Adrenal carcinosarcoma--a case report.

abstract：:Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a contiguous gene syndrome characterized by uncontrollable eating or hyperphagia. Several studies have confirmed that plasma ghrelin levels are markedly elevated in PWS adults and children. The study of anorexigenic hormones is of interest because of their regulation of appetite by negat...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Paik KH,Jin DK,Lee KH,Armstrong L,Lee JE,Oh YJ,Kim S,Kwon EK,Choe YH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this prospective study was to verify and compare the strengths of various blood markers and fibrosis models in predicting significant liver fibrosis. One hundred fifty-eight patients with chronic liver disease who underwent liver biopsy were enrolled. The mean age was 41 yr and male patients accounted f...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HH,Seo YS,Um SH,Won NH,Yoo H,Jung ES,Kwon YD,Park S,Keum B,Kim YS,Yim HJ,Jeen YT,Chun HJ,Kim CD,Ryu HS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a very rare genetic disorder of the peripheral nervous system characterized by recurrent episodes of unexplained fever, generalized anhidrosis, insensitivity to pain and temperature, and accompanied by self-mutilating behavior and mental retardation. We report...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim JS,Woo YJ,Kim GM,Kim CJ,Ma JS,Hwang TJ,Lee MC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency surgical repair for acute traumatic aortic ruptures has been associated with a high peri-procedural mortality rate. Endovascular stent-grafting, as a less invasive procedure, has shown encouraging results. This report describes a patient with a short landing zone, who was treated by transposing the supra-aor...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ryu YG,Choo SJ,Lim JY,Yoon HK,Chung CH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six cases of necrotizing lymphadenitis--including 33 cases of unknown etiology, 1 typhoid lymphadenopathy, and 2 cases of suspicious lupus lymphadenopathy--were clinico-pathologically reviewed and analyzed with immunostaining for s-100 and lysozyme. All cases histologically showed architectural effacement by pa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho KJ,Kim CW,Park SH,Lee SK

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome and prognostic factors of patients with synchronous brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) were analyzed. A total of 35 patients with NSCLC underwent GKS as an initial treatment for metastatic brain lesions of synchronous onset...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kong DS,Lee JI,Nam DH,Park K,Kim JH,Kim JG,Park JO,Park K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2007, the Korean Interstitial Lung Disease Society had collected clinical data of patients who have diagnosed as Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) since 1990 through nationwide survey, which showed that LAM patients had increased sharply after 2004. The present study was performed to show the clinical features of Kore...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park HY,Nam HS,Chung MP,Jeong SH,Kim YJ,Cha SI,Kim YW,Park JS,Uh ST,Park CS,Park MS,Moon JA,Jung KS,Jegal YJ,Kim DS,Song JW,Yum HK,Park YB

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Bone scan (BS) and serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) concentration are used to detect bone metastasis in malignancy, although whole-body fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) is being used increasingly. But BS is still used for the detection of metastatic bone lesion. So we comp...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Min JW,Um SW,Yim JJ,Yoo CG,Han SK,Shim YS,Kim YW

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) causes right ventricular failure and possibly even death by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy has provided an alternative treatment for ailments of various organs by promoting cell regeneration at the site of p...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KC,Lee HR,Kim SJ,Cho MS,Hong YM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since microbial gene sequencing was utilized for etiologic diagnosis of culture-negative endocarditis, cases of Bartonella endocarditis have been reported in various countries. Herein we report the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis, which was confirmed for the first time in Korea by 16S rRNA gene sequenci...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lim MH,Chung DR,Kim WS,Park KS,Ki CS,Lee NY,Kim SM

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:There have been many epidemiological researches of chronic kidney disease (CKD), accompanied by an increase in the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). However, as far as we know, little research has been done to examine the extent of the relationship between CKD and CHD as estimated by Framingham risk score (FR...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ryoo JH,Kim SG,Suh BS,Kim DI,Park SK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine blood pressure (BP) measurement is recommended to begin at 3 years of age, but there are no national BP reference values for Korean children less than 7 years of age. Therefore, we developed sex-, age-, and height-specific BP reference values for non-overweight children aged 3-9 years. METHODS:We an...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HA,Park B,Park EA,Cho SJ,Kim HS,Choi EJ,Kim NE,Park H

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the ability of Tl-201 abdominal SPECT to differentiate between chronic focal pancreatitis and pancreatic malignancy. Seventeen patients (12 men, 5 women; mean age, 56 years; 9 pancreatic cancer, 8 chronic pancreatitis) with pancreatic mass were prospectively investigated wi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bom HS,Song HC,Kim JY,Choi SK,Rew JS,Yoon CM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In this prospective cohort study, we investigated the association between fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in meconium as biomarkers of prenatal ethanol exposure and growth deficits, as birth outcomes, that constitute several of the key cardinal features of fetal alcohol syndrome. Methods:A total of 157 meco...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HS,Kim YH,Kwak HS,Han JY,Jo SJ,Lee HK

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of solitary myeloma showing cystic change filled with massive crystalline structures in a 54-year-old woman. A bone X-ray showed a solitary cystic osteolytic lesion in the right iliac bone. Serum and urine protein electrophoresis showed no demonstrable M-protein, and bone-marrow aspirates did not sh...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YG,Yang KH,Gang SJ,Kim BK,Kim SM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidotes for toxicological emergencies can be life-saving. However, there is no nationwide estimation of the antidotes stocking amount in Korea. This study tried to estimate the quantities of stocking antidotes at emergency department (ED). An expert panel of clinical toxicologists made a list of 18 emergency antidot...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Sohn CH,Ryoo SM,Lim KS,Kim W,Lim H,Oh BJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate age-specific seroprevalence of pertussis in Korea and to formulate a strategy to prevent and reduce the incidence of pertussis. Residual serum samples of healthy adolescents and adults 11 yr of age or older were collected between July 2012 and December 2012, and anti-pertussis toxi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SY,Han SB,Bae EY,Kim JH,Kang JH,Park YJ,Ma SH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the role of visceral and subcutaneous fat tissue in insulin sensitivity and lipid metabolism, we measured the fasting levels of plasma free fatty acid (FFA) and insulin, glucose disappearance rate (Rd), and hepatic glucose production rate (HGP) after surgical removal of visceral (VF) or subcutaneo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim YW,Kim JY,Lee SK

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy remains regarding the effect of obesity on the survival of patients with ovarian cancer in Asia. This study examined the impact of obesity on the survival outcomes in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) using Asian body mass index (BMI) criteria. The medical records of patients undergoing surgery for ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae HS,Hong JH,Ki KD,Song JY,Shin JW,Lee JM,Lee JK,Lee NW,Lee C,Lee KW,Kim YM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) can be classified into molecular subgroups, on the basis of biomarker expression. Here, we classified our cohort of 163 adult GBMs into molecular subgroups according to the expression of proteins encoded by genes of alpha thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX), isocitrate dehydrogen...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Chaurasia A,Park SH,Seo JW,Park CK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of high-intensity-focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment on benign uterine tumor patients were examined. A total of 333 patients diagnosed with fibroids or adenomyosis using diagnostic sonography, treated with HIFU between February 4, 2010 and December 29, 2014 at a hospital in Korea, and follo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park J,Lee JS,Cho JH,Kim S

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to examine changes in the prevalence of cytotoxic-associated gene A (CagA) positive Helicobacter pylori infection in Jinju, Korea, over the last 20 years. METHODS:Three cross-sectional analyses were conducted concurrently. A total of 1,305 serum samples were collected from 19...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park JS,Jun JS,Ryu EY,Yeom JS,Park ES,Seo JH,Lim JY,Park CH,Woo HO,Baik SC,Lee WK,Cho MJ,Rhee KH,Youn HS

更新日期：2020-08-17 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：:We experienced two unusual cases of tumor-like polypoid lesions involving the rectosigmoid colon. They could not be readily classified into any well known polypoid tumors of the rectosigmoid colon, but appeared to have some similarities to the previously documented "eroded polypoid hyperplasia (EPH)". A collective rev...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho NH,Park CI,Ahn HJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present dincopathologic features of three cases of biopsy-proven pancreas allograft dysfunction in Korea. All patients had advanced insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Case 1 was a 30-year-old woman who underwent a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. Urinary infection developed 6 days after the op...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee HK,Chung DH,Jung J,Kim SC,Han DJ,Kang KH,Yu E

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate what heterogeneity exists in breast cancer, 228 consecutive patients with operable invasive duetal carcinoma (IDC), not otherwise specified, were categorized on the basis of the horizontal progression model of carcinogenesis. Using the reversed Black's nuclear grade (RBNG) in the IDC component and the a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jo BH,Chun YK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Zika virus has been spreading rapidly in the Americas from 2015, the outbreak of Zika virus infection becomes a global health emergency because it can cause neurological complications and adverse fetal outcome including microcephaly. Here, we report clinical manifestations and virus isolation findings from a cas...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang HC,Park WB,Kim UJ,Chun JY,Choi SJ,Choe PG,Jung SI,Jee Y,Kim NJ,Choi EH,Oh MD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00