Real World Experience of Telbivudine Versus Entecavir in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B, Including Long-Term Outcomes after Treatment Modification.

abstract：PURPOSE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is considered an independent risk factor for hypertension. However, it is still not clear which clinical factors are related with the presence of hypertension in OSA patients. We aimed to find different physical features and compare the sleep study results which are associated with...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Min HJ,Park AY,Kim DH,Lee JG,Park S,Cho HJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of the increased use of drugs that enhance fertility, and the advent of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer over the last 2 decades, the incidence of multifetal pregnancies has increased exponentially. In parallel with this increase methods of care for women carrying multiple fetuses have become mor...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Tadin I,Roje D,Banovic I,Karelovic D,Mimica M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this study was to identify baseline prognostic factors of outcome in ankle osteoarthritis patients after intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with ankle osteoarthritis who received hyaluronic acid injection therapy were retrospectively reviewed. Each patient rec...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Han SH,Park DY,Kim TH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different difficulties can be encountered during removal of an intramedullary femoral nail depending partly upon the design of the nail but mainly on bone ingrowth. This possibility is higher in younger patients and when nail removal is attempted long after initial insertion. We present a case of difficult nail remova...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Bombaci H,Gorgec M

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) has a relatively fair prognosis, distant metastasis sometimes results in poor prognosis and survival. There is little understanding of the mechanisms contributing to the aggressiveness potential of thyroid cancer. We showed that hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) induc...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Yang YJ,Na HJ,Suh MJ,Ban MJ,Byeon HK,Kim WS,Kim JW,Choi EC,Kwon HJ,Chang JW,Koh YW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the potential usefulness of stereoscopic viewing of optic disc photographs in marking the disc margin in computerized analysis with the Rodenstock Analyzer in 48 eyes of 26 patients with ocular hypertension or primary open-angle glaucoma. Marking of the disc margin without Method 1) and with the a...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Hong YJ,Shin DH

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and depression among the elderly in South Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cross-section data were drawn from a community-based sample of individuals 60 years of age and older (n=1819). Respondents completed the Alcohol Us...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim SA,Kim E,Morris RG,Park WS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the usefulness of MR cisternography fourteen patients that had hemifacial spasm and 20 control patients underwent MR cisternography. All the patients with hemifacial spasm had a confirmed vascular compression after surgery. MR cisternography was performed using a 1.5-tesla superconducting MR magnet in whic...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee MS,Kim MS,Hong IS,Whang K,Han YP

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to elucidate which echocardiographic criteria at three time points, for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) response, are accurate in discriminating the hierarchical clinical composite end point (HCCEP). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 120 patients (age, 66.1±12.6 years; men, 54.2%) who ...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Uhm JS,Oh J,Cho IJ,Park M,Kim IS,Jin MN,Bae HJ,Yu HT,Kim TH,Pak HN,Lee MH,Joung B,Kang SM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With growing evidence of an increase in the prevalence, food allergy has been emerged as a new public health problem. As treatment and management of food allergy remain challenging, more attention has been paid to the importance of prevention of food allergy. Although the exact mechanism of recent epidemic is not full...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee SE,Kim H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with poor prognosis in several tumor types. The purpose of this study was to investigate serum CRP as a prognostic marker in small cell lung cancer (SCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The pretreatment serum CRP level was measured in 157 newly diagnosed SCLC patients, a...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Hong S,Kang YA,Cho BC,Kim DJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old man was stable on warfarin (2.25 mg daily) therapy with an international normalized ratio (INR) of 1.8-2.2 after a heart valve replacement surgery. Recently, he consumed the liquid-like herbal product called shengmai-yin (10 mL daily) against medical advice. Seven days after the daily consumption of shen...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Su Q,Li Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to find an optimal range of activated clotting time (ACT) during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) yielding ischemic protection without the risk of hemorrhagic complications in patients with recent exposure to dual antiplatelet therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three hundre...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Song Y,Song JW,Shim JK,Kwak YL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain is a logical target of free radical damage, considering the large lipid content of myelin sheaths and the high rate of brain oxidative metabolism. Thus, the hypothesis that free radicals may be involved in the pathogenesis of certain CNS diseases has gained increasing popularity in recent years. In CNS ischemia-...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Choi BH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes of prostitutes on condom use from diverse 'sex markers' in Korea. The data were collected by interviewers at five different 'sex markets'. During March 1993, research assistants at the Institute of Health Services Research inter...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Sohn M,Jin K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated whether hormones and pain perception are associated with exam anxiety, and also whether exam anxiety is affected by seasonal differences in testosterone and cortisol levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty-six healthy males were recruited from a medical college. Anxiety was induced by havin...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Choi JC,Lee JH,Choi E,Chung MI,Seo SM,Lim HK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Data comparing the clinical benefits of medical treatment with those of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in an elderly population with angina pectoris are limited. Therefore, we evaluated the efficacy of elective PCI versus optimal medical treatment (OMT) in elderly patients (between 75 and 84 years old...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Won H,Her AY,Kim BK,Kim YH,Shin DH,Kim JS,Ko YG,Choi D,Kwon HM,Jang Y,Hong MK

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein successful rigid bronchoscopy with preserved spontaneous breathing of a 54-day-old infant with tracheal web associated with previous ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair. We considered the use of dexmedetomidine in conjunction with intermittent ketamine from the following three clinical aspects. Fir...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee JS,Park SJ,Min KT

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was first successfully performed on a child in 1990 and the Shinshu group performed the same procedure on an adult for the first time in 1994. Over the past few years adult LDLT has been increasing worldwide because of the severe shortage of cadaveric organs, especially in loc...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Dulundu E,Sugawara Y,Makuuchi M

更新日期：2004-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Isotretinoin is a known human teratogen that can cause multiple malformations. At present, women who conceive one cycle after discontinuing isotretinoin are told that their teratogenic risk is not higher than baseline. We present a case of both-ear malformation in a newborn whose mother had taken isotretinoin for 2 ye...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Lee SM,Kim HM,Lee JS,Yoon CS,Park MS,Park KI,Namgung R,Lee C

更新日期：2009-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To explore the effect of bi-parametric MRI-ultrasound (MR/US) fusion prostate biopsy on the detection of overall cancer and significant prostate cancer (sPCa). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We examined 140 patients with suspected prostate cancer lesions on MRI from August 2016 to March 2018. All patients had undergone...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim YJ,Huh JS,Park KK

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The association between liver enzymes and death from external causes has not been examined. We investigated the association between serum aminotransferase levels and external-cause mortality in a large prospective cohort study. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 142,322 subjects of 35-59 years of age who complet...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Sohn J,Kang DR,Kim HC,Cho J,Choi YJ,Kim C,Suh I

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is the protein component of telomerase and combined with an RNA molecule, telomerase RNA component, forms the telomerase enzyme responsible for telomere elongation. Telomerase is essential for maintaining telomere length from replicative attrition and thus contributes to the pre...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Sung YH,Ali M,Lee HW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiographic sagittal plane analysis of VATS (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) anterior instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. This is retrospective study. To report, in details about effects of VATS anterior instrumentation on the sagittal plane. Evaluations of the surgical outcome of scoliosis hav...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim HS,Lee CS,Jeon BH,Park JO

更新日期：2007-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although there is a consensus about the need for surveillance colonoscopy after endoscopic resection, the interval remains controversial for large sessile colorectal polyps. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcome and the adequate surveillance colonoscopy interval required for sessile and fl...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim B,Choi AR,Park SJ,Cheon JH,Kim TI,Kim WH,Hong SP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of short-term and very short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) exceeding the daily average environmental standards for Korea (≤100 μg/m³ for PM10 and ≤50 μg/m³ for PM2.5) on on asthma-related hospital visits. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a popul...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Song DJ,Choi SH,Song WJ,Park KH,Jee YK,Cho SH,Lim DH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular endothelial cells from rat lungs were cultured in serum-free medium supplemented with an endothelial growth substance, insulin, hydrocortisone and so on. Five to seven days after plating, cultured cells formed a monolayer. They were identified as endothelial cells by morphology and by positive immunohist...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Kim NS,Kim SJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Several signaling pathways have been shown to regulate the lineage commitment and terminal differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling has important effects on the process of skeletogenesis. In the present study, we tested the role of bone morphogenetic prote...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Wang A,Ding X,Sheng S,Yao Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical results of treatment with a high dose of 3-dimensional conformal boost (3DCB) using a real-time tracking radiation therapy (RTRT) system in cervical cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between January 2001 and December 2004, 10 patients with cervical can...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Park HC,Shimizu S,Yonesaka A,Tsuchiya K,Ebina Y,Taguchi H,Katoh N,Kinoshita R,Ishikawa M,Sakuragi N,Shirato H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic and prognostic implication of exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise have been controversial, with opinions ranging from a benign process to a harbinger of potential cardiovascular morbidity. Endothelial dysfunction has been demonstrated in patients with atherosclerosis and as a risk factor for...

journal_title：Yonsei medical journal

authors： Chang HJ,Chung JH,Choi BJ,Choi TY,Choi SY,Yoon MH,Hwang GS,Shin JH,Tahk SJ,Choi BI

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00