- Review Articles
- Asthma in childhood: a complex, heterogeneous disease
- Hai Lee Chung
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):1-5. Published online January 31, 2011
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Asthma in childhood is a heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes and variable clinical manifestations, which depend on the age, gender, genetic background, and environmental influences of the patients. Several longitudinal studies have been conducted to classify the phenotypes of childhood asthma, on the basis of the symptoms, triggers of wheezing illness, or pathophysiological features of the disease. These studies have...
- Oral food challenges in children
- Hye Yung Yum, Hyeon Jong Yang, Kyung Won Kim, Tae Won Song, Woo Kyung Kim, Jung Hee Kim, Kang Mo Ahn, Hyun Hee Kim, Soo Young Lee, Bok Yang Pyun
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):6-10. Published online January 31, 2011
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Many patients assume that allergic reactions against foods are responsible for triggering or worsening their allergic symptoms. Therefore, it is important to identify patients who would benefit from an elimination diet, while avoiding unnecessary dietary restrictions. The diagnosis of food allergy depends on the thorough review of the patients's medical history, results of supplemented trials of dietary elimination, and in...
- Original Articles
- Clinical manifestations of CNS infections caused by enterovirus type 71
- Cheol Soon Choi, Yun Jung Choi, Ui Yoon Choi, Ji Whan Han, Dae Chul Jeong, Hyun Hee Kim, Jong Hyun Kim, Jin Han Kang
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):11-16. Published online January 31, 2011
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Purpose Enterovirus 71, one of the enteroviruses that are responsible for both hand-foot-and-mouth disease and herpangina, can cause neural injury. During periods of endemic spread of hand-foot-andmouth disease caused by enterovirus 71, CNS infections are also frequently diagnosed and may lead to increased complications from neural injury, as well as death. We present the results of our epidemiologic research on the...
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children
- Jye Hae Park, SeonKyeong Rhie, Su Jin Jeong
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):17-21. Published online January 31, 2011
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Purpose Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) can improve nutritional status and reduce the amount of time needed to feed neurologically impaired children. We evaluated the characteristics, complications, and outcomes of neurologically impaired children treated with PEG.
Methods We retrospectively reviewed the records of 32 neurologically impaired children who underwent PEG between March 2002 and August 2008 at our medical center. Forty-two PEG procedures comprising...
- Characteristics of late-onset epilepsy and EEG findings in children with autism spectrum disorders
- Haneul Lee, Hoon Chul Kang, Seung Woo Kim, Young Key Kim, Hee Jung Chung
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):22-28. Published online January 31, 2011
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Purpose To investigate the clinical characteristics of late-onset epilepsy combined with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the relationship between certain types of electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities in ASD and associated neuropsychological problems.
Methods Thirty patients diagnosed with ASD in early childhood and later developed clinical seizures were reviewed retrospectively. First, the clinical characteristics, language and behavioral regression, and EEG findings of these late-onset epilepsy...
- Sleep patterns and school performance of Korean adolescents assessed using a Korean version of the pediatric daytime sleepiness scale
- Seonkyeong Rhie, Sihyoung Lee, Kyu Young Chae
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):29-35. Published online January 31, 2011
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Purpose Korean adolescents have severe nighttime sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness because of their competitive educational environment. However, daytime sleep patterns and sleepiness have never been studied using age-specific methods, such as the pediatric daytime sleepiness scale (PDSS). We surveyed the daytime sleepiness of Korean adolescents using a Korean translation of the PDSS.
Methods We distributed the 27-item questionnaire, including the PDSS and...
- Case Reports
- Renal transplantation in a patient with Bartter syndrome and glomerulosclerosis
- Se Eun Lee, Kyoung Hee Han, Yun Hye Jung, Hyun Kyung Lee, Hee Gyung Kang, Kyung Chul Moon, Il Soo Ha, Yong Choi, Hae Il Cheong
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):36-39. Published online January 31, 2011
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Bartter syndrome (BS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous inherited renal tube disorder characterized by renal salt wasting, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and normotensive hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism. There have been several case reports of BS complicated by focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Here, we have reported the case of a BS patient who developed FSGS and subsequent end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and provided...
- A case of tacrolimus-induced encephalopathy after kidney transplantation
- Myoung Uk Kim, Sae Yoon Kim, Su Min Son, Yong Hoon Park
- Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(1):40-44. Published online January 31, 2011
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We present a case of tacrolimus-induced encephalopathy after successful kidney transplantation. An 11-year-old girl presented with sudden onset of neurologic symptoms, hypertension, and psychiatric symptoms, with normal kidney function, after kidney transplantation. The symptoms improved after cessation of tacrolimus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed acute infarction of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory in the right frontal lobe. Three days...
