- Case Report
- A Case of Cytomegalovirus Colitis which Occurred During Treatment of Hemophagocytic Syndrome
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Sang-Nam Bae, Sung-Ryon Ahn, Yun-Jin Lee, Young-Tak Lim, Jae-Hong Park, Kyung-Un Choi, Chang-Hun Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(9):1075-1080. Published online September 15, 2001
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Cytomegalovirus(CMV) colitis is an important opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals.
The clinical symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, colonic hemorrhage and perforation.
The endoscopic appearance shows three characteristic features with focal or diffuse inflammatory
changes, submucosal hemorrhagic spots, and well demarcated ulcers. We experienced a case of
CMV colitis in an 8-year-old girl presented with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, vanishing bile duct
syndrome and infection-associated hemophagocytic histiocytosis, which... |
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- A Case of Wernicke's Encephalopathy which Occurred During
Chemotherapy in a Child with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia
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Sang-Nam Bae, Bu-Jin Kim, Seong-Shik Park, Sang-Ook Nam, Young-Tak Lim, Hak-Jin Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(11):1320-1325. Published online November 15, 2001
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Wernicke,s encephalopathy(WE), a neurological disorder caused by thiamine deficiency, is characterized by the triad of ocular symptoms, ataxia, and mental confusion. More than 90% of the cases are observed in chronic alcoholics. Other conditions less frequently associated with WE are anorexia nervosa, prolonged parenteral nutrition, hemodialysis, uremia, hyperemesis gravidarum, gastroplasty for morbid obesity, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS). One of the... |
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- Original Article
- A Study of Clinical Features of Acute Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Children
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Ick-Jin Song, Young-Tak Lim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(7):952-958. Published online July 15, 2000
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Purpose : Tumor lysis syndrome is characterized by hyperuricemia, hyperphosphatemia, hyperkalemia and hypocalcemia due to destruction of tumor cells. The purpose of this study is to estimate in children the incidence, onset time, differences in outcomes between hemodialysis and conservative therapy, and predictive factor of tumor lysis syndrome before treatment with chemotherapy.
Methods : Subjects were 108 children who had received... |
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