- Case Report
- A Case of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis During Childhood
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Kyoung Ah Ha, Chang Keun Kim, Churl Young Chung, Jung Sook Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(2):284-288. Published online February 15, 1999
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis(ABPA) is an inflammatory disease which causes a hypersensitivity to Aspergillus spores growing in the bronchi. The clinical syndrome is characterized by asthma, recurrent pulmonary infiltrations or mucoid impaction, eosinophilia, and central bronchiectasis. A 12-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital because of right lower chest pain and cystic mass-like shadows on a chest X-ray film. He had... |
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- Original Article
- Serum Leptin Levels in Obese Children
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Kyoung Ah Ha, Il Ran Kim, Mi Jung Park, Jae Heon Kang, Churl Young Chung
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(7):953-959. Published online July 15, 1998
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Purpose : Leptin is a protein encoded by the ob gene that is expressed in adipocytes. It regulates eating behavior by the action to the satiety centers in the hypothalamus. In ob/ob mouse, adipocytes can not produce leptin because of a mutation in the ob gene which results in obesity. Whereas, leptin concentrations were elevated in obese adults, and leptin... |
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