The first reported case of West Nile encephalitis in Korea.

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia caused by neurodegenerative process and is tightly related to amyloid β (Aβ) and neurofibrillary tangles. The lack of early diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic remedy hinders the prevention of increasing population of AD patients every year. In spite of acc...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Han SH,Mook-Jung I

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence and development of de novo malignancy (DNM) after liver transplantation (LT) are the major causes of late recipient death. METHODS:We analyzed the incidence of extrahepatic DNM following living donor LT according to the status of pretransplant hepatic malignancy. We...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park GC,Hwang S,Ahn CS,Kim KH,Moon DB,Ha TY,Song GW,Jung DH,Yoon YI,Cho HD,Kwon JH,Chung YK,Kang SH,Choi JU,Jung IJ,Lee SG

更新日期：2020-03-23 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：:Because the spleen is likely to play a specific role in immunity, we have tried to observe the influence of the abdominal neoplasms on splenic lymphoid tissue as well as the distribution and localization of immunoregulatory cells with a special attention to the marginal zone, using splenectomy specimens in the various...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho HJ,Ko IH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimerism in humans is a rare phenomenon often initially identified in the resolution of an ABO blood type discrepancy. We report a dispermic chimera who presented with mixed field in his B antigen typing that might have been mistaken for the B3 subtype. The propositus is a healthy Korean male blood donor. Neither his...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho D,Lee SK,Yazer MH,Shin MG,Shin JH,Suh SP,Song JW,Jeon MJ,Kim JY,Park JT,Ryang DW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research aimed to investigate the changes in ethical issues in everyday clinical practice recognized by critical care nurses during two observation periods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data obtained by prospective questionnaire surveys of nurses in the intensive care units (ICU) of a tertiary univers...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park DW,Moon JY,Ku EY,Kim SJ,Koo YM,Kim OJ,Lee SH,Jo MW,Lim CM,Armstrong JD 2nd,Koh Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:In recent developments in the repair of large surgical defects where simple flap rotation may have been previously employed, myocutaneous flaps are being used because of functional advantages and to decrease the number of reconstructive procedures. The authors have employed myocutaneous flaps in 40 cases from January ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park YK,Seel DJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1308 in vol. 29, PMID: 25246752.]. ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JH,LOCAT Group.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy surgery has been demonstrated to be an effective alternative treatment for intractable partial or localization related epilepsy. Primary intracranial neoplasms and other structural lesions of the brain are important etiological factors in patients with partial seizure disorders. A neuroimaging identified lesi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Son EI,Yi SD,Lee SW,Lee HC,Yim MB,Kim IH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been shown to reduce the risk of death and hospitalization in patients with advanced heart failure with left ventricular dysfunction. However, controversy remains regarding who would most benefit from CRT. We performed a meta-analysis, and meta-regression in an attempt to id...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kang SH,Oh IY,Kang DY,Cha MJ,Cho Y,Choi EK,Hahn S,Oh S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate association between breast cancer risk and nutrients intake in Korean women, a case-control study was carried out, at Seoul, Korea. Incident cases (n=224) were identified through the cancer biopsy between February 1999 and December 2000 at two University hospitals in Seoul. Hospital-based controls (n=25...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Do MH,Lee SS,Jung PJ,Lee MH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Alendronate (AL), a drug for inhibiting osteoclast-mediated bone-resorption, was intercalated into an inorganic drug delivery nanovehicle, layered double hydroxide (LDH), to form a new nanohybrid, AL-LDH, with 1:1 heterostructure along the crystallographic C-axis. Based on the intercalation reaction strategy...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Piao H,Kim MH,Cui M,Choi G,Choy JH

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

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：:Disability weight for each disease plays a key role in combining years lived with disability and years of life lost in disability adjusted life year. For the Korean Burden of Disease 2012 study, we have conducted a re-estimation of disability weights for causes of disease by adapting the methodology of a recent Global...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ock M,Lee JY,Oh IH,Park H,Yoon SJ,Jo MW

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:We evaluated the clinical course of subchondral insufficiency fracture of the femoral head (SIFFH) and its characteristic findings with special regard to joint space narrowing (JSN). Thirty-one cases of SIFFH of mean age 68.9 yr initially underwent limited weight-bearing conservative treatment. During the follow-up pe...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoon PW,Kwak HS,Yoo JJ,Yoon KS,Kim HJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some types of workers such as farmers and soldiers are at a higher risk of work-related injury and illness than workers from other occupations. Despite this fact, they are not covered under the Industrial Safety Health (ISH) Act or the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance (IACI) Act. The Safety Aid System for Fa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon YJ,Lee SJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a Korean translation of the Internet Addiction Test (KIAT), widely used self-report for internet addiction and tested its reliability and validity in a sample of college students. Two hundred seventy-nine college students at a national university completed the KIAT. Internal consistency and two week test-...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee K,Lee HK,Gyeong H,Yu B,Song YM,Kim D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study aimed to analyze the barriers affecting the utilization of antenatal care (ANC) among Senegalese mothers. Methods:Health facility staffs were surveyed to examine the availability coverage of ANC (infrastructural capacity of health posts to handle maternal and newborn healthcare). A total of 113 w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KH,Choi JW,Oh J,Moon J,You S,Woo Y

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoplastic lobectomy is a lung-saving procedure indicated for central tumors, for which the alternative is pneumonectomy. We compared operative mortality and complications between bronchoplastic lobectomy and pneumonectomy in lung cancer patients. From March 1993 through December 2005, 1,461 patients were surgical...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee ES,Park SI,Kim YH,Bae CH,Moon HW,Chun MS,Kim DK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of a combined therapy of pre-blockade endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) with N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and continuous inhaled NO (iNO) on the gas exchange and hemodynamics of Escherichia coli pneumonia and sepsis in newborn piglets. Seven to ten day old ventilated newborn p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chang YS,Kang S,Ko SY,Park WS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M protein and streptococcus pyrogenic exotoxin (SPE A) are important virulence factors in group A streptococci (GAS) infections. The emm types of GAS strains isolated from patients with sepsis were determined by sequencing the 5' N-terminus of the emm gene, encoding the M protein, and clonality analysis using puls...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Koh EH,Lee NY,Kim EC,Kim S

更新日期：2006-04-01 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

abstract：:A collision tumor is defined by the presence of two separate masses in one organ, which are pathologically distinct. We described a 70-yr-old patient who complained of abnormal vaginal bleeding with a collision tumor of the uterine corpus. The patient received total hysterectomy, bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy, bila...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang KS,Lee WM,Kim YJ,Cho SH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that there is an association between environmental, low-level arsenic exposure and the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM), but little research has been conducted. Here, the glucose tolerance status and urinary creatinine adjusted total arsenic concentrations were analyzed in 3,602 subjects ≥ 20 yr of...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Rhee SY,Hwang YC,Woo JT,Chin SO,Chon S,Kim YS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging was performed to assess the coronary wall morphology in detail at 22 months after the onset of Kawasaki disease in a girl who had developed coronary aneurysms at 4 yr of age. The sites of persistent aneurysms demonstrated a dilated lumen with a marked symmetrical or asymmetrical...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sohn S,Kim HS,Jeon SH,Park SH

更新日期：2001-10-01 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