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Original Article
The Usefulness of Measuring Serum α-fetoprotein and Thyroxine-binding Globulin to Differentiate between Neonatal Hepatitis and Congenital Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
Soo Kyoung Lee, Ki Sup Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(4):512-520.   Published online April 15, 1993
Together, neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia make up approximately 70 to 80% of the causes of neonatal cholestasis. Biliary atresia must be differentiated from neonatal hepatitis as soon as possible in order to institute early surgical intervention. We performed this study to examine whether the measurement of the serum α-fetoprotein(AFP) and thyroxine-binding globulin(TBG) was useful for differentiating these two conditions....
Case Report
Five Cases of Thymic Hyperplasia
Soo Kyoung Lee, Soo Young Lee, Kyu Eun Kim, Byung Ju Chung, Ki Young Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(10):1435-1442.   Published online October 15, 1992
Diagnosis of thymic hyperplasia may be quite difficult because thymus has not always sail appearance and it sometimes appears to be a huge mass in the mediastinum. This fact causes sometimes diagnostic thoracotomy or often make primary physicians fail in treatment and transfer their patients to other hospitals. But in most cases diagnosis can be made by a lateral chest...
Original Article
A case of primary hepatocellular carcinoma following vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus in a child.
Soo Kyoung Lee, Ki Sup Chung, Sun Won Hong, Chan Il Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(11):1573-1580.   Published online November 30, 1991
Authors experienced a case of primary hepatocellular carcinoma in a 7 year 9 month old male patient, who was admitted to our hospital due to abdominal pain on right upper quadrant and anorexia during last two months. On family history, his mother was HBs Ag and HBe Ag carrier. On past history, he was admitted to a hospital due to persistant jaundice at...