In the 90s, the company started aggressive overseas expansion programs. By the late 90s, when Southeast Asian crisis struck, the company like all the other chaebols, faced serious financial problems. To survive, it had to cut its labor force. The company offered various retirement schemes, unpaid leave for two years, etc. to workers, and expressed its inability to support its entire workforce in the slack period.

41 How can cranial arteritis be diagnosed in the absence of any physical symptom or feature of the disease other than headache?

42 Do pulmonary manifestations in Behet's syndrome present with pulmonary infiltrates in the upper zone of the lung?

43 1. Is Behet's disease accompanied by an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)? If so, how often? 2. Can Behet's disease be diagnosed in a young adult with an ischaemic stroke and a history of almost weekly mouth ulcers that heal quickly, but with no other symptoms of Behet's disease?

44 Mouth ulcers are too common to be a cardinal feature in the diagnosis of Behet's disease. Are there any distinguishing features other than mouth ulcers that would confirm diagnosis?

45 Please explain how to diagnose familial Mediterranean fever. Is a diagnosis of exclusion still used or are there now more up-to-date tools for the diagnosis?

46 Is a leucocytoclastic reaction in a tissue biopsy specific for Henoch-Schnlein purpura or is it also associated with other problems?

47 What are the anatomical, histological and radiological differences between: 1. physis 2. metaphysis 3. epiphyseal disc 4. epiphyseal line?

48 Why does the serum alkaline phosphatase increase in bone disorders and in some other disorders?

49 What is the normal amount of calcium excreted in the urine in a 24-hour period?

50 Does hydrochlorothiazide have a prophylactic effect against osteoporosis?