Publications by authors named "Jisook Yim"

Background: The goal of this study was to develop and validate a UPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous mea-surement of 13 AEDs, including carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, topiramate, primidone, zonisamide, gabapentin, lacosamide, perampanel, pregabalin, rufinamide, and vigabatrin, in whole blood samples.

Methods: A UPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of 13 AEDs in whole blood was developed, and validation was conducted for accuracy, precision, limit of quantification (LOQ), matrix effect, and stability. Our method was compared to two different hospitals using UPLC-MS/MS.

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  • The study investigates how age and sex influence the relationship between muscle mass and serum creatinine levels in healthy individuals, particularly among older adults.
  • Researchers analyzed a total of 6,088 people from two national health surveys in Korea, measuring their muscle mass and serum creatinine using advanced imaging and analysis techniques.
  • Findings reveal that older males experience a significant decrease in both muscle mass and serum creatinine levels, whereas these trends are not present in older females, highlighting a gender difference in muscle mass loss with age.
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Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of antifungal drugs is recommended. LC-MS/MS outperforms bioassay and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for TDM. In this study, we validated TDM for voriconazole, posaconazole, and itraconazole using HPLC-MS/MS with the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) method.

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X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC) is caused predominantly by mutations in the () gene. Among these, X-linked AHC due to a large deletion of is extremely rare. In Korea, the first case was reported in 2005, and there have been no further documented cases since then.

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Background: We aimed to suggest muscle mass-based criteria for using of the cystatin C test for the accurate estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).

Materials And Methods: We recruited 138 Korean subjects and evaluated eGFRcr (derived from Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) based on creatinine) was compared to eGFRcys based on cystatin C as the reference value. The skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) was used as representative of muscle mass.

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18p deletion (18p-) syndrome is a rare chromosome abnormality that has a wide range of phenotypes, with short stature, intellectual disability, and facial dysmorphism being the main clinical features. Here, we report the first case in Korea of a 16-year-old male adolescent with 18p- syndrome resulting from de novo unbalanced whole-arm translocation between chromosomes 13 and 18 (45, XY, der(13;18)(q10:q10)). Three rare clinical findings were discovered that had not been reported in the previous literature; morbid obesity without other hormonal disturbances, rib cage deformity leading to the direct compression of the liver, and lumbar spondylolisthesis at the L5-S1 level.

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Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by a classic symptom triad: periodic paralysis, ventricular arrhythmias associated with prolonged QT interval, and dysmorphic skeletal and facial features. Pathogenic variants of the inwardly rectifying potassium channel subfamily J member 2 (KCNJ2) gene have been linked to the ATS. Herein, we report a novel causative variant in a proband and her father showing different ATS-associated symptoms.

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Childhood adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare disease that is mostly linked to familial cancer syndrome. Although the prevalence of ACC is extremely low in children, it is clinically important to diagnose ACC early because age and tumor stage are closely related to prognosis. From this perspective, understanding the underlying genetics and possible symptoms of ACC is crucial in managing ACC with familial cancer syndromes.

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Abstract: Rationale: Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis is characterized by linear striations in the metaphysis of the long bones and pelvis with cranial sclerosis. It is an X-linked dominant sclerosing bone dysplasia and affected males show fetal or neonatal lethality. Mutations in the gene encoding Wilms tumor on the X chromosome (WTX) was identified as the cause of X-linked osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis.

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SHORT syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multiple congenital defects and is historically defined by its acronym: hort stature, hyperextensibility of joints and/or inguinal hernia, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly, and teething delay. Herein, we report a male infant with SHORT syndrome who presented with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM) with insulin resistance. The proband was born at 38 weeks of gestation but displayed facial dysmorphic features.

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Myhre syndrome is a rare connective tissue disorder caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in the gene. Although recognizing Myhre syndrome in early childhood is challenging, it is important to manage airway stenosis in patients with Myhre syndrome. We report the case of a 2-month-old boy who initially presented with severe multilevel airway stenosis, dysmorphic face, and multiple abnormalities.

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Introduction: The single most common cause of miscarriage is genetic abnormality.

Objective: We conducted a prospective cohort study to compare the performance of conventional karyotyping and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) using array comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) and single nucleotide polymorphism array (SNP-array) to identify genetic abnormalities in miscarriage specimens.

Methods: A total of 63 miscarriage specimens were included.

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Herein, we present a rare case of co-occurring Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and frontometaphyseal dysplasia 1 (FMD1), two different X-linked diseases, in a 7-year-old boy. He presented with proximal muscle weakness and elevated creatine phosphokinase levels. A multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification study of revealed the duplications of exons 2-37, thereby confirming the diagnosis of DMD.

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Context.—: Recently, an exchangeable copper (CuEXC) assay has been suggested as a robust and feasible diagnostic tool for Wilson disease (WD). Although WD is a disorder that requires lifelong treatment and monitoring, few data are currently available regarding the status of copper levels in children.

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The protein netrin-1 has demonstrated anti-inflammatory, tissue regeneration, and immune modulation properties. Although inflammation is a major contributing factor in the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, little is known about a possible relationship between serum netrin-1 and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, we investigated the association between circulating levels of netrin-1 and glycometabolic parameters predictive of type 2 diabetes.

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Objectives: The use of iodinated contrast media has grown in popularity in the past two decades, but relatively little attention has been paid to the possible interferential effects of contrast media on laboratory test results. Herein, we investigate medical contrast media interference with routine chemistry results obtained by three automated chemistry analyzers.

Methods: Ten levels of pooled serum were used in the study.

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Background: We report a case demonstrating falsely elevated cyclosporine A (CsA) levels by using the antibody-conjugated magnetic immunoassay (ACMIA). To determine the cause of the false positive result, we examined the presence of an interferent in the patient's sample.

Methods: A 26-year-old male patient displayed a high CsA concentration eight weeks after discontinuation of CsA treatment when measured by ACMIA.

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As a possible marker of oxidative stress, many studies have measured whole blood reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG). However, large differences in GSH and GSSG levels reported in different studies, calls for a reliable standardized method. In this study, we validate not only analytical performance of new measurement method for GSH and GSSG, but also the clinical utility of these markers in a mouse model with chronic oxidative stress.

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