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Review Article
Assessment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) revisited
Jeong Hun Kim, Young Suk Yu
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(1):22-27.   Published online January 15, 2009
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a major cause of blindness that affects premature infants. With advances in neonatology, ROP is likely to emerge as the most serious problem of vision loss in children even in developed countries; such a situation could be called the third epidemic of ROP. However, controversy and uncertainty still surround favorable outcomes of ROP. For successfully...
Case Report
Two Cases of Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome of Lowe
So Won Kim, Young Suk Yu, In-One Kim, Hae Il Cheong, Yong Seung Hwang, Yong Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(3):419-423.   Published online March 15, 1999
Oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe(OCRL) is a rare X-linked disorder characterized by congenital cataract(oculo-), hypotonia, developmental delay, cognitive impairment(cerebro-), renal tubular dysfunction(renal), and growth retardation. Recently, the defective gene, OCRL-1 gene encoding [PtdIns(4,5)P2] 5-phosphatase, was cloned with mutations identified in patients. Although there have been about 200 cases of OCRL reported in English literature, only three reports have been published in...
Clinical Lecture
Pediatric Ocular Disorders
Young Suk Yu
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(12):1639-1644.   Published online December 15, 1997
Original Article
Outcome after Treatment of Retinoblastoma
Hyoung Soo Choi, Ki Woong Seong, Jae Kyung Lee, Kyung Ha Yoo, Hee Young Shin, Young Suk Yu, Hyo Seop Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(4):519-530.   Published online April 15, 1997
Purpose : Current treatment in retinoblastoma aims to save life and preserve useful vision by using combined modality therapy. This study was performed to determine the outcome after treatment of retinoblastoma. Methods : Medical records of all cases of retinoblastoma seen at Seoul National University Children's Hospital from September 1986 to April 1995 were reviewed. During this period, the treatment method...
Incidenceand Risk Factorsof the Retinopathy of Prematurity
June Dong Park, Jung Hae Kweon, Woong Heum Kim, Beyong Il Kim, Jung-Hwan Choi, Chong Ku Yun, Sang In Khwarg, Young Suk Yu
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(3):326-337.   Published online March 15, 1996
Purpose : Retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) continues to be a serious problem in infants who survived with neonatal intensive care. Nevertheless, there is neither available data about the incidence of ROP which may be the basis of the epidemiology, nor analysis of the risk factors of ROP in Korea. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the incidence of...
A Clinical Study on the Posterior Subcapsular Cataracts in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome.
Dong Kyu Jin, Ja Wook Koo, Hae Il Cheong, Yong Choi, Kwang Wook Ko, Jong Hoon Lee, Young Suk Yu
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(8):1097-1103.   Published online August 31, 1990
A clinical study was carried out in 73 children with nephrotic syndrome who had had regular ophthalmologic examination annually at Seoul National University Children’s Hospital from March 1976 to February 1990 with the aim of finding the relationship between the posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) and the effect of corticosteroids. The results were summarized as follows: 1) The number of patients with PSC were 23 cases...