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Rheumatology
Effect of abatacept versus conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease
Kyung-Ann Lee, Bo Young Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Yun Hong Cheon, Sang-Il Lee, Sang-Hyon Kim, Jae Hyun Jung, Geun-Tae Kim, Jin-Wuk Hur, Myeung-Su Lee, Yun Sung Kim, Seung-Jae Hong, Suyeon Park, Hyun-Sook Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(5):855-864. Published online August 30, 2024
Background/Aims: To compare the effects of abatacept and conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) on the progression and development of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD).
Methods: This multi-center retrospective study included RA pati..
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Predictors of joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: focus on short- and long-term effects of intra-articular glucocorticoid injections
Jung Hee Koh, Hanna Lee, Seung-Geun Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(6):1515-1526. Published online February 15, 2021
Background/Aims: To investigate the short- and long-term efficacy of intra-articular glucocorticoid injections (IAGI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: This was a retrospective study of RA patients who had active arthritis in the hand or wrist joints and who received IAGI (or not..
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Clinical and genetic characteristics of Korean autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients
Yun Kyu Oh, Hayne Cho Park, Hyunjin Ryu, Yong-Chul Kim, Kook-Hwan Oh
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(4):767-779. Published online July 1, 2021
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary kidney disease. It is characterized by cyst growth in the kidneys, resulting in kidney enlargement and end-stage kidney disease. The polycystic kidney disease 1 (PKD1) and PKD2 have been identified as ge..
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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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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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Long-term outcome of interstitial lung disease in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: a retrospective observational study
Jung Hee Koh, Youngjae Park, Jennifer Lee, Howook Jeon, Su-Jin Moon, Yong Hyun Kim, Jun-Ki Min, Sung-Hwan Park, Seung-Ki Kwok
Received September 22, 2023 Accepted June 10, 2024 Published online October 25, 2024
Background/Aims: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a potentially serious but underdiagnosed manifestation of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). This observational study investigated the prevalence and clinical course of ILD in pSS, together with prognostic factors.
Methods: A multicenter, retrosp..
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