Yonsei medical journal
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Yonsei medical journal · Nov 2014
Autophagy activity in pulmonary metastatic tumor tissues from colorectal cancer: a pilot study.
Autophagy has been reported to be involved in treatment failure in tumor. We aimed to evaluate autophagy activity in tumor tissue and compare them between the recurrence and non-recurrence groups. ⋯ The present study suggests that autophagy may be associated with treatment failure of metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Yonsei medical journal · Nov 2014
Cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting vs. bare-metal stents in patients with coronary artery disease from the Korean National Health Insurance Database.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the use of drug-eluting stents (DESs), as compared with bare-metal stents (BMSs) in Korea. ⋯ The ICER for the high-risk patients was lower than that for the low-risk patients. The use of DESs is clinically more useful than the use of BMSs for CAD and myocardial infarction patients, especially for those considered to be high-risk patients in Korea.
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Yonsei medical journal · Nov 2014
Availability of preoperative systemic steroids on endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis.
To analyze the outcome of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) after preoperative systemic steroid (PSS) treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyposis (NP) and to investigate and compare clinicopathological factors associated with the outcome. ⋯ Low dose PSS administration does not seem to have an effect on the outcome after ESS in patients who have CRS with NP. Eosinophilic infiltration and presence of asthma are important predictors of surgical outcome.
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Yonsei medical journal · Nov 2014
Effects of hippotherapy on gross motor function and functional performance of children with cerebral palsy.
The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of hippotherapy on gross motor function and functional performance in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). ⋯ The results of our study demonstrate the beneficial effects of hippotherapy on gross motor function and functional performance in children with CP compared to control group. The significant improvement in PEDI-FSS scores suggests that hippotherapy may be useful to maximize the functional performance of children with CP.
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Yonsei medical journal · Nov 2014
Erratum to "Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling is Involved in IgA-Stimulated Mesangial Cell Activation" by Lim BJ, et al. (Yonsei Med J 2011;52:610-5.).
[This corrects the article on p. 610 in vol. 52, PMID: 21623603.].