Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

Original Article

Clinical characteristics of obese boys and girls in a high school: focused on abdominal fat indices, fatty liver and carotid intima-media thickness

Jung Eun Oh, Jiyoung Jung, Hae Soon Kim, Young Mi Hong, Jung Hyun Yoo, Young Whan Song, Jo Won Jung, Nam Su Kim, Chung Il Noh

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(7):292-297. Published online July 31, 2011

Purpose

Our study aimed to evaluated sex differences in clinical features of obese high school students.

Methods

One hundred three obese high school students (body mass index [BMI]≥85th percentile) and 51 control students (BMI<85th percentile) were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric measurements were performed. Fasting serum glucose, insulin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C),...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2011.54.7.292

Clinical efficacy and safety of lamotrigine monotherapy in newly diagnosed pediatric patients with epilepsy

Ji Hye Han, Jung Eun Oh, Sun Jun Kim

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(4):565-570. Published online April 15, 2010

Purpose : To verify the efficacy and safety of lamotrigine (LTG) monotherapy in newly diagnosed children with epilepsy. Methods : We prospectively enrolled 148 children who had undergone LTG monotherapy at our institution between September 2002 and June 2009. Twenty-nine patients were excluded: 19 due to incomplete data and 10 were lost to follow up. The data of the remaining...

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Acoustic variations associated with congenital heart disease

Jung Eun Oh, Yoon Mi Choi, Sun Jun Kim, Chan Uhng Joo

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(2):190-194. Published online February 15, 2010

Purpose : To investigate the nature of deviant voice physiology in preoperative children with congenital heart disease. Methods : Ninety-four children with congenital heart disease were enrolled. Their cries and related acoustic variables (fundamental frequency, duration, noise to harmonic ratio, jitter￠￢ and shimmer) were analyzed using a multi-dimensional voice program. Results : The average fundamental frequency showed a significant decrease in patent...

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