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Rheumatology
Drug survival of tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis in Korea
Hyemin Jeong, Yeong Hee Eun, In Young Kim, Hyungjin Kim, Joong Kyong Ahn, Jaejoon Lee, Eun-Mi Koh, Hoon-Suk Cha
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(2):407-416. Published online October 12, 2016
Background/Aims: To evaluate drug survival of the tumor necrosis factor α inhibitors (TNFi) and risk factors for the drug discontinuation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 487 AS patients at a single tertiary hospital. Among the TNFi users, drug s..
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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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Characteristics of hip involvement in patients with ankylosing spondylitis in Korea
Hyemin Jeong, Yeong Hee Eun, In Young Kim, Hyungjin Kim, Jaejoon Lee, Eun-Mi Koh, Hoon-Suk Cha
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(1):158-164. Published online March 25, 2016
Background/Aims: To evaluate the clinical course of hip arthritis and the risk factors for hip joint replacement in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods: In this retrospective analysis, we evaluated 488 AS patients at a single tertiary hospital. At baseline and the most recent visit to..
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Relapsing polychondritis presenting with inflammatory pseudotumor
Yeong Hee Eun, Hyeri Seok, In Seub Shin, Seung-Eun Lee, You-Bin Lee, Jaejoon Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(5):1003-1005. Published online March 11, 2016
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Rheumatology
Predictive factors of radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis
Hyungjin Kim, Jaejoon Lee, Joong Kyong Ahn, Jiwon Hwang, Eun-Jung Park, Hyemin Jeong, Hoon-Suk Cha, Eun-Mi Koh
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(3):391-397. Published online April 29, 2015
Background/Aims: The course of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is rather variable, and the factors that predict radiographic progression remain largely obscure. In this study, we tried to determine the clinical factors and laboratory measures that are useful in predicting the radiographic progression of..
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Clinical characteristics of male and female Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a comparative study
Jiwon Hwang, Jaejoon Lee, Joong Kyoung Ahn, Eun-Jung Park, Hoon-Suk Cha, Eun-Mi Koh
Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(2):242-249. Published online February 27, 2015
Background/Aims: To compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus between male and female Korean patients.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed at a single tertiary hospital from August 1994 to May 2010. Male patients were matched with two to three fem..
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