Publications by authors named "Young Hyuk Lee"
The Relationships between Respiratory Virus Infection and Aminotransferase in Children.
Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr
December 2016
Article Synopsis
- This study aimed to investigate if there's a link between nonspecific reactive hepatitis and respiratory virus infections in children hospitalized for lower respiratory issues.
- It found that children with elevated liver enzyme levels (ALT and AST) had longer hospital stays and were generally younger, with adenovirus infections showing the highest rates of increased liver enzymes.
- The results suggest that nonspecific reactive hepatitis is more prevalent in younger patients with certain respiratory viruses, and ALT is a more reliable indicator of its severity than AST.
Background: Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by episodic attacks of muscle weakness with hypokalemia. The combination of sarcolemmal depolarization and hypokalemia has been attributed to abnormalities of the potassium conductance governing the membrane potential; however, the molecular mechanism that causes hypokalemia has not yet been determined.
Aim: To test the hypothesis that the expression patterns of delayed rectifier potassium channel genes in the skeletal muscle cells of patients with familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis differ from those in normal cells.