• Title/Summary/Keyword: Korean Gynecology

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Current clinical applications of platelet-rich plasma in various gynecological disorders: An appraisal of theory and practice

  • Dawood, Ayman Shehata;Salem, Hesham Abdelaziz
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this paper is to review the current clinical uses of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the field of gynecology. All relevant articles published from January 2000 to December 2017 were reviewed and analyzed. The articles on PRP in the field of gynecology were mainly case series, pilot studies, or case reports. PRP is currently considered a new therapeutic modality for some disorders that are refractory to conventional drugs.

A Clinical Report of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (전신성 홍반성 낭창(SLE) 환자 1례 증례보고)

  • Jeon, Yeong-Seon;Lee, Eun-Kyu;Kim, Soo-Hyeon;Choi, Yoo-Jin;Park, Kyeong-Mi;Yang, Seung-Jeong;Cho, Seong-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.179-187
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to report the effect of Korean medicine treatments on a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: We treated 1 case of systemic lupus erythematosus patient with Korean herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion and pharmaco-acupuncture. Patient is a 44-year-old woman, who suffered from general body weakness, arthralgia and foamy urine. She was treated with Samilshinki-hwan-gami and Oryeong-san-gami. Patient is taken acupuncture at GV20, CV12, LI4, LR3, ST36, BL23, BL25 and moxibustion at CV4. We injected pharmaco-acupuncture at BL23, BL25. Results: After treatments the patient recovered from foamy urine, reduced general body weakness, arthralgia. Conclusions: This study suggests that Korean medicine treatments have significant effect on reducing symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus.