Volume 41 Issue 4

Reviews Gastroenterology Recent advances in the management of small bowel Crohn’s disease

Kwangwoo Nam, Hee Seok Moon

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):563-571.

Hemato-oncology Korean expert consensus on the management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Seo-Yeon Ahn, Junshik Hong, Jin Seok Kim, Sung-Hyun Kim, Kyoung Ha Kim, Ho-Young Yhim, Yoo Jin Lee, Jaewoo Song, Soo-Mee Bang, Ji Hyun Lee, Seongsoo Jang, Sung Hwa Bae

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):572-584.

Infectious diseases Use of corticosteroids in sepsis and infectious diseases: a narrative review

Jong Hun Kim

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):585-596.

Rheumatology Autoimmune diseases in the era of COVID-19: emerging mechanisms, clinical implications, vaccine considerations, and future directions

Jaehyun Kong, Seohyun Hong, Jiyeon Oh, Sooji Lee, Lee Smith, Francesco Branda, Hanseul Cho, Jiyoung Hwang, Dong Keon Yon

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):597-619.

From Sjögren syndrome to Sjögren disease: rethinking classification and diagnostic complexity

Jennifer Jooha Lee, Howook Jeon, Hyun-Sook Kim, Hae-Rim Kim, Seung-Ki Kwok, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Jisoo Lee, Shin-Seok Lee, Sung-Hwan Park, Yun Jong Lee

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):620-635.

Original Articles Gastroenterology Hepatitis B core-related antigen as a multifaceted biomarker in chronic hepatitis B: implications for immune activity and hepatocellular carcinoma prediction

Kwon Yong Tak, Seok Hwan Kim, Myeong Jun Song

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):636-648.

The 2020 disease burden and economic implications of digestive diseases in Korea: a nation-wide comprehensive study

Eui Sun Jeong, Hye-Kyung Jung, Younhee Kim, Hyung Seok Lim

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):649-662.

Cardiology Distal radial access in acute coronary syndrome patients with good arterial pulsation: a subgroup analysis from the KODRA registry

Jun-Won Lee, Su Yong Kim, Jung Ho Heo, Han-Young Jin, Sung Woo Cho, Yongcheol Kim, Bong-Ki Lee, Sang-Yong Yoo, Sang Yeub Lee, Chan Joon Kim, Jin Sup Park, Do Hoi Kim, Jin Bae Lee, Dong-Kie Kim, Jun Ho Bae, Sung-Yun Lee, Seung-Hwan Lee

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):663-675.

The medical impact of emergent banning of N-nitrosodimethylamine: contaminated antihypertensive drug

Juhee Ahn, Sungho Won, Jong-Heon Park, Hae-Young Lee

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):676-689.

Prognostic significance of 1-year versus baseline high-sensitivity C-reactive protein after acute myocardial infarction: nationwide landmark results

Seok-Woo Seong, Hyun Woong Park, Jae-Hwan Lee, Jin-Ok Jeong, Mi Joo Kim, Pil Sang Song, Seon-Ah Jin, Kye Taek Ahn, Myung Ho Jeong, Sang Hyun Park, Jin-Yong Hwang

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):690-705.

Endocrinology-metabolism Financial burden of glycemic control: a single-center retrospective study of diabetes costs in South Korean patients

Han-Sang Baek, Sungju Kim, Dong-Jun Lim, Chul-Min Kim, Tae Seo Sohn, Sungrae Kim

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):706-720.

Hemato-oncology Restrictive lung function and smoking increase lung cancer risk in tuberculosis survivors: a cohort study

Yun-Gyoo Lee, Hyun-Il Gil, Dayeon Seo, Bo-Guen Kim, Hyunjoo Lee, Young Hwan Kim, Heerim Nam, Soo-Youn Ham, Du-Young Kang, Jae-Uk Song

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):721-730.

Editorials Beyond airway obstruction: restrictive lung physiology as an independent risk factor for lung cancer in tuberculosis survivors

Sang Hoon Chun

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):731-733.

Original Articles Prognostic analysis according to adjuvant chemotherapy and anti-HER2 therapy following surgery in T1a/b HER2-positive breast cancer

Woochan Park, Koung Jin Suh, Jeongmin Seo, Se Hyun Kim, Yu Jung Kim, Hee-Chul Shin, Eun-Kyu Kim, In Ah Kim, So Yeon Park, Jee Hyun Kim

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):734-747.

Rheumatology Association of hyperuricemia with valvular heart disease and the modifying effect of obesity

Seung Min Jung, Sang-Hyuk Jung, Su-Nam Lee, Jin A Choi, Dokyoon Kim, Hong-Hee Won, Jae-Seung Yun

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):748-762.

Editorials Serum uric acid and valvular heart disease: a new window into cardiometabolic risk stratification

Ki Won Moon

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):763-765.

Original Articles Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor prescribing and persistence by specialty in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: a Korean claims study

Bon San Koo, Ye-Jee Kim, Yeo-Jin Lee, Yong-Gil Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):766-778.

Images of interest Gastroenterology Sigmoid colon metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma presenting as a colon polyp

Tae Un Kim, Su Jin Kim, Hwaseong Ryu

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):779-781.

Rheumatology Pigmented villonodular synovitis in the thoracic spine: a rare and under-recognized condition

Jacob A Schroeder, Márcio Luís Duarte, Leonardo Furtado Freitas

Korean J Intern Med. 2026;41(4):782-784.