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Original Article
Evaluation of the Serum Erythropoietin Levels in Neonates
Soo Young Kweon, Gyoung Hee Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(1):67-72.   Published online January 15, 1993
Erythropoietin is the major hormonal regulator of erythropoiesis. It is controlled by many factors induct=ing hypoxia in tissue. The serum erythropoietin levels of neonates have shown gradual decrease untill 1 month of age. Which they are reactivated in the period of pysiologic anemia. This change is exaggerated if the neonates are born prematurely, and the levels of erythropoietin respond to...
Case Report
A Case of Incontinentia Pigmenti
Soo Young Kweon, Hyun Joo Choi, Gyung Hee Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(3):417-421.   Published online March 15, 1992
Incontinentia Pigmenti is an uncommon genodermatosis that usually affects female infants. The dermatosis may be only a part of more generalized disorder which may affect with great variability the teeth, the eyes, the bones or central nervous system, or may be associated with other malformations or developmental disturbances. We experienced a case of Incontinentia Pigmenti associated with defect of a eye...
Agenesis of Corpus Callosum-Two Cases Report
Soo Young Kweon, Jeoung Wean Seo, Gyung Hee Kim, Eun Chul Chung, Hea Soo Koo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(1):113-121.   Published online January 15, 1992
Agenesis of corpus callosum is a relatively comon malformation that may occur in isolation or in combination with other cerebral malformations. A male newborn who presented generalized convulsion showed agenesis of the corpus callosum and septum pellusidum, gyral malformation, and diffuse leukomalacia on postmortem examinations. Also a female newborn with a cystic lesion in brain by antenatal neurosonography showed partial...
Original Article
The effect of ultrasonic nebulized salbutamol in the first attacked wheezy infants.
Soo Young Kweon, Young Mi Hong, Gyung Hee Kim, Seung Joo Lee, Keun Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(11):1505-1511.   Published online November 30, 1991
Wheezing is one of the most common symptom in the first 2 year of life. Although the effect of bronchodilator in wheezy infants was still debating, various form of bronchodilator has been tried untill now. This study was done to estimate the value of ultrasonic nebulized salbutamol as a bronchodilator test and maintenance therapy compared to epinephrine and aminophylline in 44 wheezy infants below 24...