Publications by authors named "Ming Ku"
Glucocorticoids are generally contraindicated for use in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) because their use is considered to be an independent risk factor for CSC. There are rare reports regarding the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) combined with CSC. This current case report describes a rare case of a 24-year-old female patient with severely active SLE combined with CSC, whose vision was significantly restored after she was administered 120 mg methylprednisolone intravenously once a day for 3 days.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although the relationship between a history of kidney stones and chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been explored in many studies, it is still far from being well understood. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies comparing rates of CKD in patients with a history of kidney stones.
Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, and the reference lists of relevant articles were searched to identify observational studies related to the topic.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that primarily affects women during their reproductive years. The interaction between SLE and pregnancy remains debated. The objective of this study was to analyze the fetal and maternal outcomes of Chinese women with SLE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study is to investigate the changing spectrum and clinicopathologic correlation of biopsy-proven renal diseases in central China. We retrospectively analyzed data of 4931 patients who underwent renal biopsy in ten hospitals between September 1994 and December 2014. Among them, 81.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine objective data to improve the methods of identification of the anterior ethmoidal artery during endoscopic dissection.
Study Design: Cadaveric dissection of adult human heads.
Methods: A 0 degrees, 4-mm rigid endoscope was used to guide uncinectomy and frontoethmoidectomy.