Risk factors for death during pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in Korea: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

abstract：:Scrotal leiomyomas with atypical bizarre nuclei are rare, which might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumor. We describe a case of scrotal bizarre leiomyoma in a 65-yr-old man. The tumor was a 1 cm-sized, well circumscribed, oval mass arising from the tunica dartos muscle. Histologically, it was formed by whorling bundle...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim NR,Sung CO,Han J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal stents have been used to palliate patients with dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer. Early rigid plastic prostheses have been associated with a high risk of complications. However, with the development of self-expanding stents, it has developed into a widely accepted method for treating malignant esophage...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KY,Tsauo J,Song HY,Kim PH,Park JH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical research registration is required in many countries to improve transparency of clinical research and to ensure subject safety. Developed in February 2010, the Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) is an online registration system for clinical studies in Korea and one of the primary registries of the Wo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi EK,Kim MJ,Lim NK,Park HY

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The aim of our study was to evaluate the utility and diagnostic accuracy of the ossification grade of medial clavicular epiphysis on chest radiographs for identifying Korean adolescents and young adults under the age of majority. Overall, 1,151 patients (age, 16-30) without any systemic disease and who underwent chest...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon SH,Yoo HJ,Yoo RE,Lim HJ,Yoon JH,Park CM,Lee SS,Yoo SH

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histiocytic sarcoma (HS) is a very rare neoplasm that often shows an aggressive clinical course and systemic symptoms, such as fever, weight loss, adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. It may present as localized or disseminated disease. We describe here a 63-yr-old male who manifested systemic symptoms, in...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sohn BS,Kim T,Kim JE,Bae E,Park CJ,Huh J,Lee SO

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IMR is useful for assessing the microvascular dysfunction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It remains unknown whether index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) reflects the functional outcome in patients with anterior myocardial infarction (AMI) with or without microvascular obstruction (MO).Th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoo SH,Yoo TK,Lim HS,Kim MY,Koh JH

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Complement C7 deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder well known to be associated with increased susceptibility to meningococcal infection and has mostly been reported in Caucasians. In the Korean population, no case of C7 deficiency has been reported to date. Recently we experienced an 11-yr-old girl with menin...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ki CS,Kim JW,Kim HJ,Choi SM,Ha GY,Kang HJ,Kim WD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine influenza vaccination coverage of North Korean defectors (NKD) in the Republic of Korea (Korea) and explore the factors affected the vaccination coverage. Total 378 NKD were analyzed. Four Korean control subjects were randomly matched by age and gender from the Korea National Health and Nut...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Song IG,Lee H,Yi J,Kim MS,Park SM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal lung development normally occurs in a hypoxic environment. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α is robustly induced under hypoxia and transactivates many genes that are essential for fetal development. Most preterm infants are prematurely exposed to hyperoxia, which can halt hypoxia-driven lung maturation. We were ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi CW,Lee J,Lee HJ,Park HS,Chun YS,Kim BI

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small pancreatic cancers (longest diameter

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jung KW,Kim MH,Lee TY,Kwon S,Oh HC,Lee SS,Seo DW,Lee SK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish the early morphogenetic mechanism in retinoid induced cardiac lesions, we investigated the morphology of the heart in cultured rat embryos treated with retinoic acid (RA) at 9.0 and 9.5 days post coitum (d.p.c). Wistar rat embryos were treated with RA (2 x 10(-7) M) for 6 hours from the embryonic day equi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee YM,Kim JS,Han SY,Park KL,Jang SJ,Seo JW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clear-cell chondrosarcoma, a recently specified entity, is a low-grade malignant tumor and has characteristic clinical, roentgenographic and pathologic findings which separate it from conventional chondrosarcoma and other benign tumors. Therefore, correct diagnosis is important from the viewpoint of both prognosis and...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SD,Ahn GH,Chi JG,Ham EK

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Writing a good quality scientific article takes experience and skill. I propose 'Ten Tips' that may help to improve the quality of manuscripts for scholarly journals. It is advisable to draft first version of manuscript and revise it repeatedly for consistency and accuracy of the writing. During the drafting and revis...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong ST

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthogranulomatous inflammation (XGI) is a rare, idiopathic process in which lipid-laden histiocytes are deposited at various locations in the body. Although XGI has been reported to occur in various organs such as the gallbladder, kidney, bone, stomach, colon, appendix, lymph nodes, urachus, and urinary bladder and ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Joo M,Chang SH,Song HY,Song TJ,Seo JW,Kim CN

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Korean public health insurance database, we analyzed patients diagnosed as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) from 2004 to 2008. Age and year-specific amount and seasonal variation of hospital visits (HV), duration of treatment (DT), the total and per capita amount of insurance payment (TAIP, PCIP) were eval...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Son H,Park J,Song SH,Kang JY,Hong SK,Lee HM,Kim SH,Park BJ,Lee HL,Lee KS

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was done to determine whether recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) treatment could attenuate hyperoxia-induced lung injury, and if so, whether this protective effect is mediated by the down-modulation of inflammation in neonatal rats. Newborn Sprague Dawley rat pups were subjected to 14 days of hyperoxi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee JH,Sung DK,Koo SH,Shin BK,Hong YS,Son CS,Lee JW,Chang YS,Park WS

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：: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：: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：:To investigate the role of angiogenesis in multiple myeloma (MM), bone marrow biopsy from 75 adults with newly diagnosed, untreated MM were evaluated. Microvessels were scored in at least 3 areas ( x 200 fields) of the highest microvessel density in representative sections of each bone marrow specimen using immunohist...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ahn MJ,Park CK,Choi JH,Lee WM,Lee YY,Choi IY,Kim IS,Lee WS,Ki M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) had been a rare and unusual vascular tumor until a recent epidemic of a disseminated and fulminant form of KS in AIDS patients. Infectious agents have been suspected of causing KS, and recently partial genomic DNA sequences of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) have been identified in AIDS-associated KS ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kang GH,Kwon GY,Kim CW

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some patients, eosinophilic gastroenteritis(EG) occurs in those with food allergy. We experienced a non-atopic asthmatic who had an EG associated with food allergy to fish and eggs, and blood eosinophilia. A skin prick test and RAST to causative food allergens showed a negative result. A fiber-optic endoscopic biop...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park HS,Kim HS,Jang HJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embolization of the occlusion device after percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is a potential disastrous complication. The usual site of embolization is the right side of the heart including pulmonary artery, but the device embolization to the extracardiac aorta is extremely rare. Here, we report a succ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho JY,Kim KH,Yoon HJ,Seon HJ,Ahn Y,Jeong MH,Cho JG,Park JC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to prove the hypothesis that oncogene expressions would have the same patterns with those of cellular growth to growth factors in FRTL-5 cells. Ribonucleic acids of FRTL-5 were extracted at 15', 30', 60' and 120' after administration of growth factors to quiescent FRTL-5, and blotted to the ni...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoo HY,Oh SK,Yi KH,Cho BY,Koh CS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most frequent form of invasive fungal diseases in immunocompromised patients. However, there are only a few studies on IPA in immunocompromised children in Korea. This study was designed to characterize IPA in Korean children with hematologic/oncologic diseases. Medical re...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Han SB,Kim SK,Bae EY,Lee JW,Yoon JS,Chung NG,Cho B,Jeong DC,Kang JH,Kim HK,Lee DG,Lee HS,Im SA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric liver transplantation is the standard of care for treatment of liver failure in children. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of pediatric liver transplantation in centers located in Korea and determine factors that influence outcomes. This retrospective study was performed using data f...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JM,Kim KM,Yi NJ,Choe YH,Kim MS,Suh KS,Kim SI,Lee SK,Lee SG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical triad of abdominal pain, vomiting, and bloody stool is absent in chronic intussusception for more than 2 weeks. Here, we report a 6-year-old female with recurrent abdominal pain for 2 months. Ultrasonography of the abdomen revealed an ileocolic-type intussusception. The lesion accompanying the tight fibr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi SH,Han SA,Won KY

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

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