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Review Article
Acute liver failure in children
Kyung Mo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2007;50(9):841-847.   Published online September 15, 2007
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a very rare but devastating illness in children. Specific treatment to recovery is often not available, and the underlying cause of the liver failure is often unknown and diverse especially in children. Liver transplantation has increased the chance of survival; however it needs an optimal timing to reach the best result which is not familiar...
Case Report
A Case of Fulminant Hepatitis from Hepatitis A in a Child
Young Min Kim, Jae Sun Kim, Sun Hwan Bae, Dong Hoon Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(10):1106-1109.   Published online October 15, 2004
Fulminant hepatitis from hepatitis A in children is rare and has a low survival rate. We report a case of fulminant hepatitis from hepatitis A in a 12-year-old girl. The patient was admitted because of a three day history of fever, epigastric pain and vomiting. On her second hospital day, she had insomnia, anxiety, dysthesia, continuous fever, vomiting and nausea....
Original Article
Effect of Liver Transplantation in Children with Fulminant Hepatitis
Young Mee Seo, Bo Hwa Choi, Kyung Mo Kim, Kwang Min Park, Young Joo Lee, Sung Gyu Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(4):535-542.   Published online April 15, 2000
Purpose : Liver transplantation(LT) is regarded as an important management option for fulminant hepatitis(FH), which is associated with considerable mortality under conservative management. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of children with FH according to management. Methods : We reviewed medical records of patients presented with FH from January 1994 until April 1999. The children were...
Case Report
A Case of Remission of Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Still's Disease) Treated with High-dose Intravenous Gammaglobulin
Yon Sook Rho, Yun Woo Lee, Sang woo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(12):1767-1772.   Published online December 15, 1994
High dose intravenous gammaglobuline (IVIG) therapy is effective in some of the autoimmune diseases. Although the exact mechamism of action of IVIG is uncertain, the action as a neutralizing antibody against unknown etiologic agents, the action of blocking of Fc receptors of effector cells, or the action as a antiidiotypic antibody are suggested. We report a case of 12 year old...
Original Article
Clinical Study of Fulminant Hepatitis in Childhood.
Se Wook Oh, Chan Yung Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(7):923-931.   Published online July 31, 1990
Twenty one cases of childhood fulminant hepatitis admitted to Pediatric department of Pusan National University Hospital form Jan. 1979 to Sep. 1989 were analysed. The results were as follows; 1) Age distribution was from 8 months to 13 yerars old and 66.7% of the patients were 2 to 9 year old of age. In sex ratio, male to female was 1,6:1. 2) Presumable etiologic factors were HBV...
A Clinical Observation on Fulminant Hepatitis in Children.
Hoan Jong Lee, Jeong Kee Seo, Hyung Ro Moon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(4):406-415.   Published online April 30, 1987
Twenty-seven cases of fulminant hepatitis in children were retrospectively analyzed. The overall survival rate was 11%. The interval between onset of encephalopathy and death, and that between jaundice and death were 2-26 days (median 4 days), 4-61 days (median 14 days), respectively. HBs antigenemia was detected in 24%, HAV IgM was negative in 5 patients tested, and 4 cases were suspected as non-A, non-B...