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Original Article
Local Rifampicin Instillation Therapy for Suppurative Bacillus Calmette-Gu rin Lymphadenitis
Mee Jeong Kim, Seong Hee Jang, Young Min Ahn, Mi Kyoung Kang, Sang Jae Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2002;45(4):454-458.   Published online April 15, 2002
Purpose : Bacillus Calmette-Gu rin(BCG) lymphadenitis is one of the most common complications of BCG vaccination. The involved lymph nodes usually subside spontaneously, but they may become enlarged and form an abscess. Treatment of these infants is controversial. The Pan American Health Organization recommends local isoniazid or rifampicin instillation for patients with suppurative BCG lymphadenitis. Methods : The study group comprised...
Case Report
A Case of Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome with Long Term Survival Diagnosed by Fluorescent In-situ Hybridization(FISH)
Eun Sil Dong, Mee Jeong Kim, Young Min Ahn, Myoung Sook Koo, Hwan Keuk Yong, Anna Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(3):438-443.   Published online March 15, 2000
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is a multiple malformation syndrome associated with mental and developmental retardation, resulting from a deletion at the short arm of chromosome 4(4p16.3). We report a 11-year-old girl with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, who was presented with severe growth and mental retardation along with characteristic features-frontal bossing, hypertelorism, downslanting of the palpebral fissures and fishlike lips. The diagnosis was confirmed by...
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