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Rheumatology
Baseline extent of damage predicts spinal radiographic progression in Korean patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with golimumab
Jeong Seok Lee, Yeong Wook Song, Tae Hwan Kim, Won Tae Chung, Seung Geun Lee, Sung Hwan Park, Gwan Gyu Song, Dae Young Yu, Stephen Xu, Eun Young Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(3):622-628. Published online January 20, 2017
Background/Aims: For patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), golimumab has consistent efficacy in controlling disease activity over 5 years but its benefit in preventing radiographic progression was less clear at 4 years. To predict radiographic progression, we analyzed the baseline characteristi..
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Infectious diseases
Incidence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection among human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) patients in a large HIV clinic in South Korea
Shinwon Lee, Sun Hee Lee, Su Jin Lee, Kye-Hyung Kim, Jeong Eun Lee, Heerim Cho, Seung Geun Lee, Joo Seop Chung, Ihm Soo Kwak
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(4):772-778. Published online April 27, 2016
Background/Aims: Increasing incidences of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men who have sex were reported in the United States and Europe. However, few studies regarding the epidemiology of HCV infection in HIV-infected patients in Asian countries have..
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case of Persistent Apical Ballooning Complicated by an Apical Mural Thrombus
Pil Hyung Lee, Jae-Kwan Song, In Keun Park, Byung Joo Sun, Seung Geun Lee, Ji Hye Yim, Hyung Oh Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2011;26(4):455-459. Published online November 28, 2011
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is an infrequent cardiac syndrome characterized by acute onset chest pain with apical ballooning on echocardiography. It is often triggered by severe emotional or physical stress, and in contrast to acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the regional wall motion abnorma..
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