Original Articles |
Clinical Observation of 12 Farmers Who Believe Themselves to Have Suffered from Chronic Pesticide Intoxication
Zoong-Rock Hong, So-Young Hong, Mi-Jung Han, Hae-seung Lee, Hyo-Ook Gil, Jong-O Yang, En-Yung Lee, Sae-Yong Hong
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):1-4. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsWe assessed twelve cases of suspected chronic pesticide intoxication, with medically unexplained physical symptoms. MethodsComplete blood cell count (CBC), blood chemistry, routine urinalysis, chest X-ray, ECG, ..
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Detection of Celiac Ganglia with Radial Scanning Endoscopic Ultrasonography
Tae-In Ha, Gwang-Ha Kim, Dae-Hwan Kang, Geun-Am Song, Suk Kim, Jun-Woo Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):5-8. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsIt has been recently reported that celiac ganglia can be identified by linear-array endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). Still, there has been no report on the detection rate of celiac ganglia with radial scanning EUS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dete..
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Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: Candidate Organisms other than Clostridium Difficile
Hyun Joo Song, Ki-Nam Shim, Sung-Ae Jung, Hee Jung Choi, Mi Ae Lee, Kum Hei Ryu, Seong-Eun Kim, Kwon Yoo
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):9-15. Published online March 20, 2008
Backgraound/AimsThe direct toxic effects of antibiotics on the intestine can alter digestive functions and cause pathogenic bacterial overgrowth leading to antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Clostridium Difficile (C. Difficile) is widely kn..
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Helicobacter pylori Infection and Peptic Ulcer Disease in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Dong Joon Kim, Hak Yang Kim, Sung Jung Kim, Tae Ho Hahn, Myoung Kuk Jang, Gwang Ho Baik, Jin Bong Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Myung-Seok Lee, Choong Kee Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):16-21. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsWe investigated the prevalence and relationship of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori infection to liver cirrhosis. MethodsWe examined 288 patients with liver cirrhosis, 322 patients w..
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Flexible Initial Dosing of Atorvastatin Based Upon Initial Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):22-29. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsWe used flexible starting doses and early titration of atorvastatin to determine the rate of achievement of a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target for hyperlipidemic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Me..
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Epstein-Barr Virus-Positivity in Tumor has no Correlation with the Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
Yuna Lee, Keun-Wook Lee, Jee-Hyun Kim, Soo-Mee Bang, Jong Seok Lee, Byeong-Bae Park, Won Seok Kim, Cheolwon Suh, Jung Hun Kang, Baek Yeol Ryoo, Jae Hoon Lee, Dong Bok Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):30-36. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) is involved in the pathogenesis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT), but its precise role and prognostic impact are not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of EBV-postitivity in the tumor and bone ..
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Case Reports |
S-1 Monotherapy as a Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer
Jong Yul Jung, Sun Young Rha, Joong Bae Ahn, Woo Ick Yang, Sung Hoon Noh, Hyun Cheol Chung, Hei-Cheul Jeung
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):37-41. Published online March 20, 2008
S-1, a novel oral fluoropyrimidine, is an effective therapeutic agent for gastric cancer. Herein, we report a case with locally advanced gastric cancer that achieved a curative resection after S-1 monotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment. A 68-year-old man was diagnosed with gastric cancer and massiv..
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A Case of Green Urine after Ingestion of Herbicides
Yun-Suk Shim, Hyo-Wook Gil, Jong-Oh Yang, Eun-Young Lee, Soo-Hyun Kim, Sae-Yong Hong
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):42-44. Published online March 20, 2008
The development of discolored urine may have many possible causes. Here we present the case of a 76-year-old woman who was admitted after ingesting the inorganic herbicides, mefenacet and imazosulfuron. Her urine color changed to green almost immediately. Since the patient had no specific medicat..
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Resistance to Thyroid Hormone with Missense Mutation (V349M) in the Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta Gene
Ji Yon Kim, Eun Suk Choi, Jong Chan Lee, Kyung Uk Lee, Yeo Joo Kim, Sang Jin Kim, Yong Wha Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):45-48. Published online March 20, 2008
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a syndrome characterized by reduced sensitivity to the thyroid hormone. It is generally caused by mutations in the thyroid hormone receptor β (TRβ) gene. On the basis of its clinical features, two different forms of this syndrome have been described: genera..
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A Case of Cushing's Syndrome Presenting as Endometrial Hyperplasia
Sang Min Lee, Jong Ryeal Hahm, Tae Sik Jung, Jung Hwa Jung, Mi Yeon Kang, Sun Joo Kim, Soon Il Chung
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):49-52. Published online March 20, 2008
We describe here the case of a 39-year-old woman with a cortisol-producing adrenal adenoma and she presented with endometrial hyperplasia and hypertension without the specific characteristics of Cushing's syndrome. The patient had consulted a gynecologist for menometrorrhagia 2 years prior to her..
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