• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.190-196
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• 1993

The prognosis of chronic hepatitis C is very variable. In some, the disease is progressive and cirrhosis can develop from chronic hepatitis C. Hepatitis C virus(HCV) may act as a trigger towards hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis. Interferon has been used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in abroad, 16 patients with chronic C liver disease were treated with ${\alpha}$-interferon (alfa-2b; "Intron A" Schering Corp. Kenilworth. NJ). All patients were given ${\alpha}$-interferon in subcutaneous doses of 3 million units three times weekly for 1 to 9 months. During therapy, CBC and ALT levels were checked weakly to monthly. After therapy, patients were followed for 1 to 8 months. Among 16 patients treated with ${\alpha}$-interferon, progressive decrease of ALT levels was observed in 14(87.5%). In 11 patients(68.8%), ALT levels fell into the normal range during therapy, and in 9 of 11, within one month after therapy, 6 months after the completion of therapy in 4 of 9 patients(44.4%) whose ALT levels were in the normal range, ${\alpha}$-interferon seems to have effect in controlling disease activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C. But the changes in the usage of ${\alpha}$-interferon, dose and duration, long term follow up and more convenient and simple tests for HCV detection are recommended for the better effect and the exact evaluation on the effect of ${\alpha}$-interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.261-266
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• 2018

To determine the clinical utility of an immunoblot test and RT-PCR-hybridization test, 160 samples from patients with a chronic HCV infection were analyzed by two tests. A total of 133 samples out of 150 positive samples were positive by RT-PCR-hybridization. The true positive rate of the immunoblot tests and the concordance rate of the two tests was 88.6% and 89.3%, respectively. Serotyping and genotyping were performed to evaluate the distribution of the HCV subtype in Korean isolates. HCV serotypes 1 and 2, and genotypes 1b and 2a were the most common sources of HCV infections in this group. In 49 cases studied with the serotypes and genotypes, serotypes 1 and 2 were 57.1% and 42.9%, respectively. Genotypes 1b, 1b/2b, 2a, 2a/2c, and 2b were 51.0%, 2.0%, 34.7%, 8.2%, and 4.1%, respectively. This study shows that immunoblot tests are more useful for screening HCV infections. The RT-PCR-hybridization test confirmed the HCV infection in patients with positive immunoblot test results. The serotype test is preferred over the genotype test for monitoring the progression or response to treatment. On the other hand, there were no significant differences in the response to an ${\alpha}$-interferon treatment of HCV infection with serotype type 1 or type 2 in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.95-105
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• 2001

A series of experiment is carried out to determine the holding power of the existing anchors used in the stationary gear in the coast of the South sea. The experiment apparatus is made of the pulling machine, the load cell, the personal computer and three water tanks the bottom of which are mud, sand and m & s respectively. The result obtained are as follows : 1. On the tension and holding power of the existing anchors, B-type of the stock anchor with two fluke shows the greatest and gets smaller on order of A-type one with a fluke. The holding power of the anchors shows the greatest in the mud and gets smaller in order of m & s, sand. And, the holding power depending upon the length of anchor rope increase as the length does up to the 4 times of depth. 2. On the holding power per fluke area of the existing anchors in case of ration of length of anchor rope to depth is 2, 3 and 4, A-type anchor shows about 310-320 kg/m supper(2), 470-480 kg/m supper(2), 590-640 kg/m supper(2) respectively, B-type one 260-265 kg/m supper(2), 390-450 kg/m supper(2), 630-700 kg/m supper(2) respectively, and C-type one 70-100 kg/m supper(2), 150-180 kg/m supper(2), 210-270 kg/m supper(2) respectively. The holding power per fluke area of the anchors increase as the length of anchor rope does. 3. On the coefficient of holding power of the existing anchors, A-type anchor shows the greatest and gets smaller in the order of B-type one, C-type one.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.159-167
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• 2009

Objective: This study investigated the onset, peak height velocity (PHV) and end of adolescent growth spurt as well as menarcheal timing deduced from surveying accumulative height growth over many years. Methods: Ninety six students of Samgoe high school between 1st and 3rd grade that were in good health participated in the research. A survey questionnaire was distributed to examine the students' health status and menarche timing. Results: Adolescent growth spurt typically began at the age of 9.9 and reached a PHV at the age of 11.6. The growth spurt ended at the age of 14.1 on average. The average age of menarche was 12.6 years, which was about one year after the PHV of adolescent growth spurt. In most cases, menarche came after PHV. But in 24% of the students, menarche and PHV was nearly coincident or menarche preceded PHV. The growth curves were classified into four types. A typical adolescent growth spurt showed one PHV on graph that drastically drops after the PHV. However, there were cases with two PHVs. Conclusions: The results indicate that individual growth patterns show large individual differences, however the categorization into the various growth curves may aid in predicting individual growth patterns.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.39-40
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• 1993

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.220
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• pp.10-11
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• 2008

당뇨병은 혈액 내 포도당 농도가 증가되어, 여러 장기에 합병증을 초래하여 사망률과 이환율을 증가시키고 삶의 질을 저하시키는 만성 대사 질환이다. 당뇨병과 간기능의 효소 수치를 높이는 질환들인 비알코올성 간질환, B형 및 C형 간염, 알코올성 간질환 등은 종종 병존하는 것으로 알려지고 있으나, 원인 및 임상적 의의에 대한 연구는 많지 않다.

• 건강소식
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.30-31
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• 2012

우리나라에서 만성 간질환으로 인한 사망자는 해마다 2만여 명에 가깝다. 이는 전체 사망자의 8.8%를 차지하는 것으로 단일 장기로 따지면 만성 간질환은 뇌혈관질환에 이어 사망 원인 2위다. 특히 40~50대 사망원인 중 3위를 차지한다고 한다. 간질환의 가장 큰 원인은 바이러스성 간염으로 B형 간염이 약 70%, C형 감염이 약 10~15%를 차지하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.83-85
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• 1999

안전하고 간편하며 작업속도가 빠른 비닐끈의 유인방법을 개발하고자 유인봉과 추를 써서 실험을 실시한 결과 비닐끈이 5mm의 굵은 것은 유인봉 A형에서 추의 무게가 100g정도가 적당하였고 고추끈은 A와 B형에서 40g, C형에서 50g정도이었다. 가장 속도가 빠른 것은 유인봉 A형이었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Poultry Science Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.67-75
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• 2004

인플루엔자 바이러스(Influenza Virus)는 Orthomyxoviridae 그룹에 속하는 RNA 바이러스로서 혈청형은 A, B, C 등 3형으로 구분된다. 그 중 B형과 C형은 사람에서만 감염이 확인되고 있으며, A형은 사람, 딸, 돼지, 기타 포유류 그리고 다양한 종류의 가금과 야생조류에서 감염이 확인되고 있다. (중략)

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.116-117
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• 2000