• Journal of The Korean Society of Inherited Metabolic disease
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.42-48
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• 2012

Pompe disease is a rare lysosomal glycogen storage disorder caused by a total or partial deficiency of the acid ${\alpha}$-glucosidase (GAA) enzyme due to the GAA gene mutations. The classic infantile form of Pompe disease is a rapidly progressive multi-organ disease with hypotonia, generalized muscle weakness, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, usually leading to death in the first 2 years of life. Enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human GAA has been shown to be effective and subsequently yielded promising results. Here, we present clinical and genetic characteristics of three Korean non-classic infantile Pompe patients, and the short term efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy. Considering that enzyme replacement therapy can change the natural course of infantile Pompe disease, early diagnosis and early initiation of treatment is critical to improving patient outcomes.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.69-78
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• 2013

Settled lifestyle as important to health and healing to medical tourism and wellness tourism in the 21st century has emerged as the best promising service industry. Jeju Island has a variety of local resources, and the directions was considered to spa industry promotion application it. Jeju Island has a variety of local resources which can be used for spa industry promotion. Jeju Island's beautiful natural environment, mineral resources, water resources, biological resources, agricultural products, traditional folk remedies available in Jeju's spa treatments. Using the local resources of Jeju, 'Jeju specialized spa treatments' can develop of 12 kinds of spa treatments. Namely, thalssotherapy, stone therapy, black sand poultice, hot-floored therapy using volcanic soil, thalassotherapy, drinking therapy, hydrotherapy, herbal/medicinal plants poultice, forest therapy, Spa cuisine, facial beauty, diet therapy. 12 kinds of Jeju specialized spa treatments development and service to the local resources of basic research on the physical and chemical characteristics, product development, clinical trials, efficacy studies should precede. In addition, customized spa services programs should be developed considering the propensity of customers, customer needs, and a spa type. And standardized program of spa services and need a manual painter. Medical tourism and wellness tourism in conjunction with efforts to be considered in order to increase the competitiveness of the spa industry in Jeju.

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.129-135
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• 1988

지금까지의 자축의 설사병 치료에 응용되는 경구적 보액요법에 관해서 그 유래와 효과 그리고 경구보액 처방의 선택에 있어서의 참고사항을 소개하였다. 경구보액의 적용은 소아의 설사병 치료에서 유래되어 수의임상에서는 주로 자축의 설사병 치료에 유효하게 응용될 수 있으며 특히 자축에 가장 흔히 발생되는 Salmonella, E. coli 및 Rotavirus에 기인한 설사병에 관해서 실험적 및 자연발생 증예에 대한 경구적 보액의 유효성을 입증하는 여러 근거자료를 제시하였다. 자축의 설사병 치료에 이용되는 경구보액 으로서는 가급적 glucose, glycine, citrate 및 기타의 electrolytes가 함유되는 산성의 등장용액이 바람직하다는 이론을 부연하였다.

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.48.1-48.1
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• 2004

• CELLMED
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.20.1-20.3
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• 2023

Objective: A case report on the improvement of patients with hematologic malignancies by Ortho-Cellular Nutrition Therapy (OCNT). Methods: A 69-year-old Korean female diagnosed with Stage 4 ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC Leukemia (ALL) had a very low platelet count of 8000/µl. Results: The platelet count improved to its normal level after Ortho-Cellular Nutrition Therapy (OCNT). Conclusion: Ortho-Cellular Nutrition Therapy (OCNT) is effective in relieving the symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with thrombocytopenia.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.3 no.5
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• pp.107-122
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• 1997

According as the aging procese have been high, last stage patient become more important. Therefore, todays hospice ward of hospital is glandized, specified too. However, its study is few performed in domestic and its architectural planning data is few obtained. Therefore, this study aims to represent the standard of the architectural planning of the hospice ward in hospital. As its method, the present conditions, the interview with staffs, space programs of 4 hospice ward were investigated and analyzed, add to 2 free standing hospice were selected, theirs architectural space programing were studied.

• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.139-148
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• 2016

Chronic patients and staffs in healthcare facilities cannot avoid long-term stays indoors. Therefore, they need to get adequate amounts of sunlight to prevent diseases caused by vitamin D deficiency. This is a case study on the advanced daylighting systems installed to healthcare facilities for therapeutic environments as serving natural light therapy and a pleasant atmosphere. This paper shows daylighting devices that overcome the structural limits of architectural design solutions for inducing natural light. This study presents appropriate daylighting technologies to the purpose and types of healthcare facilities by analyzing therapeutic environmental factors. Natural light delivered through daylighting devices help directly patients recover. In addition, it can improve healthcare providers' performance and productivity, and reduce their errors, thereby creating therapeutic environments for patients, indirectly. Excellent color rendering of solar illumination is also a powerful tool for navigation and wayfinding in the buildings, and for aesthetic treatment in dental office. Furthermore, daylighting systems are streamlined and require the least material and space to attract sunlight up to the deeper inside. But because of expensive cost, they have not yet been widespread. Though daylighting devices are typically more expensive than artificial illuminations to install, the running cost savings can compensate for the initial installation cost. With the development of technology in the future, the market price of them is expected to be formed properly.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.3-43
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• 2016

The North Korean medical laws are consisted of 'People's Health Act' and 'Medical Act' in the peak of the North Korean constitutional law. Before the legislation of 'People's Health Act', a number of medical laws and regulations existed. But, at present, there is no information about its amendment and effectiveness. 'People's Health Act' legislated in 1980 declared fundamental principles and policies of the North Korean health care system. 'Medical Act' legislated in 1997 is the basic law among the North Korean medical laws. It presented the goals and fundamental principles of the North Korean health care, and then regulated the basics about 'Tests and Diagnosis', 'Medical Treatment', and 'Medical Appraisal'. 'Medical Act' of North Korea was established later than South Korea, and its provisions is smaller in number. And there are lots of abstract and declaratory provisions compare with South Korean 'Medical Act'. Especially there is no provision about the kind and requirements of medical personnel and medical institutions, so it is hard to grasp the North Korean health care system at once. Regarding the medical treatment, there are many similar contents between the North and South Korean 'Medical Act'. But, the provisions, such as regarding mixing the new medicine and the korean traditional medicine, encouraging natural therapies in medical treatment, and informing the patient's protector of bad diagnostic result if there is concern to have a bad influence on patient, are different from the South Korean 'Medical Act'.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.89-92
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• 2007

Burkholderia cepacia is a Gram-negative aerobic bacillus known to cause opportunistic infections in the immune-compromised hosts. This microorganism is strongly virulent and causes a necrotising invasive infection that may lead to death. As B. cepacia is highly resistant to various antimicrobials, combination antimicrobial therapy must be used instead of monotherapy. We report a successful treatment of lung abscess that was naturally caused by B. cepacia in a healthy child, through combination antimicrobial therapy of meropenem and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and operative management.

• Journal of East-West Nursing Research
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.110-115
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• 2005

Purpose: This study is to examine the effect of Auricular Acupressure Therapy on smoking cessation for residents in a community. Method: Design was randomized one-group pretest-posttest design. Samples were total 26 residents in a community. Measures were nicotine dependency scale and count of smoking cigarette. Auricular Acupressure Therapy, experimental treatment was applied for 2 weeks, 2 times/week, 3 day/time. Data were collected from July 2005 to October 2005. Data were analyzed using SPSS PC+ 12 version. Descriptive statistics was used for analysis of general characteristics in sample, and paired t-test was used to analysis the effect of Auricular Acupressure Therapy. Results: After receiving the Auricular Acupressure Therapy, nicotine dependency and count of smoking cigarette were significantly decreased (t=22.730, p=.000; t=-37.005, p=.000). Conclusion: Auricular Acupressure Therapy can be a better effective primary nursing intervention on smoking cessation for residents in a community through reverification by a study of repetition.