• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.190-195
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• 2008

저자들은 항-E항체에 의한 신생아 동종 면역성 용혈성 질환 환아에서 생후 8일째 담낭내 오니가 있고 4개월, 9개월, 11개월 및 50개월 후 추적 초음파에서 담석을 보인 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.151-188
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• 2021

Spinal dysraphic lesions due to focal nondisjunction in primary neurulation are commonly encountered in paediatric neurosurgery, but the "fog-of-war" on these conditions was only gradually dispersed in the past 10 years by the works of the groups led by the senior author and Prof. Kyu-Chang Wang. It is now clear that limited dorsal myeloschisis and congenital spinal dermal sinus tract are conditions at the two ends of a spectrum; and mixed lesions of them with various configurations exist. This review article summarizes the current understanding of these conditions' embryogenetic mechanisms, pathological anatomy and clinical manifestations, and their management strategy and surgical techniques.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2011

신생아 출혈은 신생아실에서 흔하게 경험하는 증상 중 하나이며 신생아중환자실에서는 특히 미숙아에게 종종 발생하므로 신속한 진단 및 즉각적인 치료가 필수적이다. 신생아 출혈은 이환율과 사망률의 중요한 원인이 되며 심한 경우 생명을 위협할 수 있다. 특히 최근 들어 비약적인 신생아학의 발달로 인해 초극소저체중출생아를 포함한 미숙아들의 생존율이 높아지고 있어 혈액응고질환의 진단 및 치료의 중요성은 날로 높아져 간다고 하겠다. 출혈이 의심되는 신생아의 정확한 진단을 위해서는 출혈의 가족력, 산모의 병력, 과거 임신력, 신생아 및 산모의 약물복용여부를 포함한 자세한 병력청취가 무엇보다 주의 깊게 시행되어야 하고 특정부위에 국한되어 증상을 보이는지 아니면 광범위한 출혈인지 감별을 해야 한다. 혈소판감소증만 단독으로 보이는 신생아의 경우 자반증(petechiae)과 반상출혈(ecchymoses), 점막출혈 등이 동반될 수 있으나 대부분은 건강해 보이며 비타민 K 결핍출혈, 혈우병 같은 선천성 응고장애를 의심해 볼 수 있으며, 아파 보이는 신생아에서 폐, 위장관, 비뇨생식기계, 천자부위 등에서 출혈이 일어나는 경우는 파종성 혈관내응고증후군을 포함한 후천성 응고이상을 의심해 볼 수 있다. 특별히 외상의 흔적이나 난산의 병력이 없는 만삭아나 준미숙아 등에서 두개 내 출혈이 보이는 경우에도 반드시 혈액응고이상 질환을 의심해봐야 한다. 저자는 본 종설을 통해 신생아출혈을 유발하는 혈액응고질환에 대해 임상유형 및 발생기전에 따라 대해 1차성 및 2차성 응고이상질환으로 나누어 알아보고 이를 다시 선천성 응고장애질환과 후천성 응고장애질환으로 나눠 각각에 대해 최신지견을 토대로 자세히 살펴보고자 한다.

• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2006년도 Principles and Practice of Microarray for Biomedical Researchers
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• pp.125-126
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• 2006

NimbleGen has developed strategies to use its high-density oligonucleotide microarray platform (385,000 probes per array) to map both promoter binding sites and copy number variation at very high-resolution in the human genome. Here we describe a genome-wide map of active promoters determined by experimentally locating the sites of transcription imitation complex binding throughout the human genome using microarrays combined with chromatin immunoprecipitation. This map defines 10,567 active promoters corresponding to 6,763 known genes and at least 1,196 un-annotated transcriptional units. Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) is animportant research tool for investigating chromosomal aberrations frequently associated with complex diseases such as cancer, neuropsychiatric disorders, and congenital developmental disorders. NimbleGen array CGH is an ultra-high resolution (0.5-50 Kb) oligo array platform that can be used to detect amplifications and deletions and map the associated breakpoints on the whole-genome level or with custom fine-tiling arrays. For whole-genome array CGH, probes are tiled through genic and intergenic regions with a median probe spacing of 6 Kb, which provides a comprehensive, unbiased analysis of the genome.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2020

Muscle pathology findings may guide the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders since they are helpful for understanding the pathological processes causing muscle weakness and also provide significant clues for the diagnosis of muscle diseases. Recent advances in molecular genetics mean that a muscle biopsy can be omitted when diagnosing inherited muscle diseases. However, the muscle pathology can still play a role in those cases and its findings are also required when diagnosing inflammatory myopathies.

• Journal of Interdisciplinary Genomics
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2021

Inherited platelet function disorders (IPFDs) are a disease group of heterogeneous bleeding disorders associated with congenital defects of platelet functions. Normal platelets essential role for primary hemostasis by adhesion, activation, secretion of granules, aggregation, and procoagulant activity of platelets. The accurate diagnosis of IPFDs is challenging due to unavailability of important testing methods, including light transmission aggregometry and flow cytometry, in several medical centers in Korea. Among several IPFDs, Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a most representative IPFD and is relatively frequently found compare to the other types of rarer IPFDs. GT is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations of ITGA2B or ITGB3. There are quantitative or qualitative defects of the GPIIb/IIIa complex in platelet, which is the binding receptor for fibrinogen, von Willbrand factor, and fibronectin in GT patients. Therefore, patients with GT have normal platelet count and normal platelet morphology, but they have severely decreased platelet aggregation. Thus, GT patients have a very severe hemorrhagic phenotypes that begins at a very early age and persists throughout life. In this article, the general contents about platelet functions and respective IPFDs, the overall contents of GT, and the current status of genetic diagnosis of GT in Korea will be reviewed.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.347-360
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• 2017

Objectives: This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate congenital malformations in infants conceived by assisted reproductive techniques (ART), compared with infants conceived spontaneously. Methods: In this study, available resources searched to find relevant articles included PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cochrane, ProQuest, Iranmedex, Magiran, and Scientific Information Database. After extracting the necessary information from evaluated articles, meta-analysis on the articles' data was performed using Stata version 11.2. Results: In this study, from a total of 339 articles, extracted from the initial investigation, ultimately 30 articles were selected for meta-analysis that assessed the use of ART on the risk of congenital abnormalities and some birth complications on 5 470 181 infants (315 402 cases and 5 154 779 controls). The odds ratio (95% confidence interval [CI]) for low birth weight was 1.89 (95% CI, 1.36 to 2.62), preterm labor 1.79 (95% CI, 1.21 to 2.63), cardiac abnormalities 1.43 (95% CI, 1.27 to 1.62), central nervous system abnormalities 1.36 (95% CI, 1.10 to 1.70), urogenital system abnormalities 1.58 (95% CI, 1.28 to 1.94), musculoskeletal disorders 1.35 (95% CI, 1.12 to 1.64), and chromosomal abnormalities in infants conceived by ART was 1.14 (95% CI, 0.90 to 1.44), which were all statistically significant, except chromosomal abnormalities. Conclusions: The risk of congenital abnormalities and some birth complications were significantly higher in ART than normal conception, while chromosomal abnormalities were not; therefore, the application of ART should be selected individually for patients by detailed assessment to reduce such risks in the population.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제49권7호
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• pp.796-799
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• 2006

편측성 다낭성 신 이형성증과 폐의 선천성 낭성 선종양 기형은 각각 독립된 질환으로 배아 시기에 발생 과정의 문제로 생긴다고 알려져 있다. 폐의 선천성 낭성 선종양 기형에서 폐 외의 기형으로 신장 기형이 동반될 수 있으나 생존 가능성이 적어 사산아로 출생되는 경우가 많다. 저자들은 위장관염으로 입원한 21개월 남아에서 우연히 편측성 다낭성 신 이형성증을 발견했고, 이 과정에서 폐의 선천성 낭성 선종양 기형도 발견하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.441-452
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• 2022

Congenital diarrheal disorders (CDDs) with genetic etiology are uncommon hereditary intestinal diseases characterized by chronic, life-threatening, intractable watery diarrhea that starts in infancy. CDDs can be mechanistically divided into osmotic and secretory diarrhea. Congenital tufting enteropathy (CTE), also known as intestinal epithelial dysplasia, is a type of secretory CDD. CTE is a rare autosomal recessive enteropathy that presents with intractable neonatal-onset diarrhea, intestinal failure, severe malnutrition, and parenteral nutrition dependence. Villous atrophy of the intestinal epithelium, crypt hyperplasia, and irregularity of surface enterocytes are the specific pathological findings of CTE. The small intestine and occasionally the colonic mucosa include focal epithelial tufts. In 2008, Sivagnanam et al. discovered that mutations in the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM, MIM# 185535) were the genetic cause of CTE (MIM# 613217). More than a hundred mutations have been reported to date. Furthermore, mutations in the serine peptidase inhibitor Kunitz type 2 (SPINT2, MIM# 605124) have been linked to syndromic CTE. In this study, we report the case of a 17-month-old male infant with congenital diarrhea. Despite extensive etiological workup, no etiology could be established before admission to our center. The patient died 15 hours after being admitted to our center in a metabolically decompensated state, probably due to a delay in admission and diagnosis. Molecular autopsy with exome sequencing revealed a previously reported homozygous missense variant, c.757G>A, in EpCAM, which was confirmed by histopathological examination.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.114-123
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• 2017

Purpose: The goal of this study was the early diagnosis of ABCB11 spectrum liver disorders, especially those focused on benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. Methods: Fifty patients presenting neonatal cholestasis were evaluated to identify underlying etiologies. Genetic analysis was performed on patients suspected to have syndromic diseases or ABCB11 spectrum liver disorders. Two families with proven ABCB11 spectrum liver disorders were subjected to genetic analyses to confirm the diagnosis and were provided genetic counseling. Whole exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were performed on the patients and the family members. Results: Idiopathic or viral hepatitis was diagnosed in 34%, metabolic disease in 20%, total parenteral nutrition induced cholestasis in 16%, extrahepatic biliary atresia in 14%, genetic disease in 10%, neonatal lupus in 2%, congenital syphilis in 2%, and choledochal cyst in 2% of the patients. The patient with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis had novel heterozygous mutations of ABCB11 c.11C>G (p.Ser4*) and c.1543A>G (p.Asn515Asp). The patient with benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis had homozygous mutations of ABCB11 c.1331T>C (p.Val444Ala) and heterozygous, c.3084A>G (p.Ala1028Ala). Genetic confirmation of ABCB11 spectrum liver disorder led to early liver transplantation in the progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis patient. In addition, the atypically severe benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis patient was able to avoid unnecessary liver transplantation after genetic analysis. Conclusion: ABCB11 spectrum liver disorders can be clinically indistinguishable as they share similar characteristics related to acute episodes. A comprehensive genetic analysis will facilitate optimal diagnosis and treatment.