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Study on Corydalis Tuber for iontophoresis (현호색의 이온삼투요법 활용에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Won;Keum, Dong-ho;Lee, Myung-Jong
    • The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.69-81
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    • 2000
  • OBJECTIVE Iontophoresis is a kind of medical treatment of penetration of several ion into a body through skin by dirrect current. In oriental medicine for iontophoresis, it has little standard and method to extract the efficient element from herbal medicine. So we studied the quantitative analyzation of extracted Corydalis Tuber. METHODS AND MATERIALS Materials are Corydaline standard and extracted Corydalis Tuber, and the measurement methods of variation by time and pH are HPLC/UV, CG/MS. RESULTS 1. The chromatography and spectrometer of HPLC/UV on extracted Corydalis Tuber has no corydaline. 2. The CG/MS on extracted Corydalis Tuber has no corydaline. CONCLUSION According to the above results, when we extract herbal medicine for iontophoresis, we should consider special nature of the object herbal medicine to take the efficient element. And it needs more syudy on possibility of another element effect with the exception of Corydaline.

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The Role of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Fabry Disease in Cardiology Perspective

  • Hongo, Kenichi
    • Journal of mucopolysaccharidosis and rare diseases
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.21-25
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    • 2018
  • Fabry disease is a hereditary lysosomal storage disorder caused by the reduction or absence of lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A and the accumulation of glycosphingolipids, such as globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), in various organs, including the heart. The prevention of cardiac involvement in Fabry disease can only be achieved by enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), and the method of assessing the efficacy of ERT should be confirmed. Changes in the electrocardiogram, such as the shortening of PQ interval, prolongation of QTc and repolarization abnormalities as well as left ventricular hypertrophy in voltage criteria, can be used to identify Fabry disease patients; however, the usefulness of electrocardiograms for evaluating the efficacy of ERT is limited. The assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy using echocardiography has been established to evaluate the efficacy of ERT during long-term period. A new technique involving speckled tracking method might be useful for detecting early cardiac dysfunction and identifying the effect of ERT for a relatively short period. The estimation of left ventricular hypertrophy using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is also useful for assessing the efficacy of ERT. Identifying late gadolinium enhancement in CMR may affect the effectiveness of ERT, and the new technique of T1 mapping might be useful for monitoring the accumulation of Gb3 during ERT. Histopathology in cardiac biopsy specimens is another potentially useful method for identifying the accumulation of GB3; however, the use of histopathology to evaluate of the efficacy of ERT is limited because of the invasive nature of an endomyocardial biopsy.

Expression Profiling of Genes involved in the Control of Pluripotency Using cDNA Microarray

  • Lee, Young-Jin;Hong, Seok-Ho;Nah, Hee-Young;Chae, Ji-Hyung;Jung, Ho-Sun;Kim, Beom-Sue;Kim, Chul-Geun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Embryo Transfer Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.12-21
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    • 2001
  • To identify genes implicated in the control of pluripotency as well as characteristics of stem cells, we analyzed expression profiles of genes derived from mouse morulas, blastocysts, embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and uterus tissue using cDNA microarray. Comparative analyses of their expression profiles identified putative clones that expressed specifically in specific samples or not in a specific sample. The expression pattern of these condidate clones was analyzed using RT-PCR and non-radioactive in situ hybridization. Functional annotation of these clones on pluripotency and stem cell plasticity is in ongoing. These studies may further our understanding on the nature of the stem cells and molecular mechanisms underlying many facets of mammalian development and differentiation.

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Expression Profiling of Genes involved in the Control of Pluripotency Using cDNA Microarray

  • Lee, Young-Jin;Hong, Seok-Ho;Nah, Hee-Young;Chae, Ji-Hyung;Jung, Ho-Sun;Kim, Beom-Sue;Kim, Chul-Geun
    • Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.18-24
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    • 2001
  • To identify genes implicated in the control of pluripotency as well as characteristics of stem cells, we analyzed expression profiles of genes derived from mouse morulas, blastocysts, embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and uterus tissue using cDNA microarray. Comparative analyses of their expression profiles identified putative clones that expressed specifically in specific samples or not in a specific sample. The expression pattern of these candidate clones was analyzed using RT-PCR and non-radioactive in situ hybridization. Functional annotation of these clones on pluripotency and stem cell plasticity is in ongoing. These studies may further our understanding on the nature of the stem cells and molecular mechanisms underlying many facets of mammalian development and differentiation.

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Judgement of causation and burden of proof in medical malpractice litigation (의료과오소송에 있어서 인과관계의 판단과 입증책임에 관한 판례의 최근 경향 - 일본 판례와의 비교를 중심으로 -)

  • Baek, Kyoung-Hee
    • The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.179-211
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    • 2007
  • To succeed the claim of medical malpractice litigation, the patient as a plaintiff should establish the medical fault of a physician as a defendant, and the causation between the fault and damages. Because of the extraordinary nature of medical province, however, this application of a legal principles is rigorous with the patient. In addition, given the causation between the validation of physician's fault and damage is not attested, patient is not awarded anything. In order to overcome a difficulty of patient's verification and ensure the right to fair process, it was demonstrated the lightening of burden of proof in medical malpractice litigation and the acceptance of the responsibility for an illegal act in a prescribed range in the absence of the causation between the physician's fault and damage. This paper deals with the judgement of causation and burden of proof in medical malpractice litigation, and the acceptance of responsibility in the absence of the causation between the physician's fault and damage. Also, this study recommends a tendency of our precedent through the comparative case method of ours and Japan.

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An Inquiry to the Causal Perceptions & Health Seeking Behaviors of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

  • Kim, Boon-Han;Kim, Hung-Kyu;Yun Jung;Kang, Hwa-Jeong
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.1001-1010
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    • 1999
  • This study was undertaken to investigate the causal perceptions and health seeking behaviors of Rheumatoid arthritis patients, define and understand the typology, and find the relationship between causal perceptions and health seeking behavioral types. There were six types(Physical Fatigue, Dispensation of Nature, Causality to Environment, Conscience of Guilty, Rationally perceiving, Psychological Stress) of subjective opinion about Causal Perceptions of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. And there were four types(Oriental medical Treatment, Information Seeking, Dietary Control. Western Medical Treatment) of subjective opinion about Health Seeking Behaviors. In the relationship between types of the causal perceptions and health seeking behaviors, oriental medical treatment and information seeking type were common health seeking behaviors of all six causal perception types. Only difference for internal causal perception types was related to hospital instructions and external causal perception types were related to dietary control. The result of this study can help health care providers, especially nurses to understand the types of causal perceptions and health seeking behaviors of Rheumatoid arthritis patients to gain treatment compliance from patients according to their causal perceptions of the illness, and use it to develop educational nursing intervention to aid health care.

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A Clinical Study on the MPDS Patients (MPDS 환자의 임상적 양상)

  • 최재갑;정운하
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.47-58
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    • 1982
  • The author has studied on the clinical features and symptomatology of 97 MPDS patients, who visited the Dept. of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, from January to September in 1982. The results were as follow : In age and sex distribution of patients in this population, the third decades appeared to have the highest prevalence and the male to female ratio was almost 1 to 2.23. As to occupation, students and housewives were revealed to have the highest incidence of MPDS. The chief complaints of patients were pains, TMJ noises, and limitation of mouth opening in order of frequency, and the most prevalent site of symptom was that of preauricular area. In symptom sequence, the majority of initial symptoms were TMJ noise and pain but limitation of mandibular movement was progressively developed, regardless of nature of early symptoms. Chronic unfavorable oral habits were found to be the most possible predisposing factors in this study. The average maximum interincisal distance was $38.13\pm10.00mm$ in males and $30.73\pm8.75mm$ in females, and a deviation of mandible during mouth opening was observed in 60.8% of patients. In TMJ signs, tenderness of the TMJ to palpation was found in 60.8% of patients and TMJ noise was audible in 50.5% of patients with a stethoscope. The muscles of masticatory system were palpated according to usual methods, and a significant indidence of muscular tenderness was present, with the lateral pteygoid muscles being most frequently involved, followed by masseter, medical pterygoid and temporalis muscles.

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Mental and physical healing techniques of Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine - In contrast with the Integral life Practice(ILP) of Integral psychology - (사상의학의 심신치유기법 - 통합심리학의 ILP(Integral life practice)와 대비하여 -)

  • Heo, Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Philosophical Society
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    • v.131
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    • pp.353-381
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    • 2014
  • "The four types of temperament" (hereinafter "Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine") is applied to not only medicine, but also various fields like management, politics, education, etc. Despite that "Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine" is "Mind-Body Medicine" which is fundamentally based on "Controling Mind and Body", though, it was rarely used for psychotherapy in practical. Practical treatment on clinical medicine is limited to only medicine-treatment or acupuncture-therapy. However treatment on illness and pathological phenomenon suggested by "Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine" keeps individual's nature in control, and it governs environmental facts: age, region, and socio-cultural factors: alcohol, debauchery, riches, authority(酒 色 財 權). Especially, "Moral Cultivation" in "Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine" emphasizes the importance of properly understanding vice(邪心) and laziness(怠行) concealed in natural temperament of human being, and pursuing "Understanding Each Other(博通)" and "Upright Conduct by Oneself(獨行)". Furthermore, because "Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine" is developing medical theory based on "Understanding Others(知人)" and "Straighten Oneself(正己)" doing try integral approach, it has great implications for the present generation that forms much of social connection. Similarly, Ken Wilber who is one of representatives of "World Philosophy" and "Integral Psychology" is suggesting "Integral Life Practice" (hereinafter ILP) - applies practical and heuristic "Integral Approach" to individual experiences. ILP is the only practical discipline for development of viable whole-area. ILP says that there are four core modules: body, mind, shadow, spirit(靈), and five auxiliary modules: morals(倫理), gender(性), work(일), emotion(情緖), relationships(關係性). These nine modules could apply mind-body treatment of "Sa-Sang Constitutional Medicine", and thereby more developed mind-body treatment would be found.

Comparison of the Results of Clinical Diagnostic Assay according to Sasang Constitution Classification (사상체질에 따른 임상적 진단검사 결과 비교)

  • Park, Jee-Won
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.215-225
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: Sasang constitutional medicine is Korea's creative medical science, that has attracted public attention. But for lack of indices in objectifying constitutions, there are difficulties for most of health professionals in approaching Sasang medicine. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of clinical diagnostic data according to the type of Sasang constitution. Method: The subjects were 195 examinees who had a general health check-up at A hospital. The instrument used for this study were Questionnaire of Sasang Constitution Class II(QSCCII) program for personal computer developed by Kim Sun Ho et al. Result: The distribution of constitutions of the subjects were the So-eum 46.7%, the Tae-eum 36.9% and the So-yang 16.4%. The level of body compositionrelated indices(body weight, obesity) of the Tae-eum were significantly higher than those of other constitutions. In heart-related indices, systolic BP were the highest in the Tae-eum. In liver-related indices, the level of triglyceride, SGPT were significantly higher in the Tae-eum. But the hematologic indices and lung-related indices were not showed significantly difference among any constitutions. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that there were significant difference of clinical diagnostic data according to Sasang constitutions, especially in the Tae-eum. So, to understand the human nature of nursing clients, nurses need to apply the oriental based medical theory, like Sasang constitution, to the discipline of nursing.

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Assessment Analysis of Yang-Seng Gi-Gong Lecture through Questionnaire (설문지를 통한 양생기공학 강의평가 분석)

  • Na, Sam Sik;Ahn, Hun Mo
    • Journal of Korean Medical Ki-Gong Academy
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.1-23
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    • 2017
  • Objective : This paper was written to develop clinically useful education system of 'Yang-Seng Gi-Gong' based on the principles of Korean medicine by analyzing the lecture evaluation through the questionnaire Methods : We surveyed 55 students who took 'Yang-Seng Gi-Gong' lectures at Wonkwang University School of Korean Medicine in 2016. Results : 1. The degree of reflection of the learning goal was 7.0 ± 2.1 and the overall interest was high in the regression analysis of the learning goal reflectivity. The satisfaction of the practical lecture was higher than the theoretical lecture. 2. In the evaluation of difficulty level, it was evaluated that the practical training was effective and the practice of standing position was the most difficult. 3. Due to the nature of the lectures, the difference between men and women was found in several items but it was not effective. 4. Generally, we appropriately assessed the preparation and progress of the class and practice. 67% of the respondents evaluated the current class as appropriate. 5. In the survey on participation in class, there was a high degree of participation in the practical lecture and a high correlation between overall participation and participation in the practical lecture. Conclusions: It is necessary to look for ways to concentrate with interest in the lecture, focusing on the practice, and to encourage the participation of women in the practice.