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Medicine & Public Health
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
Won-** Kim
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Undercover active surveillance of small highly suspicious thyroid nodules without fine needle aspiration
Active surveillance (AS) is an alternative treatment approach for small, low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). This study aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of small, highly suspicious nodules l...
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Inflammatory biomarkers predict outcomes of patients with radioactive iodine refractory thyroid cancer treated with sorafenib
The objective of this multicenter, retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the ability of inflammatory biomarkers representing the host immune system to predict outcomes in 70 patients with progressive radi...
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Serum thyroglobulin testing after thyroid lobectomy in patients with 1–4 cm papillary thyroid carcinoma
The role of measuring serum thyroglobulin (Tg) levels in patients who have undergone lobectomy has not been proven. The goal of this research is to see if serum Tg levels can predict the recurrence of papillar...
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Real-world experience of lenvatinib in patients with advanced anaplastic thyroid cancer
We aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in patients with advanced anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) in real-world practice.
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Evaluation of the relationship of subclinical hypothyroidism with metabolic syndrome and its components in adolescents: a population-based study
This study investigated the association of subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in adolescents.
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When should antithyroid drug therapy to reduce the relapse rate of hyperthyroidism in Graves’ disease be discontinued?
The use of antithyroid drug (ATD) therapy in patients with Graves’ disease (GD) hyperthyroidism has been increasing, but ATD therapy is associated with a higher relapse rate. We aimed to evaluate clinical fact...
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Vitamin D deficiency affects thyroid autoimmunity and dysfunction in iodine-replete area: Korea national health and nutrition examination survey
We evaluated the effects of vitamin D levels and iodine intake on thyroid autoimmunity and dysfunction in the Korean population.
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Age-specific reference interval of serum TSH levels is high in adolescence in an iodine excess area: Korea national health and nutrition examination survey data
Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone level was influenced by several factors, including age, gender, thyroid auto-antibodies, race, and intake of dietary iodine. We evaluated age-specific reference interval of se...
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Ultrasonographic prediction of highly aggressive telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter-mutated papillary thyroid cancer
Telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutations are found in highly aggressive thyroid malignancies. Our aim was to define the ultrasonographic features of telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter-mutated...
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The relationship of 19 functional polymorphisms in iodothyronine deiodinase and psychological well-being in hypothyroid patients
Levothyroxine supplementation is insufficient for the management of one tenth of patients with hypothyroidism. Iodothyronine deiodinases have been suggested to play a role in residual hypothyroid symptoms of t...
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The role of core-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of thyroid malignancy in 4580 patients with 4746 thyroid nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis
To evaluate the effectiveness and complications of core-needle biopsy (CNB) compared to fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for diagnosing thyroid malignancy. The Ovid-MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for s...
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Long-term effects of oral contraceptives on the prevalence of diabetes in post-menopausal women: 2007–2012 KNHANES
There is little information on whether past use of oral contraceptives (OCs) at child-bearing age influences the incidences of diabetes and insulin resistance (IR) after menopause. This study aimed to evaluate...
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Association of urinary sodium/creatinine ratio with bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: KNHANES 2008–2011
Accumulating evidence shows that high sodium chloride intake increases urinary calcium excretion and may be a risk factor for osteoporosis. However, the effect of oral sodium chloride intake on bone mineral de...
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Role of autophagy in the resistance to tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-induced apoptosis in papillary and anaplastic thyroid cancer cells
Current alternative therapies for refractory thyroid cancer such as kinase inhibitors have limitations including incomplete response and toxicity. Although tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing lig...
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1,5-Anhydroglucitol in diabetes mellitus
The measure of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentration is the gold standard of glycemic control index in diabetes management and is well known as a marker for diabetes complications. However, HbA1c level nei...
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Discrimination of prolactinoma from hyperprolactinemic non-functioning adenoma
The objective of this study was to evaluate characteristics that discriminate prolactinoma from non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma with hyperprolactinemia. We included 117 patients with hyperprolactinemic ...
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Pheochromocytoma crisis after a dexamethasone suppression test for adrenal incidentaloma
A 61-year-old woman was referred to our department for evaluation of an incidental adrenal mass. An abdominal CT scan revealed a 4.1 cm right adrenal mass. The patient had been diagnosed with hypertension 7 ye...
