The value of electromyography in the diagnostics of incontinence;Wertigkeit der Elektromyographie in der Inkontinenzdiagnostik

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 645-651

  Jost, W H ^a,b  

^a Fb Neurol und Klin Neurophysiol   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagnostics; electromyogram; external anal sphincter; incontinence; puborectal muscle

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; NEUROPATHY; PELVIS FLOOR; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANAL CANAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECTUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029780663     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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