• 제목/요약/키워드: Central Nervous System Disease

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간접 Latex 응집반응과 ELISA에 의한 중추신경계 질환 환자의 혈청 및 뇌척수액에서 Toxoplasmu gondii에 대한 항체 검출 (Detection of Antibodies in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid to Tonoplasma gondii by Indirect Latex Agglutination Test and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay)

  • 최원영;남호우
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제30권2호
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    • pp.83-90
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    • 1992
  • Toxoplasma증의 혈청학적 진단에 있어서 민감도를 증가시키기 위해 간접 latex 응집반응의 결과와 비교하면서 ELISA를 개발하였으며, 뇌척수액의 검사 시료로서의 가능성을 검토하였다. 아울러 중추신경계 질환환자로부 터기생충질환을 감별하기 위하여 1986년부터 1991년까지 전국 카 병원에서 채취한 혈청과 뇌척수액에 대하여 간접 latex 응집반응(ILA)과 ELISA를 실시하여 Toxoplasma 항체 보유 양상을 비교 검토하였다. 전체 2,016 건의 혈청에 대해 ILA를 실시하여 76건(3.8%)의 양성 (1:32이상의 titer)을 얻었다. 그러나 양성 혈청환자에서 채취한 뇌척수액에서는 낮은 titer의 반응은 있었으나 양성은 나타나지 않았다. 이들 양성 혈청의 양성 혈청 및 음성 혈청에 대하여 ELISA로 항체검사를 실시한바 ILA의 titer가 1 : 32인 군에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 나타내는 항체값을 얻었으며, 그 흡반도는 0.40이었다. 뇌척수액에 대한 ELISA로는 ILA의 1 : 64 titer군에서 통계 적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났고 그때의 흡광도 0.27을 양성 판단의 기준으로 사용하였다. ELISA에 의한 항체 검사상 전체 혈청에서 7.0%의 양성을 검출하여 ILA보다 약 2배 정도의 높은 민감도를 보였으며, 뇌척수액에서 는 5.6%의 양성률을 보여 ELISA는 뇌척수액에서의 항체 검출시 유용한 방법이라고 판단하였다. ILA에 비하여 ELISA는 약 2배 정도 높은 양성률을 내었고 양성률은 나이에 마라 40대 이후 급격한 증가를 보였으며, 여성보 다는 남성에서 약 2배 정도 양성률이 높게 나타났다. ELISA에 의한 뇌척수액의 항체 검사에서는 양성률의 성별 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 이상의 결과로 판단할 때, ELISA가 ILA보다 Toxoplasma 항체 검출의 민감도가 높았으며, 뇌척수액은 ELISA의 좋은 검사시료가 되며, 특히 중추신경계 Tocxoplnsma증의 진단에 있어 뇌척수액에 대한 항체 검사에서 ELISA가 유용하다고 판단하였다.

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국내 일부 재가 노인의 식욕부진 실태와 관련 인자 분석 (Appetite and Related Factors among Community Elders in Korea)

  • 박수진
    • 한국식품영양과학회지
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    • 제43권9호
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    • pp.1431-1438
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    • 2014
  • 본 연구는 국내 노인의 삶의 질과 영양개선 및 건강을 증진시킬 수 있는 기초자료를 얻고자 실시된 단면연구로서 재가 노인의 식욕부진 유병 상태를 조사하고, 식욕부진과 관련된 사회 인구학적 특성, 병리적 특성과 심리 특성 및 일상생활 수행능력 등을 조사하였다. 자료 수집은 서울, 경기, 충북 지역의 65세 이상 재가 노인 419명을 대상으로 2012년 9월에서 12월까지 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 일대일 면접방법으로 수행하였다. 연구 결과 국내 노인의 식욕부진 유병률은 전체 응답자 가운데 35.1%였고, 특히 남성노인의 식욕부진 유병률이 여성노인보다 유의하게 높았다. 남성노인의 식욕부진은 중추신경계 질환을 진단받은 경우가 가장 많았고 여성노인의 경우 식욕부진은 내분비 질환이 있는 경우가 가장 많았다. 또한 우울증 증상이 있거나 일상생활에서 의존도가 높은 경우 식욕부진이 현저한 것으로 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과로부터 국내 재가 노인들의 식욕부진이 심각한 수준임을 알 수 있었고, 노인의 식욕부진은 생리적 특성과 병리적 특성은 물론 우울과 같은 심리적 특성과도 깊은 상관성이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 향후 노인의 식욕부진 개선이나 예방을 위하여 구체적인 영양중재와 영양치료가 필요하며, 노인인구 증가에 따라 노인의 식욕증진을 고려한 노인식품 개발이 시급히 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 본 연구 결과는 다음과 같은 제한점을 갖는다. 본 조사는 단면연구이므로 연구 결과에서 나타난 식욕 수준에 관련된 인자들이 노인의 식욕부진 원인으로 작용했는지는 알 수 없다. 따라서 추후 보다 대표성을 갖는 한국 노인을 대상으로 노인의 식욕부진 유병률의 조사는 물론 식욕부진과 관련된 원인 규명을 위하여 횡단연구가 필요하다. 또한 노인을 일대일 대면하여 자가보고 하는 방법으로 자료를 수집하였으므로 문항에 따라서는 노인에 따라 사실보다 과장하거나 축소하는 등 응답 수준이 주관적일 수도 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 본 연구에서 나타난 식욕부진과 관련된 인자들은 선행 연구와 유사하며 따라서 자가보고에 의한 사회적 기대 효과는 다소 적었다고 판단된다. 향후 재가노인의 범위를 성별, 연령별, 지역별, 거주형태별 등으로 일치시키고 확대하여 노인의 식욕부진 실태와 관련 인자 연구의 확대를 제안한다.

Systemic Arterialization of Lung Without Sequestration 1예 (One Case of Systemic Arterialization of Lung Without Sequestration)

  • 강동원;권선중;안진영;김명훈;박희선;이규승;김근화;정성수;김진환;소영;김주옥;김선영
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제50권3호
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    • pp.378-384
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    • 2001
  • Systemic arterialization of lung without sequestration은 폐격리증 없이 정상적인 폐실질과 기관지를 가지고 기관지계와 정상적으로 소통이 되어 있는 폐분절이 대동맥으로부터 분지한 기형 체동맥에 의해 동맥혈을 공급받는 보기 드문 폐혈관 기형으로 저자들은 증상이 없이 폐종괴로 오인되어 내원하여 흉부 전산화 단층촬영 및 혈관 조영술을 통하여 확진된 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

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측두엽 간질환자의 혈청에서 프로테오믹스기법을 활용한 질병관련 단백질 동정 (Proteomic analysis of human serum from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy)

  • 이창우;유승택;최하영;고은정;곽용근
    • Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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    • 제52권5호
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    • pp.567-575
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    • 2009
  • 목적 : 간질은 전세계인구의 0.5%에서 발병하며 유전적 성향이 많고, 이는 중추신경계의 과 흥분성에 기인한다고 알려져 있다. 최근 프로테오믹스기법의 발달로 질병관련 단백질 동정이 활발히 연구되어지고 있다. 더불어, 간질의 진단은 영상기법 및 뇌파 분석 등이 이용되고 있으나, 가장 손쉽고 경제적인 혈청단백질을 이용한 진단법은 확립되어 있지 못하다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 측두엽 간질환자의 혈장 단백질을 분석하여 간질의 진단 표지단백질 및 질병관련단백질을 발굴하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 저자들은 8명의 측두엽 간질환자와 8명의 정상인 혈청을 비교하였다. 결 과 : 간질환자의 혈청에서 정상 혈청단백질과 유의하고 일관성 있는 차이를 보이는 12개의 단백질을 발견하였다. 그 중, 6개의 단백질을 동정하였고, 6개의 단백질은 동정하지 못하였다. 더불어, haptoglobin Hp2, PRO2675, immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region gamma 2와 1개의 명명되지 않은 단백질 및 3개의 미지의 단백질을 포함한 7개의 단백질은 간질환자의 혈액에서 증가하였다. 반면, MHC class I antigen, plasma retinol-binding protein precursor 및 3개의 미지의 단백질을 포함한 5개의 단백질은 감소하였다. 결 론 : MHC class I antigen, immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region gamma 2 및 수술 전에 증가하였던 3개의 미지의 단백질 중에서 1개, 감소하였던 3개의 미지의 단백질 중에서 2개를 포함한 모두 5개의 단백질은 간질을 일으키는 뇌 부위 절제 후 정상으로 회복되었다. 이는 이런 단백질들을 측두엽 간질의 진단 및 경과관찰인자로서, 활용할 수 있음을 시사한다. 나아가, 이러한 단백질들은 간질의 병태 생리 연구 및 새로운 치료약물개발의 표적 단백질로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

폐를 침범한 혈관내 림프종증 1예 (A Case of Pulmonary Intravascular Lymphomatosis)

  • 박상종;배상수;천은미;권오정;이종헌;한용철;김진국;이경수;고영혜
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제44권6호
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    • pp.1390-1395
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    • 1997
  • 혈관내 림프종증(intravascular lymphomatosis, IVL)은 1959년 처음 보고되었으며, 주로 B 림프구의 혈관 내부에 국한된 악성 증식으로 발생하는 드문 악성 질환이다. IVL의 주된 침범 부위는 중추신경계이며 그 외 피부, 심장, 폐, 간 등 전신장기를 침범할 수 있다. IVL의 폐침범은 드문 경우로 주된 증상은 호흡곤란, 발열, 기침 등이며 방사선학적으로 간질성 침윤으로 나타난다. 최근 저자 등은 고열과 흉부 통증을 동반하여 발생한 폐를 침범한 혈관내 림프종증 1예를 경험하였기에 단순 흉부촬영에서 간질성 침윤을 동반하는 원인 미상의 발열과 호흡곤란의 드문 감별 진단의 하나로 이를 보고한다.

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척수수막류 결손 재건을 위한 양측 V-Y 전진피판술 (Bilateral Fasciocutaneous Sliding V-Y Advancement Flap for Meningomyelocele Defect)

  • 신종원;오득영;이중호;문석호;서제원;이종원;안상태
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • 제37권6호
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    • pp.823-826
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: Meningomyelocele is the most common type of neural tube defect disease. Early surgical treatment is recommended to prevent central nervous system infection. Several reconstruction methods were reported previously regarding surgical wound defect closure following meningomyelocele excision. In this article, we report two successful patients using the bilateral fasciocutaneous sliding V-Y advancement flap as a covering for meningomyelocele defects. Methods: Two patients with meningomyelocele were evaluated. Both patients were male and received their operations on the 1st and 4th day of life. After neurosurgeons completed their part of the operation, the V-Y advancement flap was used to close the defect. Initially a bilateral V-shape incision design was made on the skin such that the base of the V-flap measures identical to the size of the wound defect. An incision was made down to the fascia in order to allow the V-flaps to slide into the defect. Subfascial dissection was performed up to 1/3 to 1/4 the length of the V-flap from the wound while minimizing injury to the perforating vessels. Results: Both patients were treated successfully and there was no evidence of complication in 2 months follow up. Conclusion: Several reconstruction methods such as local flaps, skin graft and myocutaneous flaps were reported regarding meningomyelocele surgical wound defect closure. Bilateral fasciocutaneous sliding V-Y advancement flap is an easy method without involving the underlying muscles or a secondary skin graft in a short operation time. Therefore we recommend this treatment option for reconstruction of the wound defect following meningomyelocele excision.

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor with or without Radiotherapy in Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Pyeong Hwa Kim;Chong Hyun Suh;Ho Sung Kim;Kyung Won Kim;Dong Yeong Kim;Eudocia Q. Lee;Ayal A. Aizer;Jeffrey P. Guenette;Raymond Y. Huang
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.584-595
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    • 2021
  • Objective: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has shown activity against melanoma brain metastases. Recently, promising results have also been reported for ICI combination therapy and ICI combined with radiotherapy. We aimed to evaluate radiologic response and adverse event rates of these therapeutic options by a systematic review and meta-analysis. Materials and Methods: A systematic literature search of Ovid-MEDLINE and EMBASE was performed up to October 12, 2019 and included studies evaluating the intracranial objective response rates (ORRs) and/or disease control rates (DCRs) of ICI with or without radiotherapy for treating melanoma brain metastases. We also evaluated safety-associated outcomes. Results: Eleven studies with 14 cohorts (3 with ICI combination therapy; 5 with ICI combined with radiotherapy; 6 with ICI monotherapy) were included. ICI combination therapy {pooled ORR, 53% (95% confidence interval [CI], 44-61%); DCR, 57% (95% CI, 49-66%)} and ICI combined with radiotherapy (pooled ORR, 42% [95% CI, 31-54%]; DCR, 85% [95% CI, 63-95%]) showed higher local efficacy compared to ICI monotherapy (pooled ORR, 15% [95% CI, 11-20%]; DCR, 26% [95% CI, 21-32%]). The grade 3 or 4 adverse event rate was significantly higher with ICI combination therapy (60%; 95% CI, 52-67%) compared to ICI monotherapy (11%; 95% CI, 8-17%) and ICI combined with radiotherapy (4%; 95% CI, 1-19%). Grade 3 or 4 central nervous system (CNS)-related adverse event rates were not different (9% in ICI combination therapy; 8% in ICI combined with radiotherapy; 5% in ICI monotherapy). Conclusion: ICI combination therapy or ICI combined with radiotherapy showed better local efficacy than ICI monotherapy for treating melanoma brain metastasis. The grade 3 or 4 adverse event rate was highest with ICI combination therapy, and the CNS-related grade 3 or 4 event rate was similar. Prospective trials will be necessary to compare the efficacy of ICI combination therapy and ICI combined with radiotherapy.

Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Pyeong Hwa Kim;Minjae Kim;Chong Hyun Suh;Sae Rom Chung;Ji Eun Park;Soo Chin Kim;Young Jun Choi;Young Jun Choi;Ho Sung Kim;Jung Hwan Baek;Choong Gon Choi;Sang Joon Kim
    • Korean Journal of Radiology
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    • 제22권11호
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    • pp.1875-1885
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    • 2021
  • Objective: Central nervous system involvement in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been increasingly reported. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the incidence of radiologically demonstrated neurologic complications and detailed neuroimaging findings associated with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A systematic literature search of MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE databases was performed up to September 17, 2020, and studies evaluating neuroimaging findings of COVID-19 using brain CT or MRI were included. Several cohort-based outcomes, including the proportion of patients with abnormal neuroimaging findings related to COVID-19 were evaluated. The proportion of patients showing specific neuroimaging findings was also assessed. Subgroup analyses were also conducted focusing on critically ill COVID-19 patients and results from studies that used MRI as the only imaging modality. Results: A total of 1394 COVID-19 patients who underwent neuroimaging from 17 studies were included; among them, 3.4% of the patients demonstrated COVID-19-related neuroimaging findings. Olfactory bulb abnormalities were the most commonly observed (23.1%). The predominant cerebral neuroimaging finding was white matter abnormality (17.6%), followed by acute/subacute ischemic infarction (16.0%), and encephalopathy (13.0%). Significantly more critically ill patients had COVID-19-related neuroimaging findings than other patients (9.1% vs. 1.6%; p = 0.029). The type of imaging modality used did not significantly affect the proportion of COVID-19-related neuroimaging findings. Conclusion: Abnormal neuroimaging findings were occasionally observed in COVID-19 patients. Olfactory bulb abnormalities were the most commonly observed finding. Critically ill patients showed abnormal neuroimaging findings more frequently than the other patient groups. White matter abnormalities, ischemic infarctions, and encephalopathies were the common cerebral neuroimaging findings.

Optochiasmatic cavernoma: Surgical treatment and outcomes

  • Anton Konovalov;Oleg Saripov;Vadim Gadzhiagaev;Oleg Titov;Nikolay Lasunin;Abzal Zhumabekov;Dmitry Fomichev;Eliava Shalva Salvovich;Pavel Kalinin;Bipin Chaurasia
    • Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.411-419
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    • 2023
  • Objective: Optochiasmatic cavernoma is an extremely rare cerebral lesion. They account for approximately 1% of all cavernomas of the central nervous system. Reports on this pathology are limited. Abrupt visual deterioration is a common symptom of the disease. Treatment strategy and visual outcomes after different treatment approaches remain a subject for discussion. Methods: Patients operated in a period 2005-2021 were analyzed in this study. All patients preoperatively underwent computed tomography (CT) scan, CT-angiography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Visual function of the patients was assessed pre-op, post-op and at the follow-up. Duration of visual dysfunction was noted as well. Surgical details were also extracted from medical notes. All patients were followed up, and control MRI was performed one month after operation. We assessed surgical series of optochiasmatic cavernomas published for last 10 years. Further comparative analysis with our data was performed. Results: Five patients were included into this study. There were four men and one woman. Mean age comprised 33.8 years (range 20-48 years). Most patients were admitted to our hospital due to visual disturbances (80%). Visual function improved in four patients. Visual function was unchanged in one patient, lacking visual distur-bancies pre-op. Complication developed in one patient. Conclusions: Optochiasmatic cavernomas are encountered extremely rare. Despite the use of contemporary diagnostic options, differential diagnosis remains challenging. Full diagnostic work-up is mandatory. After the diagnosis is made, surgical treatment should be considered first. Total microsurgical or endoscopic transsphenoidal removal of the optochiasmatic cavernoma is a relatively safe and effective treatment method facilitating improvement of visual function.

Moire 영상을 이용한 근골격계 질환의 한의학적 진단에 관한 연구 (A Study on Oriental Medical Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Disorders using Moire Image)

  • 이은경;유승현;이수경;강성호;한종민;정명수;천은주;송용선;이기남
    • 대한예방한의학회지
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    • 2000
  • This research has conducted studies on an Oriental medicine-based method of diagnosing of occupational musculoskeletal system diseases. This researcher has searched through existing relevant medical literature. Also, this researcher has worked on a moire topography using moire topography. In this course, this researcher has reached the following conclusion in relation to the possibility of using a moire topography as a diagnosing device of musculoskeletal system diseases under Oriental medicine . 1 The Western medicine outlines its criteria of screening occupational musculoskeletal system diseases as follows A. The occupational musculoskeletal diseases must clearly include one or more of the subjective symptoms characterized by pain, hypoesthesia dysaesthesia, anaesthesia. etc . B, There should be clinically admitted objective observations and diagnosis outlining that the disease concerned shows symptoms such as tenderness, induration. and edema that can appear with occupational musculoskeletal system diseases. dyscinesia should be admitted with the disease concerned, or there should be observations and diagnosis outlining that abnormality exists in electric muscular or nervous diagnosis and examination . C. It should be admitted that prior to the occurrence of symptoms or observations and diagnosis on musculoskeletal system-related diseases, a patient has been engaged in works with conditions requiring improper work posture or work movement. That is, this is an approach whereby they see abnormality in the musculoskeletal system come from material and structural defect, and adjust and control abnormality in the musculoskeletal system and secreta . 2. The Oriental medicines sees that a patient develops the pain of occupational musculoskeletal diseases as he cannot properly activate the flow of his life force and blood thus not only causing formation of lumps in the body and blocking the flow of life force and blood in some parts of the body. Hence, The Oriental medicine focuses on resolving the cause of weakening the flow of life force and blood, instead of taking material approach of correcting structural abnormality Furthermore , Oriental medicine sees that when muscle tension builds up, this presses blood vessels and nerves passing by, triggering circulation dyscrasia and neurological reaction and thus leading to lesion. Thus, instead of taking skeletal or neurophysiological approach. it seeks to fundamentally resolve the cause of the flow of the life force and blood in muscles not being activated. As a result Oriental medicine attributes the main cause of musculoskeletal system diseases to muscle tension and its build-up that stem from an individual's long formed chronicle habit and work environment. This approach considers not only the social structure aspect including companies owners and work environment that the existing methods have looked at, but also individual workers' responsibility and their environmental factors. Hence, this is a step forward method. 3 The diagnosis of musculoskeletal diseases under Oriental medicine is characterized by the fact that an Oriental medicine doctor uses not only photos taken by himself, but also various detection devices to gather information and pass comprehensive judgment on it. Thus, it is the core of diagnosis under Oriental medicine to develop diagnosing devices matching the characteristics of information to be induced and to interpret information so induced from the views of Oriental medicine. Diagnosis using diagnosing devices values the whole state of a patient and formal abnormality alike, and the whole balance and muscular state of a patient serves as the basis of diagnosis. Hence, this method, instead of depending on the information gathered from devices under Western medicine, requires devices that provide information on the whole state of a patient in addition to the local abnormality information that X-ray. CT, etc., can offer. This method sees muscle as the central part of the abnormality in the musculoskeletal system and thus requires diagnosing devices enabling the muscular state. 4. The diagnosing device using moire topography under Oriental medicine has advantages below and can be used for diagnosing musculoskeletal system diseases with industrial workers . First, the device can Provide information on the body in an unbalanced state. and thus identify the imbalance and difference of height in the left and right stature that a patient can not notice at normal times. Second, the device shows the twisting of muscles or induration regions in a contour map. This is not possible with existing shooting machines such as X-ray, CT, etc., thus differentiating itself from existing machines. Third, this device makes it possible for Oriental medicine to take its unique approach to the abnormality in the musculoskeletal system. Oriental medicine sees the state and imbalance state in muscles as major factors in determining the lesion of musculoskeletal system, and the device makes it possible to shoot the state of muscles in detail. In this respect, the device is significant. Fourth, the device has an advantage as non-aggression diagnosing device.

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