Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
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Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Biography

Dr. Yang YC works in the department of Management Office for Health Data atChina Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.Yang YC was expertised in the field of health and medicine. Yang YC is a versatile writer and researcher that published extensively in specialized field.
 

Publications

• Research Article   
  Thyroid Eye Disease not Associated with the Risk for Uveitis: A 13-Year Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan
  Author(s): Lin CJ*, Tien PT, Lai CT, Chang CH*, Hsia NY, Lin JM, Yang YC, Bair H, Chen HS and Tsai YY
  
  Purpose: To investigate whether patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) are at increased risk of uveitis. Methods: Data was collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance system and included patients newly diagnosed with TED from 2000 to 2012. The endpoint of interest was a diagnosis of uveitis. Results: 444 patients with TED yielding1,776 matched comparisons revealed that patients with TED were found to have no significantly higher risk for developing uveitis. When comparison of TED and non-TED group was stratified by gender, and age, the association of TED and uveitis was also not significant. Conclusion: TED is characterized as an extraocular inflammatory disease and uveitis is an intraocular inflammation. In the largest study of TED in uveitis to date, our finding.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-7948.20.09.239

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