- Case Report
- Morquio's Syndrome Accompanied by Respiratory Failure
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Jun Hur, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Jeong Hwa Whang, Hee Jin Kim, Chan Yung Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(7):1015-1020. Published online July 15, 1997
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Authors experienced a case of Morquio’s syndrome accompanied by respiratory failure
in a aged fifteen year old boy. Patient showed normal intelligence, but stunted growth with
short trunk and unproportionately large head, pectus carinatum, kyposcoliosis, muscular
weakness, paralysis and genu valgum. No other member of family was affected with this
syndrome.
There were radiological findings of subluxation between first and second cervical
vertevrae, central beaking with... |
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- Two Cases of Familial β-Thalassemia Minor
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Jeong Hwa Hwang, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Jun Hur, Gae Soon Yeo, Hee Jin Kim, Chan Yung Kim, Tae Jun Yun
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(6):867-871. Published online June 15, 1995
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The β-thalassemia minor is a hereditary microcytic, hypochromic anemia characterized by decerased producion of β-globin polypeptide chain. The β-thalassemia minor should be clinically differentiated from iron deficiency anemia.
The thalassemia are common in the Medeterranean region, the Middle Ease, the Africa, Indea, and Thailand, but rare in Korea.
The authors experienced two cases of familial β-thalassemia minor 4-year 7-month-old female patient and... |
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