Anal endosonography in haemorrhoidal disease: Do anatomical changes have clinical implications?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 146-150

  Poen, A C ^a   Felt Bersma, R J F ^a   Cuesta, M A ^a   Meuwissen, S G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anal endosonography; Haemorrhoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008430462     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.1999.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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