Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic floor in patients with obstructed defaecation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1555-1558

  Healy, J C ^a,c   Halligan, S ^b   Reznek, R H ^a   Watson, S ^b   Bartram, C I ^b   Kamm, M A ^b   Phillips, R K S ^b   Armstrong, P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; RECTAL DISEASES; VISCERA;

EID: 0030678586     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800841118     Document Type: Article

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