thrombotic regulatory system and individuals with hereditary protein C deficiency (PCD) tend to have an increased risk of thromboembolism. During the last several years, mutations causing PCD have been identified in Western countries and in Japanese. In the present st...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Song KS,Park YS,Choi CR,Kim HK,Park Q,Kim HS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is often associated with a more rapid progression of cognitive and functional decline, and behavioral disturbance in dementia. Therefore, it is essential to accurately assesses pain for proper intervention in patients with dementia. The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability (FLACC) scale is an excellent be...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Moon Y,Kim YS,Lee J,Han SH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 51-yr-old man presenting with syncope due to torsade de pointes. The torsade de pointes was refractory to conventional medical therapy, including infusion of isoproterenol, MgSO4, potassium, lidocaine, and amiodarone. His past history, physical findings, and hormone study confirmed that QT prolongation w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim NH,Cho JG,Ahn YK,Lee SU,Kim KH,Cho JH,Kim HG,Kim W,Jeong MH,Park JC,Kang JC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify the influence of vertebral fracture (VF) on the functional disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study consecutively enrolled 100 female patients aged 50 yr or older with RA. All participants underwent lateral imaging of the thoracolumbar spine by simp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho SK,Lee JH,Han M,Lee S,Kim JY,Ryu JA,Choi YY,Bae SC,Sung YK

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：: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：:We report our experience in 13 patients who underwent transcatheter closure of Fontan fenestration with the Cook detachable coils. These patients underwent the extracardiac type Fontan operation with a short conduit fenestration (n=7) or lateral tunnel type with a punch-hole fenestration (n=6). Fenestration closure wa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim SH,Kang IS,Huh J,Lee HJ,Yang JH,Jun TG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00