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KMID : 0367419740150050064
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1974 Volume.15 No. 5 p.64 ~ p.67
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Acute Toxic Encephalopathy
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洪性娟/Hong, S.Y.
李菊子/Lee, K.J.
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Abstract
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This paper is an attempt to make a report on clinical observation, laboratory findings and a study of the causes of the disease in the cases of sixty-nine child patients under the impression of acute toxic encephalopathy who had been treated in Ewha Womans University Hospital for 2/8/12 years from January of 1968 to August of 1970.
In clinical observation, a sudden attack of fever, convulsion and the loss of consciousness were found, and, moreover, disturbance of resporation was also observed in half the patients.
This disease took place among the children from 2 months to 13 years of age, most of whom were under six years. And there no sexual charateristics. It was noticed that this was more frequent in spring and fall than in the others.
In spinal fluid findings, no abnomal findings were found, and in spite of slight increase of G.P.T., we could not find any close relation between prognosis and the increase of G.P.T.
In peripheral blood fingdings, slight increase of leukccyte, especially of neutropfile leukccyte was found.
In the study of the causes of the disease, they were undermined in most cases, but some of them revealed bacterial dysentry (Shigellcsis), viral infection, drug intoxication, and etc.
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