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Case Report
A Case of Prader Willi Syndrome
K.N. Kim, Y.T. Jang, S.Y. Choi, W.S. Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(5):678-683.   Published online May 15, 1992
Prader willi syndrome is characterized by infantile hypotonia, mental retardation, hyperphagia with obesity, and hypogonadism. The etiology of Prader Willi syndrome is still unknown; however, a hypothalamic defect has been postulated and recently, the deletion of long arm of chromosome 15 has been postulated and recently, the deletion of long arm of chromosome 15 has been considered as a cause...
Original Article
Clinical Study of Gastrointestinal Perforation in the Newborn
K.N. Kim, Y.T. Jang, O.K. Lee, W.S. Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(4):476-483.   Published online April 15, 1992
A clinical study was made on 17 neonates with gastrointestinal perforation admitted to the department of pediatrics Presbyterian Medical Center from January 1980 to January 1991. The following results were obtained. 1) Males were predominantly developed and the time of perforations occurs mainly in the 1 st week of life(70.6%). 2) The 17.5 percent of total cases were prematurity of low birth infant. 3)...