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A Case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Presented with Apnea
Eun Ha Choi, Seong Hee Jang, Young Min Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(4):558-561.   Published online April 15, 1996
Respiratory syncytial virus(RSV) is currently implicated as the most common and otentially serious viral respiratory pathogen of young infants. Apnea in association with RSV infection occurred in about 18% of the infants. Premature birth and a young postnatal age were risk factors for development of apnea with RSV disease. We experienced a case of RSV infection in a 37 day-old...
A Case of Newborn Sepsis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae
Eun Ha Choi, Seong Hee Jang, Eun Sil Dong, Young Min Ann
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(12):1690-1693.   Published online December 15, 1995
Systemic infection due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is a serious, albeit rare disease in the neonatal period. There is no case of pneumococcal sepsis reported in Korea. The results of epidemiologic studies suggest that the majority of infants with pneumococcal septicemia acquire the microorganisms either by the ascending route or during passage throught the birth canal. The mortality is high in...
A Case of Prader-Willi Syndrome with Diabetes Mellitus
Hee Ran Choi, Eun Ha Choi, Seong Hee Jang, Young Min Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(4):565-572.   Published online April 15, 1994
Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by infantile hypotonia, mental retardation, hyperhagia, hypogonadism and obestiy. Approximately 60% of all PLW syndrome show an interstitial deletion of chromosome 15, 37% have apparently normal chromosome, and 3.6% have a variety of other abnormalities involving chromosome 15. Diabetes mellitus has been considered a component of PLW syndrome and the incidence is about 7%. We...
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