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											 Endocrinology-metabolism / Original Article											 
											Association between thyroid autoimmunity and Helicobacter pylori infection
											
																								
												Yun Mi Choi, Tae Yong Kim, Eui Young Kim, Eun Kyung Jang, Min Ji Jeon, Won Gu Kim, Young Kee Shong, Won Bae Kim 
												
												Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(2):309-313.   Published online January 16, 2017												 
																										
												
												
																								
													Background/Aims: There have been controversial reports linking Helicobacter pylori infection to autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). However, data regarding the relationship are limited for Asian populations, which have an extremely high prevalence of H. pylori infection. We performed th..												 
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											 Endocrinology-metabolism / Original Article											 
											Serum vitamin D3 levels are not associated with thyroid cancer prevalence in euthyroid subjects without autoimmune thyroid disease
											
																								
												Yun Mi Choi, Won Gu Kim, Tae Yong Kim, Sung Jin Bae, Hong-Kyu Kim, Eun Kyung Jang, Min Ji Jeon, Ji Min Han, Young Kee Shong, Won Bae Kim 
												
												Korean J Intern Med. 2017;32(1):102-108.   Published online September 1, 2016												 
																										
												
												
																								
													Background/Aims: Previous studies have suggested that elevated serum vitamin D levels might protect against thyroid cancer. Elevated serum thyroid stimulating hormone levels and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) are suggested to be thyroid cancer promoting factors but have not been well controlled i..												 
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											 Endocrinology-metabolism / Original Article											 
											Reference interval for thyrotropin in a ultrasonography screened Korean population 
											
																								
												Mijin Kim, Tae Yong Kim, Soo Han Kim, Yunkyoung Lee, Su-yeon Park, Hyung-Don Kim, Hyemi Kwon, Yun Mi Choi, Eun Kyung Jang, Min Ji Jeon, Won Gu Kim, Young Kee Shong, Won Bae Kim 
												
												Korean J Intern Med. 2015;30(3):335-344.   Published online April 29, 2015												 
																										
												
												
																								
													Background/Aims: The diagnostic accuracy of thyroid dysfunctions is primarily affected by the validity of the reference interval for serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Thus, the present study aimed to establish a reference interval for TSH using a normal Korean population.
Methods: This study..												 
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