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. 2001 Nov;40(11):1256-61.
doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/40.11.1256.

The prevalence and incidence of peripheral arthritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, a prospective population-based study (the IBSEN study)

Ø Palm  1 , B Moum, J Jahnsen, J T Gran
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The prevalence and incidence of peripheral arthritis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, a prospective population-based study (the IBSEN study)

Ø Palm et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2001 Nov.

Abstract

Objectives: To estimate the occurrence of peripheral arthritis (PA) 6 yr after diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: In a population-based cohort of 654 patients with a definite diagnosis of IBD, 521 patients (80%) were clinically examined by a rheumatologist 6 yr after IBD diagnosis.

Results: PA related to IBD (PAIBD) was detected at examination in four patients (point prevalence 0.8%). If the patients' own reports of PA were accepted, 12% of the cases had developed such manifestations. The striking difference may be explained by the nature of PAIBD exhibiting a short-lasting, self-limiting, non-destructive course and by possible differences in the validity of both methods of ascertainment.

Conclusion: Our results indicate that PAIBD occurs in a considerable number of IBD patients during the first years after diagnosis, but the point prevalence of PAIBD is low.

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