Endoanal MRI of the anal sphincter complex: Correlation with cross-sectional anatomy and histology

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 677-682

  Hussain, S M ^a   Stoker, J ^a   Zwamborn, A W ^a   Den Hollander, J C ^a   Kuiper, J W ^a   Entius, C A C ^a   Lameris J S ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Univ Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt ^*

Author keywords

Anorectum; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030474009     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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