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Case Report
Two Cases of Double-Orifice Mitral Valve Detected by Echocardiography
Kwan Cheol Oh, Yong Wook Kim, Ki Bok Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(6):825-830.   Published online June 15, 1998
Double-orifice mitral valve is a rare congenital anomaly. Most cases of double-orifice mitral valve are hemodynamically normal and remain symptomless, so that it is usually discovered incidentally in autopsy or during surgical correction of a cardiovascular abnormality. Recently, however, it is increasingly recognized as such, since the echocardiography has gained wide acceptance as a non-invasive diagnostic tool by the M-mode, two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiogram....
Original Article
The Pelvic Changes of Patients with Down Syndrome in Korea
Jong Park, Kwan Cheol Oh, Kyoung Sim Kim, Ki Bok Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(2):159-166.   Published online February 15, 1997
Purpose : Since Caffey et al. first described the anomaly in pelvis among the Down patients, decreased iliac and pelvic indexes have been helpful in diagnosing the syndrome. For Korean cases, however, no definitive data are available as yet, prompting us to evaluate the pelvic changes in Korean Down's patients. Methods : Subjected to this study were 68 children with Down's syndrome. As...