The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volume 32 Issue 4

Reviews Cardiology Three-dimensional echocardiography in adult congenital heart disease: Hyun Suk Yang; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):577-588.

Pulmonology The role of hypoxia on the acquisition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stemness: a possible link to epigenetic regulation: Chang Dong Yeo, Nahyeon Kang, Su Yeon Choi, Bit Na Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Jin Woo Kim, Young Kyoon Kim, Seung Joon Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):589-599.

Treatment of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: the pulmonologist’s point of view: So-My Koo, Soo-Taek Uh; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):600-610.

Endocrinology-metabolism Metabolically healthy obesity: a friend or foe?: Chang Hee Jung, Woo Je Lee, Kee-Ho Song; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):611-621.

Treatment of diabetic kidney disease: current and future targets: Mi-Kyung Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):622-630.

Impact of early diagnosis on functional preservation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the early bird catches the worm: Yun-Hong Cheon, Sang-Il Lee; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):634-635.

Original Articles Gastroenterology Long-term real-world entecavir therapy in treatment-naïve hepatitis B patients: base-line hepatitis B virus DNA and hepatitis B surface antigen levels predict virologic response: Ju-Yeon Cho, Won Sohn, Dong-Hyun Sinn, Geum-Youn Gwak, Yong-Han Paik, Moon Seok Choi, Kwang Cheol Koh, Seung Woon Paik, Byung Chul Yoo, Joon Hyeok Lee; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):636-646.

Negative pathology after endoscopic resection of gastric epithelial neoplasms: importance of pit dysplasia: Joon Hyung Jhi, Gwang Ha Kim, Ahrong Kim, Young-Geum Kim, Cheong Su Hwang, Sojeong Lee, Bong Eun Lee, Geun Am Song, Do Youn Park; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):647-655.

Cardiology Efficacy and safety of pitavastatins in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Livalo in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study (LAMIS) II: Young Joon Hong, Myung Ho Jeong, Jang Ho Bae, Seok Kyu Oh, Seung Woon Rha, Seung Ho Hur, Sung Yun Lee, Sang Wook Kim, Kwang Soo Cha, In Ho Chae, Tae Hoon Ahn, Kee Sik Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):656-667.

Maximal pericoronary adipose tissue thickness is associated with hypertension in nonobese patients with acute or chronic illness: Shinhae Chang, Wangjin Lee, Byounggyu Kwag, Yun Hee Chung, In Sook Kang; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):668-674.

Pulmonology Outcomes of very elderly (≥ 80 years) critical-ill patients in a medical intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Korea: Seung Hun Lee, Tae Won Lee, Sunmi Ju, Jung-Wan Yoo, Seung Jun Lee, Yu Ji Cho, Yi Yeong Jeong, Jong Deog Lee, Ho Cheol Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):675-681.

Prevalence and risk factors for reduced pulmonary function in diabetic patients: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Hee Yeon Kim, Tae Seo Sohn, Hannah Seok, Chang Dong Yeo, Young Soo Kim, Jae Yen Song, Young Bok Lee, Dong-Hee Lee, Jae-Im Lee, Tae-Kyu Lee, Seong Cheol Jeong, Mihee Hong, Hiun Suk Chae; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):682-689.

Nephrology The pattern of choosing dialysis modality and related mortality outcomes in Korea: a national population-based study: Hyung Jong Kim, Jung Tak Park, Seung Hyeok Han, Tae-Hyun Yoo, Hyeong-Cheon Park, Shin-Wook Kang, Kyoung Hoon Kim, Dong-Ryeol Ryu, Hyunwook Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):699-710.

Hemato-oncology Myeloma prognostic index at diagnosis might be a prognostic marker in patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma: Dae Sik Kim, Eun Sang Yu, Ka-Won Kang, Se Ryeon Lee, Yong Park, Hwa Jung Sung, Chul Won Choi, Byung Soo Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):711-721.

Clinicopathological characteristics of extremely young Korean multiple myeloma patients: therapeutic implications: Junghoon Shin, Youngil Koh, Jeonghwan Youk, Miso Kim, Byung Soo Kim, Chul Won Choi, Hwa Jung Sung, Yong Park, Sung-Soo Yoon, Inho Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):722-730.

Infectious diseases In vitro antiviral activity of ribavirin against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus: Myung Jin Lee, Kye-Hyung Kim, Jongyoun Yi, Su Jin Choi, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Nam Joong Kim, Myoung-don Oh; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):731-737.

Rheumatology Impact of early diagnosis on functional disability in rheumatoid arthritis: Dam Kim, Chan-Bum Choi, Jiyoung Lee, Soo-Kyung Cho, Soyoung Won, So-Young Bang, Hoon-Suk Cha, Jung-Yoon Choe, Won Tae Chung, Seung-Jae Hong, Jae-Bum Jun, Young Ok Jung, Jinseok Kim, Seong-Kyu Kim, Tae-Hwan Kim, Tae-Jong Kim, Eunmi Koh, Hye-Soon Lee, Jaejoon Lee, Jisoo Lee, Sang-Heon Lee, Shin-Seok Lee, Sung Won Lee, Seung-Cheol Shim, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Bo Young Yoon, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Sang-Cheol Bae; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):738-746.

Letters to the editor Repeated isolated bilateral coronary ostial stenosis related to the syphilitic aortitis: Sang Min Kim, Sang Yeub Lee, Ju-Hee Lee, Jang-Whan Bae, Kyung-Kuk Hwang; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):747-749.

Development of Kaposi sarcoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with human herpesvirus 8 in a renal transplant recipient: Young Jae Park, Hyun Jin Bae, Ji-Yeun Chang, Chul Woo Yang, Byung Ha Chung; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):750-752.

An isolated cardiac relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Kiju Chang, Dae-Young Kim, Kyoo-Hyung Lee, Jooryung Huh, Joon-Won Kang, Dong Yeol Shin, Dae-Hee Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):753-757.

Thrombophilia after total gastrectomy for morbid obesity: Sae-Bom Shin, Yu-Na Jang, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Yun-Mi Yi, Jong-Wook Lee, Woo-Sung Min, Ki-Seong Eom; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):758-760.

The clinical usefulness of serum procalcitonin level in patients with scrub typhus: Chang-Seop Lee, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Jeong-Mi Lee, Jae Hoon Lee; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):761-763.

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in atypical polycystic kidney disease: Eun Hui Bae, Hyunsuk Kim, Sung Sun Kim, Seong Kwon Ma, Soo Wan Kim; Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):766-767.