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Original Article
Comparative study of newborns of Asian immigrant and Korean women
Hee-ok Park, Jae-woo Lim, Hyun-seung Jin, Jae-won Shim, Min-hee Kim, Chun-soo Kim, Eun-ryoung Kim, Seung-youn Kim, Sang-kee Park, Jung-joo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(10):1119-1126.   Published online October 15, 2009
Purpose : This study compares the maternal characteristics and birth outcomes of infants of Asian immigrant mothers from developing countries with those of the infants of Korean mothers. Methods : In this multicenter and retrospective study, Asian immigrant women who had delivered between January 2005 and June 2008 were enrolled from9 Medical Centers. In all, 333 births to Asian immigrant...
Congenital Asymptomatic Cytomegalovirus Infection; A Comparison of Specific IgM Antibody Test and pp65 Antigenemia Assay
Jong Hyun Kim, Eun Ah Seo, Ji Hyang Lim, Sang Hee Park, Won Bae Lee, Kyong Su Lee, Sin Ho Jung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(2):163-169.   Published online February 15, 1998
Purpose : It is increasingly important to diagnosis asymptomatic infections which make up a majority(90%) of congenital cytomegalovirus(CMV) infections and that they may have sequeles such as sensorineural hearing loss and mental retardation. Recently antigenemia assay has been developed by using monoclonal antibodies against early structural protein pp65 of CMV. This CMV antigenemia assay seems to be more quicker to...
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: incidence and clinical outcome.
Young Mo Sohn, Kook In Park, Chul Lee, Dong Kwan Han, Won Young Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(10):1365-1372.   Published online October 31, 1991
In order to assess the rate of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in newborns, CMV IgG antibody was studies at about 37.5 weeks gestation in 309 mothers and a positive rate of 96.4% was obtained. Virus culture for CMV from urine of 514 neonates less than 1 week after birth resulted in CMV growth in 6 neonates showing a 1.2% congenital infection rate. In...