Abstract:Background
Musculoskeletal symptoms are common in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) but there is no data on the prevalence of chronic regional pain (CRP) and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in patients with UC compared with control subjects.
Methods
From a national IBD Register (SWIBREG), all living patients with a confirmed UC diagnosis, aged 20–74 years, who were residents of two counties in Northern Sweden (n = 1164) wer… Show more
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