Rectal mucosal electrosensory testing-Evidence for a rectal sensory neuropathy in idiopathic constipation

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 419-423

  Kamm, Michael A ^a   Lennard Jones, John E ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balloon distention; Constipation; Electrosensory testing; Neuropathy; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CONTINENCE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGE; RECTUM; SENSATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025336850     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02156270     Document Type: Article

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