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Original Article
A Clinical Observation of Intussusception in Infants and Children: Comparing the results of barium enema with that of controlled air insufflation.
Nam Heon Kim, Won A Park, In Ho Kim, Churl Young Chung, Sang Woo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(7):708-716.   Published online July 31, 1982
Intussusception which is the mot frequent cause of intestinal obstrucsion in childhood, is the invagination of a segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent segment. Since 1927, barium enema under fluoscopic guidance has been used widely as a therapeutic method. In 1953, Fiorito and Cuestas reported the use of controlled insufflation of air for diagnosis and treatment of intussusception....
Case Report
A Case of Report of Letterer-Siwe Disease.
Nam Heon Kim, Jung Ho Lee, In Ho Kim, Churl Young Chung, Jong Eun Joo, Ill Hyang Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(12):1213-1217.   Published online December 15, 1981
We experienced a cass of Letterer-Siwe disease in 2 month old infant. The patient was presented charateristic clinical findings such as hepatosplenomegaly, petechia, anemia, gene-ralized lymphadenopathy, and lung infiltration. The diagnosis was confirmed by lymphnode biopsy and bone marrow aspiration, which was compatible to Letterer-Siwe disease. A poor prognostic factor in Histiocytosis X is younger age (below 18 month), hepatospleno-megaly, anemia,...