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Rheumatology
The usefulness of trabecular bone score in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Seoung Wan Nam, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Dam Kim, Soo-Kyung Cho, Yoonah Song, Yun Young Choi, Yongjin Sim, Tae-Hwan Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(5):1211-1220. Published online June 30, 2020
Backgrounds/Aims: This study was performed to reveal the usefulness of the trabecular bone score (TBS) in assessing bone strength in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in comparison with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) methods.
Methods: A total of 215 AS patients (75.8% male) were enr..
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Factors associated with time to diagnosis from symptom onset in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
Soo-Kyoung Cho, Dam Kim, Soyoung Won, Jiyoung Lee, Chan-Bum Choi, Jung-Yoon Choe, Seung-Jae Hong, Jae-Bum Jun, Tae-Hwan Kim, Eunmi Koh, Hye-Soon Lee, Jisoo Lee, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Bo Young Yoon, Sang-Cheol Bae, Yoon-Kyoung Sung; Korean Observational Study Network for Arthritis (KORONA) Investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(4):910-916. Published online December 15, 2017
Background/Aims: To identify the factors associated with time to diagnosis after symptom onset in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Early RA patients with ≤ 1 year of disease duration in the KORean Observational study Network for Arthritis (KORONA) database were included in t..
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Systemic review: agreement between the latent tuberculosis screening tests among patients with rheumatic diseases
Junhee Pyo, Soo-Kyung Cho, Dam Kim, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(6):1241-1251. Published online December 28, 2017
Background/Aims: To estimate the level of agreement and positivity rates of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) tests prior to the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in relation to underlying rheumatic diseases and endemic tuberculosis levels.
Methods: The Ovid-Medline, Embase, and Coch..
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Isoniazid treatment for latent tuberculosis infection is tolerable for rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy
Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Dam Kim, Soyoung Won, Chan-Bum Choi, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Bum Jun, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Sang-Cheol Bae
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(5):1016-1024. Published online March 13, 2017
Background/Aims: To evaluate the impact of isoniazid (INH) treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) on the development of liver function test (LFT) abnormality and the persistence of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Methods: We retrospectively ..
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Impact of early diagnosis on functional disability in rheumatoid arthritis
Dam Kim, Chan-Bum Choi, Jiyoung Lee, Soo-Kyung Cho, Soyoung Won, So-Young Bang, Hoon-Suk Cha, Jung-Yoon Choe, Won Tae Chung, Seung-Jae Hong, Jae-Bum Jun, Young Ok Jung, Jinseok Kim, Seong-Kyu Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim, Tae-Jong Kim, Eunmi Koh, Hye-Soon Lee, Jaejoon Lee, Jisoo Lee, Sang-Heon Lee, Shin-Seok Lee, Sung Won Lee, Seung-Cheol Shim, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Bo Young Yoon, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Sang-Cheol Bae; KORONA investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):738-746. Published online September 13, 2016
Background/Aims: To determine whether early diagnosis is beneficial for functional status of various disease durations in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Methods: A total of 4,540 RA patients were enrolled as part of the Korean Observational Study Network for Arthritis (KORONA). We defined earl..
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Are glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis recommendations suffi cient to determine antiosteoporotic treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Joo-Hyun Lee, Soo-Kyung Cho, Minkyung Han, Dam Kim, Sang-Cheol Bae, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(4):509-515. Published online June 27, 2014
Background/Aims: We investigated diff erences in identifying candidates for antiosteoporotic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients according to two available clinical guidelines.
Methods: We prospectively enrolled 100 female patients aged 50 years or older with RA who visited Hanyang Uni..
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