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Rheumatology
Overlap syndrome of systemic sclerosis with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis according to 2022 ACR/EULAR criteria
Jang Woo Ha, Jung Yoon Pyo, Sung Soo Ahn, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(3):524-536. Published online January 29, 2024
Background/Aims: This study applied the 2022 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) criteria for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) to patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and investigated the frequency ..
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Clinical impact of proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Sung Soo Ahn, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(6):1241-1249. Published online December 13, 2021
Background/Aims: This study investigated the clinical implication of proteinase 3 (PR3)-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) in Korean patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).
Methods: Among the 242 patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis identified from the hospit..
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Two-year clinical outcomes after discontinuation of long-term golimumab therapy in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Kichul Shin, Hyun Mi Kwon, Min Jung Kim, Myung Jae Yoon, Hyun Gyung Chai, Seong-Wook Kang, Won Park, Sung-Hwan Park, Chang Hee Suh, Hyun Ah Kim, Seung-Geun Lee, Choong Ki Lee, Sang-Cheol Bae, Yong-Beom Park, Yeong Wook Song
Korean J Intern Med. 2022;37(5):1061-1069. Published online December 13, 2021
Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate long-term post-discontinuation outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had been treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNF-αi) which was then discontinued.
Methods: Sixty Korean patients with RA who participated i..
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Evaluation of body composition using computed tomography in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
Sung Soo Ahn, Byung-Woo Yoo, Hyeok Chan Kwon, Juyoung Yoo, Seung Min Jung, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(5):1221-1232. Published online August 18, 2020
Background/Aims: Measures of body composition, including visceral adipose tissue (VAT), subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and skeletal muscle area (SMA), are considered important prognostic factors in chronic diseases. The association of these measures with auto-inflammatory disorders, such as anti..
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Clinical features of Korean elderly patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
Byung-Woo Yoo, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(3):731-741. Published online August 20, 2020
Background/Aims: We compared the clinical and laboratory data between elderly and non-elderly patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) at diagnosis; further, we investigated the predictors at diagnosis for all-cause mortality and end-stage renal disease (E..
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Reclassification of Korean patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis based on the Bohan and Peter criteria by the 2017 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for adult and juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Juyoung Yoo, Sung Soo Ahn, Seung Min Jung, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(2):441-446. Published online December 30, 2019
Background/Aims: We investigated the concordance rate of the classification of polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) between the Bohan and Peter criteria and the 2017 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for idiopathic inflamm..
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Risk of malignancy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy: results from Korean National Health Insurance claims data
Seung Min Jung, Seung-Ki Kwok, Ji Hyeon Ju, Yong-Beom Park, Sung-Hwan Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(3):669-677. Published online November 29, 2017
Background/Aims: Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but safety concerns about malignancy remain. The aim of this study was to evaluate cancer risk in RA patients treated with TNF inhibitors (TNFi), based on Korean Nationwide Health Insu..
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Red blood cell distribution width is useful in discriminating adult onset Still’s disease and sepsis within 24 hours after hospitalization
Hee-Jin Park, Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Soo-Kon Lee, Sang-Won Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(6):1234-1240. Published online August 25, 2017
Background/Aims: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a value representing the heterogeneity in the size of red blood cell, and it is usually used in distinguishing types of anaemia. Recently, it was reported that it could reflect the burden of inflammation in diverse diseases and their progno..
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Inflammatory Polyarthritis in a Patient with Psoriasis: Is It Psoriatic Arthritis or Rheumatoid Arthrirtis?
Kwang-Hoon Lee, Myoung-Kyun Son, You-Jung Ha, Sang-Tae Choi, Sang-Won Lee, Yong-Beom Park, Soo-Kon Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2010;25(2):224-226. Published online June 1, 2010
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. There are no generally accepted diagnostic criteria for PsA. Indeed, the diagnosis of this inflammatory arthritis is made by exclusion of other possible diseases and based upon immunologic, radiologic, and clinical ..
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