title: Extraintestinal manifestations of idiopathic ulcerative colitis in northwestern India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency of extraintestinal manifestations in patients with idiopathic ulcerative colitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  46 patients underwent detailed clinical, biochemical and radiological evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient (2%) had peripheral arthritis and two patients (4%) had ocular involvement in the form of anterior uveitis. No patient had mucocutaneous, vascular, or hepatobiliary manifestations, or sacroiliitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of extraintestinal manifestations in patients with IUC in northwestern India is low.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Gastroenterology, Medicine, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, S P Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan. rkpokharna2@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Pokharna
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Kabra
authors.forename: Rajneesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kochar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence