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Case Report
A Case of Wernicke's Encephalopathy which Occurred During Chemotherapy in a Child with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia
Sang-Nam Bae, Bu-Jin Kim, Seong-Shik Park, Sang-Ook Nam, Young-Tak Lim, Hak-Jin Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(11):1320-1325.   Published online November 15, 2001
Wernicke,s encephalopathy(WE), a neurological disorder caused by thiamine deficiency, is characterized by the triad of ocular symptoms, ataxia, and mental confusion. More than 90% of the cases are observed in chronic alcoholics. Other conditions less frequently associated with WE are anorexia nervosa, prolonged parenteral nutrition, hemodialysis, uremia, hyperemesis gravidarum, gastroplasty for morbid obesity, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS). One of the...
Original Article
Factors Related to Weight Changes in Epileptic Children Treated with Vigabatrin
Sang-Nam Bae, Bong-Seok Choi, Sang-Ook Nam, Hee-Ju Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(11):1269-1277.   Published online November 15, 2001
Purpose : This study was undertaken to investigate factors related to weight changes in children treated with vigabatrin(VGB). Methods : We have analyzed mean weight standard deviation scores(SDS) retrospectively and interviewed 35 childhood epileptic patients attending Pusan National University Hospital on VGB monotherapy followed over 36 months. Putative risk factors including sex, age, duration of VGB administration, mean weight SDS...
Case Report
A Case of Cytomegalovirus Colitis which Occurred During Treatment of Hemophagocytic Syndrome
Sang-Nam Bae, Sung-Ryon Ahn, Yun-Jin Lee, Young-Tak Lim, Jae-Hong Park, Kyung-Un Choi, Chang-Hun Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(9):1075-1080.   Published online September 15, 2001
Cytomegalovirus(CMV) colitis is an important opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. The clinical symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, colonic hemorrhage and perforation. The endoscopic appearance shows three characteristic features with focal or diffuse inflammatory changes, submucosal hemorrhagic spots, and well demarcated ulcers. We experienced a case of CMV colitis in an 8-year-old girl presented with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, vanishing bile duct syndrome and infection-associated hemophagocytic histiocytosis, which...