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Original Article
Risk factors for short term thyroid dysfunction after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children
You Jin Jung, Yeon Jin Jeon, Won Kyoung Cho, Jae Wook Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Min Ho Jung, Bin Cho, Byung-Kyu Suh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(7):298-303.   Published online July 19, 2013
Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate short-term thyroid dysfunction and related risk factors in pediatric patients who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) during childhood.

Methods

We studied 166 patients (100 boys and 66 girls) who underwent HSCT at the Catholic HSCT Center from January 2004 through December 2009. The mean age at HSCT was 10.0±4.8 years. Thyroid function of...

Case Report
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...

Original Article
The Effect of the Maternal Hypertension on the Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Status in the Newborn Rat Lung
You Jin Jung, So-Young Kim, In Kyung Sung, Chung Sik Chun
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(5):545-551.   Published online May 15, 2001
Purpose : The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the maternal hypertension on the lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status of the newborn rat lung. Methods : We used adult female SHR(essential hypertension, 1b, A, 6-8 weeks), Sprague-Dawley white rats as a model of hypertensive dams. Breeding was accomplished by allowing female and male rats to cohabit overnight....
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