Korean guidelines for the management of gout
Jennifer Jooha Lee, Ji Soo Lee, Min Kyung Chung, Joong Kyong Ahn, Hyo-Jin Choi, Seung-Jae Hong, Chong-Hyeon Yoon, Su-Hyun Kim, Kyung-Hwan Jeong, Jong-Woo Kim, Bo-Yeon Kim, Jin-Ho Shin, Woo Gyu Kim, Soo-Young Kim, Hyun-Jung Kim, Jeong-Soo Song, Jae-Bum Jun, Hyun-Ah Park, Shung Chull Chae, Bum Soon Choi, Tae Nyun Kim, Hyun Ah Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2023;38(5):641-650. Published online August 28, 2023
Gout is the most common form of arthritis, with the prevalence increasing worldwide. The present treatment guidelines provide recommendations for the appropriate treatment of acute gout, management during the inter-critical period, and prevention of chronic complications. The guidelines were develop..
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Rheumatology
Distribution of serum uric acid levels and prevalence of hyper- and hypouricemia in a Korean general population of 172,970
Bon San Koo, Hye-Jin Jeong, Chang-Nam Son, Sang-Hyon Kim, Hyun Jung Kim, Gheun-Ho Kim, Jae-Bum Jun
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(Suppl 1):S264-S272. Published online November 24, 2020
Background/Aims: We investigated the distribution of serum uric acid (SUA) levels and estimated the prevalence of hyperuricemia and hypouricemia in the Korean population.
Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study and included 172,970 participants (5..
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Floating teeth in systemic sclerosis
Jae-Bum Jun, Seunghun Lee, Jiyoon Bae
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(2):471-472. Published online April 29, 2020
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Rheumatology
Factors associated with time to diagnosis from symptom onset in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
Soo-Kyoung Cho, Dam Kim, Soyoung Won, Jiyoung Lee, Chan-Bum Choi, Jung-Yoon Choe, Seung-Jae Hong, Jae-Bum Jun, Tae-Hwan Kim, Eunmi Koh, Hye-Soon Lee, Jisoo Lee, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Bo Young Yoon, Sang-Cheol Bae, Yoon-Kyoung Sung; Korean Observational Study Network for Arthritis (KORONA) Investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(4):910-916. Published online December 15, 2017
Background/Aims: To identify the factors associated with time to diagnosis after symptom onset in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Early RA patients with ≤ 1 year of disease duration in the KORean Observational study Network for Arthritis (KORONA) database were included in t..
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Isoniazid treatment for latent tuberculosis infection is tolerable for rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy
Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Dam Kim, Soyoung Won, Chan-Bum Choi, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Bum Jun, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Sang-Cheol Bae
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(5):1016-1024. Published online March 13, 2017
Background/Aims: To evaluate the impact of isoniazid (INH) treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) on the development of liver function test (LFT) abnormality and the persistence of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Methods: We retrospectively ..
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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; KORONA investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(4):738-746. Published online September 13, 2016
Background/Aims: To determine whether early diagnosis is beneficial for functional status of various disease durations in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
Methods: A total of 4,540 RA patients were enrolled as part of the Korean Observational Study Network for Arthritis (KORONA). We defined earl..
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Outpatient treatment in women with acute pyelonephritis after visiting emergency department
Hee Kyoung Choi, Jin-Won Chung, Won Sup Oh, Jae-Bum Jun, Yee Gyung Kwak, Seong Yeon Park, Baek-Nam Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(2):369-373. Published online August 18, 2016
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Rheumatology
Prevalence and possible causes of hypouricemia at a tertiary care hospital
Chang-Nam Son, Ji-Min Kim, Sang-Hyon Kim, Soo-Kyung Cho, Chan-Bum Choi, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Tae-Hwan Kim, Sang-Cheol Bae, Dae-Hyun Yoo, Jae-Bum Jun
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(5):971-976. Published online March 9, 2016
Background/Aims: We aimed to investigate the prevalence and possible causes of hypouricemia in the Korean population and to compare our findings with published results of other populations.
Methods: We examined the serum uric acid levels of 30,757 subjects who had their uric acid values measured at..
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SKI306X inhibition of glycosaminoglycan degradation in human cartilage involves down-regulation of cytokine-induced catabolic genes
Choong Hyeok Choi, Tae-Hwan Kim, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Chan-Bum Choi, Young-In Na, Hunseung Yoo, Jae-Bum Jun
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(5):647-655. Published online August 28, 2014
Background/Aims: SKI306X, a mixed extract of three herbs, Clematis mandshurica (CM), Prunella vulgaris (PV), and Trichosanthes kirilowii (TK), is chondroprotective in animal models of osteoarthritis (OA). The objectives of this study were to invest..
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Upper thoracic vertebral abnormalities in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Chang-Nam Son, Seok-Chol Jeon, Seunghun Lee, Kyung-Bin Joo, Jae-Bum Jun
Korean J Intern Med. 2014;29(4):542-543. Published online June 27, 2014
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Eosinophilic Fasciitis Associated with Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Jin-Wuk Hur, Hye-Soon Lee, Wan-Sik Uhm, Jae-Bum Jun, Sang-Cheol Bae, Chan-Kum Park, Dae-Hyun Yoo
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(2):180-182. Published online June 30, 2005
Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is scleroderma-like disease without Raynaud's phenomenon or visceral involvement. It is characterized by painful swelling of the extremities, accompanied by rapid weight gain, fever and myalgia. The acute state of disease is associated with significant peripheral blood..
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