• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.162-170
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• 2020

Objectives : This study is to report a case of Verruca vulgaris in a paediatric patient, treated with korean medicine, primarily focused on Aroma Therapy by Tea Tree Oil(Melaleuca Alternifolia). Methods : A 12-year-old female patient was treated with herbal medicine, Aroma therapy using Tea tree oil due to periungual and plantar warts. photographs of lesions and VAS were used to evaluted the changes in symptoms. Results : The herbal medicine was performed only for first 7Days due to refusal of the patient. So, the patient was treated by only aroma therapy using tea tree oil for about 9 months. After the treatment, the lesions of the patient showed complete clearence and there was no relapse. Conclusions : This case suggests that Korean medicine, especially aroma therapy using tea tree oil is an effective treatment for Melaleuca Alternifolia.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.254-263
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• 2023

Background The three-dimensional (3D) evaluation of skeletal stability after orthognathic surgery is a time-consuming and complex procedure. The complexity increases further when evaluating the surgery-first orthognathic approach (SFOA). Herein, we propose and validate a simple time-saving method of 3D analysis using a single software, demonstrating high accuracy and repeatability. Methods This retrospective cohort study included 12 patients with skeletal class 3 malocclusion who underwent bimaxillary surgery without any presurgical orthodontics. Computed tomography (CT)/cone-beam CT images of each patient were obtained at three different time points (preoperation [T0], immediately postoperation [T1], and 1 year after surgery [T2]) and reconstructed into 3D images. After automatic surface-based alignment of the three models based on the anterior cranial base, five easily located anatomical landmarks were defined to each model. A set of angular and linear measurements were automatically calculated and used to define the amount of movement (T1-T0) and the amount of relapse (T2-T1). To evaluate the reproducibility, two independent observers processed all the cases, One of them repeated the steps after 2 weeks to assess intraobserver variability. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated at a 95% confidence interval. Time required for evaluating each case was recorded. Results Both the intra- and interobserver variability showed high ICC values (more than 0.95) with low measurement variations (mean linear variations: 0.18 mm; mean angular variations: 0.25 degree). Time needed for the evaluation process ranged from 3 to 5 minutes. Conclusion This approach is time-saving, semiautomatic, and easy to learn and can be used to effectively evaluate stability after SFOA.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권18호
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• pp.7533-7537
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• 2014

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer type, and the leading cause of death from cancer among women in Israel. The Bedouin-Arab (BA) population in southern Israel is characterized by a high rate of consanguinity, common hereditary disorders, and transition from a semi-nomadic, traditional society to a more sedentary and urbanized society. In this hospital-based study, the demographic and the clinicopathological characteristics of BC in BA were compared with Jewish patients. Materials and Methods: 85 BA patients treated at the Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba, during the years 2004-2012, were studied and compared with 180 consecutive Jewish patients treated during the year 2007. Clinicopathological features compared included age, menopausal state, number of births, a history of BC in first-degree relatives, tumor size (T), extent of lymph-node involvement (N), distant metastases (M), stage, grade, estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PR), and Her2 status. Types of treatment, relapse rate and site, as well as outcome were also studied. Cox's regression models were applied for studying disease-free, and overall survival. Results: Compared with Jewish patients, BA patients were younger (average age $49{\pm}12$ yrs vs $59{\pm}13$, p<0.001), had a lower rate of BC in first-degree relatives (p<0.001), and a larger number of births ($6{\pm}4.2$ vs $2.5{\pm}1.9$, p<0.001). BA patients had larger tumors (p=0.02), more extensive lymph-node involvement (p=0.002), and more advanced stage (p=0.003). Grade, ER, PR, and Her2 status were similar in the two ethnic groups. Relapse type was most commonly systemic in BA patients (p=0.05), and loco-regional in Jewish patients (p=0.02). Median survival was 63, and 35 months for Jewish and BA patients, respectively (log-rank test, p=0.02). In Cox multivariate analysis, stage and PR status (HR-0.14, p<0.0001; HR-3.11, p=0.046), but not ethnicity, influenced overall survival. Conclusions: BC presents a decade earlier, and with more advanced disease in BA compared with Jewish patients. Biologic parameters including grade, ER, PR, and Her2 status were similar in both groups. Although prognosis was worse in BA than in Jewish patients, it was affected only by stage and PR status, but not by ethnicity.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.192-198
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• 2003

목적: 급성 골수성 백혈병에서 자가 조혈모세포 이식은 무병생존율에 도움을 주며 1차 관해된 급성 골수성 백혈병에서 자가 조혈모세포 이식은 점차 늘어나고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구는 1차 관해된 급성 골수성 백혈병에서 자가 조혈모세포 이식을 위한 전처치 요법으로 cytarabine, melphalan과 전신 방사선치료를 시행하여 그 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1995년 1월부터 1999년 12월까지 급성 골수성 백혈병으로 1차 관해 후 자가 조혈모세포 이식을 받은 29명을 대상으로 하였다. 환자의 중앙연령은 33세(16~47세)이었다. 자가 조혈모세포 이식을 위한 전처치 요법은 cytarabine ($3.0\;gm/m^2$, 3일), melphalan ($100\;gm/m^2$, 1일)과 전신 방사선치료를 시행하였다. 전신 방사선치료는 6MV 선형가속기를 이용하여 200 cGy를 1일 2회씩 5회 분할 조사하여 총 조사선량은 1000 cGy이었다. 결과: 추적 관찰기간은 3~58개월이었으며 중앙값은 40개월이었다. 전체 환자의 4년 무병생존율은 69.0%이었으며 중앙생존기간은 41.5개월이었다. 4년 재발률은 27.6%이었다. 무병생존율과 재발률에 영향을 미치는 인자 분석에서는 FAB 분류만이 유의한 예후인자로 분석되었다($M_3$군 vs. $M_3$를 제외한 군; p=0.048, p=0.043). 대 상 환자 중 9명에서 사망하였으며 치료와 관련된 사망은 1명이었고 8명은 재발로 사망하였다. 결론: 1차 관해된 급성 골수성 백혈병에서 자가 조혈모세포 이식을 위한 melphalan, cytarabine과 전신 방사선치료는 비교적 효과적인 전처치 요법이었다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제60권7호
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• pp.232-236
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• 2017

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease in children characterized by intra-alveolar accumulation of surfactant proteins, which severely reduces gaseous exchange. Whole lung lavage (WLL) is the preferred technique for the treatment of severe PAP. Herein, we present a pediatric case of PAP treated with WLL. An 11-year-old boy was admitted with the chief complaint of a dry cough lasting 6 months. He developed symptoms of dyspnea on exertion and had difficulty in climbing stairs. He was ultimately diagnosed with PAP through video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy. As first-line of treatment for PAP, he underwent therapeutic WLL for each of his lungs on separate days. After a brief recovery, his symptoms gradually worsened; therefore, he underwent a second WLL. This is the first pediatric case of PAP relapse despite successful WLL in Korea.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.135-139
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• 1994

1992-1993년 호남지방의 4개 양계장에서 처음으로 닭의 Leucocytozoon caulleryi 자연감염증을 보이는 87수를 검색하였는데, 임상증세와 혈액내 merozoite 및 gametocyte 검출 그리고 내장기관으로부터 schizont의 발견으로 본 질병을 확증할 수 있었다. 본 감염증은 일년 중 6월 하순부터 9월 중순까지에 발견되었으며, 자연감염된 혈액(merozoite포함)을 미감염된 닭에 접종하여 인공감염상을 볼 수 있었다. 자연감염후 회복된 닭중 1수는 12월에 간에서, 또 다른 1수는 다음해 2월에 심장 근육에서 schizont가 발견되어 본 감염증의 재발이나 동절기를 지나는 장기간 감염 가능성을 보여 주었다. 본 원충의 gametocyte 추출물에서 특이 항원 항체 반응을 보이는 polypeptide는 50.1kD이었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2101-2107
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• 2012

Treatment responses of $N_0$ stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma were firstly analyzed comprehensively to evaluate long term outcomes of patients and identify prognostic factors. A total of 610 patients with $N_0$ NPC, undergoing definitive radiotherapy to their primary lesion and prophylactic radiation to upper neck, were reviewed retrospectively. Concomitant chemotherapy was administrated to 65 out of the 610. Survival rates of the patients were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared by log-rank test. Prognostic factors were identified by the Cox regression model. The study revealed the 5-year and 10-year overall, disease-free, disease-specific, local failure-free, regional failure-free, locoregional failure-free and distant metastasis-free survival rates to be 78.7% and 66.8%, 68.8% and 55.8%, 79.9% and 70.4%, 81.2% and 72.5%, 95.8% and 91.8%, 78.3% and 68.5%, 88.5% and 85.5%, respectively. There were 192 patients experiencing failure (31.5%) after radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy. Of these, local recurrence, regional relapse and distant metastases as the first event of failure occurred in 100 (100/610, 16.4%), 15(15/610, 2.5%) and 52 (52/610, 8.5%), respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that T stage was the only independent prognostic factor for patients with $N_0$ NPC (P=0.000). Late T stage (P=0.000), male (P=0.039) and anemia (P=0.007) were independently unfavorable factors predicting disease-free survival. After treatment, satisfactory outcome wasgenerally achieved in patients with $N_0$ NPC. Local recurrence represented the predominant mode of treatment failure, while T stage was the only independent prognostic factor for overall survival. Late T stage, male gender, and anemia independently predicted lower possibility of the disease-free survival.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2002

목 적 : 신증후군의 발생빈도, 임상양상, 스테로이드와 면역억제제에 대한 반응 및 조직학적 소견을 관찰하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 22년간 전북대학교별원 소아과에 특발성 신증후군으로 입원했던 환자 185명 중 4개월 이상 관찰이 가능했던 159명을 대상으로 입원당시 병력, 임상증상, 검사소견, steroid에 대한 반응, 재발빈도 및 추적 기간을 관찰하였으며 재발이 빈번하거나 steroid 요법에 반응이 좋지 않았던 72례에서의 약물의 효과와 신생검을 실시한 76례에서 조직학적 소견을 관찰하였다. 결 과 : 연도별로 매년 3례에서 17례 입원하였으며 연도별 큰 차이는 없었고 남녀비는 4:1로 남아에서 많았다. 연령별 분포는 3-5세 사이가 34례($21.4\%$)로 가장 많았으며 계절별로는 겨울에 입원한 환아가 46례로 많았다. 발병에서 입원까지 기간은 발병 3개월 이내에 내원한 환아가 107례($68.2\%$)로 가장 많았으며 입원당시 주증상으로는 전신부종($75.5\%$), 복수($28.3\%$), 고환 부종($20.1\%$), 상기도 감염($19.5\%$), 핍뇨($15.1\%$) 등 이었다. Steroid 요법후 2주 이내에 대부분에서 이뇨가 일어났으며 단백뇨는 첫 2주 이내에 $66\%$에서 소실되었다. Steroid 요법에 대한 반응는 완전관해 110례($69\%$), 부분관해 29례($18\%$), 무반응 20례($13\%$)이였다. 혈뇨, 고혈압, 혈청 creatinine상승 등의 신염 소건은 각각 $32\%,\;23.9\%,\;10.7\%$ 였으며 steroid 요법에 반응이 없는 군에서 높았다. 초기 steroid 요법에 반응이 좋았던 환아에서 1년 이상 추적 관찰이 가능했던 78례 중 1년 이내에 재발한 경우는 55례($75\%$)이였다. Steroid 요법에 반응이 없거나 재발이 빈번한 환아에서 면역억제제를 투여하였으며 cyrlopho- sphamide를 투여한 62례 중 38례에서 어느 정도 효과가 있었으며 cyclosporine의 경우 7례 중 6례에서 효과가 있었다. Steroid 요법에 반응이 없거나 재발이 빈번한 76례에서 신생검을 실시하였으며 미세변화형이 53례($69.7\%$)로 가장 많았다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.443-449
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• 2000

A three-year-old male jindo with generalized skin lesions (including seborrhea, hyperk- eratosis, alopecia, papules, and ecchymoses), pruritus lymph node enlargement, and fever was brought to Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National Uni- versity. There were no laboratory findings for parasites and fungi in the hair and skin But, the com- plete blood counts (CBC) showed leukocytosis and severe cosinophilia, It was suspected to be an inflammatory and allergic dermatitis. Thus, prednisoIone (0.5 mg/kg PO, BID for 1 week) and ampi- cillin (10 mg/kg PO, BID for 1 week given. One week later, pruritus and ecchymoses were reduced. These treatments were repeated for 7 day again. Three months later, the dog was presented again due to the relapse and exacerbation of the clinical signs. The signs were as follows; severe pru- ritus, vesicobullous skin lesions, anorexia, emaciation, lameness, and welling of carpal joints that showed inflammatory skin lesion and draining of synovia-like fluid. The values of WBC counts were returned to normal ranges. In contrast, eosinophilia was still observed. Coombs test for patient RBC and serum were negative. Hypoalbuminemia (2.5g/dl) was shown by serum chemistry. The uri- nalysis revealed and presence of leukocytes. Luxation finding of right radial carpal joint by polyarthritis was shown in radiography of affected joints.Lupus eryhematosus(LE) cells also appeared in peripheral blood and synovial fluid of affected joints. Definitely, antinuclear antibody (ANA) of patient serum using feline peripheral blood mononuclear cells was detected by all immu- nofluorescence. Based on these findings such as sedum ANA-Positive. major signs (skin disease, non- erosive polyarthritis with soft tissue swelling. and proteinuria), minor signs (fever), and LE cell-pos- itive, a diagnosis of systemic lupus crythematosus (SLE) was mad\ulcorner in this dog. The dog with SLE was administered with Pre(2.0 mg/kg PO, BID for first 4 week and then QOD) to inhibit the production of autoantibodies and with ampicillin (10 mg/kg PO, BID for first 4 weeks and then QOD) to prevent the secondary infection. The condition of this dog was monitored every 2 weeks by physical examinations, radiography, CBC, serum chemistry and urinalyais. At 8th week of treat- ment, the state of SLE evaluated by physical examinations and laboratory findings was markedly improved except for proteinura.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2008

목 적 : 본 연구는 HLA가 일치하는 부모로부터 동종조혈모세포이식을 시행받은 소아의 이식 결과를 분석하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1999년 4월부터 2005년 10월까지 성모병원 조혈모세포이식센터에서 급성 백혈병으로 1차 관해 후 HLA가 일치된 부모로부터 조혈모세포이식을 시행받은 환아 7명(급성 림프모구성백혈병 4명, 급성 골수성백혈병 3명)을 대상으로 하였다. 이식 시 중앙연령은 5세(범위, 1-11세; 남아 2명, 여아 5명), 공여자의 중앙연령은 35세(범위, 30-41세; 남자 5명, 여자 2명)이었다. 이식 후 대상 환아의 생착, 급성이식편대숙주병, 만성이식편대숙주병, 이식관련 사망, 재발, 이식관련 합병증과 생존율 등을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 이식부터 마지막 추적관찰까지 중앙기간이 69.5개월(범위, 18.8-96.5개월)이었다. 이식을 받은 7명의 환아들은 모두 생착이 되었고 호중구와 혈소판의 생착은 이식 후 각각 11일(범위, 10-16일)과 26일(범위, 13-39일)이었다. Grade II의 급성 이식편대숙주병은 3명(43%), grade III의 급성 이식편대숙주병은 1명(14%)에서 발생하였다. 광범위 만성이식편대숙주병은 2명(28%), 제한적 만성이식편대숙주병은 1명(14%)에서 발생하였다. 이식 후 재발은 1명(14%)이었고 이식관련 사망은 1명(14%)이었다. 대상 환아의 이식 후 5년 전체 생존율은 $83{\pm}15%$이었다. 결 론 : 소아 급성 백혈병에서 HLA가 일치하는 부모자식간 동종조혈모세포이식의 결과는 HLA가 일치하는 형제간 조혈모세포이식의 결과와 비견할 수 있으며 동종조혈모세포이식이 필요한 환아에서 형제뿐만이 아니라 부모의 HLA를 검사하면 조혈모세포 공여자 선정의 가능성이 높아진다.