- Original Article
- Whole Blood and Plasma Vitamin C Level in Healthy Middle and High School Students in Chinju
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Yang-Suk Jung, Jae-Young Lim, Eun-A Kim, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn, Gyung-Hyuck Ko, Seung-Chul Baik, Woo-Kon Lee, Myung-Je Cho, Kwang-Ho Rhee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(6):748-755. Published online June 15, 1999
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Purpose : Recommended dietary allowance of vitamin C was determined without considering the important function of vitamin C as a first-line antioxidant. We measured the whole blood and plasma vitamin C concentrations of healthy middle and high school students in Chinju to assess the optimal daily vitamin C requirement in these age groups.
Methods : Whole blood and plasma vitamin C... |
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- Case Report
- Two Childhood Cases of Heat Stroke with Rhabdomyolysis and Multiorgan Failure
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Yang-Suk Jung, Jae-Young Lim, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Gye-Woo Yi, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(4):568-573. Published online April 15, 1998
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Heat stroke occurs when body thermal regulation is upset and unable to dissipate adequate
amounts of heat with rise in body temperature. Thus heat stroke may result in rhabdomyolysis
and multiorgan failure. We observed two childhood cases of heat stroke with rhabdomyolysis and
multiorgan failure. One case was caused by accidentally being left in a car trunk for 3 hours on a
sunny afternoon... |
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- Two Cases of Factor XI Deficiency in Sisters
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Yun-Kyeong Cho, Jae-Young Lim, Yang-Suk Jung, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Byung-Kiu Park, Hee-Shang Youn
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(3):401-404. Published online March 15, 1998
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We experienced two cases of factor XI deficiency in a 5 yearr 7 month-old girl, whose chief complaint was coke-colored gross hematuria, and her 9-year-old elder sister. The laboratory findings were prolonged aPTT and prominent deficiency of factor XI. The gross hematuria of the index case was identified due to acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. So we report two cases of factor... |
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- A CaseofAdrenal Aplasi
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Yoon-Ok Kim, Myoung-Bum Choi, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Jae-Yong Lim, Yang-Suk Jung, Suong-Hwan Kim, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(11):1627-1630. Published online November 15, 1996
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Major known causes of neonatal adrenal insufficiency are prolonged maternalsteroid use, adrenal hemorrhage from the perinatal stress and adrenogenital syndrome. Theoretically adrenal aplasia might be a cause of neonatal adrenal insufficiency but it has not been reported yet.
We had experienced a case of adrenal aplasia in a 5 day-old male neonate whose chief
complaint was hyperpigmentation. His laboratory findings were compatible... |
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- A Case of Infected Urachal Cyst Mimicking Acute Peritonitis
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Myoung-Bum Choi, Yoon-Ok Kim, Ge-Woo Yi, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Jae-Young Lim, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(10):1466-1468. Published online October 15, 1996
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Infected urachal cyst is a rare disorder. While a urachal cyst is usually asymptomatic, the
infected cyst may mimic a variety of acute intraabdominal infection.
We have experienced a case of infected urachal cyst in a 3 year old boy complaining of high
fever and diarrhea. During hospitalization, symptoms and sings of acute peritonitis dominated the
clinical feature.
Abdominal sonogram, abdominal computerized tomography and cavitogram... |
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