The Korean Severe Asthma Registry (KoSAR): real world research in severe asthma
Sang-Heon Kim, Hyun Lee, So-Young Park, So Young Park, Woo-Jung Song, Joo-Hee Kim, Heung-Woo Park, You Sook Cho, Ho Joo Yoon; on behalf of the KoSAR investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(2):249-260. Published online February 28, 2022
Severe asthma constitutes a serious health burden with significant morbidity and socioeconomic costs. The development and introduction of new biologics targeting type 2 inflammation changed the paradigm for management of severe asthma and initiated a biological era. These changes impose a challenge ..
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Allergy
Current practice for diagnosing immediate drug hypersensitivity reactions in Korea
Sung-Yoon Kang, Min-Suk Yang, Woo-Jung Song, Sang-Heon Cho
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(Suppl 1):S283-S296. Published online January 5, 2021
Background/Aims: Skin (STs) and drug provocation (DPTs) tests are essential for identifying the culprit drugs causing drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs). Several protocols have been developed for the identification of some culprit drugs, but they are neither thoroughly validated nor standardized..
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Retinol-binding protein-4 was associated with sensitization to inhalant allergens in the elderly population
Byung-Keun Kim, Woo-Jung Song, Bomi Seo, Ju-Young Kim, Sae-Hoon Kim, Hak C. Jang, Ki-Woong Kim, Yoon-Seok Chang
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(2):447-455. Published online October 13, 2020
Background/Aims: Recent evidence suggests an association between allergic sensitization and metabolic markers. However, this association has rarely been examined in the elderly. Retinol-binding protein-4 (RBP-4) is a recently identified adipokine that acts on the muscle and liver affecting insulin s..
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Recent progress in the management of chronic cough
Woo-Jung Song, Jin An, Lorcan McGarvey
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(4):811-822. Published online May 20, 2020
Chronic cough is a common clinical condition with significant impact on quality of life and for which effective therapy remains an unmet clinical need. Over the past decade, there has been a major shift in how we approach this problem, driven by better appreciation of the clinical manifestation of ch..
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Allergy
Chronic cough, not asthma, is associated with depression in the elderly: a community-based population analysis in South Korea
Kyoung-Hee Sohn, Woo-Jung Song, Sae-Hoon Kim, Hak-Chul Jang, Ki Woong Kim, Yoon-Seok Chang
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(6):1363-1371. Published online October 16, 2019
Background/Aims: Depression and allergic diseases, including asthma, are frequently reported as comorbid conditions. However, their associations have been rarely examined in community-based elderly populations.
Methods: The analyses were performed using the baseline data set of the Korean Longitudi..
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Hemato-oncology
Clinical significance of rituximab infusion-related reaction in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients receiving R-CHOP
Kyoung Min Cho, Bhumsuk Keam, Hyerim Ha, Miso Kim, Jae-Woo Jung, Woo-Jung Song, Tae Min Kim, Yoon Kyung Jeon, Hye-Ryun Kang, Dong-Wan Kim, Chul Woo Kim, Dae Seog Heo
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(4):885-893. Published online November 20, 2017
Background/Aims: This study was to evaluate the clinical significance of infusion-related reaction (IRR) of rituximab in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients who received R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisolone) as a first-line chemotherapy.
Methods..
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Allergy
Korean version of the Cough Symptom Score: clinical utility and validity for chronic cough
Jae-Woo Kwon, Ji-Yong Moon, Sae-Hoon Kim, Woo-Jung Song, Min-Hye Kim, Min-Gyu Kang, Kyung-Hwan Lim, So-Hee Lee, Sang Min Lee, Jin Young Lee, Hyouk-Soo Kwon, Kyung-Mook Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Sang-Hoon Kim, Jae-Won Jeong, Cheol-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Cho, Byung-Jae Lee; Work Group for Chronic Cough, the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(5):910-915. Published online March 31, 2017
Background/Aims: The Cough Symptom Score (CSS) is a simple, useful tool for measuring cough severity. However, there is no standard Korean version of the CSS. We developed a Korean version of the CSS and evaluated its clinical utility and validity for assessing chronic cough severity.
Methods: The..
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Clinical features and prognostic factors of Churg-Strauss syndrome
Mi-Yeong Kim, Kyoung-Hee Sohn, Woo-Jung Song, Heung-Woo Park, Sang-Heon Cho, Kyung-Up Min, Hye-Ryun Kang
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(1):85-95. Published online January 2, 2014
Background/Aims: Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare systemic necrotizing
small-vessel vasculitis, with accompanying bronchial asthma, eosinophilia, and
eosinophilic infiltration of various tissues. The purposes of our study were to
characterize the clinical features of CSS and to identify fac..
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