Vaccination policy in Korean armed forces: current status and future challenge.

abstract：:The clinical significance of positive B-cell complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatching (B-CDC) in renal transplant recipients remains unclear. We reviewed 20 recipients with isolated B-CDC positivity at the time of transplantation. We compared the clinical characteristics, acute rejection and long-term graft sur...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hwang HS,Yoon HE,Choi BS,Oh EJ,Kim JI,Moon IS,Kim YS,Yang CW

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Recent evidence suggests that gastric mucosal injury induces adaptive changes in DNA methylation. In this study, the methylation status of the key tissue-specific genes in normal gastric mucosa of healthy individuals and cancer patients was evaluated. The methylation-variable sites of 14 genes, including ulcer-healing...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong SJ,Oh JH,Jung YC,Kim YH,Kim SJ,Kang SJ,Seo EJ,Choi SW,Kang MI,Rhyu MG

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Since the first case of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the Republic of Korea (ROK) was detected in 1985, 876 HIV-infected patients have been reported, as of December 1998. The male to female ratio was 6.8:1, and 87% of the patients were between 20 and 49 years of age. The major modes of transmission w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Oh MD,Choe K

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:Acoustic pharyngometry is a relatively new noninvasive method that quantifies geometrically complexed pharyngeal dimensions. Our study aimed to investigate the predictability and usefulness of acoustic pharyngometry in diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and we developed a prospective clinical trial in 16 subj...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jung DG,Cho HY,Grunstein RR,Yee B

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy is an important treatment modality for abdominal or pelvic cancer, but there is a common and serious complication such as radiation-induced enteritis. Probiotics is reported to have positive effects against radiation-induced enteropathy. In this study, morphological changes of bowel mucosa were analy...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ki Y,Kim W,Cho H,Ahn K,Choi Y,Kim D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to investigate differences between children who did and did not experience peer rejection in psychological state through surveys and in emotion processing during an interpersonal stress challenge task to reflect naturalistic interpersonal face-to-face relationships. A total of 20 right-handed ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HS,Lee JE,Lee KU,Kim YH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to present and analyze, for the first time, the results of a government-supported nationwide newborn hearing screening (NHS) pilot project in the 17 major cities and provinces of Korea. METHODS:We analyzed a nationwide NHS database of 344,955 newborns in the pilot project from 2014...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chung YS,Oh SH,Park SK

更新日期：2020-08-10 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：:A prospective multicenter observational study was performed to investigate the epidemiology and outcomes of community-acquired severe sepsis and septic shock. Subjects included 1,192 adult patients admitted to the 22 participating intensive care units (ICUs) of 12 university hospitals in the Korean Sepsis Registry Sys...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park DW,Chun BC,Kim JM,Sohn JW,Peck KR,Kim YS,Choi YH,Choi JY,Kim SI,Eom JS,Kim HY,Song JY,Song YG,Choi HJ,Kim MJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Stent fracture (SF) has been implicated as a risk factor for in-stent restenosis, but its incidence and clinical characteristics are not well established. Therefore we investigated the conditions associated with stent fracture and its clinical presentation and outcome. Between 2004 and 2007, consecutive cases of SF we...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park KW,Park JJ,Chae IH,Seo JB,Yang HM,Lee HY,Kang HJ,Cho YS,Yeon TJ,Chung WY,Koo BK,Choi DJ,Oh BH,Park YB,Kim HS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mediastinal mass was incidentally found on chest radiography in a 46-yr-old woman who had had myasthenia gravis (MG) for 2 months. Computed tomography revealed a 4-cm in size, well-defined, and lobulating mass with nodular calcification that was located in the thymus. Microscopically, the mass consisted of diffuse a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Son SM,Lee YM,Kim SW,Lee OJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of death in patients with tuberculosis (TB) may differ according to the phase of anti-tuberculosis treatment. However, there are limited data regarding this issue in Korea. We compared the cause of death of TB patients who died during the early intensive and late continuation phase of treatment. Twenty (56%)...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee J,Nam HW,Choi SH,Yoo SS,Lee SY,Cha SI,Park JY,Kim CH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This observational study aimed at evaluating recent superwarfarin intoxication of Korean patients. Ten patients were diagnosed as or highly suspicious for superwarfarin intoxication. Case report forms described by attending hematologists of the patients were collected and analyzed. Bleeding symptoms were varied among ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Hong J,Yhim HY,Bang SM,Bae SH,Yuh YJ,Yoon SS,Yoon HJ,Kim ST,Chi HS

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Conjoined twins show varying degree of conjoining in either facing or side-by-side fashion. Cephalothoracopagus janiceps is a prototype of facing anomaly in which the two bodies demonstrated a cross symmetry to the midline, that is axial symmetry. Interfacial and intersternal lines crossed at a right angle and no abno...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Seo JW,Lee YS,Chi JG

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic arthritis and gout are major diseases that should be suspected in patients with acute monoarthritis. These two diseases are clinically similar and often indistinguishable without the help of synovial fluid analysis. Recently, a novel diagnostic rule for gout without synovial fluid analysis was developed and sho...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee KH,Choi ST,Lee SK,Lee JH,Yoon BY

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood-borne metastatic involvement of the stomach by cancer is a rare entity. According to the number of reports in the literature, the most common tumors that spread to the stomach through the blood stream are malignant melanoma, breast carcinoma and lung carcinoma. Recently, two cases of metastatic involvement of th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HS,Jang WI,Hong HS,Lee CI,Lee DK,Yong SJ,Shin KC,Shim YH

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) contributes to tumor angiogenesis. The role of VEGF single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in lung cancer susceptibility and its prognosis remains inconclusive and controversial. This study was performed to investigate whether VEGF polymorphisms affect survival outcomes of pat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee S,Kang HG,Choi JE,Lee JH,Kang HJ,Baek SA,Lee E,Seok Y,Lee WK,Lee SY,Yoo SS,Lee J,Cha SI,Kim CH,Cho S,Park JY

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis remains one of the most prevalent and fatal infectious diseases in spite of considerable improvements in medical science. The diagnosis and treatment of extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving the abdomen is still complicated owing to vague or non-specific clinical features. Although rare, isolated splenic ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lim J,Yu JS,Hong SW,Chung JJ,Kim JH,Kim KW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asynchronous bilateral torsion of the spermatic cord in the newborn is extremely rare. We report such a case in a 4-day-old boy with subsequent operative discovery of prior in utero torsion of the contralateral spermatic cord. The diagnosis was made by physical examination, transillumination test, color Doppler ultras...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SD,Cha CS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking is associated with poor symptom control and impaired therapeutic responses in asthma. A total of 843 patients with asthma were recruited. The patients received treatment for 1 yr according to the severity of their asthma. We compared the forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), the ratio of FEV1 to forced vit...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang AS,Park JS,Lee JH,Park SW,Kim DJ,Uh ST,Kim YH,Park CS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this study to investigate the synergistic effect of human urine-derived stem cells (USCs) and surface modified composite scaffold for bladder reconstruction in a rat model. The composite scaffold (Polycaprolactone/Pluronic F127/3 wt% bladder submucosa matrix) was fabricated using an immersion precipitatio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee JN,Chun SY,Lee HJ,Jang YJ,Choi SH,Kim DH,Oh SH,Song PH,Lee JH,Kim JK,Kwon TG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical significance of nodal micrometastasis detected by immunohistochemistry in patients that had undergone curative surgery for pancreatic cancer. Between 2005 and 2006, a total of 208 lymph nodes from 48 consecutive patients with pancreatic cancer that had undergone ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SE,Jang JY,Kim MA,Kim SW

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of specific intracranial parenchymal lesions of HIV-infected patients varies considerably between countries. In the Republic of Korea, the number of HIV-infected patients is increasing, but little is known regarding the spectrum of intracranial parenchymal lesions in these patients. The aim of the presen...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choe PG,Park WB,Song JS,Song KH,Jeon JH,Park SW,Kim HB,Chang KH,Oh MD,Choe KW,Kim NJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00