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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Relatively High Effective Defibrillation Threshold during Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation with Endocardial Leads.
Objective: We evaluated the 15-year outcome of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and a relatively high defibrillation threshold (DFT). Methods: After ICD implantation, patients were allocated to ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Intracoronary Delivery of Bone Marrow Cells to the Acutely Infarcted Myocardium. Optimization of the Delivery Technique.
Objectives: Intracoronary cell transplantation during catheter balloon inflations may be associated with adverse events. We studied the effectiveness of an alternative transplantation technique - intracoronary cell infusion. Methods: Fourteen pigs, ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Experimental Study of [Tc(PNP5) (DBODC)](+) as a New Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Agent.
Objectives: This study was aimed to compare the properties of [(99m)Tc(PNP5)(DBODC)](+) with (99m)Tc-MIBI in normal swine and in canine models of myocardial ischemia. Methods: Seven anesthetized swine were injected intravenously with [(99m)Tc(PNP5)(DBODC)](+). Serial planar ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Control of Ovulation-Induced Hemoperitoneum by Oral Contraceptives in a Patient with Congenital Hypoprothrombinemia and in Another with Congenital Factor V Deficiency.
Hemoperitoneum is a serious and often life-threatening bleeding manifestation. This is particularly true for women who carry congenital bleeding disorders. We describe here a hemoperitoneum ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Seating-Induced Postural Hypotension Is Common in Older Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure and May Be Prevented by Lower Limb Compression Bandaging.
Background: Postural hypotension induced by transition from supine to sitting position and measures for its prevention in heart failure has not been investigated. Objective: Our ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Very Late Stent Thrombosis after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in a Patient without Aspirin and Clopidogrel Resistance.
Very late stent thrombosis (VLST) after implantation of drug-eluting stent is rare, but very fatal complication after percutaneous coronary intervention. We report a case of VLST of a sirolimus-eluting Cypher(TM) ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Takayasu\'s Arteritis Treated by Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with Stenting in the Descending Aorta.
A 17-yr-old young woman was referred to our hospital with a 2-yr history of claudication of the lower extremities and severe arterial hypertension. Physical examination revealed significantly different blood pressures between both arms ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
A case of an ectopic thyroid gland at the lateral neck masquerading as a metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Ectopic thyroid glands generally occur in the midline as a result of abnormal median migration, and their presence lateral to the midline is rare. We present one case ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Newly developed multiple myeloma in a patient with primary T-cell lymphoma of bone.
Primary non-Hodgkin\'s lymphoma of bone (PLB) is rare, and generally presents as a single extensive and destructive bone lesion. Histopathologically, most cases present as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and T-cell lymphoma is rare. ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Brunner\'s Gland Hyperplasia: Treatment of Severe Diffuse Nodular Hyperplasia Mimicking a Malignancy on Pancreatic-Duodenal Area.
Brunner\'s gland hyperplasia is a benign tumor of the duodenum and it is rarely associated with clinical symptoms. We report on a 64-yr-old man with Brunner\'s gland hyperplasia who had undergone ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Herbal medication aggravates cataract formation: a case report.
We report a case of complicated cataract aggravated after taking herbal medication for atopic dermatitis. An 11-yr-old boy was referred for the evaluation of decreased visual acuity in both eyes for 2 months. Past history showed that he ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
A Case of a Patient with Both Chorea and Restless Legs Syndrome.
The patient was a 44-yr-old man with end-stage renal disease who had developed chorea as a result of hypoglycemic injury to the basal ganglia and thalamus and who was subsequently diagnosed with depression and ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Acute interstitial pneumonia in siblings: a case report.
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP) is a rapidly progressive condition of unknown cause that occurs in a previously healthy individual and produces the histologic findings of diffuse alveolar damage. Since the term AIP was first introduced in 1986, there ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
A Case of Anaphylaxis to Chlorhexidine during Digital Rectal Examination.
Chlorhexidine is widely used as an antiseptic and disinfectant in medical and nonmedical environments. Although the sensitization rate seems to be low, its ubiquitous use raises the possibility of sensitization in many patients and medical care ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome Induced by Celecoxib and Anti-tuberculosis Drugs.
Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome reflects a serious hypersensitivity reaction to drugs, characterized by skin rash, fever, lymph node enlargement, and internal organ involvement. So far, numerous ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Mechanism of humoral and cellular immune modulation provided by porcine sertoli cells.
The understanding of main mechanisms that determine the ability of immune privilege related to Sertoli cells (SCs) will provide clues for promoting a local tolerogenic environment. In this study, we evaluated the property of ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Impacts of the quinazoline-based alpha1-antagonist, terazosin, and of the sulfonamide derivative, tamsulosin, on serum prostate-specific antigen and prostate volume.
The aim of this study was to compare the impacts of terazosin and tamsulosin, on prostate activity, i.e., serum prostate-specific antigen, total prostate volume (TPV), and transition ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
The effect of in vivo grown corneal epithelium transplantation on persistent epithelial defects with limbal stem cell deficiency.
We report our experience with corneal epithelium, grown in vivo, transplantation in three patients with persistent epithelial defect (PED). The three patients had ocular surface disease unresponsive to ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
The Role of Cyclosporine and Mycophenolate in an Orthotopic Porcine-to-Rat Corneal Xenotransplantation.
We performed this study to investigate the feature of rejection in porcine-to-rat corneal orthotopic transplantation and to evaluate the effect of cyclosporine and mycophenolate on the xeno-rejection. Orthotopic corneal transplantation was done at 91 ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Erythropoietin attenuates brain injury, subventricular zone expansion, and sensorimotor deficits in hypoxic-ischemic neonatal rats.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on histological brain injury, subventricular zone (SVZ) expansion, and sensorimotor function deficits induced by hypoxia-ischemia (HI) in newborn rat ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Abnormal integrity of corticocortical tracts in mild cognitive impairment: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been defined as a transitional state between normal aging and Alzheimer disease. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can estimate the microstructural integrity of white matter tracts in MCI. ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Fragile x syndrome in Korea: a case series and a review of the literature.
The purposes of this study were to present DNA analysis findings of our case series of fragile X syndrome (FXS) based on methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR), PCR, and Southern blotting alongside ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Identifying subjects with insulin resistance by using the modified criteria of metabolic syndrome.
The objectives of this cohort analysis were to explore the relationship between insulin resistance (IR) and the criteria for metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to evaluate the ability to detect IR in subjects fulfilling ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
The K121Q Polymorphism in ENPP1 (PC-1) Is Not Associated with Type 2 Diabetes or Obesity in Korean Male Workers.
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance, and ENPP1 plays an important role in insulin resistance. We investigated the association of the ENPP1 K121Q polymorphism with ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Investigation on health effects of an abandoned metal mine.
To investigate potential health risks associated with exposure to metals from an abandoned metal mine, the authors studied people living near an abandoned mine (n=102) and control groups (n=149). Levels of cadmium, copper, arsenic, lead, and zinc ...
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