Tien-Chun Chang

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1 A prospective, multicentre study to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of octreotide LAR (long-acting repeatable octreotide) in the primary therapy of patients with acromegaly. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007 2.01
2 Lovastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, induces apoptosis and differentiation in human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003 1.47
3 Mutational spectrum of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma in taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 2009 1.40
4 Lovastatin induces apoptosis of anaplastic thyroid cancer cells via inhibition of protein geranylgeranylation and de novo protein synthesis. Endocrinology 2003 1.09
5 Lower urinary tract symptoms and urinary flow rates in female patients with hyperthyroidism. Urology 2011 1.09
6 Results and predictability of fat-removal orbital decompression for disfiguring graves exophthalmos in an Asian patient population. Am J Ophthalmol 2008 1.07
7 Diabetes and thyroid cancer risk: literature review. Exp Diabetes Res 2012 1.02
8 Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of parathyroid lesions. A review of 72 cases. Acta Cytol 2002 1.01
9 Associations between subclinical thyroid disease and metabolic syndrome. Endocr J 2012 0.98
10 Associations of remission status and lanreotide treatment with quality of life in patients with treated acromegaly. Eur J Endocrinol 2006 0.95
11 Comprehensive genotyping in two homogeneous Graves' disease samples reveals major and novel HLA association alleles. PLoS One 2011 0.95
12 Enigmatic ectopic fat: prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease and its associated factors in a Chinese population. J Am Heart Assoc 2014 0.93
13 Estimates of relative risks for cancers in a population after prolonged low-dose-rate radiation exposure: a follow-up assessment from 1983 to 2005. Radiat Res 2008 0.92
14 Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: diagnostic limitations of fine needle aspiration cytology. Acta Cytol 2005 0.91
15 Diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with acromegaly. J Formos Med Assoc 2007 0.88
16 Reversine, a 2,6-disubstituted purine, as an anti-cancer agent in differentiated and undifferentiated thyroid cancer cells. Pharm Res 2012 0.87
17 Lovastatin inhibits proliferation of anaplastic thyroid cancer cells through up-regulation of p27 by interfering with the Rho/ROCK-mediated pathway. Biochem Pharmacol 2011 0.85
18 Role of macrophage infiltration in the orbital fat of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2008 0.84
19 Secondary infection and ischemic necrosis after fine needle aspiration for a painful papillary thyroid carcinoma: a case report. Acta Cytol 2006 0.84
20 Observing pretibial myxedema in patients with Graves' disease using digital infrared thermal imaging and high-resolution ultrasonography: for better records, early detection, and further investigation. Eur J Endocrinol 2011 0.83
21 In vivo evidence of duality effects for lovastatin in a nude mouse cancer model. Int J Cancer 2010 0.83
22 Multinucleated giant cells in fine needle aspirates. Can they help differentiate papillary thyroid cancer from benign nodular goiter? Acta Cytol 2002 0.83
23 Non-HDL cholesterol level is reliable to be an early predictor for vascular inflammation in type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004 0.82
24 Cytologic features of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in cervical lymph nodes. Acta Cytol 2002 0.82
25 Factors affecting long-term survival of Taiwanese patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma. J Formos Med Assoc 2003 0.81
26 The application of temperature measurement of the eyes by digital infrared thermal imaging as a prognostic factor of methylprednisolone pulse therapy for Graves' ophthalmopathy. Acta Ophthalmol 2010 0.81
27 Serum C-reactive protein levels correlates better to metabolic syndrome defined by International Diabetes Federation than by NCEP ATP III in men. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2007 0.80
28 Lysosome-related genes are regulated in the orbital fat of patients with graves' ophthalmopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 0.80
29 Ossification of the auricles: a forgotten sign in adrenal insufficiency. J Otolaryngol 2002 0.80
30 Tumor necrosis factor alpha induces three-dimensional cytomorphologic differentiation of human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells through activation of nuclear factor kappaB. Cancer 2002 0.79
31 Linkage of Graves' disease to the human leucocyte antigen region in the Chinese-Han population in Taiwan. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007 0.79
32 Images in clinical medicine. Lingual thyroid. N Engl J Med 2012 0.79
33 Intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma: a case report. J Formos Med Assoc 2003 0.79
34 Proteomics and bioinformatics analysis of lovastatin-induced differentiation in ARO cells. J Proteomics 2011 0.78
35 Toxic nodular goiter with thyroid papillary microcarcinoma. ANZ J Surg 2010 0.78
36 Fine needle aspiration cytology stained with Rius method in quicker diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma. J Formos Med Assoc 2007 0.77
37 Circulating soluble Fas ligand correlates with disease activity in Graves' hyperthyroidism. Metabolism 2002 0.77
38 Transforniceal lateral deep bone decompression--a modified technique to prevent postoperative diplopia in patients with disfiguring exophthalmos due to dysthyroid orbitopathy. J Formos Med Assoc 2006 0.77
39 Risk factors of depression after prolonged low-dose rate environmental radiation exposure. Int J Radiat Biol 2014 0.77
40 The impact of locoregional recurrences and distant metastases on the survival of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2014 0.77
41 Preoperative prediction of papillary thyroid carcinoma prognosis with the assistance of computerized morphometry of cytology samples obtained by fine-needle aspiration: preliminary report. Head Neck 2012 0.77
42 Determining when to operate on patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis with nodular lesions: the role of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Acta Cytol 2004 0.77
43 Magnolol induces apoptosis in human leukemia cells via cytochrome c release and caspase activation. Anticancer Drugs 2003 0.77
44 The effects of growth inhibitory peptide on follicular thyroid cancer cell growth, migration, and invasion. Tumori 2010 0.75
45 Late effects on the health-related quality of life in a cohort population decades after environmental radiation exposure. Int J Radiat Biol 2013 0.75
46 Lanreotide treatment in a patient with interferon-associated Graves' ophthalmopathy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2004 0.75
47 Characteristics of Cushing's syndrome in Taiwanese. J Formos Med Assoc 2003 0.75
48 A case of left homonymous upper quadrantanopia after inferior petrosal sinus sampling to investigate acromegaly with empty sella. J Formos Med Assoc 2012 0.75
49 Computed tomography diagnosis of primary thyroid teratoma. J Formos Med Assoc 2005 0.75
50 Reactive plasmacytosis of the thyroid gland in a patient with disseminated tuberculosis. Acta Cytol 2005 0.75
51 Prognostic significance of cytologic features in fine-needle aspiration cytology samples of papillary thyroid carcinoma: preliminary report. Thyroid 2006 0.75
52 Long-term primary medical therapy with somatostatin analogs in acromegaly. J Formos Med Assoc 2006 0.75
53 The relationship of cytomorphology of medullary thyroid carcinomas between family members with the same RET proto-oncogene mutation. Acta Cytol 2011 0.75
54 Increased serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level is associated with a reduction in peripheral monocyte count in normal individuals. J Formos Med Assoc 2005 0.75
55 Peripheral differential leukocyte counts and subsequent mortality from all diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular diseases in Taiwanese. J Formos Med Assoc 2003 0.75
56 Fine needle aspiration cytology of mixed medullary-follicular thyroid carcinoma: a case report. Acta Cytol 2008 0.75
57 Primary thyroid lymphoma mimicking subacute thyroiditis. Acta Cytol 2006 0.75