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Original Article
A case of pneumoperitoneum secondary to pulmonary airleak and a similar case of abdominal subcutaneous emphysema.
Sei Joong Ko, Moon Chul Kim, Jai Eok Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(6):837-842.   Published online June 30, 1991
Pneumoperitoneum in association with pulmonry airleak syndrome is rarely encountered in spite of the rather frequent occurence of the pulmonary airleak syndrome in the neonates and the premature babies under ventilator therapy. In most cases of pneiimoperitoneum, the major cause is gastrointes- tinal perforation which evidently requires emergency surgery. Nevertheless, no such aggressive procedure as explolaparotomy is needed in case of pneumoperitoneum secondary to...
HLA Typing, Islet Cell Antibody and C-Peptide of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus in Children.
Hyeong Rae Cho, Sei Joong Ko, Duk Hi Kim, Hyun Chul Lee, Kap Bum Huh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(12):1705-1712.   Published online December 31, 1990
35 childhood insulin-dependent (Typel) diabetes mellitus were typed for HLA and examined for presence of islet cell antibody and level of C-peptide. The following results were obtained: 1) HLA types were present as follows; HLA A24 (9) in 58%, DR3 in 38% and DR4 in 62%. This was slightly higher than the Korean population of 38%, 7% and 48% but there was no significant difference. 2) When...
Effects of long-term anticonvulsant therapy of thyroid function.
Sei Joong Ko, Duk Hi Kim, Chang Jun Coe
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(11):1533-1539.   Published online November 30, 1989
Serum concentrations of total triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) as well as serum thyroid- stimulating hormone (TSH) were measured in 108 patients with childhood epilepsy taking anticonvul- sants and in 54 normal healthy children as control group. Of these 108 patients, 23 were treated with carbamazepine alone, 17 were phenytoin alone and the rest 68 were treated with combination of two or more drugs...