Diagnosis and management of fecal incontinence in elderly patients

American Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1559-1564

  Hirsh, Tina ^a   Lembo, Tony ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEFECOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPHINCTEROPLASTY;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0029795270     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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