Yuki Ohta, Takashi Taida, Jun Kato, Sadahisa Ogasawara, Yuhei Oyama, Yukiyo Mamiya, Hayato Nakazawa, Ryosuke Horio, Chihiro Goto, Satsuki Takahashi, Akane Kurosugi, Michiko Sonoda, Wataru Shiratori, Tatsuya Kaneko, Yuya Yokoyama, Naoki Akizue, Hideaki Ishigami, Hirotaka Koseki, Kenichiro Okimoto, Keiko Saito, Masaya Saito, Tomoaki Matsumura, Tomoo Nakagawa, Yoshio Masuya, Yoshihiro Fukuda, Yoshio Kitsukawa, Haruhisa Shimura, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Naoya Kato
BACKGROUND: Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) can develop extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) during the disease course, which sometimes impact their quality of life. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to clarify the prevalence and types of EIMs using a hospital-based IBD cohort in Japan. METHODS: A patient cohort with IBD was established in 2019, as participated by 15 hospitals in Chiba Prefecture of Japan. Using this cohort, the prevalence and types of EIMs, which are defined based on previous reports and the Japanese guidelines, were investigated...
March 9, 2023: Digestion