A comparison of anal endosonography with electromyography and manometry in high and intermediate anorectal anomalies

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-842

  Fukata, Ryoichi ^a   Iwai, Naomi ^a   Yanagihara, Jun ^a   Iwata, George ^a   Kubota, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorectal malformations; Endosonography; External sphincter; Internal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031004130     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90632-1     Document Type: Article

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