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Original Article
The Heart in Acute Glomerulonephritis: An Echocardiographic Study.
Eun Hee Choi, In Hyun Cho, Sun Ja Lee, Dong Hyuck Keum
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(7):659-665.   Published online July 15, 1981
Patients with acute glomerulonephritis often are seen with signs suggesting heart failure. Whether these signs are due to fluid overload secondary to kidney damage only, or whether there is associated myocardial damage has not been elucidated. Twenty-two children with acute glomerulonephritis were studied by echocardiography during edematous phase of disease. Left ventricular function was normal in all childrem. The most...
Case Report
Caroli's Disease.
Jong Hoon Park, In Hyun Cho, Sun Ja Lee, Dong Hyuk Kum, Soo Dong Pai
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(4):401-406.   Published online April 15, 1981
Caroli*s disease, a rare syndrome characterized by congenital, segmental saccular dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts, is first described by Caroli & associaties in 1958. It is though by many to be part of spectrum of congenital hepatic fibrosis. The disease usually presents with bile stasis and stone formation with further complication arising from recurrent cholangitis and liver abscess. The preoperative diagnosis...