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A case of Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease with autoimmune thyroiditis
Eun Ji Go, You Jin Jung, Seung Beom Han, Byung Kyu Suh, Jin Han Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(11):445-448.   Published online November 23, 2012

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign self-limiting disease characterized by fever and lymphadenitis. The etiology and pathogenesis of KFD is unclear. However, two hypotheses have been suggested: a viral infection hypothesis and an autoimmune hypothesis. Several KFD patients with various types of autoimmune diseases have been reported, and these reports support the hypothesis for autoimmune pathogenesis of KFD. Here, we...

Review Article
Autoimmunity
Joong Gon Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2007;50(12):1165-1172.   Published online December 15, 2007
Self/non-self discrimination and unresponsiveness to self is the fundamental properties of the immune system. Self-tolerance is a state in which the individual is incapable of developing an immune response to an individual's own antigens and it underlies the ability to remain tolerant of individual's own tissue components. Several mechanisms have been postulated to explain the tolerant state. They can be...
Original Article
Clinical Review of Positive Antinuclear Antibody(ANA) Test in Pediatric Patients
Dong-Jin Choi, Kye-Sik Shim, Hyok Choi, Byoung-Soo Cho, Sung-Ho Cha, Jin-Tae Suh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(10):1397-1404.   Published online October 15, 1994
The antinuclear antbody (ANA) test have been used to screen the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and other autoimmune diseases. We had retrospectively reviewed the 263 records of pediatric patients with doing ANA tests who admitted at Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Hospital, from January 1988 to May 1993. The following results were obtained. 1) The positive rate of ANA...
Inteleukin-6 Level in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Young Nae Yim, Dong Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(3):386-393.   Published online March 15, 1993
Systemic lupus erythematousus(SLE) is a disease affecting blood vessels and connective tissue, which are damaged by deposition of pathogenic autoantibodies and immune complexes.Although a complex disease, SLE provides a number of insights into autoimmune pathogenesis. Autoimmune disease, in general, is characterized by B cell hyperactivity which results in hypergammaglobulinemia and production of a variety of autoantibodies reactive to organ-nonspecific antigens...
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