• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2015

Bone destruction is a pathological symptom of some chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis. Inflammation-induced bone loss of these diseases results from increased number and activity of osteoclasts. Paeoniae Radix Alba has been used in korean traditional medicine to treat disease including inflammation, gynecopathy and various pain. However, these effects have not been tested on osteoclasts, the bone resorbing cells that regulate bone metabolism. Here, we investigated the effects of Paeoniae Radix Alba ethanol extract (PRAE) on receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL)-mediated osteoclast differentiation and formation. Osteoclast differentiation and formation were measured by tartrate resistant acidic phosphatase (TRAP) staining and TRAP solution assay. The treatment of PRAE on bone marrow derived macrophages (BMMs), which is known as osteoclast precursor cells, inhibited osteoclast differentiation and formation in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the expression of osteoclast differentiation marker genes was suppressed by PRAE treatment. This inhibitory effect of PRAE resulted from significant repression of c-Fos expression, and subsequent reduction of NFATc1 expression which was previously reported as a master transcription factor for osteoclastogenesis in vitro and in vivo. These results demonstrate that PRAE negatively regulates osteoclast differentiation and formation and suggest that PRAE can be used as a potent preventive or therapeutic candidate for various bone diseases, such as postmenopausal osteoporosis, periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.1321-1328
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• 2018

Objective: This study was performed to report on the effects of traditional Korean Medicine as a treatment for a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, with lower limb pain as the chief complaint. Methods: We treated this patient with traditional Korean medicine and measured symptom severity using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) as well as measuring the length of the patient's self-exercising time. Results: After about 7 weeks of treatment, most pathological symptoms had decreased. There was a gradual decline in the VAS and a gradual increase in the length of the self-exercising time. Although there was an increase in the ODI scale during the first 2 weeks, it eventually showed a decline in the rest of the period. Conclusions: Traditional Korean medicine can be a solution for the patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease suffering from peripheral neurological symptoms.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.938-947
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• 2019

Objective: This study was performed to report the changes in symptoms and radiological consequences of a patient diagnosed with spinal neurofibroma and complaining of lower back pain. Methods: The patient was diagnosed with a spinal neurofibroma after MRI examination and was treated with traditional Korean medicine, including traditional Korean medication and acupuncture. We measured the change in symptom severity using a numerical rating scale (NRS) and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). We also used the EQ-5D (EuroQoL-5D) scale to assess the patient's quality of life. In addition, we examined the change in the size of the cyst by MRI twice after discharge: at about 3 months after discharge and at about 8 months after discharge. Results: After about 6 weeks of treatment, most pathological symptoms had decreased. The patient showed a decline in NRS and ODI scores and showed an increase in quality of life. The two MRI examinations after the discharge revealed a decrease in the size of the cyst. Conclusions: Traditional Korean medicine can be a solution for patients with spinal neurofibroma causing neurological pain.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.22-37
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• 2021

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of the experience prescription in 『Donguisusebowon(東醫壽世保元)』. Methods We examined the examples of the experience prescription in the pathology of 『Donguisusebowon』. Afterward, we considered the characteristics about the experience prescription of Junggyeong Jang and the Next Generation Doctors in 『Donguisusebowon』. Results and Conclusion 1. The Junggyeong Jang's experience prescription isn't modified despite the fact that it doesn't fit the constitutional disease and pharmacology, and many experience prescriptions are mentioned to in the pathology of 『Donguisusebowon』. But the Next Generation Doctors's experience prescription is modified, and a considerable number of experience prescriptions are not mentioned to in the pathology of 『Donguisusebowon』. 2. Jema Lee cited all of the Junggyeong Jang's experience prescription except Daesiho-tang(大柴胡湯) as an explanation for the constitutional disease, and cited a prescription that could not be used for the constitutional disease. And the pathological symptom of the Junggyeong Jang's experience prescription was used to establish the system of the Sasang Constitutional Medicine, so the Junggyeong Jang's experience prescription wasn't modifed. 3. Jema Lee cited a prescription that could be used for the constitutional disease. And the pharmacology of the Next Generation Doctors's experience prescription was used to establish the system of the Sasang Constitutional Medicine, so the Next Generation Doctors's experience prescription was modifed. 4. Jema Lee established the Sasang Constitutional Medicine based on the Existing Medicine. It was appeared in composition and name about the table of contents of the experience prescription in 『Donguisusebowon』.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2023

Purpose: Odontomas represent a common clinical entity among odontogenic tumors, but are not well-addressed in the Vietnamese population. The present study aimed to determine the clinical and preclinical characteristics of odontomas and associated factors in the Vietnamese population. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study retrieved data from histopathological diagnoses from 2 central hospitals of Odonto-Stomatology in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam during 2004-2017. The odontomas were classified as complex (CxOD) or compound (CpOD) subtypes. The epidemiological, clinical, and radiological characteristics of the odontomas, stratified by subtype and sex, were obtained and analyzed. Results: Ninety cases, consisting of 46 CxODs and 44 CpODs, were included. The average age of patients was 32.4 (±20.2) years. The patients with CxOD were older than those with CpOD (P<0.05). Clinically, 67% of patients showed an intraoral bone expansion. Approximately 60% of patients with CxOD exhibited a painful symptom, about 3-fold more than those with CpOD (P<0.05), whereas almost all patients with CpOD exhibited perturbations of dentition, unlike those with CxOD (P<0.05). Radiologically, CxOD was characterized by a larger dimension than CpOD in both sexes (P<0.05), and CpOD induced complications in adjacent teeth more often than CxOD (P<0.05). The development of odontoma with advancing age differed significantly in odontoma subtypes related to their pathological origins, and between the sexes, resulting from different physiological states. Conclusion: The findings of this study highlight the value of clinical and radiological features of odontomas and their associated factors for the early diagnosis and adequate treatment of younger patients.

• 영어영문학
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.187-217
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• 2010

By reading the main character, Rene Gallimard, in M. Butterfly as a spatial metaphor of America, this article examines how homogeneous American national identity of heterosexuality and white masculinity has been reinforced since the cold war and has constituted a crisis of hegemony with the decline of imperialism and how its pathological symptom is shown through the melancholic suicide of Gallimard. This article also argues how the feminine attributes implied in race, gender and sexuality in M. Butterfly are designated and allegorized as an impure, contaminated and ahistorical marker of national integrity in pthe social and material status of the heterosexual American white male. To develop my argument, I read M. Butterfly from a psychoanalytic point of view. Therefore I depend on Freud, Lacan, and Bhabha's psychoanalysis as the theoretical basis. In this paper, I also argue that the homogenized and fixed national identity is splitted and collapsed from within as shown in the Gallimard's melancholy and in the process of splitting the "Third Space" of hybrid subjects for the marginal and the emergent like Song Liling, a homosexual Asian man, can be built "from a space in-between." Therefore Hwang calls into questions conventions of fixed, essentialist identities through the shifting gender identities between Song and Gallimard in M. Butterfly and how identities in the plural are constructed variously in throughly historicized, politicized situations, and these constructions can be complicated by relations of power.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2003

목적: 족부에 발생하는 종양의 임상적 특성과 병리학적 특성 및 분포 등을 조사하여, 족부 종양을 진단하고 치료하는데 기초 자료를 제공하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 족부 종양 환자 141명의 142 종양을 대상으로 하였다. 대상환자들은 모두 조직검사를 통하여 진단이 된 환자들이었다. 대상이 되었던 환자들의 의무기록과 영상 검사들을 후향적으로 검토하여 종양의 역학적 조사와, 임상적 특성과 수술의 방법을 확인하였고, 병리학적 특성을 조사하였다. 종양이 발생 위치는 Kirby 등이 제안한 구역(zone)에 따라 분류하였다. 결과: 여자는 75명이었고 남자는 66명으로 여자가 조금 많았다. 전체 환자들의 평균 나이는 33.2세였다. 양성 연부조직 종양이 68예로 가장 많았고, 양성 골종양이 57예, 악성 연부조직 종양이 12예, 악성 골종양이 5예의 순이었다. 양성 연부조직 종양 중에는 결절종이 36예로 가장 많았고, 양성 골종양 중에서는 조갑하 외골종이 18예, 악성 연부조직 종양 중에서는 편평 상피 세포암이 7예, 악성 골종양으로는 폐암의 전이 병소가 2예였다. 환자들의 임상 증상으로 통증은 악성 골종양 환자들이 가장 높은 비율로 호소하였고, 증상 발현 기간은 양성 연부조직 종양이 가장 길었고, 신경학적 증상은 양성 연부조직 종양에서만 3예가 있었다. 종양의 평균 크기는 악성 골종양이 가장 크고, 양성 골종양이 가장 작았다. 구역별 분포는 전체적으로 5 구역에 59예로 가장 많았고, 4 구역에 10예로 가장 적었으며, 양성 골종양에서는 5 구역, 양성 연부조직 종양에서는 1 구역, 악성 골종양에서는 1, 2 구역, 악성 연부조직 종양에서는 5 구역에서 가장 많았다. 수술 방법으로 병소내 혹은 변연부 절제술, 소파술 혹은 소파술 및 골이식 수술, 족지 절단수술, 슬관절 하 절단술과 사지구제술 등이 있었다. 결론: 족부에 발생하는 종양은 드물고 종류가 다양하면서 대부분(88%) 양성 종양이었으나, 진단 과정에서 환자의 나이, 통증 유무, 증상 발현 기간, 종양의 크기 및 발생 구역 등을 고려하여 악성 종양의 가능성을 배제하지 않음으로써 올바른 치료를 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 1994

연구배경 : Diffuse panbronchiolitis(DPB)는 1966년 일본에서 처음 기술된 만성 염증성 호흡기질환으로 기관지천식, 폐기종, 만성기관지염, 기관지확장증, 또는 폐포염과는 구별되는 질환이며 주로 일본에 많이 보고되었고, 중국 및 서구의 몇나라에서 증례보고가 있었으며, 본 교실에서도 최근 한국인에서의 DPB 환자의 임상적특징을 보고한 바 있다. DPB는 과거에 대증요법과 steroid 치료이외에 특별한 치료법이 없어 호흡부전으로 진행하여 사망하는 아주 예후가 좋지 않은 질환으로 알려졌었으나, 최근에 erythromycin의 소량장기투여가 효과가 있다는 보고가 나오고 있다. 본 교실에서는 1989년 9월부터 1993년 8월까지 서울대학교병원에서 병리학적 또는 임상적으로 DPB로 진단받은 환자 19명 중 erythromycin으로 치료하면서 6개월 이상 추적하고 있는 14명의 환자를 대상으로 erythromycin의 소량장기투여 효과를 분석하여 보고하고자 한다. 방법 : Erythromycin을 250 mg b.i.d.로 투여하고 치료전, 치료 3개월, 6개월 및 12개월 후에 환자의 자각증상, 흉부청진소견, 폐기능검사, 흉부X선검사의 변화를 관찰하였다. 결과: 1) 평균 치료 및 추적기간은 $16.4{\pm}6.5$개월이었으며 14명 전원의 환자가 erythromycin 투여 2~3개월 이내에 자각적증상(호흡곤란, 객담배출)의 호전을 보였고 1년 후 54.5%의 환자에서는 완전히 증상이 소실되었다. 2) 흉부청진상 14명 전원의 환자에서 수포음 또는 천명음의 감소가 있었고 1년 후 63.6%의 환자에서는 완전히 소실되었다. 3) FVC 및 $FEV_1$은 치료 3개월간 현저히 증가하며 이후 치료 1년까지 서서히 증가하여 거의 정상수준으로 회복되었다. 그러나 $FEV_1/FVC$는 큰 변화가 없었고 치료 1년 후 약간 증가하였다. 4) 흉부 X-선상 14명 전원의 환자에서 결절성병변의 감소가 관찰되었으나, 기관지확장증의 소견은 큰 변화가 없었다. 1년 후 36.4%의 환자에서는 정상 흉부X-선 소견을 보였다. 5) 1명의 환자가 14개월 치료후 소화장애로 erythromycin의 투여를 중단하였으나, 현재 1년 후까지 추적검사상 재발의 증거는 없었다. 1명의 환자는 16개월 치료 후 증상이 없어서 투약을 중단하였으나 1개월 후 다시 증상이 악화하여 다시 치료를 시작하여 호전되었다. 결론 : 이상의 결과로 erythromycin의 소량장기투여는 DPB환자의 치료에 괄목할 만한 효과를 보임을 알 수 있으며, 투여기간에 대해서는 향후 연구가 필요하리라 생각된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2014

The vigor condition of trees is an important indicator for the management of urban forested area. But difficulties in how to assess the tree vigor condition still remain. Previous efforts were limited in the 1) measurement of single indicator rather than using multiple indices, 2) purpose-oriented measurement such as for air-pollution effect or specific pathological symptom, and 3) ordinal-scale evaluations by field crews 4) despite human errors based on his/her experiences or prior knowledge. Therefore, this study attempted to develop a quantitative and objective methodology for assessing tree vigor condition, by measuring multiple modules and building the profile inventory. Furthermore, the possibility and limitations were discussed in terms of schematic frames describing tree vigor condition. The vigor condition of 56 flowering cherry plants in urban park were assessed by in-situ measurements of following eight items; growth of crown(Gc), growth of shoots, individual tree volume(Vol), plant area index, woody area index, leaf area index, leaf chlorophyll content(Lc) and leaf water content(Lw). For validation, these measurements were compared with the ranks of holistic tree vigor condition, which were visually assessed using a 4-point grading scale based on the expert's knowledge. As a result, the measures of each evaluation item successfully highlighted a variety of aspects in tree vigor condition, including the states of both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic parts. The variation in the results depending on evaluated parts was shown within an individual tree, even though the broad agreement among the results was found. The result of correlation analysis between the tested measurements and 4-point visual assessment, demonstrated that the state of water-stressed foliage of the season (Lw) or the development of plant materials since sapling phase (Vol) could be better viewed from the outer appearance of trees than other symptoms. But only based on the visual assessment, it may be difficult to detect the quality of photosynthesis (Lc) or the recent trend in growth of trees (Gc). To make this methodology simplified for the broad-scale application, the tested eight measurements could be integrated into two components by principal component analysis, which was labelled with 'the amount of plant materials' and 'vigor trend', respectively. In addition, the use of these quantitative and multi-scale indicators underlies the importance of assessing various aspects of tree vigor condition, taking into account the response(s) on different time and spatial scale of pressure(s) shown in each evaluated module. Future study should be advanced for various species at diverse developing stages and environment, and the application to wide areas at a periodic manner.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2004

Wang Cheong-Im(1768-1831) in the Ching dynasty conducted the therapy of blood statis syndrome using the methods for promoting blood circulation and removing blood statis in accordance with the description in the book Uirimgaechak(醫林改錯). Thus, this study examined his methods for promoting blood circulation and removing blood statis, therapy of blood statis syndrome and mechanism of function. Since the blood statis symptoms varied on the parts where the blood statis were occurred, the therapy for promoting blood circulation and removing blood statis applied different treatments and drugs depending on the symptoms. The therapy also valued much of qi and blood. Qi is important to the human body so that the therapy replenished qi and simultaneously promoted the blood circulation as mainly focusing on the regulation of the qi flow. Moreover, the therapy adjusted the level of removing blood circulation and rate of replenishing qi. The degree of prescription and drug was differentiated in treating a variety of blood statis because of the difference in the seriousness and characteristics of blood circulation, amount and application of drug and combination of drugs. The therapy was careful about the regulation of qi for the replenishment of qi and the nurishment of blood for the promotion of blood circulation. If the blood circulation was blocked, the blood statis was formed. Accordingly, the phlegm and the blood statis were closely related. Then, the phlegm and blood statis were simultaneously treated. The therapy divided the properties of blood statis into the stagnant excess syndrome, the stagnant deficiency syndrome, the stagnant cold syndrome and the stagnant heat syndrome and treated the patients suitable for each symptom. The function of mechanism in the treatment using the methods for promoting blood circulation and removing blood statis was divided into the stagnation of blood and interruption in blood circulation. The therapy laid stress on promoting blood circulation and removing blood circulation. With such emphasis, the therapy facilitated the circulation in the bloood vessel, prevented the coagulation of blood, removed the blood statis and promoted the metabolism. Then, the physiological function and pathological change internal organs were improved. Furthermore, the therapy strengtened the heart and promoted the blood circulation by improving the systemic blood circulation. Moreover, the therapy facilitated the micro-circulation by adjusting the balance of body.