Anorectal function and morphology in patients with sporadic proctalgia fugax

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 755-762

  Eckardt, Volker F ^a,b   Dodt, Oliver ^a   Kanzler, Gerd ^a   Bernhard, Gudrun ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal endosonography; Anorectal motility; Edrophonium chloride test; Proctalgia fugax

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS; ANUS SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PAIN; RECTUM; REFLEX; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURALGIA; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 0030037384     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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