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Volume 55(7); Jul 2012
Review Articles
Umbilical cord blood transplantation
Hong Hoe Koo, Hyo Seop Ahn
Korean J Pediatr. 2012;55(7):219-223.   Published online July 17, 2012

Since the first umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT) in 1998, cord blood (CB) has now become one of the most commonly used sources of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation. CBT has advantages of easy procurement, no risk to donor, low risk of transmitting infections, immediate availability and immune tolerance allowing successful transplantation despite human leukocyte antigen disparity. Several studies have...

Endocrine problems in children with Prader-Willi syndrome: special review on associated genetic aspects and early growth hormone treatment
Dong-Kyu Jin
Korean J Pediatr. 2012;55(7):224-231.   Published online July 17, 2012

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex multisystem genetic disorder characterized by hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction. The main clinical features include neonatal hypotonia, distinctive facial features, overall developmental delay, and poor growth in infancy, followed by overeating with severe obesity, short stature, and hypogonadism later in development. This paper reviews recent updates regarding the genetic aspects of this disorder. Three mechanisms (paternal deletion,...

Original Articles
Recent incidence of congenital heart disease in neonatal care unit of secondary medical center: a single center study
Seon Young Cho, Jin-Hee Oh, Jung Hyun Lee, Jae Young Lee, Soon Ju Lee, Ji Whan Han, Dae Kyun Koh, Chang Kyu Oh
Korean J Pediatr. 2012;55(7):232-237.   Published online July 17, 2012
Purpose

With feasibility in the diagnoses of congenital heart disease (CHD) in the antenatal period, we suspect changes have occurred in its incidence. No data have been reported about the current incidence of simple forms of CHD in Korea. We have attempted to assess the recent incidence and characteristics of CHD in the neonatal care unit of a secondary referral medical...

Neuroprotective effects of L-carnitine against oxygen-glucose deprivation in rat primary cortical neurons
Yu Jin Kim, Soo Yoon Kim, Dong Kyung Sung, Yun Sil Chang, Won Soon Park
Korean J Pediatr. 2012;55(7):238-248.   Published online July 17, 2012
Purpose

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is an important cause of neonatal mortality, as this brain injury disrupts normal mitochondrial respiratory activity. Carnitine plays an essential role in mitochondrial fatty acid transport and modulates excess acyl coenzyme A levels. In this study, we investigated whether treatment of primary cultures of rat cortical neurons with L-carnitine was able to prevent neurotoxicity resulting from oxygen-glucose deprivation...

Case Reports
A fatal case of acute pulmonary embolism caused by right ventricular masses of acute lymphoblastic lymphoma-leukemia in a 13 year old girl
Yu Mi Ko, Soo Hyun Lee, June Huh, Hong Hoe Koo, Ji Hyuk Yang
Korean J Pediatr. 2012;55(7):249-253.   Published online July 17, 2012

We report a case of a 13-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma-leukemia, who presented with a cardiac metastasis in the right ventricle, resulting in a pulmonary embolism. At the time of her leukemia diagnosis, a cardiac mass was incidentally found. The differential diagnosis for this unusual cardiac mass included cardiac tumor, metastasis, vegetation, and thrombus. Empirical treatment was initiated, including...

Aortic valve replacement surgery for a case of infantile Takayasu arteritis
Hye Won Kwon, Yoon Jung Suh, Ji Seok Bang, Bo Sang Kwon, Gi Beom Kim, Eun Jung Bae, Woong Han Kim, Chung Il Noh
Korean J Pediatr. 2012;55(7):254-258.   Published online July 17, 2012

Takayasu arteritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology primarily affecting the aorta and its major branches and usually occurring in the second or third decade of life. Here, we report a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 10-month-old patient. The infant presented with signs of congestive heart failure and severe aortic regurgitation. Echocardiography and computed tomography angiography showed...

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