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Authors’ response: Association between IBD and Parkinson’s disease: seek and you shall find?
  1. Marie Villumsen1,
  2. Susana Aznar2,
  3. Bente Pakkenberg2,3,
  4. Tomasz Brudek2,
  5. Tine Jess1
  1. 1 Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark
  2. 2 Research Laboratory for Stereology and Neuroscience, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
  3. 3 Faculty of Health, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marie Villumsen, Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Frederiksberg, DK-2000, Denmark; marie.villumsen{at}regionh.dk

https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317336

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    Dr Weimers and colleagues have drawn attention1 to the possibility that our recently published observation of an association between IBD and Parkinson’s disease (PD) in a nationwide Danish cohort study2 may reflect surveillance bias.

    In a recently published Swedish cohort study, Dr Weimers and colleagues found that adjusting for number of healthcare visits during follow-up of patients with IBD attenuated the risk of developing PD markedly.3 They also found that the risk of future PD was …

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    • Contributors MV conducted the analyses, TJ wrote the draft, all authors contributed to and accepted the final version of the letter.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.