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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2009; 15(20): 2449-2455
Published online May 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2449
Table 5 Early epidemiologic studies on IBD-associated arthropathies
AuthorYrPopulationPatientsAS (%)SI (%)Peripheral arthritis (%)HLA-B27 (%)
Acheson[27]1960USACD 7422.3NANANA
UC 11752.0NANANA
Ansell[28]1964CanadaCD 916.519.715.3NA
Haslock[29]1973Great BritainCD 11616NA20.4NA
Wright[30]1965Great BritainUC 2346.417.9NANA
Wright[31]1965Great BritainUC 2695.5NA11.5NA
Dekker-Saeys[20]1978NetherlandsCD 513.915.611.73.9
UC 583.412.014.018.9
Rankin[32]1979USACD 569NANA19.0NA
Műnch[33]1986GermanyCD 1679.020.014.05.3