• 제목/요약/키워드: DOWN SYNDROME

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소아뇌졸중의 보험의학적 고찰 (Review of pediatric cerebrovascular accident in terms of insurance medicine)

  • 안계훈
    • 보험의학회지
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    • 제29권2호
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2010
  • Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a progressive occlusive disease of the cerebral vasculature with particular involvement of the circle of Willis and the arteries that feed it. MMD is one of cerebrovacular accident,which is treated with sugical maeuver in pediatic neurosurgery. Moyamoya (ie, Japanese for "puff of smoke") characterizes the appearance on angiography of abnormal vascular collateral networks that develop adjacent to the stenotic vessels. The steno-occlusive areas are usually bilateral, but unilateral involvement does not exclude the diagnosis. The exact etiology of moyamoya disease is unknown. Some genetic predisposition is apparent because it is familial 10% of the time. The disease may be hereditary and multifactorial. It may occur by itself in a previously healthy individual. However, many disease states have been reported in association with moyamoya disease, including the following: 1) Immunological - Graves disease/thyrotoxicosis 2) Infections - Leptospirosis and tuberculosis 3) Hematologic disorders - Aplastic anemia, Fanconi anemia, sickle cell anemia, and lupus 4) Congenital syndromes - Apert syndrome, Down syndrome, Marfan syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, Turner syndrome, von Recklinghausen disease, and Hirschsprung disease 5) Vascular diseases - Atherosclerotic disease, coarctation of the aorta and fibromuscular dysplasia, 6)cranial trauma, radiation injury, parasellar tumors, and hypertension etc. These associations may not necessarily be causative but do warrant consideration due to impact on treatment.(Mainly neurosurgical operation.) The incidence of moyamoya disease is highest in Japan. The prevalence of MMD is 1 person per 100,000 population. The prevalence and incidence of moyamoya disease in Japan has been reported to be 3.16 cases and 0.35 case per 100,000 people, respectively. With regard to sex, the female-to-male ratio is 1.4:1. A bimodal peak of incidence is noted, with symptoms occurring either in the first decade(5-10yr) or in the third and fourth decades (30-40yr)of life. Mortality rates of moyamoya disease are approximately 10% in adults and 4.3% in children. Death is usually from hemorrhage. In aspect of life insurance, MR is 1700%, EDR is 16 per 1000 persons. Children and adults with moyamoya disease (MMD) may have different clinical presentations. The symptoms and clinical course vary widely from asymptomatic to transient events to severe neurologic deficits. Adults experience hemorrhage more commonly; cerebral ischemic events are more common in children. Children may have hemiparesis, monoparesis, sensory impairment, involuntary movements, headaches, dizziness, or seizures. Mental retardation or persistent neurologic deficits may be present. Adults may have symptoms and signs similar to those in children, but intraventricular, subarachnoid, or intracerebral hemorrhage of sudden onset is more common in adults. Recently increasing diagnosis of MMD with MRI, followed by surgical operation is noted. MMD needs to be considered as the "CI" state now in life insurance fields.

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다운증후군 환자의 치주질환 원인균의 출현율 (PERIODONTOPATHIC BACTERIA IN DOWN'S SYNDROME)

  • 김선미;양규호;최남기;오종석;강미선
    • 대한소아치과학회지
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    • 제32권4호
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    • pp.717-725
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    • 2005
  • 다운증후군 환자는 치주질환의 진행이 빠르고 치주조직의 파괴가 심하다. 다운증후군 환자의 치주질환 원인균의 출현율을 알아보고자 $7{\sim}19$세 다운증후군 환자 27명과 대조군으로 나이가 비슷한 정신지체자 27명을 대상으로 치태지수와 치은염 정도를 나타내는 치은지수를 측정하고 치은연하 치태에 존재하는 P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, T. denticola, F. nucleatum, A. actinomycetemcomitans균을 중합효소연쇄반응을 이용, 검사하고 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 다운증후군 환자와 대조군의 치태지수와 치은지수간에 통계적 유의성은 없었다(p>0.05). 2. 다운증후군 환자에서 F. nucleatum의 출현율이 96.3%로 가장 높았으며 그 다음이 T. forsythia 74.1%, P. gingivalis는 63.0%였으며 A. actinomycetemcomitans는 55.6%, T. denticola는 40.7%로 출현하였다. 정신지체자는 다운증후군 환자와 비슷한 순서로 치주질환 원인균이 출현하였다. 다운증후군 환자가 대조군에 비해 T. denticola를 제외한 4종의 균에서 높은 비율로 나타났으나 치주질환 원인균 출현율에서 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다(p>0.05). 3. 연령에 따른 연구에서 $7{\sim}10$세군에서 다운증후군환자의 P. gingivalis는 16.7%로 낮은 출현율을 보였으나 연령의 증가에 따라 출현율이 평균 53.0%로 높아졌다. 반면 A. actinomycetemcomitans균은 $7{\sim}10$세군부터 83.3%로 높은 비율을 보였다(p<0.05) 같은 연령대에서 다운증후군 환자는 대조군에 비해 치주질환 원인균의 출현율이 더 높은 경향을 보였으나 A. actinomycetemcomitans를 제외하고는 통계적인 유의차를 보이지 않았다(P>0.05). 4. P. gingivalis, T. forsythia, T. denticola가 함께 나타난 경우는 다운증후군 환자와 대조군 모두 33%를 나타내었다. red complex에 A. actinomycetem comitanstans까지가 나타난 경우는 다운증후군 환자에서 22%, 대조군에서 14%로 다운증후군 환자에서 더 높았다. 이상의 결과를 요약해보면 다운증후군 환자군과 정신지체자 대조군 모두에서 치주질환 원인균이 어린 시기부터 매우 높게 출현하였으나 전체적인 두 군간 치태지수, 치은지수. 치주질환 원인균 출현율에서 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 하지만 A. actinomycetem comitans균은 $7{\sim}10$세군 다운증후군 환자에서 대조군에 비해 높은 비율을 보였다.

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정신지체아 두발 중 중금속 함량 III - 수은과의 관련성 - (Hair Heavy Metal Contents in Mentally Retarded Children III - In Association with Mercury -)

  • 한기환;장봉기;박순우;김두희
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.368-379
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    • 1989
  • 정신지체와 인체내 수은 함량과의 관련성을 보기 위해 정신지체아 297명(가정이 있는 아동이 다니는 특수학교 1개교의 132명과 고아로 구성된 특수학교의 165명)을 대상으로, 학업성적이 중위권 이상인 일반 국민학교 학생 117명을 대조군으로 하여 두발 중 수은 함량을 원자흡광광도계를 사용하여 측정, 비교해 보았다. 발 중 수은 함량의 연령에 따른 차이는 없었다. 정신지체아에서 대조군에 비해 두발 중 수은량이 유의하게 높았다(남자 지체아 : 3.02ppm, 남자대조군 : 2.20ppm, 여자 지체아 : 2.76ppm, 여자 대조군 : 2.02ppm). 가정이 없는 정신지체아의 경우 수은 함량이 날자가 3.27ppm, 여자가 3.04ppm으로써 대조군의 남자 2.20ppm, 여자가 2.02ppm에 비해 각각 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 있었으며, 가정이 있는 정신지체아군은 남자가 2.76ppm, 여자가 2.31ppm으로써 남자는 대조군과 유의한 차이가 있었으나 여자는 대조군에 비해 수치는 다소 높았으나 통계학적 유의성은 없었다. 그리고 가정이 없는 정신지체아가 가정이 있는 경우에 비해 유의한 차이가 있었다. 그러나 정신지체 정도와 두발 중 수은 함량과는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 동반 질환은 Down씨 증후군, 전간, 뇌성마비, 자폐증 등이 있었으며, 남자의 경우에서는 Down씨 증후군과 뇌성마비를 동반한 경우, 여자에서는 Down씨 증후군과 자폐증을 동반한 경우에 대조군에 비해 통계학적으로 유의하게 높았다. 그리고 동반된 질환이 없는 경우가 대부분이나 이들고 대조군에 비해 유의하게 높았다. 동반된 장애유형은 언어장애가 40.4%로 가장 많았고 지체부자유, 정서장애의 순이며 중복장애자는 두발중 6ppm이 초과되는 6명중 66.7%, 3-6ppm군에서는 10.4%, 3ppm이하군에서는 15.7% 이었다. 본 연구의 결과로 볼 때 정신지체아군에서 수은에 노출될 기회가 더욱 많았을 것이며 이것이 정신지체의 한 인자로 작용했을 가능성을 배제할 수는 없을 것으로 추측된다. 이에 따라 이들의 생활공간에 대한 환경조사, 식생활 및 식습관 조사 등을 통해 정신지체와 수은과의 인과관계를 밝혀 나가야 할 것으로 생각된다.

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Rubus coreanus Extract Attenuates Acetaminophen Induced Hepatotoxicity; Involvement of Cytochrome P450 3A4

  • Lee, Young-Ik;Whang, Kyung-Eun;Cho, Jin-Sook;Ahn, Byung-Min;Lee, Sang-Bum;Dong, Mi-Sook;Kim, Tae-Hyun
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.455-460
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    • 2009
  • Foods of plant origin, especially fruits and vegetables, have attracted attention because of their potential benefits to human health. In this report, Rubi Fructus (RF), the dried unripe fruit of Rubus coreanus Miq (Rosaceae) and ellagic acid (EA) purified from RF were used to test their potential hepatoprotective effect against acetaminophen (AAP)-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. RF extract (RFext) and EA reduced the elevated levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in serum and the content of lipid peroxide in liver by AAP administration, while the increment of the cellular glutathione (GSH) content and the induction of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) which were decreased by AAP administration. RFext and EA from RFext did not affect the two major form of cytochrome P450s, cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) and cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2), but downregulated the cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) related to the conversion of AAP to N-acetyl-P-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI). These results suggest that RFext and EA from RF exhibit a hepatoprotective effect not only by increasing antioxidant activities but also by down-regulating CYP3A4 in the AAP-intoxicated rat.

장애등급별 정신지체아동의 식행동과 식품기호도 비교 (Eating Behaviors and Food Preferences of Mentally Retarded Children according to the Degree of their Handicap)

  • 박영숙;박기순;김창임
    • 대한지역사회영양학회지
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    • 제7권5호
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    • pp.628-638
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    • 2002
  • The handicapped frequently suffer from inappropriate food intake often resulting in overweightness, malnutrition, and poor growth and development. Our study was done on 7 to 12 year old mentally retarded children attending a special education school in Seoul. We administered questionnaire surveys and 3-day dietary recalls of the subjects, with help when needed from their stay-at home or their care-giving teachers. The questionnaires covered the general characteristics and dietary behaviors of the subjects. The degrees of handicap of the 142 children ranged from the trainable (54.9%), the educable (31.0%), and the non-trainable (14.1%). Of the children studied, 70.4% had ‘breakfast always’, which was higher than normal. Appetites were highest in the Down's Syndrome group. We found that the more serious the handicap, the higher the breakfast eating ratio and appetite level. The main reason for their missing breakfast differed according to the handicap level: ‘late rising’in the educable and non-trainable groups but ‘no appetite’in the trainable group. Most of the children (52.2%) spent less than 20 minutes eating their meals, the parents described their children's dietary habit problems as a pica (22:3%) or overeating (17.3%) , and they indicated that teaching the children how to use spoons and chopsticks (33.1%) was the most stressful. Actually more than 85% of the subjects could not use chopsticks, and skill of using cutlery was significantly different according to the degree of handicap. The food preference for milk products was the highest. It was interesting that the handicapped who had serious food pica didn't like food groups such as grains/starches, meats/fishes/eggs/beans or vegetables/fruits.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-Encoded ORF8b Inhibits RIG-I-Like Receptors by a Differential Mechanism

  • Lee, Jeong Yoon;Kim, Seong-Jun;Myoung, Jinjong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제29권12호
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    • pp.2014-2021
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    • 2019
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) belongs to the genus Betacoronavirus and causes severe morbidity and mortality in humans especially when infected patients have underlying diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Previously, we demonstrated that MERS-CoV-encoded ORF8b strongly inhibits MDA5- and RIG-I-mediated induction of the interferon beta (IFN-β) promoter activities. Here, we report that ORF8b seemed to regulate MDA5 or RIG-I differentially as protein levels of MDA5 were significantly down-regulated while those of RIG-I were largely unperturbed. In addition, ORF8b seemed to efficiently suppress phosphorylation of IRF3 at the residues of 386 and 396 in cells transfected with RIG-I while total endogenous levels of IRF3 remained largely unchanged. Furthermore, ORF8b was able to inhibit all forms of RIG-I; full-length, RIG-I-1-734, and RIG-I-1-228, the last of which contains only the CARD domains. Taken together, it is tempting to postulate that ORF8b may interfere with the CARD-CARD interactions between RIG-I and MAVS. Further detailed analysis is required to delineate the mechanisms of how ORF8b inhibits the MDA5/RIG-I receptor signaling pathway.

감염병 위기관리를 위한 긴급대응체계 구축 (Building a Emergency Response System for the Infectious Diseases Crisis Management)

  • 변성수;신우리;조성
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제18권7호
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    • pp.484-494
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    • 2018
  • 2015년 중동지역에서 발생한 메르스(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS)는 주요 발병국인 사우디아라비아를 제외하고 세계적으로 우리나라에 가장 큰 피해를 입힌 급성 호흡기 감염병이다. 메르스 사태는 인명피해뿐만 아니라 국민적 불안감과 막대한 경제적 피해를 가져왔으며, 정부의 감염병 위기관리 체계의 문제점을 여실히 보여주었다. 정부의 메르스 확산에 대한 대응능력의 한계와 국민을 대상으로 하는 정부의 커뮤니케이션 미흡 등은 정부의 감염병 위기관리 정책에 대한 국민의 신뢰를 저하시켰으며, 감염병으로 인해 국가의 방역망 체계가 쉽게 무너질 수 있다는 경각심을 불러일으키는 계기가 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 미국의 감염병 긴급대응체계를 고찰하여 우리나라 감염병 위기관리 체계의 개선방안을 모색하였다. 연구목적을 달성하기 위하여, 2015년 정부의 메르스 대응현황을 살펴보았다. 그리고 미국 CDC의 EOC 조직 구성 및 역할과 IMS 등을 분석하였다.

미세 다공질 광물과 아미드계 분해제의 적용을 통한 건축자재의 습도 조절과 폼알데히드 분해 성능 특성 평가 (Micro Porous Clay Mineral Absorption / Desorption Moisture-Proof Performance of The Atmospheric Humidity and Decomposing The Polyamide Adsorption Performance Characterization of Formaldehyde)

  • 이제철;김윤환;윤승희
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.105-109
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    • 2014
  • The recent rising living standards, environment-friendly, well-being and health aspects of life in the basic gratification, as well as the desire for a pleasant environment emotionally environmentally friendly way of external space or industrial interest in the indoor environment, the manifestation. In particular, the biggest problem of the indoor environment has been emerged as a Sick House Syndrome indoor space that is provided to the building materials, and the impact on the domestic and the indoor environment, and clean the house in a health standards are specified as laws. The performance rating and the various materials to create environmentally-friendly standards for building materials. The more detail, Porous clay material, toxic substances released by applying the high humidity and the water itself, and to absorb the moisture, if the emissions, without a separate device, to maintain a comfortable indoor environment and at the same time, one of the causes of Sick House Syndrome breaking down harmful substances to absorb a comfortable indoor environment to maintain an environmentally-friendly building interior material studies. It is aimed at the development to multi-functional high performance eco-friendly construction materials, rather than through one feature performance, identify key features for national and international eco-friendly building materials can exert Water Vapour Adsorption raw, decomposed materials for the application and selection.

Therapeutic effects of paeoniflorin on irritable bowel syndrome in rats

  • Lei Wang;Jinyan Lei;Zeyu Zhao;Jianwei Jia;Li Wang
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.23.1-23.16
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    • 2023
  • Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder (FBD). Objectives: To assess the therapeutic effects of paeoniflorin (PF) on IBS in rats. Method: Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into normal, model, positive drug, low-dose PF, medium-dose PF and high-dose PF groups (n = 10). After gavage for 2 consecutive weeks, the effect of PF on abdominal pain symptoms was assessed based on the abdominal withdrawal reflex (AWR) score, fecal water content and pathological changes in colon tissues. D-lactate, interleukin-1β (IL-1β), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and phosphorylated nuclear factor kappa B (p-NF-κB) p65 was detected by Western blotting. The abundance and diversity changes of intestinal flora were explored using 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing. Result: In PF groups, the mucosal morphology of colon tissues was intact, and the glands were arranged neatly and structured clearly, without obvious inflammatory cell infiltration. Compared with the model group, PF groups had significantly elevated pain threshold, and mRNA and protein levels of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and occludin, decreased AWR score at 20 mmHg pressure, fecal water content, mRNA levels of IL-1β, TGF-β, and TNF-α, protein level of p-NF-κB p65 and level of serum D-lactate, and reduced levels of serum IL-1β, TGF-β, and TNF-α (p < 0.05, p < 0.01). PF groups had higher abundance of Lactobacillus, Akkermansia, Alistipes, and Bacteroides, but lower abundance of Desulfovibrio, Parasutterella, and Enterococcus than those of the model group. Conclusions: PF exerts therapeutic effects on IBS in rats probably by regulating the intestinal flora, and then up-regulating the expressions of ZO-1 and occludin in colon tissue while down-regulating the levels of IL-1β, TGF-β, TNF-α, D-lactate and p-NF-κB p65.

기능성 위장관 장애에서 Duloxetine의 효과 : '뇌-장관 축' 모델을 중심으로 (Effect of Duloxetine in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder : In the Perspective of 'Brain-Gut Axis')

  • 이상신;박시성
    • 정신신체의학
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    • 제20권2호
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    • pp.135-138
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    • 2012
  • 기능성 위장관 장애(functional gastrointestinal disorder, FGID)의 생물학적 병태생리는 아직 명확하지 않은 실정이나 최근에 뇌-장관 축(brain-gut axis, BGA) 모델이 각광받고 있다. BGA 모델은 중추신경계(CNS)와 장관신경계(ENS)가 신경계, 신경내분비계, 신경면역계 등으로 밀접하게 연계되어 양방향성으로 항상성을 유지한다는 이론이다. 또한 BGA는 FGID에 대한 항우울제 효과의 이론적 근거를 제공한다. 저자들은 세로토닌 노르에프네프린 재흡수 차단제인 duloxetine이 목 이물감, 우울감을 보이는 환자와 상부 위장관 팽만감, 건강염려증적 불안을 보이는 환자에서 위장관 증상 및 정신의학적 증상에 효과적이었음을 경험하였다. 이에 두 증례보고를 통하여 BGA에 대해서 간략히 검토하고 duloxetine의 효과를 BGA의 측면에서 고찰하였다. 이 두 증례에서 duloxetine의 장관에서 뇌로의 영향(bottom-up regulation)으로는 세로토닌 수용체, 노르에피네프린 수용체 그리고 부신피질자극호르몬방출인자(CRF) 길항효과를 통해서 내장과민성(visceral hypersensitivity) 및 정신의학적 증상을 호전시키고, 뇌에서 장관으로의 영향(top-down regulation)으로는 우울과 불안을 호전시킴으로 위장관 증상에 영향을 미친 것으로 추정해 볼 수 있다.

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