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Gastroenterology
Prevalence and predictors of multidrug-resistant bacteremia in liver cirrhosis
Aryoung Kim, Byeong Geun Song, Wonseok Kang, Dong Hyun Sinn, Geum-Youn Gwak, Yong-Han Paik, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyeok Lee, Myung Ji Goh
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(3):448-457. Published online April 30, 2024
Background/Aims: Improved knowledge of local epidemiology and predicting risk factors of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are required to optimize the management of infections. This study examined local epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns of liver cirrhosis (LC) patients and evaluated ..
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Changes in the prevalence of hepatitis B and metabolic abnormalities among young men in Korea
Byeong Geun Song, Dong Hyun Sinn, Wonseok Kang, Geum-Youn Gwak, Yong-Han Paik, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyeok Lee, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(5):1082-1087. Published online May 13, 2022
Changes in the prevalence of disease over time provide valuable information from a public health perspective. We used data from Korea Military Manpower Administration medical examinations for conscription between 2003 and 2019 (n = 5,355,941), which involved young men aged 19 years, to observe chang..
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Hemato-oncology
Real world data on follicular lymphoma patients treated by rituximab-containing immunochemotherapy and rituximab maintenance
Hee Kyung Kim, Wonseok Kang, Dong Hyun Sinn, Joon Hyeok Lee, Won Seog Kim, Seok Jin Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(1):194-204. Published online April 4, 2019
Background/Aims: Real-world data about the treatment outcomes of patients receiving rituximab-containing immunochemotherapy followed by rituximab maintenance are required to understand better the treatment for follicular lymphoma (FL).
Methods: A cross-sectional study analyzed FL patients who were ..
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Gastroenterology
Potential etiology, prevalence of cirrhosis, and mode of detection among patients with non-B non-C hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea
Jihye Kim, Wonseok Kang, Dong Hyun Sinn, Geum-Youn Gwak, Yong-Han Paik, Moon Seok Choi, Joon Hyeok Lee, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(1):65-78. Published online June 17, 2019
Background/Aims: We systematically evaluated the clinical characteristics, prevalence of cirrhosis, and mode of detection in virus-unrelated (non-B non-C, NBNC) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients in Korea.
Methods: A total of 447 consecutive treatment-naïve NBNC-HCC adult patients who were r..
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