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Two Cases of Ectopic Pancreas Located the in the Pyloric Region
Jeong Won Shin, Jae Hong Yu, Ji Young Sul, Jin Man Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(9):1070-1074.   Published online September 15, 2001
Ectopic pancreas is defined as being the presence of pancreatic tissue outside its usual or habitual location and without anatomic relation either of continuity or of vascularization with the pancreatic proper. The most common developing sites are the stomach(especially greater curvature of antrum), duodenum and proximal jejunum. Most lesions do not cause any clinical symptoms, but sometimes nonspecific significant symptoms...
Two Cases of Growth Hormone Therapy in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopath
Jeong Won Shin, Hong Ryang Kil, Jae Hong Yu
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(8):942-947.   Published online August 15, 2001
Growth hormone receptor gene is expressed in the myocardium and growth hormone(GH) administration has been shown to increase cardiac insulin-like growth factor-I(IGF-1) contents. The cardiac myocyte express IGF-I receptors and IGF-I promotes cardiac hypertrophy. Furthermore GH therapy has been reported to have beneficial effects in the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy in adults. We have studied the effect of short term...