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In late April 2009, a swine-origin novel influenza A/H1N1 virus was identified among humans in Mexico and the United States. It was made known that novel H1N1 virus was antigenically...
Headache is one of the most common medical complaints of adolescents. Estimates are as high as 40 to 70% of the population having some form of headache with up to...
Adolescents have generally been considered as a group with negligible health-related concerns, so it is not surprising that they have received little attention in terms of medical research until recently....
In spite of misconception and/or neglect concerning mental disorders of adolescence, increasing attention to adolescents' mental health problems arises from a number of sources. A perspective from developmental psychopathology provides...
Although shoulder pain is a very common problem and compromised shoulder movement due to pain, stiffness, or weakness can cause substantial disability, many patients fail to recognize a need for...
The facial nerve coursing through the temporal bone provides a challenge to the otologic surgeon. Advances in surgical instrumentation and refinements of surgical strategies enable the otologist to uncover the...
Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common clinical problem in adolescence but also a potentially difficult condition to treat. Furthermore, most diagnostic criteria and treatment algorithms were optimized for adults and...
After a year of court trials initiated by the immediate family of a patient in a permanent vegetative state, the National Supreme Court of Korea ruled that the family have...
Traditionally, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-mismatched hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has been considered ill-advised in a routine clinical practice due to excessive serious post-transplant complications, such as graft failure, graft-versus-host disease,...
Adolescence marks the transition from childhood to adult life and is characterized by a myriad of physical and emotional changes. The peak height velocity occurs during this period, secondary sexual...
Chronic hepatitis B infection is the most common cause of chronic liver diseases in Korea and can induce chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. If patients have significant viral...