Flatus-related colorectal and anal motor events

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 335-338

  Bassotti, Gabrio ^a,b   Germani, Ugo ^a   Morelli, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Colonic motility; Flatus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029872002     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02093825     Document Type: Article

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