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Volume 21(8); Aug 1978
Original Articles
Ketogenic Diet Trial for The Treatment of Minor Motor Seizures.
Sang Pok Suck, Jong Guk Lee, Sang Hyeup Kem, Hahn Woong Choe
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):579-586.   Published online August 31, 1978
A 3-years-old girl, diagnosed as infantile spasm and 5-years-old boy, diagnosed as akinetic seizure were subjected to ketogenic diet trial because of their poor responses anticonyulsant treatment After adding ketogenic diet trial, in the former infantile spasm case, her seizures were controlled satisfactorily and in the latter akinetic seizure case, the frequency of seizures decreasd fairly. It seemed to be...
Clinical Evaluation of Postnatal Weight Gain in Premature and Low Birth Weight Infants.
Heung Kyu Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):587-594.   Published online August 31, 1978
Among premature and low birth weight infants admitted between March 1970 and February 1977, 228 infants who were clinically normal and older than 7 hospital days are evaluated as to the changes of baby weight. The average postnatal weight loss was 18 to 8 per cent during the first 7 to 17 days after birth. Infants refained their birth weight...
Clinical Observation of Diphtheria.
Chong Uh Lee, Hyung Kee Moon, Jong Woo Shin, No author naem is english No author naem is english
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):595-604.   Published online August 31, 1978
We have observed clinically 57 cases of diphtheria, admitted to Dept. of Pediatrics and E. N. T. of College of Medicine, Busan National University during a period of past 4 years from Jan. 1973 to Dec. 1976. The following results were obtained from this observation: 1. The yearly prevalence rate seemed not to be reduced throughout 4 years. 2. The...
Case Reports
A Case of Apert syndrome(Acrocephaosyndactyly).
In Sook Chang, Dong Kyu Yang, Ki Bok Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):605-610.   Published online August 31, 1978
Apert syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by malformation of the skull, (usually oxyce-phaly or acrocephaly), in association with sys temic syndactyly It is due to congenital disturbance in the growth of bone and soft tissue affecting principally the head, the hands and the feet. The original description was presented by Troquart in 1886. Since then, more than 200cases have...
A Case of Male Turner Syndrome.
Ki Book Kim, Dong Kyu Yang, Young Soo Yoon
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):611-616.   Published online August 31, 1978
We prsent here a 6 year old who has abnormalities of his genitalia, as well as other characteristic features typical of Turner syndrome. He has a small penis with hypospadias, hypolastic testes, and cryptorchi dism. He has short stature, an abnormal looking face, a wide, short webbed neck, and cubitus valgus. He was found to have hydronephrosis and hydroureter on...
A Case of Prune-Belly Syndromes.
Duk Kyong Kim, Byung Han Choi, Chung Jae Yim, Soon Kyum Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):617-622.   Published online August 31, 1978
We have recently experienced a case of prune-belly syndrome, in 119/12-year-old male child with congenital defects of abdominal muscles, cryptorchidism, hydronephrosis, megacystis and spina bifida. Diagnosis was confirmed by EMG, IVP, retrograde cystogram, radiorenogram & renal scanning, and roentgenologic examinations. The patient in this report may be one of the most long-term survival case reported in korean literature.
A Case of Aeute Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease.
Y M Song, K S Lee, J J Shin, S C Kang, J K Ji
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):623-629.   Published online August 31, 1978
Acute Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is genetically determined progressive degenerative disease of anterior spinal neuron, characterized by fasciculations of the tongue usually occuring along with flaccid paralysis of extremities with intact mentality. We experienced a 5 months old female infant, whose sister died of pneumonia at the age of 2 months, had same symptoms and signs : revealing hypotonic state with flaccid...
A Case Report of the Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism with Tridione Induced Nephrotic Syndrome.
D H Lee, H J Chang, H J Lee, K W Ko
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):630-636.   Published online August 31, 1978
A case of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with tridione induced nephrotic syndrome is presented with a brief review of literature. He had been suffered from hypocalcemic tetany symptoms due to didopathic hypoparathyroidism since 5 years of his age. Various Kinds of seizure developed when he was 10 years of his age and diagnosed as petit mal seizure by a neurologist and treated...
Original Articles
Diagnnosis and Treatment of the Comatous Patient.
No authors listed No authors listed
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(8):640-643.   Published online August 31, 1978
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