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Case Report
A Case of Fukuyama Type Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Young Eun Lee, Min Hyea Kim, Keun Lee, Eun Chul Chung, Hyea Soo Koo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(10):1463-1468.   Published online October 15, 1992
Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy is characterized by mental retardation, progressive muscle weakness and hypotonia, joint contracture and seizures in half of the reported cases. The usual CT abnormalities are dilated cerebral ventricles and Sylvian fissures and lucency of cortical white matter. The most consistent pathologic findings in the brain are polymicrogyria and pachygyria, caused by a disturbance of migration...
Acquired Persistent Cytomegalovirus Infection : An Association with Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Min Hyea Kim, Young Mi Hong, Sung Joo Lee, Je Geun Chi, Dong Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(9):1272-1279.   Published online September 15, 1992
Acquired persistent cytomegalovirus infection was diagnosed by anti CMV antibody and lymph node biopsy and persisted in a 3-year-old boy with recurrent episode of high fever, lymphadenopathy hepatosplenomegaly and pneumonia. Initial immunologic abnormalities including low serum IgG, high IgM decreased T4 and T4/T8 ratio finally progressed to immunologic paralysis which was compatible to common variable immunodeficiency. This is the first case which...
Original Article
Saline reduction of intussusception under ultrasound guidance.
Min Hyea Kim, Jung Weon Seo, Sung Joo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(12):1678-1682.   Published online December 31, 1991
Intussusception is the most common cause of acquired intestinal obstruction and requires emer- gency treatment. Recently, saline reduction under the ultrasound guidance has been successful as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool of intussusception. It is a simple, rapid, noninvasive, painless procedure without risk of radiation. We compared the result of saline reduction in 54 cases with that of barium reduction in 104 cases from January, 1988...
A measurement of measles antibody titer in pediatric age group.
Min Hyea Kim, Jee Eun Lee, Jung Weon Seo, Young Mee Hong, Kyung Hee Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(11):1519-1525.   Published online November 30, 1991
We measured the degree of immunity of 155 childrens with the age from birth to 12 years to measles antibody titer by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELIZA) for determine the proper age the Measles vaccination. The results were as follows; 1) By age group, 64% of the children was positive for Measles IgG antibody with the age between 1 and 2 months and 17% of the children with...